1500 egt's..dammit

dieselbeef

dieselbeef

dick doggin
so i swapped the turbos out and got me a 63/68/14 which is sooooo much better to drive.

but i been having alot of troubles with the egt guage and finally got it sorted out..wire was bad...

anywyas i got the truck out last night for a run the crap out of it for fun run and the egts are hitting 1500 wide open with the drag comp on 5x5. makin 40 psi boost.
i got a hrvp from ii on there and westons 7x010 vco inj. runs pretty good cept for the high egt's. smokes like a ***** the whole time.
checked it for boost leaks..nothing there...

goddam truck i swear...cant make it the way i want it no matter what..gettin off that 62/74 was huge but it never buried the egt's like it does now...

turn up the boost? id like to flat foot it til i run outta road and not melt the friggin pistons..2 passes at 1500 degrees i was scared...

any suggestions or should i just set the f'r on fire and get a stk truck

gary
 
Agreed, Don't be scared. Wouldn't hurt to tighten the wastegate up for a little more boost out of it.
 
gtfo..really..i might take the gate to 50..man i freaked whn i saw 1500 or over...i figured it was gonna lose the hg or worse....

little more boost will help so thats next...dammit man
 
I'm running a 63/68/.91, peak boost is ~51-53psi.... buries my 1600deg gauge in the 1/8th

(I know, different engine)
 
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time to crank the nuts then....ill take it to 50..got studs..i aint worried bout that so much as the heat...more air the easiest way to cool it off. easiest way i said
 
1500 you will be fine as long as you don't dog it for miles like that I hit 1600 in the dually at the big end all the time and the pistons were fine!
 
Dont worry, I ran a 63/65 killer b with 7x.012s before i switched to twins.. It was a kickass setup, but it ran 15-1600 if u had your foot in it too long..
 
I hit 1900 the other day when I wasnt acting my age on a back road... It wasnt the first time either. Just dont let it sit there for a long time and you'll be good. I would love to only do 1500 at WOT for a whole run.
 
Pegged 2000 gauge last year all season. It can be hard on 24v heads when it comes to cracks but pistons always looked good.

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^^^ That's toasty for sure. I found out the TST pyro in my 24v wouldn't read over 2490 before going into italics.
 
Glad I'm not the only one with high egtsLOL. I hit 2000 quite often, pistons were fine except some scuffing above the top ring, some of the cylinders were scuffed too. The head was completely raped though, cracks everywhere.
 
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