Forging the 2012

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I used the Roush vent pod on my 2010..for the Roush boost gauge. It uses the extreme left vent pod ( round) and you still get air coming out, around the boost gauge. The gauge is angled slightly towards the driver, it's also illuminated at night, and gets dimmed /brighter with the same dimmer control used for the dash lights. The 3 x aeroforce gauges are mounted on a SOS (speed of sound) A pillar. The old A pillar comes out in about 5 secs. New A pillar is OEM, but with the 2-3 gauge pods installed. You can get em in either a 2 or 3 pod setup. The aeroforce gauges in my case, just plug into the OBD port, so it was a simple matter to route the 3 x gauge cables down through the hole left when oem A pillar is removed. New A pillar covers up the same oem hole.

You can also mount 3 x gauges up on top of the dash, in that indented recess.... using the Boss-302 gauge pod. That recess is the same on the 10-14 cars.

I use the roush boost gauge for boost of course. The aeoforce gauges read up to 32 other parameters, like IAT etc, etc. They come with 2 x aux inputs. for stuff not included on the obd... like an external oil pressure sensor, oil temp sensor, coolant temp sensor ( like for the coolant in the HE / IC loop)..and anything else you can think of.
 
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I love the boss 302 gauge pod but it's so damn expensive and doesn't even include a boost gauge. Love the look of it though. I wish I could find a deal on it.
 

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VMP should arrive mid week I'm hoping. I just ordered the Sai Li fuel system as well.

For you guys that run blowers/turbos, do you use boost and oil pressure gauges? Or is that too Rice?
Awesome man! do you still have the 4.10's like you sig says you do?
 

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Yup! And I plan to keep them too. I love the gearing and will run it after supercharging.

With the Gen 3 blower and 88mm pulley (12-13psi), E85 and 1 7/8" Long tubes I'm hoping to make a little over 700 at the wheel.
 

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Yup! And I plan to keep them too. I love the gearing and will run it after supercharging.

With the Gen 3 blower and 88mm pulley (12-13psi), E85 and 1 7/8" Long tubes I'm hoping to make a little over 700 at the wheel.
It'll be wild, that's for sure!
 

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I also have the Roush vent gauge for my aeroforce gauge. I did pick up the Boss 302 center pod with no gauges so I can pick what I want in there. Much cheaper then with Ford gauges, that you can get separate. They do make a boost gauge with Fords name on it. I'm not going to cut a hole in my dash for it, I'm going to run the wires to the defrost duck and down from there. Good velcro will hold it in place.
 

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Jegs has it on sale for $96.67, another $10 off when using the promo code SAVE30, then $9.99 shipping brings it to $96.66

https://www.jegs.com/i/Ford-Performance/397/M-6304GPOD-A/10002/-1


I just looked up a bunch of pictures for this thing, I liked it until I saw it installed.
And one 2-star review on Jegs where a guy received his all scratched up due to Ford's poor packaging, and a replacement was even worse.
I was excited until I saw the installed pics and the bad review.
I personally don't like how it looks installed. Reminds me of the robot Johnny Five from the movie Short Circuit
 

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NM I see they sell for $275 each. Ouch.

If I were putting together my ala carte boss pod, what other two gauges (besides boost) would be best for a boosted car?
 

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It looks like the boss 302 gauge pod pack includes a wiring harness that you don't get if you piece it together separately
 

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I think the one for the 05-09 looks better, but I haven't seen any around.

I get both Boost and IATs in one gauge.
 

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So for $1000 less you can buy the housing without the 3 gauges? Are the gauges THAT much money? Doesn't sound right.

Nobody buys the $1200.00 Boss 302 pod..with the ford 3 gauges. Just the pod... which used to be dirt cheap, like $79.00 from AM just a few years ago.
 

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Get a pillar pod and use an nGauge for the rest of your gauge needs:

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:D nice. I remember when my 1.9 showed up... oh the possibilities!!
 

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