EGTs
How high is too high? Hitting about 1200 on long hard accel. Cruising at 65-70 they are around 600.
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1200 is fine, but it's winter. You might see higher temps then that pulling a long grade in the summer. I wouldn't want to see anything higher then 1,400 for a very short period of time. Adding an intercooler should lower your EGTs.
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Great, thanks.
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how is that new turbo working out?
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So far so good...
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In my head, I just keep thinking "aluminum melts at 1221 F" as I'm driving. I don't have an EGT gauge yet, but I am running a stock engine right now. Once I finish the non-stock it will have an EGT gauge.
On an engine I didn't care much about (not a D24 - an Isuzu 1.8L) would run about where you say yours is, and never melted. Spenser |
Interesting. I'm not sure how fast that melting process occurs. I've run over 1200 momentarily and the car still runs, but good to know.
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I'm sure there are lots of factors.... There is cooling of the parts involved, but who knows about hot spots and things like that. I imagine if it gets too hot, you'll find out quick. What's the typical damage? Hole in the piston?
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hopefully it will help lower my EGTs once I get my GTD nozzles back from the diesel shop.
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Has anyone kept track of their EGTs before and after intercooling? How much of a difference can one expect? One of these days I will make it down to the pick and pull (closest one with a decent number of volvos is 2.5 hours away) and hopefully pull an intercooler and e-fan from a 900. I would like to be able to drive it hard when I want to without worrying too much about damaging the engine. I hardly make any smoke at full throttle but if I keep it pinned it will hit 1300 and keep rising.
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