Gauges
Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Abilene, Texas
if you do a lot of towing I would recomend fuel psi, egt, trans temp, and coolant temp at a min. if you go with electronic gauges you can buy an extra sender for the trans temp and combo that gauge into oil temp as well (with the use of a rotary switch). even with a stock truck I think everyone should at least have these gauges. How you get them is up to you. You can get a digital obdII gauge like the edge insight that will read everything but the fuel psi. That one is not supported by the obdII in our trucks so no matter what you will have to have a regular gauge for that one.
Laughing Gas
Joined: May 2006
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From: Oakville, Ontario
Love the look. This is exactly the setup I am looking at. What brand/model of gauges did you get. How does it match the stock dash (look). Do you have night time pic's to compare withe dash at night? Too many question. Vary excited to see someone else with a quad gauge set up.
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Silver City New Mexico
Okay i have decided on what gauges i wanted to get, with all your help of course. I am looking at the Autometer Phantom series, all of them being the 2 1/16. Question is do i have them in the right ranges for their use.
Boost- 0-35 PSI
Fuel PSI- 0-100
Oil PSI- 0-100
Oil Temp- 100-250
Coolant Temp- 100-250
Trans Temp- 100-250
EGT- 0-1600
This is for a 2006 6.0L PS.
For the fuel pressure i think i had read somewhere else that i need to order a sending unit from ITP, is that correct as well? Thanks for the additional help.
Boost- 0-35 PSI
Fuel PSI- 0-100
Oil PSI- 0-100
Oil Temp- 100-250
Coolant Temp- 100-250
Trans Temp- 100-250
EGT- 0-1600
This is for a 2006 6.0L PS.
For the fuel pressure i think i had read somewhere else that i need to order a sending unit from ITP, is that correct as well? Thanks for the additional help.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Corvallis, OR
You need a sending unit if its an electronic gauge. I don't know if you need a specific one or not. ITP sells a hose/adapter that connects to the engine top filter housing and moves the sender away from the heat/vibration of the engine.
Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Abilene, Texas
I would go with the full sweep gauges my self. That start at 0-whatever. But the ranges you have should just about cover it though. I would also go with 0-60 on boost as the stock turbo puts out 28 psi so you would want to see as high as you can if you ever in the future decide to get a bigger turbo. I beleave there the same price.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Corvallis, OR
0-35 would be the better choice on boost. If you're pegging the 35 psi gauge, you have problems, no reason to get a 60 psi gauge and have less detail. I went with a 0-40 ISSPRO and wish I had gotten the 0-30.
