Pyrometer and diesel trucks
I have a 2006 Dodge 2500 with the CTD, since I will be towing my boat (boat and trailer are about 3200 pounds) and the campers about 2600 pounds I was wondering should I install a Pyrometer. Here in t...
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ejfranz wrote:
Even with a stock setup you can exceed your recommended egt in mountain passes. Shifting down will lower the egt, but raise the auto tranny temp. I also wait for the egt to drop down to about 300 before shutting down.
My 2008 CTD is stock and I have EGT/Boost/Tranny gauges. I have pulled heavy from coast to coast and border to border and my EGTs have never ever gone over 1250.
One of the things I use the gauges for is to monitor fuel efficiency. The higher the boost, the more fuel that is being burned. Much like the vacuum gauges on the 1966 Chevrolet Impala.
