7.3 Liter Powerstroke MPG Upgrades Part 3

In this part I install the pyrometer (EGT gauge). I tried to show everything that you need to know about how to do the job yourself.
Index:
@0.10 Pyrometer parts (EGT gauge)
@1.03 preparing to in stall the thermocouple.
@1.22 Drill and tap sizes to use
@2.05 Where to drill
@2.26 How to set up the tap
@2.55 How to tap the hole
@3.47 How to fish out the metal chips
@5.30 Installing the thermocouple
@5.57 Where to drill the hole through the fire wall
@7.40 Link to part 4

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• egt pid
• stainless
• steel
• exhaust
• diesel
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[tkhobbs]

What was the final result? Baseline mpg v. Modified MPG

[mars1952]

I can't find the actual results but I think that the mpg improvement was to small to measure accurately.

Mars

[96318dakotaify]

@RedDiesel350 it was on my old 6.2 i didnt give a shit lol but i have it on my manifold now

[Xlt92bassist]

@96318dakotaify you should always have your egt probe in the exhaust manifild. mounting it after the turbo is not an accurate egt reading location as the temperatur is less after the turbo than before.

[RedDiesel350]

@Xlt92bassist True, a shop vac works well too.

[RedDiesel350]

@96318dakotaify what's the point?

[96318dakotaify]

i put my egt right after the turbo on the down pipe post turbo

[Xlt92bassist]

instead of having to fish for the metal in the manifold, you could have just greased up your bits and your tap, the metal chips would have stuck to the grease, its how we rethread spark plug holes in the 5.4 and 6.8Ls when they blow plugs out.

[Springfield1225]

This was helpful. It showed a few things I didn't know about those intercooler tubes..