Which egt/boost?

[TX Gooseneck]

I need to throw an egt and boost gauge - aswell as a tach on my 91. I'm getting ready to replace the governer spring and go with a set of POD's.



Just looking for the best bang for the buck.



BTW - How bad do the POD's smoke with the 21cm housing?

 

[Forrest Nearing]

I like my Autometers... any decent brand should be fine.

 

[caleb c.]

I also like my autometers. The z series matches our trucks well. As for the injectors,they will smoke with a 12cm. so i'm guessing you will be able to lay it down with a 21cm.

 

[BTighe]

i have the white faced isspro's. they are very easy to read a night.

 

[TX Gooseneck]

What about a tach?

I've got my fuel turned up right now, so I'm curious about smoke

Forrest, do you still have that 16cm housing?



Another question - where can I get the spring for the governer? I saw that piers had it for a 2nd gen, but I've struck out so far on the 1st gen.

 

[cguthrie]

Piers has the 3200 GSK for the 1st gens, just not listed on the website, i ordered mine about a month ago for somewhere around $20. You just have to call them up and they'll look it up in the computer. Oh btw i have all Isspro guages and like them alot.



Chris

 

[wtrenholm]

I have autometer Z series in my 91. I took out the message center and made a painted black aluminum panel and the two guages fit nicely in the hole. Looks very clean and almost OE. I'll try take a picture tonite when I'm in the garage and post it. I don't have a "wait to start" light anymore, I just use the voltgauge, also my rear anti-lock was disabled long ago.



POD's, pump tweeks, bigger cold side on the turbo,21cm hsng (my current set up-196hp)will blot out the sun if you get on it before manifold pressure comes up. Not all that bad when boost is up. I want to try reduce smoke with the next go round of mods, all the smoke gives us crappy PR and the emission police will probably round up a posse to make us clean up.



HTH,

Wayne

 

[Philip]

If you go with a A pillar mounting system. The AutoMeter A pillar gives you a better gage angle that the Pro Pod setup does. The Pro Pod mounts the gages almost straight up and down. The view angle is not good.

 

[TKingsbury]

I have autometer Z series in my 91. I took out the message center and made a painted black aluminum panel and the two guages fit nicely in the hole. Looks very clean and almost OE. I'll try take a picture tonite when I'm in the garage and post it. I don't have a "wait to start" light anymore, I just use the voltgauge, also my rear anti-lock was disabled long ago.

Did you just unplug the message center and leave it out? I wanted to put my gauges there too, but ended up doing mounting cups on the dash next to A pillar. Looked like too much work to make the message center work somewhere else, and for some reason I didn't think to just leave it out. Oh well.

Travis. .

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Wayne,

What kind of tq numbers did you put out? I talked to Piers today and he told me he had an a-pillar pod, just not sure which brand. I'm trying to get this stuff ordered and installed before late next week, so I need to make the decision on gauges.

 

[wtrenholm]

TKingbury,



I actually extended the wires about 6ft so I could make a small console on the head liner between the visors, but I never got that far. Just have the plug tied up under the dash. Don't think I will anymore, I just crank 'er up once the voltgauge shows the heaters turn off.



My pictures are too big to upload. I have to get the resolution down so it'll work.



Later,

Wayne

 

[caleb c.]

I have the autometer a-pillar and it works good.

 

[wtrenholm]

TX Gooseneck



It was 520 ft lbs. I had a stock airbox/filter, 3" straight pipe when I dyno'd last year. Still have the stock trans and converter with 200,000 miles on them, and hasn't disassembled itself (yet).



Later,

Wayne

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Wayne,

I got 340k out of my stock 518 before it let loose. I've got a k&n with a hole-saw ported airbox I'm also straight piped. I was thinking about a 4" exhaust, but it'll have to be a home made one, I'm not paying ~500 for an exhaust system for this truck.

 

[wtrenholm]

I still have the airbox stock, but have 4" exhaust from the down pipe back and has a muffler on it. I traded some 2nd gen chrome wheels for a complete 2nd gen 4" system. Put most of it on the 91 and used the 4"down pipe on the wife's 98 and bought a stick of 4" to tie into the Banks muffler & tailpipe that was on her truck. Worked well on both trucks, got lucky.



The 91 is currently apart getting some TLC on the cab.



Wayne

 

[TX Gooseneck]

Hmmm... .

I talked to the guys at piers and they told me pulling a heavy load with the POD's = melt down.

Any experience with these things and apprx 20-24k lbs (overall including truck and max 2 big gooseneck or 3 smaller ones)

I would really like the extra power and the added smoke when needed Plus any future benefit with extra toys like turbo's etc.