well that was an easy pyro install but a few questions
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well that was an easy pyro install but a few questions
Put my banks pyro in today. Went well. Drilled and tapped hole almost at #8 cyl. Drilled three times stepping up bit size each time. The threadig went easier than expected also. Its amazing how fast it will go from 200 to 800deg. Now a few questions. My wire coming from the guage(not the prob pigtail) is very long. Can i shorten it? I have like 3 or 4 extra feet of wire. Should i trust the guage or is there something i can test it against? Should i put antiseize on the probe threads? Thanks all
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anti-seize on the probe threads is a really good idea. But not on the wire connections. Those should be covered up with tape so they won't get corroded.
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All of the probes I've seen have a separate piece of wire attached; the section that cannot be changes is inside the probe where the two pieces of dissimilar metal are attached.
A pyrometer probe is a thermocouple; thermocouples produce greater voltage with higher temperatures. As long as your gauge is high resistance, the minor amount of resistance from adding extra wire(or less resistance from removing it) shouldn't affect the end result much.
The only thing I can think of is that some gauges don't have an added power source, so they would be driving the meter directly from the current produced from the thermocouple... this might well change it with added/removed resistance.
I've never had issues with that, even with adding 6' or so of 12-ga copper wire to the end of my leads... but I'm using a digital gauge with outside power source, so it's not producing a load on the thermocouple.
Note: On mine, I've tested a couple ways: 1, when cold, it's pretty close to outside temperature(+-10F)... which would be the worst case for a thermocouple(lowest output voltage). 2. EGTs get into the same range as when I had a different probe in.
A pyrometer probe is a thermocouple; thermocouples produce greater voltage with higher temperatures. As long as your gauge is high resistance, the minor amount of resistance from adding extra wire(or less resistance from removing it) shouldn't affect the end result much.
The only thing I can think of is that some gauges don't have an added power source, so they would be driving the meter directly from the current produced from the thermocouple... this might well change it with added/removed resistance.
I've never had issues with that, even with adding 6' or so of 12-ga copper wire to the end of my leads... but I'm using a digital gauge with outside power source, so it's not producing a load on the thermocouple.
Note: On mine, I've tested a couple ways: 1, when cold, it's pretty close to outside temperature(+-10F)... which would be the worst case for a thermocouple(lowest output voltage). 2. EGTs get into the same range as when I had a different probe in.
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Seemed to idle about 200 today very easy ever so light throttle running 40 produced 300 and a very steep 1.5 mile grade i drive daily pushed 975-1000 at about 50 mph without blowing black smoke. Flat ground at 50 ish got me in the 500 range. Im still amazed at how fast things heat up. A pyro should be standard equipment in a diesel.
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