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which one is better, a pre turbo pyro gauge or post turbo pyro gauge. and are they hard to put in, can i do it myself. i have some knowledge about engines.
I have the pre turbo on mine. I drilled a hole in the exhaust manifold drivers side by the outlet. Tapped the hole for the thermocouple. Then I used the A pillar mount guage holder, and the wires that came with the guage were long enough to reach the thermocouple hook up leads.
I did do this before I installed my motor, and the cross over pipe was not on so I could clean all the drillings out of the manifold.
I used the isspro color coded guage so you do not even have to read it to know when it is time to let off a little bit. Makes a real nice setup.
The hardest two things are fishing wires through the dash/fire wall and tapping the hole. The rest is cake, two bolt connections on the thermo couple with heat shrink tubing supplied. One power lead on a key switched circuit. One ground lead hooked to a good ground. Tap guage light wires into dash light circuit. Mount the guage. Done deal in a few hours of work.
You could also mount the stinger into the crossover pipe by eyeing up a spot and then removing the crossover pipe, drill the hole, mount the nipple and re-install the pipe.