Yeah I have to,,, dumb me brought an EGT gauge in "F" DOHOriginally Posted by rusty_nail
Yeah I have to,,, dumb me brought an EGT gauge in "F" DOH
Last edited by threedogs; 14th January 2015 at 09:55 AM.
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
rusty_nail (14th January 2015)
Nobody ever talks about the other variances.
Different gauges, different temp sensors, different sensor locations, different exhausts, different intercoolers.
Just like fuel consumption, one car gets 10's while other get 16-18's doing the same driving.
Are higher readings more or less accurate than the lower readings. We actually don't know, we all assume what were seeing is correct.
When on the dyno, do they get/see EGT's to confirm what our gauges are actually showing us.
2011 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD, ARB Bullbar with IPF spotties, scrub bars and side steps, Snorkel, Dual Battery system, Waeco fridge, Turbo Timer, ARB Roof Rack with 5 IPF spotties across the front, Custom full Leather Bucket seats, DPchip, 3" Taipan exhaust, ARE Intercooler & scoop, Autron EGT/Boost and dual volt gauges, ARB front locker.
you can only tune your motor to what you have fitted, and how that all interacts with each other.
As ET said on another thread these gauges we use are say +- 5 or 10 degrees which is fine
its not a space shuttle. That why I cant see the point of pricey gauges.
Once you have your 4x4 set to 10 psi at 100 Ks what you see is what you get I suppose
each motor is different
The bottom line is to get what you have working as efficient as possible
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Sorry mate I thought you replied to Mick.
Maybe 3dogs drives a bit harder than you? I know you don't like to rush so you can take in all that's around you.
Maybe yours has a better tune, maybe his is making more power... still both well within acceptable ranges.
Thats cruising with the cruise control on, might have posted my temps as a bit high
Last trip solo hottest would of been 450c but other than that 320 c.
Maybe I'll get Mark to have a look when he gets back, but it flies IMO
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
Mego is spot on. Different factors will contribute to different readings. When my car got chipped and Dynoed, the bloke told me what was already mentioned here. CRD's run hotted than Di's in stock form. He did mentioned why, something with higher fuel pressure... Can't remember exactly, he gave me a technical answer.
When I got my EGT gauge fitted, I sort of panicked when I seen the EGT's. Assuming my EGT gauge was out of whack, I plugged in my mates guage, including his bung all the way to exhaust and difference was 10-20C. I like to think mine is pretty accurate. Unless his and mine are stuffed. Which I highly doubt.
2005 TD42TI
MEGOMONSTER (14th January 2015)
Yes, most workshops have calibrated gauges they can plug in, and see whats happening.
2005 TD42TI
MEGOMONSTER (14th January 2015)
that seems a bit better its all up hill from seymour
but that trailer of yours is nothing compared to mine
i stopped on the way up to giveit a bit more boost and droped
the egts down to 350 and being hot weather then that was ok
when we came home it was hot as well but it sat on 350 till we
got over the range then the egts droped again to 250 /300
no worrys winnie it gets confusing sometimes till you know who has what
most are getting crd and then there are us still with di,s
ive adjusted mine again running 20psi and running nearly the same as johns but im still cooler
but as ive said many times not all di,s run the same they vary quite a bit
and he has that bird catcher on yet seems a tad high to me temps that is
when did you last change your air and fuel filters ,i never use cruise control stupid idea
they tend to use more fuel in my honest opinion
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