2" OBD2 Gauge... what are you using?

[Chevy1925]

Ive had a blank hole in my a-pillar gauge pod for the last few years cause i originally planned to put a fuel pressure gauge there... Then i was going to sell my gauges and do a CTS but the egt probes kept dieing in trucks... then the cts2 came out and i was about to sell all my gauges till i realized i wouldnt get crap for them vs what id buy the CTS2 for PLUS still need the egt probe and sensor/s for boost and oil temp. So ive just been using what i got till i saw someone post on FB about the Banks iDash gauge that fits in a 2" gauge hole. that sucker would be perfect in my spare spot but before i go dropping the $320 for the whole deal, im curious what some of you guys are running for a OBD2 plug in gauge? has to be a 2" gauge style and prefer a plug in style (not wifi/blue tooth) to keep the refresh rate quick and close to the same speed the computer is throwing the info out.

 

[zakkb787]

Why not just get the 2” gauge mount for the cts2 and keep your other two analog gauges?

 

[Trimox]

^^
+1

 

[Chevy1925]

because its 400 bucks plus mount and it wont look near as clean as a 2" gauge. at that point i might as well just sell the rest of the gauges but then ill need more sensors.

Right now im looking at the DM-100 and others like it. they are half the price of the Banks setup and do the same.

EDIT, the DM-100 has to be linked to another box but i did find the bank deal for 250 without logging. hmmmm

 

[lutzjk913]

I personally have 3 analog gauges and a CTS2 in the front of the center console on a custom mount I made.

 

[gmduramax]

Gauges :spit: they’d just be pegged anyway :roflmao:

 

[cdbright]

Here is what i did, i like analog best but can get a analog gauge to read rail pressure on anything above a damn LMM i guess, i struck out 3 times so now i have the CTS 2 just for that purpose. Down side is the tight fit on the bottom hole with the newer style dash fit, i am going to make mine fir on the bottom one way or another here one of these nights.

 

[WVRigrat05]

Gauges are for girls, if it isn’t smoking or knocking, let er’ eat.

 

[bigmackmiller]

I emailed banks asking about EGT/BOOST probes, it sounds like they are developing add on attachments much like the edge, I also asked if we could get EFI switchable tuning control as well but doubt that will happen. They did not have a firm time when they will be out, but it wouldn't surprise me if they made a debut at sema and or PRI. It seems the current iDash is geared towards newer trucks, I am having the same experience with my edge egt and boost probes seem to not be worth a crap, really aggravating.

 

[Chevy1925]

I’m actually gunna hook my dashcommand up tomorrow that I have in the tracker. Forgot about that. If it has the pids I’m looking for (fuel temp, rail pressure) I’ll probably just use that. I do want to ask banks if the idash will read those parameters in the older trucks. Seems everyone has them setup for 06 and newer

 

[BlkMax]

This is what I have in both trucks (the pair, not the single gauges): https://www.aeroforcetech.com/products_interceptor.html


Not a cheap solution, but each gauge has 2 analog inputs in addition to the ODBII parameters.


Only downside is that I lose the ODBII gauges when I plug in to log, but I have setup my V2 with all of my analog inputs, so I can still see and log those on the EFILive Dashboard.


This is another option for a single 2" hole: https://www.btdieselworks.com/products/dsp-5-switch