Thread: EGT & Turbo boost gauges for td5

mine is not a Td5 but I used VDO gauges on my Tdci - good quality

VDO from egauges in the US.

They are the same as the orignal.

Thanks guys.
Looks like vdo it is

Not specifically Td5, but to me it depends on what you want the gauges for.
Do you want to look at them and drive by them, or are you more interested in having those parameters monitored and to be alerted when they are outside limits.
To me a boost gauge is useful for tuning, but you don't drive by one. Maybe its useful to know if you've exceeded your max intended boost.
EGT gauge - yes you can drive by it if you're heavily fueled up, but if you've got something thats a bit more conservatively tuned, you probably just want to be alerted when it hits the limit you've chosen.

If I was putting in EGT and Boost gauges, personally I'd go for something like a Madman EMS. Saves a bit of dashboard real estate and gives you monitoring and alerting of boost/EGT as well as a couple of other parameters.

If you were just after a EGT gauge, the digital ones from Auber Instruments (Auberins.com) are good value.

Steve

Originally Posted by steveG

Not specifically Td5, but to me it depends on what you want the gauges for.
Do you want to look at them and drive by them, or are you more interested in having those parameters monitored and to be alerted when they are outside limits.
To me a boost gauge is useful for tuning, but you don't drive by one. Maybe its useful to know if you've exceeded your max intended boost.
EGT gauge - yes you can drive by it if you're heavily fueled up, but if you've got something thats a bit more conservatively tuned, you probably just want to be alerted when it hits the limit you've chosen.

If I was putting in EGT and Boost gauges, personally I'd go for something like a Madman EMS. Saves a bit of dashboard real estate and gives you monitoring and alerting of boost/EGT as well as a couple of other parameters.

If you were just after a EGT gauge, the digital ones from Auber Instruments (Auberins.com) are good value.

Steve

yeah the madman one is good.

has a bunch of other stuff in there as well

costs a bit though but is cheaper in the long run if you want to monitor everything

if you don't though it's a waste of money

do you have a low coolant alarm?

Originally Posted by Benz

yeah the madman one is good.

has a bunch of other stuff in there as well

costs a bit though but is cheaper in the long run if you want to monitor everything

if you don't though it's a waste of money

do you have a low coolant alarm?

I've got the tm2 engine watch dog which is excellent.
I have my Ecu . remapped but my turbo boost has not been touched.
Sounds likei just need an egt gauge.

EGT/pyro ?

Thermoguard

ThermoGuard Instruments

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AFAIK the TD5 already senses boost pressure. It is absolute, so you need to subtract ambient pressure to get guage pressure.

Can the Nanocom be used as a boost pressure sensor?