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Old 12-04-2013, 07:57 PM
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Ford screwed the pooch on the gauges. All of that electronic space and no boost, water temp, oil temp, or other useful "apps."
Old 12-04-2013, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenferg1
Ford screwed the pooch on the gauges. All of that electronic space and no boost, water temp, oil temp, or other useful "apps."
I think we have oil and water temp
Old 12-04-2013, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by GriffFX4
I think we have oil and water temp
It has the analog gauges. I'm talking about digital gauges like you can get in the Torque app. They basically left one empty with only a digital transmission temp. Test mode generates all kinds of digital data. Kind of pisses me off that they were too damn lazy or cheap to maximize the operating info available.
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If you want to monitor some PIDS you can go with a fairly cheap option in the Scangauge II. They are like $60 bucks. If you wanted to spend a couple hundred dollars you can go with the Edge Insight in either the 3.5" or 4" screen. Either of those will be able to read and clear CEL codes as well. Remember that hooking up a "traditional" boost gauge is a bit of a challenge because there is nowhere to get a vacuum/boost reference. You can go with the Full-Race throttle body spacer that gives you 2 ports.

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No it doesn't but we all wish it did.
This^^^^!!!!
Old 12-04-2013, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by geniepro
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Is there a way to tell when the turbo chargers are kicking in? Are they always kicking in?


Yes a boost gauge.
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A boost gauge will drive you nuts. Just drive it.
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Originally Posted by disturbed3003
No it doesn't but we all wish it did.
Originally Posted by Kenferg1
Ford screwed the pooch on the gauges. All of that electronic space and no boost, water temp, oil temp, or other useful "apps."
No joke, the powerstroke, Lightning and Cobras' all received boost gauges. Interesting, you would think a twin turbo vehicle would.
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Originally Posted by SFWD 1934
If you want to monitor some PIDS you can go with a fairly cheap option in the Scangauge II. They are like $60 bucks.
Please tell me where you can buy a Scangauge for less than $150. I just payed $170 for mine at Autozone last month
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Originally Posted by dieselhunter44
Please tell me where you can buy a Scangauge for less than $150. I just payed $170 for mine at Autozone last month
$118 on Amazon.


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