Baseline #'s for egt's and boost for stock 6.0

[98767]

Got my SPA gauge setup put in and was just wandering what #'s anybody else got on a stock 6.0. With the truck run to the max pulling a hill, it will hit 1100 deg on the pyro and reach 25 psi boost. The boost I expected but the egt seems a little high for a stock motor. Anybody?

[George C]

1,100 is very normal for a stock 6.0L.
I can hit around 28-30 lbs of boost, but each gauge may read differently.

[honkey84]

I have got the western diesel gauges and I can hit about 1200-1250 on mine [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]. So that is why I'm getting the DPPI duals and intake to hopefully lower my EGT's.

[mcn6]

Sounds about right to me. Would like to add: about 800 just cruising at 70mph+/- unloaded.
Chris in L.V.

[guardrail22]

way too hot

450-850 around town
5-10 lbs of boost

1000 deg and 25 lbs if you really step on it

[mcn6]

Uummm, yeah. Stop and go type stuff sounds about right too, egt's up and down. What I was saying is, unloaded, cruising at 70+/- mph, 800 deg. is average. At that speed, in fifth gear, if I am pushing 10lb boost I am closer to 900deg. At 5lb boost I am probably closer to 700 deg. That's what I read on my guages anyway, your mileage (or mine) may vary. I have yet to exceed a little over 1200 packing heavy, even up hill and dropping down a gear while in tow-haul.
Chris in L.V.

[OldFlick]

Mine will run about 1100 temp and 27 boost WOT from idle to limiter(flat ground). Runs about 700 down to road and boost varies alot. Pre turbo readings.

[mkspear]

Pulling my 10Klb trailer up a steep hill with the truck shifting down to third I can hit 1200 exh and 31lbs boost! NOTE with the box I don't need or get that much boost only 28 but hit the same temp.........all in 5th gear! AWESOME

[guardrail22]

I started a little surveey over in the engine forum

on I85
temp = 85F
humidity = high
speed = 70mph
RPM = 2000
flat level terrain
boost = 2psi
egt = 550F

[MIKE KEMP]

Towing my 33' Teton just this past ten days I saw 27 on the boost gauge & 1400 on the Pyro. Outside temp was over 100 & grade was 6% + needless to say I let off on the throttle to get the temp down. I found that I couldn't take advantage of all the power the 6.0 has because of the hi EGT.

[BigPSD]

whats the meltdown temps on the 6.0L...i guess it should be the same as the 7.3L...is it somewhere around 1400*?...is that post or pre turbo?[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]

Thanks

[George C]

Mike,
Install a DPPI 4" exhaust system and your EGT problems will be OVER..
The stock Ford muffler is the real culprit here. It is incredibly restrictive.
With just a simple CAT back, you'll buy 100+ degrees, and another 100 by removing the CAT itself.

[George C]

EGTs change all the time.
800-1000 degrees while cruising is perfectly normal. Temps on a certain stretch of road can vary as much as 200 degrees up and down depending on wind and temperature, so there really isn't a concrete baseline to go by..

Anything is fine as long as it doesn't approach a consistant 1,350 degrees.
I tow all day long at 1,000 degrees with my truck, and that's perfect.

[MIKE KEMP]

George C
Looks like that's the main problem just by looking at my muffler. Rear 1/4 of it's discolored like it was very hot [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/phoney.gif[/img] 1400+
I think that is the way I'm going to go. Thanks