Dashhawk EGT kit

[nypest]

All you DH users check it out !!!!

http://www.msdignition.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=Apparel&Category_Code=DAH

EGT probe that you can read right from the Dashhawk!

Mine is on the way!!

 

[oskinosmee]

Nice i need to get one now

 

[nypest]

Reads factory WBO2&MAP and now EGT....Great tuning tool

 

[Haltech]

Wow, that is really an inexpensive setup. I may ditch my pro-sport EGT and go this route since i can log the actual temps.

 

[nypest]

Wow, that is really an inexpensive setup. I may ditch my pro-sport EGT and go this route since i can log the actual temps.

do you already have the egt sensor probe in ?? if so where and how did you have it done?

I read that some ppl do it while the car is at idle to keep shavings from falling down in? This way they dont have to take the header off

 

[Haltech]

do you already have the egt sensor probe in ?? if so where and how did you have it done?

I read that some ppl do it while the car is at idle to keep shavings from falling down in? This way they dont have to take the header off

I had an exhaust shop pop a hole in there with a hit torch, than weld the bung. I dont like the location of my probe, since its pre-turbo. Im moving it down somewhere in the DP.

 

[nypest]

I had an exhaust shop pop a hole in there with a hit torch, than weld the bung. I dont like the location of my probe, since its pre-turbo. Im moving it down somewhere in the DP.

Isnt your best reading pre-turbo?

 

[clos561]

you need after turbo, pre turbo is on the manifold...???(hand)

 

[nypest]

you need after turbo, pre turbo is on the manifold...???(hand)

Exactly isnt your best reading to monitor EGT pre turbo so your monitoring the combustion temps not after ? hmmm i gess it doesent really matter as long as you keep it b4 the cat.

 

[dadasracecar]

you need after turbo, pre turbo is on the manifold...???(hand)

the most accurate egt reading is on the manifold, pre turbo.

 

[clos561]

didnt know that...(hand)

i just imagined it would be difficult to put a bung and wire everything up for a gauge

 

[meha11]

the most accurate egt reading is on the manifold, pre turbo.

^100% True^, however it depends on where YOU want to monitor the temp. Its an instrument and will tell you what YOU, the individual wants to know.

Mines in the DP because i didnt want to remove the manifold. My car is not extreme, my gauge is mostly just for candy but as you drive you notice normal behavior and in the future anything different will provide a good indication something is wrong.

 

[Jays07MS3]

The closer the probe is to the combustion chambers, the more accurate your reading is. Post-turbo temps are going to be a lot lower due to energy transferring from the gas to the turbine. If you want to know if your temps are hot enough to burn valves and rings then you should tap the hole on the manifold on the hottest runner. Ideally, you would have a 4 channel meter with a probe in each manifold runner instead of just one at a single runner or at the collector.

Heres a good article on the subject.

http://www.stevetek.com/R-EGTprobeLocation.html

I've heard of people drilling out a hole while idling to blow out the metal shavings but I'm not sure I would risk that. I don't want any metal crap near the turbine for it to chew it up

 

[enganear]

Have you checked out the Dashdyno? It has several scalable analog inputs and logs to an SD card. The only thing it appears to give up the Dashhawk is the multicolor display. If you plug in a USB GPS antenna, it even logs location that can be displayed in Google Earth. It has a heavy duty windshield mount as well.

It is also less money.
-enganear

 

[SpdFreak]

Which runner (in the exhaust manifold) do you weld the bung for the probe in?

 

[dadasracecar]

Ideally the hottest one. It would probably be the one that corresponds to the rods that people have shot through the block, i.e. rod from cylinder #4, use runner #4, but that's just speculation. Without having an egt in each runner, I don't know of a way to find the hottest one.

 

[nypest]

The closer the probe is to the combustion chambers, the more accurate your reading is. Post-turbo temps are going to be a lot lower due to energy transferring from the gas to the turbine. If you want to know if your temps are hot enough to burn valves and rings then you should tap the hole on the manifold on the hottest runner. Ideally, you would have a 4 channel meter with a probe in each manifold runner instead of just one at a single runner or at the collector.

Heres a good article on the subject.

http://www.stevetek.com/R-EGTprobeLocation.html

I've heard of people drilling out a hole while idling to blow out the metal shavings but I'm not sure I would risk that. I don't want any metal crap near the turbine for it to chew it up

I heard that that was a good way to kee the shavings out ??

 

[nypest]

Which runner (in the exhaust manifold) do you weld the bung for the probe in?

Most places I have seen a single set up is the where the Exhaust manifold comes together from each chamber. Now it is defiantly true that the closer the more accurate. I tend to think that if you have a single set up having it on 1 intake runner lests say off #1 cylinder you might not catch a #2 3 4 temp problem as you might at the collector. I guess the 4ch is the way to go to do it "right"...

 

[crystalmeth3]

only downside to pre-turbo is the possibility of the probe breaking and then destroying your turbo with debris. does happen, id do after turbo.

 

[nypest]

only downside to pre-turbo is the possibility of the probe breaking and then destroying your turbo with debris. does happen, id do after turbo.

ooooooo bummer !