ScanGauge horse power reading
Last year I bought a ScanGauge but didn't get to use it very much before I put the MH in storage for the winter. I have a 2005 Fleetwood Excursion 39S with a Cat 350 C7 and Allison. As stated, the e...
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Per the ScanGauge manual:
Displays the calculated Horsepower your vehicle is currently
making. This value can be adjusted for accuracy through the
Advanced Setup parameters (see page 17).
Page 17 says:
Set a Horsepower Adjustment
ScanGauge reports Horsepower (HP) as a built-in digital
gauge. This parameter allows you to make adjustments
to the HP reading ScanGauge reports.
Basically the way I read this is that the user has to adjust the Scangauge to read the HP that the owner expects from his vehicle. If you are at throttle that you feels is maximum HP, just set your Scangauge to read that HP. From then on, it should de-rate the HP as it gathers different readings from different sensors. This is in the advanced set-up portion of the owner's manual.
Displays the calculated Horsepower your vehicle is currently
making. This value can be adjusted for accuracy through the
Advanced Setup parameters (see page 17).
Page 17 says:
Set a Horsepower Adjustment
ScanGauge reports Horsepower (HP) as a built-in digital
gauge. This parameter allows you to make adjustments
to the HP reading ScanGauge reports.
Basically the way I read this is that the user has to adjust the Scangauge to read the HP that the owner expects from his vehicle. If you are at throttle that you feels is maximum HP, just set your Scangauge to read that HP. From then on, it should de-rate the HP as it gathers different readings from different sensors. This is in the advanced set-up portion of the owner's manual.
