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Old 06-16-09, 08:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by valdezhilander View Post
You need to keep in mind that the numbers are relative, your looking for major increases in temp, you will not be counting each degree. I have said it before and I will say it again, ever major truck engine manufacturer puts the EGT probe post turbo, not in the manifold.
... because the manufacturer has fully tested the engine in the engineering stages WITH a pre-turbo probe and knows how to correlate pre and post turbo readings.

On these old engines, where everyone's combo of mods, engine age, turbo type, etc, are unique, we have no such data.

Put it in front of the turbo.

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