You seem to be down on the AutoMeter whats the problem with them??? I have had them in my truck for the last 6 years, can't find anything to make the comment do it right and get ISSPRO
No, I'm not down on Autometer. They make a bunch of styles and price ranges, including cheap junk, really-good-but-expensive stuff, and some decent stuff. If you find an Autometer style that includes a 270º sweep for the boost and tranny temp gauges, easy-to-read-at-a-glance face, color-coded pre-turbo pyrometer dial, match the stock gauges so close that folks think Ford must have installed them, and less money than the ISSPRO EV, then get them.
Well that sounds a bit better than your first reply, kind of hard to hear one say do it right the first time buy this or that brand when there are several that get the job done just as well.
I first bought Autometers and a pillar mount. When I installed the pillar mount I didn't like it. I removed it and bought a three gauge under dash mount. I couldn't read the gauges at night mounted in that location. Perhaps I could have if my eyes were still young. I sold the autometer gauges and bought Dipricol Optix because a couple of TDS vendors told me they had the best lighting of any brand. They match well and I can read them.
You want to be able to read the gauges at a glance. When the gauges are nearing the redline, you are too busy driving to be staring at gauges. So you want the area around the redline to be spread out and very easy to read and interpret. For tranny temp, the red line is 225º, so you want the area between about 200º and 230º to be very visible and easy to tell the difference between 220º and 225º. For boost, the red line with a stock turbo is 25 PSI, so you want the area between about 20 and 25 PSI to be big enough easily tell the difference between 22 and 24 PSI.
So if you are right on the edge of 1250° and that Dodge is creeping up on you, do you let the Dodge pass you or do you go past 1250°.
Depends on how far it is to the crest. If it's only a quarter-mile or so, then I'd probably mash down a bit harder to creep up to near 1,300º EGT. But if I'd have to stay at 1,300º for more than a few seconds, Then I'd probably back off to 1,250º and let the Dodge guy melt his pistons.
