Excessive Egts or bad gauges, glowshift guages from ebay

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Excessive Egts or bad gauges, glowshift guages from ebay

Postby fourwheelininajeep » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:54 am

Hey just got a set of gauges on my truck yesterday and took it for a drive, I turned the pump up 2 turns on the fuel screw and I have a set of diesel care and performance 40 hp injectors. Same size hole just different spray pattern.

The first test drive I only got into 3 and ran about 900 egts nothing weird there the truck revs to fast to put some fuel to it, but after I got off of work I went on the interstate and opened it up my boost gauge went to 35psi which is not to suprising my dads similiar truck pushed 30 but has an intercooler so mine should be more. The reason im worried is after about 5 seconds and full boost my brand new glow shift guage was showing 1800 degrees thats the most ive seen but even on normal pulls I still see 1200 and I know that these cummins dont like more than 1300 unless for short 30 second pulls so is it possible that my truck could be running that hot has any one else with a 1990 no intercooled truck with same size as stock or stock injectors turned up 2 turns on the fuel screw seen anything that hot. Should I try a different sending unit or is the guage just that inaccurate has anyone heard of glowshift gauges are they quality
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Postby grumpy » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:22 am

where did you put the sensor at on the exhaust madifold or????
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Postby fourwheelininajeep » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:10 pm

In between the turbo and the head on the manifold, where the 6 pipes come to a 2 pipe collector, it was split into two ports so I went into the firewall side I figured it doesnt make a difference unless the truck was missing like crazy both sides would be the same temperature. My dads banks kit said that you go before the turbo cause you can loose as much as 300 degrees from the turbo. His has the 12cm housing and is intercooled other than that are trucks are identical same injectors same location for the temp sender and his has never seen over 1300. Does a 12 cm housing and an intercooler make that much difference. Or is my gauge not even close.
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Postby SNOOT » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:37 pm

Stock turbo , fuel turned up and no I/C sounds about right... You should get a larger turbo to support what your asking.
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Postby Richie O » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:36 pm

I saw my 89 with my cooler bypassed and stock sticks go 1600 easy. I took out my banks i/c and put in a powerstroke unit. Egt's still bad but better.
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Postby KD » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:56 pm

I've been wondering about those Glowshift gauges. Good prices, but do you get what you pay for? In saying that, I've read a lot of horror stories about ISSPRO and Autometer too, so there goes that theory :roll: I've read a few good things about the Glowshift's, though they do seem kind of 'tuner'-ish. What do they look like in the truck?
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Postby CumminsPride » Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:41 am

I had the white 7 color series. They looked like my old isspros other than the cheesy logo in the center. At night they looked great.
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Postby gear jammer 91" » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:28 am

before I put in the intercooler and, the w/m and the hx-40, my truck would hit 1500+ easy if I wasn't careful. I never saw it it hit 1800 though and I had my fuel screw in farther, but I also advanced the timing witch is something you might want to look into. Before the hx-40 I had to run my injection pump against the head along with two w/m squirters sprayin just water to keep the egt's below 1400.
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Postby fourwheelininajeep » Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:14 pm

My timings all the way to the head. The guages look cool I like them I just have the mounted in a piece of wood for now but I got a guage kit ordered from banks so they will look good. I drove it again last night after taking the fuel screw back a full turn. It ran the same less smoke but same egts. I think I may have maxed my b1 pile of !!!! but at 38 pounds of boost that truck goes.
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