9000 ??? Honestly....

[MAKG]

Dishtowel, I think you understand how to make a useful measurement device, and the public doesn't have a clue.

Fer chrissakes, "supply and demand" keeps those Tornado crooks in business!

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses more than 60 deg of deflection?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses more than 60 deg of deflection?

If your gauges are not right there on the dashboard for one, the temp gauge on my tractor is right on the thermostat housing and pokes up thru the hood, so you are probably 6-7' away from it. When it is clear to the left it is cold, it varies in the middle depending on weather you are putting in a parade or pulling a plow, and over to the right bad things start happening.

The oil pressure guage is on the side of the engine by the filter, same deal where you just want it in the middleish.

There are tons of other equipment out there that need common replacement 2 1/16" gauges that have goofy placements. (although my temp gauge is specific for the brand of tractor with a stem on it)

I also suppose if you are flying around a track you would want to easily know at a glance how things are doing.

 

[MAKG]

85_Ranger4x4, there is a more cynical reason.

Thermostats cycle naturally. They are SUPPOSED to; it's how one keeps the system full, among other things. But when an unsophisticated owner sees it, they FREAK OUT. So, you make electrical (not mechanical) gauges that have trouble distinguishing 10-20 deg, and you damp the crap out of them so the owners never see the real behavior.

Same deal with the stock oil pressure "gauges" on most RBVs (only worse).

 

[triumphrider-1]

Dishtowel, I think you understand how to make a useful measurement device, and the public doesn't have a clue.

Fer chrissakes, "supply and demand" keeps those Tornado crooks in business!

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses more than 60 deg of deflection?

+1.

That would have to be one of my biggest peeves about my truck...I want a thermometer gauge that actually tells me the temp (fluctuations and all), and a real oil gage. Numbers are nice, instead of a line and "normal" underneath it.

 

[Dishtowel]

Dishtowel, I think you understand how to make a useful measurement device, and the public doesn't have a clue.

Fer chrissakes, "supply and demand" keeps those Tornado crooks in business!

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses more than 60 deg of deflection?

Thank you, I think. I have a hard time reading sarcasm, so I'm going to try and take a compliment.

Your right temp gauges do it to. I LOVE the aftermarket temp gauges that START are running temperature and proceed to go up to 300 F. Again, WHO USES THIS RANGE????? honestly. IMHO if your over 220 for more than a flash, you better have a good reason (eg, your pulling a trailer full of bricks up a hill, and you hope to god your cooling system is in good order) Other than that, I care about the 40 deg to either side of my thermostat setting. I like to run 190. 180 in my B2, and make the needle MOVE please, at least 180 deg or travel.

 

[MAKG]

There are some real mountains in Alberta. Try driving up some on a hot, dry day with the stock 2.9L cooling system, and you'll have a heck of a time keeping it under 230 deg.

Now, there is little point in having a temperature gauge that goes above the boiling point of 50/50 under 15 PSI pressure (about 270 deg).

But I wouldn't crap my pants if the temperature gauge got up a bit higher than that. Well, maybe I would if I had a 2.9L....

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Dang, I read it as:

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses 60 deg of deflection?

 

[Will]

http://www.datcon.com/products/2hdauto.htm

Made in USA too. At least they were when I bought a 4000rpm unit for my gasser logging truck.

 

[Hahnsb2]

I have been considering getting a low-bling kenworth tach. It tops out at 5000, how often am I going to be taking this V8 over 5000?

The real question here is why the **** does a Kenworth need a tach that goes to 5000RPMs

 

[ZMan]

I would venture to guess that the majority of the market is drag racers, so yes, they do need those RPMs. Supply and demand right?

 

[Jspafford]

I should produce some oil pressure guages that go up to 300PSI. I am sure someone out there thinks their car should have that much pressure and buy it to make sure.

I like being able to look down and see a real oil pressure guage that shoots up when I rev the truck, and a temp guage that drops like a rock when the thermostat opens.

 

[Will]

The real question here is why the **** does a Kenworth need a tach that goes to 5000RPMs

I think a 3,000rpm tach is probably more common. In fact, after viewing the interior brochure on Kenworth's website, I see they have a 3,000rpm.


Funny thing is, for most of history cars didn't have tachs. I don't know why they started putting them in. Why does an automatic need one? My diesel pickup doesn't have one.

 

[Jspafford]

It used to be only manuals had one. Then it seemed like sporty cars, auto or manual started getting them, and now I can't think of ANY car that does not come with one.

 

[mweidner]

Man I would have loved to have a 10,000 rpm gauge on my old Subaru, it was a 1982 station wagon that we ran around the fields, we used to warm it up at about 7k. In the winter when we would run it with a pack of snowmobiles we figured we were doing about 10k (was hard to tell because it pegged at 8k and we were a ways past that).

Car lasted a year running like that until it seized one day.

 

[snake]

Dishtowel, I think you understand how to make a useful measurement device, and the public doesn't have a clue.

Fer chrissakes, "supply and demand" keeps those Tornado crooks in business!

It's not just tachs. Why not have a temperature gauge that uses more than 60 deg of deflection?

The tornado people are crooks? Damn, I was saving for one of those...