Pyrometer Location?
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Originally Posted by Dave7.3
Alright, the turbo I just bought doesn't have a pyrometer or a boost guage (the previous owner did even wire them in!). Can someone tell me how to hook them up and maybe post some pics of where to mount them? How much do they usually cost?
and the air box has the boost hole pre drilled and tapped to, so that is a screw in also.
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Dave I do have a set of after market gauges on the bottom of the dash (right above the 4x4 shifting handle) one does say "exhust temp" (have to run out and read the other not sure what that says, but I'm sure it's for the turbo...heck didn't have any idea what they were for...hmm thanks.
i ain't rite
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pyrometers
yall jinxed me with all this pyro talk. after 18 years, my pyro bit the dust this morning. went from 600º to 1500º to zero. 
guess it time to spend some more money.
guess it time to spend some more money.
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Tom,
150 dollar pyrometer with 18 year service life.
So it cost you something like 8.33 a year, and may have saved you several thousand many times over.
Sounds like a very good return on your investment.
150 dollar pyrometer with 18 year service life.
So it cost you something like 8.33 a year, and may have saved you several thousand many times over.
Sounds like a very good return on your investment.
i ain't rite
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yea, i know Dave, its just that i hate spending that much money on a stupid little gauge.
i mean its not like it does anything except sit on the dash and look pretty with the needle going up and down.
i mean its not like it does anything except sit on the dash and look pretty with the needle going up and down.
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New Pyrometer installed, the other one was diffinately faulty...haven't driven under any load yet...location of my therocouple [6 inches from exhaust manifold], I should keep it under 1000 ?? Is that a safe estamit?
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