Centexguy

Debating putting a boost/vac gauge, wide band o2, and maybe an oil temp or oil pressure gauge or something else. Anyone got pictures?

safetypin

i added a vtec gauge, boost gauge and steam pressure gauge so i know when to activate rice mode and start tokyo drifting

5.0l engine.

Centexguy

We don't have Vtech dummy. We have "woowoo." If you're going to insult you might as well get it right.

And I despise digital gauges and am an information junky.

CoreyMS

There isn't, to my knowledge, a good a-pillar to mount said gauges. I've seen a couple one off mods to attach a single boost/vacuum gauge.

I'm not against it, its just a little difficult without good mounting options. I run an app called torque on my android with a Bluetooth OBOII adapter for gauges. It isn't as good as analog but it does the job. If I need anymore detailed stats I datalog via sct livelink.

NASSTY

Your slo5oh doesn't need a boost gauge so stop highjacking threads you don't belong in.. or I'll tell your mommy that you're raisng hell on the computer again.

Centexguy

Coming from diesels, a boost and egt gauge are invaluable in tuning and knowing what your engine is doing and what's causing what noise. Running two egt gauges is kind of a pain and Id like to watch the air/fuel ratio to see how the engine is running in all conditions at all times (a decent wideband isn't cheap but its worth it). And I'd like to watch my boost gauge to see how and when the turbos spool up as well as when they are in boost and when they aren't. I'd imagine that as small as they are they are almost always in boost. And I want a third gauge because it seems more balanced HAHA.

And the torque app doesn't work on an iPhone.

Seane1987

I thought I read that A-pillar gauge were a bad idea due to the side air bags, meaning if the deploy you'll get the gauges planted into your skull.

NASSTY

I ran a universal a-pillar gauge pod for over 1 year. It took some modifying to make it fit and looked like crap. But I always considered it temperary until someone came out with a better a-pillar setup. I didn't want to drill the a-pillar so it was just attatched with 2 sided tape. One day the 2 sided tape decided it didn't want to stick anymore, I applied new tape and it still didn't stick so I said "tahell with it" and got a Roush vent pod. If someone does come out with a better pod for the a-pillar I will ditch the vent pod and switch to that. My boost gauge has been on the a-pillar in my Grand National for 26 years so that is my preferred location. I'm surprised Lotek or some other company doesn't make an a-pillar pod for these trucks considering there is about 200k of them on the road.

Centexguy

I'm surprised to. I did a quick search and couldn't find any. It may be because of the side airbags like Seane1987 said.

NASSTY

I'd risk it if there was a pod available. A boost gauge in the face wouldn't hurt much more than an airbag.