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Has anyone ever installed an Espar engine coolant heater on a 6.5? I managed to come across one for a deal that I couldn't refuse and I'm interested in where a good place to mount it would be and what line to T the coolant intake and return from.

If you stick with your turbo - definitely get the S&B - the open top AFE sucks hot air which is not what you want for a non intercooled truck. S&B sucks cold air from the ram air piping through the fender. I would get it tuned by Heath (good luck with mine so far) - The Buddy chip is only for...

Would more oil pressure keep it from spinning the mains? I feel like the oil film is getting squished right out causing the mains to spin, or am I way off?

How many mm of fuel does Heath tune the OBD II trucks too?

Thanks man. I'll have to take a look at what they output for a voltage because a little adapter would be a joke to track down.

Well good news on the data logging - The SSI-4 WILL log any 0-5V analog signal so the pressure transducer from Optrand will work BUT according to the guys at TFX engine, they think that the SSI-4 will only be good for logging peak pressure (which I'm fine with). TFX offers a sick system that...

Ok, so the operating temperature is a sustained temperature so, since the combustion process occurs quickly, the temperature that the transducer will be at is roughly the temperature of the cylinder head, or in some rare cases it might get to 200 C; So still easily within the range of the...

I have not; although I did just check their website and they dont have anything listed that would be applicable as a cylinder pressure transducer; 1500 psi isnt enough. BUT I did get a reply from Optrand and they do build those glowplugs for $1045 each (owch). I'm getting more info as to...

To bad you didnt have an OBD II truck and could just log data with HP tuners. My plan is to go with the mechanical injection system so tuning is out of the question for me BUT for you, there are plenty of small chips that can be wired up to convert the frequency into a voltage; I just dont know...

That sensor has a natural frequency of 130 kHz which would easily be able to output enough data since 3600 rpm is 60hz so it should be able to 2000+ data points per revolution; so that's covered. But it doesnt state what it's output is so IF that glow plug is a 0-5V output AND that innovate...

Am I misinterpreting the "Maximum operating temperature" because these guys also sell a glow plug transducer: https://www.avl.com/pressure-sensors-for-combustion-analysis And it's operating temperature is the roughly the same as the one sold by optrand (400C or 750F) but this one maxes out at...

This is really cool stuff. I just sent them an email too. That 0.5-5V output makes me think that I might be able to make it work with that Innovate motorsports data collection system... Hopefully they aren't a fortune; I really dont want to resort to estimated hand calculations.

My professor actually recommended Omega too so, I just sent them an email - Everything that I saw wasnt cheap, thats for sure, but from what I could tell, nothing could handle the temperature that I'm going for unless combustion temperature is going to be the same as the exhaust temperature...

I also just noticed that my keyboard's "I" wasn't working very well when I typed the title. Could someone please fix the typo of Cylinder in the title?

Yeah thats a big issue: heat. For me, cranking psi doesnt mean anything in the way that I want to use the data - the combustion process is a little to complicated to mathematically figure out especially when turbo back pressure, exhaust manifold design etc is playing additional roles. I just...