Exhaust gas temperature and towing
My 2004 Ram has 325 horse and 600 ft-lb of torque. I find myself bumping 1,300 degrees of EGT before I max my power capability. I like to keep it below 1,300 so I slow down as I have already geared ...
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1250 degrees is good all day long.
1251 degrees is bad.
You get the idea. Lower gears, higher RPM, slow it down a little and keep the engine from lugging so much. Brief hits up to 1300 or so aren't bad every once in a while, but you don't want to see much of that. Pyrometer should be pre-turbo, in the exhaust header.
1251 degrees is bad.
You get the idea. Lower gears, higher RPM, slow it down a little and keep the engine from lugging so much. Brief hits up to 1300 or so aren't bad every once in a while, but you don't want to see much of that. Pyrometer should be pre-turbo, in the exhaust header.
