Thanks, Tim!

 

I just recieved my BD cool down timer yesterday. I will install this weekend, but for anybody that wants one they are a little over a hundred dollars.They require a K type thermocoupler. BD part number 1081150 it fits Dodge 1996-2004, Ford F series(7.3) 1994-2003, Ford F series (6.0) 2003-2004, Chevy/GMC Duramax 2001-2004.

Hope this helps some of you.
Kirk

 

Let us know how it goes. I want to know how your delayed accessory feature reacts to the timer module. Please post your results here. thanks

 

we can all do what we want to with our truck, but my thoughts on the shutdown device....

most remote start systems have a shutdown feature for those that want a remote starter....

How often do I use the remote start ?
EVERYDAY - actually, multiple times a day and ALL my vehicles will have it in the future...

How often do I use the shutdown feature?
maybe 2 times in 18 months since I had the truck ...
high temps just have not been a problem as stated in earlier posts....
in regular use, the egt's cool by the time you get off the interstate to your destination...
and most will know when they've worked your truck hard enough that it needs to cooldown...

just my $.0000002

 

Would anyone with a pyrometer measure the time it takes on a 80-90degree day after running on the highway for the exhaust temps to get down to 300 degrees afer stopping and idling?

 

Someone already posted that --- I think it was like 3 minutes MAX ?

 

I couldn't remember (senior moment) if I had read that or not. Or, what the circumstances were.

 

...ouch.....

 

SBV45, do you want the 300 degrees F pre or post turbo? I can do the pre turbo timing. I assume that this will be unloaded.

Well, maybe I can't come to think about it. We're pretty much over our 80 to 90 degree days here unless I happen to be running inland towards Borrego Springs. Along the coast here 70 deg F is about all I'm likely to see. I haven't found that it takes that much longer to cool down at 100 def F outside temps than 70 deg F outside temps though.

 

Well as luck would have it I was out today on the highway and the temperature in Escondido was 80 deg F.

Turning off the highway and going through a couple of lights to my destination, as I pulled into the parking spot my pyrometer was reading 345 deg F preturbo. It took another 15 seconds to drop down to 300 deg F.

Yesterday on the way home from work - a four mile trip - I checked to see how long it would take to get to 300 deg F. Outside temperature was 70 deg F. As I crested the hill on the road that leads to my house the pyrometer was reading 675 deg F. As I backed up into the driveway at the house, which is a block off the road the temp was 410 deg F or so. By the time I put it into park it was down to 380 deg F. It took an additional 10 seconds to get down to 350 deg F, and another 40 seconds to get all the way down to 300 deg F.

So, why did it take longer to cool down from a four mile trip than a 20 mile trip with a higher outside temp? Coming in from the longer trip there was a little longer time driving at 35 MPH on a secondary road and having that nice cool (80 deg F) air pumped through the motor. On the short trip home I climb 480 ft in less than 2 miles and turn in to the driveway with nearly no time for the motor to go from load to idle.

Hope this answers your question,

Daryl