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Old May 13, 2010 | 07:36 AM
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POLL: What does your egt guage read when you are driving 70 with no trailer?

Im seeing what everyone is getting for egts when driving 70, if you could include egts for uphill, downhill, and level ground at 70 mph, thanks
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Old May 13, 2010 | 08:47 AM
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650 +-at 70 mph depending on head wind as far as up hill that depends on the grade some grades i hit 900* going down hill? long hill 200*
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Old May 13, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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Most of the time at 70mph with no trailer I see between 600-625* on flat ground. When I hit a hill it will creep up a bit. On a pretty good grade I might see 800*.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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I see around 650* on the level at 70 mph . . . about 850 to 950* on long uphills .... and 300* on downhills. Like rebal said, it depends a lot on the wind. I've seen over 850* on the level in a stiff headwind here in Eastern Wyoming.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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About 700-750 goes up to 850 on hills. Long steep hills it can get to 1000-1100.

But I'm at 6000 feet above sea level.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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No trailer, 70 mph on level Interstate I see very low EGT's--most times less than 500.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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I was pushing 800 degrees all the way home tonight. Going up hill I'll hit 1100 or so. Thats at 3500'.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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650 to 725 on average
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Old May 14, 2010 | 04:19 PM
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I see 850-875 on level ground, as high as 1200 going up hill, and 400 going down hill, i think my egts are higher than most peoples and im not sure what else to do about it, without adding a water/meth system
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Old May 14, 2010 | 05:44 PM
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4969joes, maybe your gauge is off. My gauge reads about 25 degrees high at it's lowest reading. What I mean is this--when I get in my truck in the morning and it's about 50 degrees out, the EGT gauge reads 75 degrees. I don't know if that temp differential remains constant over the entire readout or not.
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Old May 14, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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used to see 650-750 or so

but that was many moons ago

Rick
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Old May 15, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Robert Rausch
4969joes, maybe your gauge is off. My gauge reads about 25 degrees high at it's lowest reading. What I mean is this--when I get in my truck in the morning and it's about 50 degrees out, the EGT gauge reads 75 degrees. I don't know if that temp differential remains constant over the entire readout or not.
K-type thermocouples are designed for higher temps, they won't be completely accurate below their specified range. My pyro will read 75 degrees whether its 30C outside, or -30C.
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Old May 15, 2010 | 12:34 PM
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I wished my guage reads that low. The lowest number is 300 C which is 572 F. It goes up to 1200 C which is 2192 F.
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Old May 15, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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500F with empty truck, mile high elevation.
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Old May 16, 2010 | 07:36 AM
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70mph = 650 to 700F for me. Probe is pre turbo.
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