You would think that I would have realized the turbo was water cooled prior to posting.
This is (well it's going to be) the wifey's car. She was looking forward to have a nice boost/EGT gage pod like I do. I'll break it to her that she "doesn't need it" for a stock set up. :icon_wink:
^ Hey, if my wife wanted an EGT/boost gauge, I'd be glad to spend a few (hundred) dollars! You're a lucky man!!! :smile: :wink:
To the best of my knowledge, there isn't (yet) a current solution, in the form of, say, a BullyDog-type OBD-II based multimeter, that'll read *both* boost and EGT.
I know that for my BL Legacy, there's no factory EGT sensor outside of the pre-emissions-start-up-airpump equipped models ('05-'06 only, IIRC) having an EGT in the catted factory up-pipe ("UP", as we like to call it) - but that this sensor is not a true thermometer in that it simply resolves whether if the temperature is above
X degrees (C., the SI measure, due to Subaru's ECU programming), which was determined to be sufficiently hot enough to damage that cat., which could then self-destruct and send pieces flying off into the turbo, which sits just downstream. Thus, it was a "cripple" DTC, which would shut the car down into failsafe mode to save the turbo - but by that point, one can imagine how hot the temperatures would have had to be at the cylinder banks, and as we Chinese like to say, it becomes a case of "worrying about one's mustache, when about to lose one's head!"
Thus, without a true EGT in the OBD-II parameters, no such type device (i.e. GReddy Informeter, Blitz R-VIT, MSD DashHawk, as well as various Open-Source or proprietary-based OBD II -to- carputer [i.e.
OBDII Gauge v2 Alpha - Centrafuse Carputer, CarPC & UMPC Forums , ECUTeK's virtual dashboard for their DeltaDash datalogger,
Garmin ecoRoute ESP module gets priced, detailed further -- Engadget ,
Magden Automotive - Products : Details ,
DashDAQ from Drew Technologies ,
ECUDatascan - OBD-II and aftermarket ECU scanners and displays - ECUDatascan. Now with included lap timer. , etc.] or even something as simplistic and old-school as the ScanGauge II) can display this information - so you're left to go with either something that can support an additional analog input for a sensor (probe) that you place yourself, or, alternatively, a dedicated gauge/sensor combo.
I'm a nut for gauges - my Legacy has a primary set of three AutoMeter NEXUS gauges (via their own traditional sensors, not OBD-II, and yes, the EGT is among one of these, and again, yes, among the reasons why I went with these gauges is their ability to give proper visual warning at user-set levels), an AEM UEGO wideband AFR, an AutoMeter voltmeter, and a GReddy Informeter (there's that OBD-II! :biggrin

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