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I am a 68 year old commercial class8 driver owner/operator and my gauges save me money so I can operate my engine and drive train efficiently without abusing them. I think Ford did ok on f150, mustang, baby bronco, ... . They missed it with the Bronco in my opinion. Maybe when I get mine I...

I guess ford doesn't understand that.

Not jewelry. When you want to use these small engines that are being use for max hp without destroying them you need proper guages especially with a manual transmission. And a tachometer that looks like a fuel gage sucks.

Race cars set their analoge guages so that the needle are all at the same angle when reading normal and aircraft uses both. It is important not to have to decode what your instrument is telling you.

Then you should have been amused with my next post

Using a tachometer like this is like when I was timing contractions with my first kid on a digital clock. It should not have to be that difficult.

Just like the professional truck driver that posted before me all the information that the gauges I mentioned gets you in the power range with the right gear without overheating the turbo or overheating the oil when working the engine without abusing it and properly cooling down the turbo. Just...

If you are pulling a trailer up a hill like Donna's Pass the important guages are the tachometer, turbo boost, oil temperature and pyrometer (turbo temperature on the hot side) also the pyrometer is important when cooling the turbo after working it hard. I know this is very important for the...