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EGT gauge, Boost gauge and EMP Gauge
by
ryanp
on 27 Jan, 2009 14:25
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Hi,
Where is the best place for me to buy these from? I can find the boos guages for about £15 each but the EGT are about £90. Anyone got any ideas? i have not paid that for the engine!
Ryan
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#1
by
lildevil
on 27 Jan, 2009 15:13
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check out ebay, they have all those three for a set, I think it was 125 bucks for all three, aswell as probes and wiring and what not, I think they were called glow shift...not sure on that but search it up
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#2
by
Vincent Waldon
on 27 Jan, 2009 15:54
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One of the cool things about this board is that it's international in scope...we have folks from all over the planet.
That being said, if your profile is included your location your question might receive answers that are as useful as possible. :wink:
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#3
by
rallydiesel
on 27 Jan, 2009 16:38
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If you want accurate EGT you will need to pay for it. There are some brands that are garbage.
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#4
by
ein bora
on 27 Jan, 2009 16:55
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#5
by
53 willys
on 27 Jan, 2009 17:41
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I like Isspro....they come factory on MANY heavy equipment diesels...
IMHO one thing not to skimp on is a pyro...
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#6
by
Turbinepowered
on 27 Jan, 2009 19:51
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I like Isspro....they come factory on MANY heavy equipment diesels...
IMHO one thing not to skimp on is a pyro...
Westach pyro for me. If it's good enough for aircraft, it
might be good enough for my VW.
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#7
by
regcheeseman
on 28 Jan, 2009 02:37
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Bought my EGT from a aero shop - cost about £40 with sender, fitted in the MK1 pod and looked factory.
Nice and fast response.
I'll digout details if you are in the UK.
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#8
by
regcheeseman
on 28 Jan, 2009 02:50
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#9
by
Smokey Eddy
on 28 Jan, 2009 03:47
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prothe's gauge he sells has really quick response time but i don't know if it's accurate or not. Pretty hard to test without two probes.
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#10
by
dillenger1
on 28 Jan, 2009 04:30
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I got mine from hoyt electrics.It was like 60$ coupled with the "spruce" thermo.It is very fast reading.Itr will detect the slightest peddal movement.
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#11
by
53 willys
on 28 Jan, 2009 09:17
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prothe's gauge he sells has really quick response time but i don't know if it's accurate or not. Pretty hard to test without two probes.
problem with his gauge is it does not start to read until 600*...kinda dumb IMHO
600*- 2000*+ is not the most desirable temps ranges for our cars...
plus those gauges are cheap china...that same company contacted me and tried to get me to sell their gauges..but I would not do it because of the weird ranges...those china pyro gauges are about $11 bucks each dealer cost :shock:
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#12
by
regcheeseman
on 29 Jan, 2009 02:38
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I wouldn't get any EGT gauge that didn't read down to 200°F.
What's the issue with the range? I don't understand?
I thought I'd only need be concerned with high temps?
In use, my guage would never more much unless I was really trying - 1/4's and sprints would see it over 700C
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#13
by
53 willys
on 29 Jan, 2009 06:59
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I wouldn't get any EGT gauge that didn't read down to 200°F.
What's the issue with the range? I don't understand?
I thought I'd only need be concerned with high temps?
In use, my guage would never more much unless I was really trying - 1/4's and sprints would see it over 700C
the reason that range is not really desirable is because you can't get a accurate "cool down" temp.... you wanna let your EGT's cool to around 300* so it does not "choke" up the turbo internals from cooking non-circulating oil...
cool down is important to me...cool down=longer life for the turbo..
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#14
by
arb
on 29 Jan, 2009 07:17
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I wouldn't get any EGT gauge that didn't read down to 200°F.
What's the issue with the range? I don't understand?
I thought I'd only need be concerned with high temps?
In use, my guage would never more much unless I was really trying - 1/4's and sprints would see it over 700C
the reason that range is not really desirable is because you can't get a accurate "cool down" temp.... you wanna let your EGT's cool to around 300* so it does not "choke" up the turbo internals from cooking non-circulating oil...
cool down is important to me...cool down=longer life for the turbo..
Ditto that for me.... when I work in research at Federal Mogul, I baked engine bearings in a cup of motor oil (non-synthetic) at 450 F for a number of hours. The oil would turn a nasty black goo the same day. That's why I never shutdown my turbo diesel engines while the turbine is hot and spooled up.
I wish I had an oil / water cooled turbo like Subaru and other started using in the late 1980's. Is there such an animal for us small enough for a 1.6L ? I currently have the tiny GT15 on mine...
