Author Topic: EGT Guage (Read 8074 times)

53 willys · « **Reply #30 on:** February 16, 2009, 07:54:26 am »

diesel are known to have a long long life...if your turning up the power you really need a good gauge...$100 gauge can save your $500 turbo or add lots of extra life to the turbo....I'm all for saving cash and doing a budget build..but sometimes you need to spend the money!! :wink:

zukgod1 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 16, 2009, 08:12:03 am »

I agree, there are somethings you can do economically but I do not belive gauges are one.

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #32 on:** February 16, 2009, 11:00:20 am »

I had no idea that Aircraft Spruce's set up was $80?!?! I thought they were all hundreds.

arb · « **Reply #33 on:** February 16, 2009, 11:22:37 am »

Quote from: "Smokey Eddy"

I had no idea that Aircraft Spruce's set up was $80?!?! I thought they were all hundreds.

Many of us building aircraft from plans are real cheapskates !!! Here's the plane I was building, but my wife wants me to start over with one that lands on water since we moved to a lake...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300292722571&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&viewitem=

53 willys · « **Reply #34 on:** February 16, 2009, 11:50:13 am »

for some reason airplane building is not something I would go "cheap" on either!! :shock: :shock:

Heavy D · « **Reply #35 on:** February 16, 2009, 12:57:10 pm »

post the link of the gauge! can't find the right one i must be blind

Heavy D · « **Reply #36 on:** February 16, 2009, 02:46:47 pm »

Does it come with the complete kit? everything i did to makt it work

thxs for the link

Heavy D · « **Reply #37 on:** February 16, 2009, 11:59:57 pm »

(mk2) im putting the gauge just above the heat control

hamradio · « **Reply #38 on:** February 17, 2009, 04:54:50 am »

Right now, for my egt gauge, I'm using a $45 ebay 12v digital temp controller, with aircraft spruce thermocouple. Works great.

arb · « **Reply #39 on:** February 17, 2009, 10:27:08 am »

Quote from: "53 willys"

for some reason airplane building is not something I would go "cheap" on either!! :shock: :shock:

Cheap is a relative term in aircraft... if you build from plans, you can make each part one by one. You should still use aircraft quality materials if the part is structural, but for non-structural why use a $63.60 2"x4" spruce when a $1.77 stud from Home Depot will work just as good?

The gauges are the same thing.. an $80 EGT setup is cheaper than the $66,745.00 Garmin G900X system we would love to display our EGT next to the Highway in the Sky GPS :-D
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=419#g900x

Smokey Eddy · « **Reply #40 on:** February 17, 2009, 11:53:26 am »

yeah prothe's gauge starting at 600 and going to 24,000 is pretty stupid now that i've driven a bit. but it does what i want it to do. so im happy. That's a neat idea with mixing and matching the sender with other types of displays. I like that.

GEE-BEE · « **Reply #41 on:** February 17, 2009, 01:33:49 pm »

I PERFER THE ONE AT KERMITDI.COM

Iam doing in my center console : ( GTI Mk1 Type )

TIT / EGT

WATER/VOLT

OIL PSI / OIL TEMP

There back lit for night use

You get what you pay for...

Gee-Bee

Author Topic: EGT Guage (Read 8074 times)

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