Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) several questions about installing gauges.

[Silver Bullet Ram]

I want to put on fuel pressure, boost and egt. What ranges do I need my gauges to read? I heard that you want them to read in the middle. Also what all do I need to put them on, parts? Being that I am electrically challenged, is this something for the do it yourselfer? Does someone have a off the shelf kit with everything I need? Thanks in advance.

 

[JFaughn]

A place to start could be here , Geno's Garage is a sponser of this sight , or one of the suppliers that are mintioned here , becouse a supplier that knows are trucks is likly to have put together a kit and know what to suggest .
Boost - sock max is about 20 psi , the gauges top out at 50 or 60
fuel - maybe max is about 18
EGT - you do not want to run higher than 1250 max for short periods crusing - maybe 600 -700

 

[wtfd6]

my truck does good with 0-35 boost. 0-30 psi fuel pressure. 0-1400 pyro. and 0-250 trans temp. my boost only hits 30 psi for a short time. on the highway it stays anywhere from about 5-15. depending on if im hauling a trailer or not. my trans runs about 150 on the highway. and my fuel pressure stays at about 13psi. i dont worry about egt's too much. my truck is not much more than stock. besides i have never seen much more than 1000 deg anyway. i got all my stuff from dieselperformanceparts.com. hope this helps.


mark

 

[LSchulz]

My truck is stock, and I do fine with the 0-1400 pyro, 0-30psi fuel pressure, and 0-60psi boost (for a stock truck, 0-30 would also be fine). My room mate and I each bought kits from Diesel Manor, and we have both been happy with them. I called them just to be sure, but it came with everything we needed; pillar mounts, gauges, wiring, all the fittings, and a good set directions. Had it installed in less than a day.

 

[GCULP]

ditto all the previous posts, plus one, Geno's now has a guage install kit that has all you need all in one, and they have a real good selection of guages.

 

[Supermod56]

Only issue is you have to drill the exhaust manifold for the EGT Probe, other than that, fairly easy install. Geno's has all the stuff you need, I got my gauges and pillar mount from them. Stock motor you can use 0-1400 EGT, 0-30 boost, and 0-15 fuel pressure, if you are gonna turn it up, 0-60 boost and 0-30 fuel pressure, that's what I have on mine.



Tom

 

[Bob Cochran]

Some people like the gauge to read at half normally because at a glance you can see if it is reading high or low. Most gauges if you want maximum accuracy will tell you that the gauge should read normally at 3/4 as the highthe better accuracy. But I doubt the increase in accuracy would make that big a deal in our applications. So what do you want? I would say you need a gauge that will read between 1/2 and 3/4 when running normal.



Decided I should edit this and give an example of what I mean you need to decide. What EGT are you going to want to monitor pre or post turbo? If before turbo you want to use a 0-1400 but if after you will need a gauge reading about 1/2 that. Alot of this decision depends on if you are towing or not and really what you are using the EGT to help you see,



Hope this helps.