More guages installed...

[BIGNASTY]

I dont think the space shuttle has that many gauges

 

[AH64ID]

I am thinking of making one more change to my gauge setup. Nothing with the gauges or their location, but I want to add a time delay relay to them. This will keep them on while I start the truck, and for 10-15 seconds after I shutdown so I can see what EGT's do.

Anyone else running a time delay relay?

 

[MMeier]

No time delay on mine .

 

[rbattelle]

I guess that's an advantage of running an "old fashioned" EGT gauge. Mine reads temperature whether it's got power or not.

-Ryan

 

[AH64ID]

So does my dads EGT gauge, but I like the look of the newer ones. Mainly I want the time delay relay for oil and fuel pressure during and right after start.

 

[rbattelle]

Mainly I want the time delay relay for oil and fuel pressure during and right after start.

If it were me, I think I'd just wire constant power through a manual switch for the gauges you want to be able to leave on through the start sequence.



Even if you accidentally left the switch on, those gauges can't possibly draw enough power to drain the batteries overnight. Or could they?



-Ryan

 

[AH64ID]

I don't think they would hurt the voltage overnight, but that's more of a PITA than I want to deal with. The time-delay relay is quite easy to wire in, no more so than a normal relay, just have to set the switch's on the bottom of it first. A relay is something I want to add anyhow, so this kills two birds with one stone.

 

[Shadrach]

I also like to have gauges and after much thought this is what I added, Pyro, Boost and Fuel Pressure on the dash and Oil Pressure, Coolant Temp,and Air Pressure ( I have On Board Air ) on the Pillar. Only problem is that with the vent shades on the windows there can be a huge blind spot if you are not careful. If I was only doing 3 I would use the dash pod as it's in your site line and from the outside you can hardly see it. The ones on the pillar can attract attention and hint that the truck might have lots of mods if you live in a bad area.



When you wear bifocals and look at the ones on the pillar you have to learn where the red needle is at and not worry about the numbers. Since this picture was taken I switched places with the coolant and oil gauges to match the position of the stock gauges. Since I am Canadian my stock gauges are metric, but my Isspro gauges are not. Does that make me bilingual? :-laf



At first this was too much info as I had just rebuilt the engine and was overly concerned about what the gauges were telling me. Now I know what it reads at and I am less worried when towing. Shadrach



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