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| DaveO90s4 |
 Apr 26 2017, 01:33 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 26-April 16 From: Australia Member No.: 19,935 Region Association: None  |
Hi all,
Remember way way back in the good ole days about the turn of the century when you could stick a circular thermocouple connection under the spark plug and read cylinder head temp. on a VDO analogue gauge? Well, now we are in the good new modern days I can't find such an animal for love nor money (my WTB add is feeling very unloved - lots of views but no offers). So what do I do to go back to the future and do what I used to be able to do in my youth with my VW's re cylinder head temp? Sage or other advice welcome :=) Dave |
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| kgruen2 |
Apr 26 2017, 01:51 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 22-February 15 From: Prescott, Az. Member No.: 18,459 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(DaveO90s4 @ Apr 26 2017, 12:33 AM)  Hi all, Remember way way back in the good ole days about the turn of the century when you could stick a circular thermocouple connection under the spark plug and read cylinder head temp. on a VDO analogue gauge? Well, now we are in the good new modern days I can't find such an animal for love nor money (my WTB add is feeling very unloved - lots of views but no offers). So what do I do to go back to the future and do what I used to be able to do in my youth with my VW's re cylinder head temp? Sage or other advice welcome :=) Dave You can get a digital gauge using the same style ring sensor to put under the #3 spark plug. I did that recently with my rebuilt engine for my 914. What an eye opener, watching the CHT do it's thing. P.S. I was advised by the engine builder to switch to digital gauges as the VDO analog gauges were slow to react and woefully inaccurate. Karl |
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| falcor75 |
Apr 26 2017, 01:53 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia 
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| VaccaRabite |
Apr 26 2017, 06:58 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,417 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
The post Falcor mentions has all the good data.
I ran a Dakota Digital CHT for a long time. It worked great. Zach |
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| barefoot |
Apr 26 2017, 07:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(DaveO90s4 @ Apr 26 2017, 03:33 AM) Hi all, Remember way way back in the good ole days about the turn of the century when you could stick a circular thermocouple connection under the spark plug and read cylinder head temp. on a VDO analogue gauge? Well, now we are in the good new modern days I can't find such an animal for love nor money (my WTB add is feeling very unloved - lots of views but no offers). So what do I do to go back to the future and do what I used to be able to do in my youth with my VW's re cylinder head temp? Sage or other advice welcome :=) Dave I got my thermocouples here, look very well made: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172302303136?_trks...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
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