DaveBen
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You may want to get a boost guage if you do any towing, chipped or not. You can get the temps up there even stock.
Dave
Dave
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oil Gauges installed
Have fun with the oil pressure guage. I did mine, just got so pissed off at it that I was gonna adapt something that would work and look ok as well, Took 6 hours not to mention the trips to the store. The OP will be the most difficult of the bunch to install out of all the gauges, except maybe a pyro.
Jon
Have fun with the oil pressure guage. I did mine, just got so pissed off at it that I was gonna adapt something that would work and look ok as well, Took 6 hours not to mention the trips to the store. The OP will be the most difficult of the bunch to install out of all the gauges, except maybe a pyro.
Jon
DaveBen
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I would use the existing switch port.
Dave
Dave
That's what i was thinking about, but i didn't know if i wanted to put all of that stress on a brass "T". And to get the EGT sensor in the manifold, you take the manifold off right, to ensure no metal peices are floating around. And if so do you need a new gasket for the manifold?
powerboatr
living well in Texas
if you drill the manifold SLOW and start with a little bit then work your way up to the right sized hole and coat the bit with grease, and since its cast iron you need to drill just fast enough to make nice thread shavings, they get HOT to so watch your occular orbits
then tap it and also coat the tap with grease, go slow 1/2 to 3/4 turn then back out and start over. time is your friend. speed KILLS
then get the shop vac and suck out the hole for good measure
then tap it and also coat the tap with grease, go slow 1/2 to 3/4 turn then back out and start over. time is your friend. speed KILLS
then get the shop vac and suck out the hole for good measure
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Just like Robert said, no need to take the manifold off
Oil gauge
You "can use the oil test port" , have fun doing it, on an 03 you have dismantle the EGR cooler to get at it, then you have to get a sending unit in there. Best way is to take off intake hose to turbo. Then take out the EOT sensor behind the Oil filter housing, "T" into it, have your sending unit pointing toward the CAC tube. There is just enough room to do it if you think ahead a bit and get some parts. not too many. It also does not rub or touch anything. Best of all she don't leak. As far as I know the oil pressure switch, the stock one, is just an idiot switch. Above 7psi the guage will switch to the " normal" zone. With 15w40 at start up I've had 100psi, and down to 12 psi at warm idle. 10w30 I have 75 psi start and 10 at idle. 65 and 52 psi respectively at highway speed.
You "can use the oil test port" , have fun doing it, on an 03 you have dismantle the EGR cooler to get at it, then you have to get a sending unit in there. Best way is to take off intake hose to turbo. Then take out the EOT sensor behind the Oil filter housing, "T" into it, have your sending unit pointing toward the CAC tube. There is just enough room to do it if you think ahead a bit and get some parts. not too many. It also does not rub or touch anything. Best of all she don't leak. As far as I know the oil pressure switch, the stock one, is just an idiot switch. Above 7psi the guage will switch to the " normal" zone. With 15w40 at start up I've had 100psi, and down to 12 psi at warm idle. 10w30 I have 75 psi start and 10 at idle. 65 and 52 psi respectively at highway speed.
