I have been wanting to get some gauges but everyone I talk to usually laughs at me and tells me not to since the truck is stock...so what are your guys opinions...is it worth it if the truck is stock?? ...the truck is an 03 6.0 that I snow plow with and occasionally tow my Nova with.
Its pretty cheap insurance. I would get at least a Transmission temp and an EGT. A boost gauge is kinda nice and will be a warning for possible turbo problems down the road. Trans temp can get up there while pulling heavy loads and the stock gauge sucks! I suppose some will say while stock, can't hurt anything but I like to know whats going on. Just my .02.
BTW, let them laugh...who cares! If you want them, get them.
It certainly isn't going to hurt. If you want to do it, go for it.
But, I don't think you need them. On a 95deg day towing my 12k lb. 5th wheel my tranny temp doesn't go past 210 and as big of a POS as the stock guage is, it still will let you know if you get hot. There also shouldn't be any reason why your EGT's would be too high in stock form either.
But for many differant reasons... I had an issue a few months ago, rough running, hard start... Driving to work one day had NO power... hummm EGT's were at 200 going 40mph... Guess what I traced it too... Drivers side valve cover harness... Would have never known that without a EGT gauge...
Boost, Got some low power issues... Boost will tell you if have a boost leak, Boost and High EGT's... Plugged air filter...
Tranny... I have seen and experanced a stock truck, burn up a tranny pulling a bobcat on a flatbed... Can and will happen... The stock gauge will tell you very little, maybe if your toasting it. But how about knowing how its working over all, are you running at 150? 180? 120? you dont know...
check out the commander by quadzilla. It will keep track of up to 7 things for you (only shows 4). It's reasonably priced at around 400 and has a nice lcd dispaly. Here's the linky for them.http://www.quadzillapower.com/prod_commander.html
It certainly isn't going to hurt. If you want to do it, go for it.
But, I don't think you need them. On a 95deg day towing my 12k lb. 5th wheel my tranny temp doesn't go past 210 and as big of a POS as the stock guage is, it still will let you know if you get hot. There also shouldn't be any reason why your EGT's would be too high in stock form either.
The tranny temp gauge is telling you your rig is cooling properly. If the cooler were to clog than you would know at least something was wrong when temps climbed.
So, a tranny temp gauge at least is a good idea. By the time it sets a temp code it's overheated.
thanks to everyone who responded and voted...I am going to grab a set real soon!! better to be safe then :damnit with christmas coming up I have to be careful though or :squish but i'm sure I can find a way to sneak them under the tree to my self!! :woot:
Thank you everyone for your help and opinions..they have arrived..3 Autometer Cobalts!! just got to wait for it to warm up some so I can put them in since the turck wont fit into the garage! I will be posting pics!!
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