TD rev range opinions.

[mihit]

The gas temps are from gauge NOT registering to 450C with ease when pushed forcing me to back off the foot. She can and will turn the oven on harder if i dont back off.

FULL disclosure: I have searched and got a labyrinth of results and varying more than Dan Andrews' bullshit book.

Is this normal-ish for a stock donk?? Boost doesnt go beyond 13.

PS. Wife says ditch the dinosaur, we're in the 21st century and get something recent. why have monitors like a heart surgery on a nearly 20 guns old donk.

Come The EMP /nuke war you'll be glad you didn't ditch the old donk, and find that you can quite happily drive over all your neighbours' newfangled dead electric things while shovelling coal into the boiler...

I couldn't really comment on turbo temps, maybe @MB ?
My TD42 pull uphill at ~415 degrees, Probe mounted on collector point at manifold, under heatshield, between 3&4 cyl, basically where maximum turbulence and all cylinders will be counted. If I let her lug up at low revs I can push 620, which is near piston-melting temperatures.
Turbo EGT temps will depend if pre- or post- and upside-down-sideways mounting, plumbing, and probably a few other things.
Gauge not registering suggests, mismatched thermocouple/probe type? Faulty electrics? probe wired backwards?

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my (digital) gauge reads from 0. idles at 95-110 depending on ambient, thermostat/cooling open, air filter blocked etc.