I had my Dodge dealer install 2 pillar guages. I asked for Isspro and got Stuart Warner fuel pressure and trans temp guages. Are these any good? I remember back in Highschool they were popular, but that was the sixties. Has anyone had good luck with them? I'm trying to be positive and not show any teeth

 

Stuart Warner guages are still a good line of guages. We sell alot of them to commercial accounts and farmers. They never complain.

 

Were the Stewart Warners the new performance line???

http://www.sw-performance.com/produc...yid=87&ispod=0

I have been thinking about buying these for some time now - they look awesome, especially with the Chameleon lighting package.

BTW, you should have also installed an exhaust gas temperature (pyrometer) guage.

 

Thanks for the positive feedback, but.... Why is a pyrometer important? I thought that was for you horsepower heads. I'm stayen' stock even though I know the fun of havin' my foot in it occasionally.

 

Without a pyrometer, even at stock fueling rates and hp levels, it is possible to get dangerously close to piston meltdown. Yes, it is more important on trucks with more fueling but if you tow and/or work your stock truck - its just as important.

 

I have never heard of anyone burning down a piston just on stock fueling, so i dont feel you will have problems, but If it were me I would have gotten a EGT gauge too.

Eric

 

SW is a very good brand which has been around for an awful long time, but not necessarily popular with the diesel crowd.

Why would you want guages unless you want to know what's going on with the engine? There's alot the boost and pyro guages can tell you about what's happing to your engine and you can learn to "drive by your guages". Interpreting the combined data from egts, boost, rpm, and throttle position can tell you lots of things.

 

I'm running them...so far, I love them! Silver with blue leds, almost match my dash perfect (aftermarket dash) Still have a couple more to add in there, though!

Chris

 

I went though three senders on an electrical S-W fuel pressure gauge in two months before I finally gave up and went with a mechanical Autometer Industrial.

 

I got a SW pyro, and no probs.

 

I am not trying to start an arugument here, but I think it is ridiculous to suggest that someone "need" a pyrometer and boost gauge for a stock truck. It a Cummins can't handle stock heat without a meltdown it is time to get a different truck. I have a VA and 275's and I work my truck as hard as anybody. I put in both gauges, and egt's never get over 1300. The block temp is as good or better indicator of motor temp than an egt gauge for what I have found, provided that there is not an unreasonable amount of fuel going in there like a big fueling box or injectors that could cause heat problems. Had I known, I would have saved my money spent on the boost/egt gauges for something a little more productive.

 

Before any mods except for gauges, my "stock truck" would hit 1300 degF pre-turbo towing a 5th wheel. Now, if the infamous intercooler boot rub puts a small hole in one of the boots, boost drops and EGTs climb even higher - and my "stock truck" is in trouble on that 5 mile, 6% grade! If I had EGT and boost gauges, however, the problem would become immediately apparent.

Rusty

 

Thank you Rusty...

These trucks should come from the FACTORY with a pyrometer...whether some believe it or not. BTW, I never said anyone needed a boost guage.

 

I am not positive on this but I believe SW also makes guages for Bank$.

 

I have SW gauges in my trucks. They are very good. The trucking industry have been putting them in from the factory for years. For years they where a basic no frills gauge, all business nothing fancy. It sounds like they are starting to make nicer looking gauges now.