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Jul 7, 2006 | 01:35 PM

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plowhand

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Your pyro should read "0" on a cold engine with power to it.

Jul 7, 2006 | 03:24 PM

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tjc transport

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Quote:

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?

the mounting bracket for the turbo has the pyro sender spot pre drilled and tapped already. all you have to do is screw it in.
and the air box has the boost hole pre drilled and tapped to, so that is a screw in also.

Jul 7, 2006 | 03:57 PM

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LonnieD

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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.

Jul 7, 2006 | 06:13 PM

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dieself250

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Quote:

Originally Posted by plowhand

Your pyro should read "0" on a cold engine with power to it.

Mine will read the outside air temp, slightly higher if parked in sun all day

Jul 8, 2006 | 06:39 PM

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bcford6.9

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I picked up the new pryometer today, the needle on the new reads below 0, compared to the old one which read around 250...going to install it tonight.

Jul 8, 2006 | 07:34 PM

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tjc transport

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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.

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.

Jul 8, 2006 | 09:51 PM

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Dave Sponaugle

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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.

Jul 9, 2006 | 07:50 AM

#23

tjc transport

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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.

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.

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Jul 10, 2006 | 08:59 PM

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bcford6.9

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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?