What are the highest EGT's you've had stock?
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What are the highest EGT's you've had stock?
Since I was in such a hurry to get my gauges in and do some mods, I never checked the EGT's while stock. Just wondering how high you guys have had the pyrometer while the truck was stock
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Originally Posted by Mkline
Since I was in such a hurry to get my gauges in and do some mods, I never checked the EGT's while stock. Just wondering how high you guys have had the pyrometer while the truck was stock
ive heard of a guy with a 215 pump, 1250 pulling a hill
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highest I've got is going up a long shallow uphill grade, almost floored in 5th gear, ~75 mph, it was up to 28 lbs boost and egts were around 1100-1150. Truck was unloaded. Just as a note, my stock plate is pushed full-forward.
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If you "Lug" the motor long enough, when heavy and uphill, I'm sure you can do a lot higher....but 1150* is usually about max I've ever heard when driven properly.
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Been seeing 1250s lately
I'm trying to learn about the CTDs and what to watch out for. I've noticed high EGTs (1200-1250) lately pulling around 6000 lbs and no real big climbs. In Colorado, elevations in the 6000 range. Is this a bad thing? I'll try not to let it do that very long so not to damage anything so I'll shift down to 5th gear and it'll help a little. Yesterday, running empty on a wee little hill, she ran up to 1100 @ 55 mph! On the flat it'll run around 600 to 800. It's been feeling like a dog at times too. What's up with this?? Am having the Cobalt and Diprocal(?) guages replaced with the Edge Juice w/Attitude today mainly because they have been through 3 FP guages and none of them have worked.
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..... It's been feeling like a dog at times too. What's up with this??
If it was not for 6 months of 90+ deg. around here, I'd still be very happy with a big single turbo.
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Originally Posted by rjohnson
Summer time in the Rockies ..... warmer temps thin out the already thin air! That would be my guess?
If it was not for 6 months of 90+ deg. around here, I'd still be very happy with a big single turbo.
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If it was not for 6 months of 90+ deg. around here, I'd still be very happy with a big single turbo.
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That's what I was hoping to hear! I'm planning on keeping this truck for a long time and am trying to learn all I can about these CTDs! I must say, this is a fantastic place to learn!
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Originally Posted by Willdsl
I have read many times that 1250* is the max and it's said you don't want to stay there long at all.
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my truck hit 1200 last weekend when it was running really rough it was like a major paper weight. I took to the shop they said nothing was wrong with it but what I have gatherd is they me have inaverntly re set my apps and now this truck runs like it should its nice again. Weird thing is my egts droped about 50 to 100 degrees depending what I am doing at the given time.
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