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Old 29-09-2017, 10:27 PM
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Default Gearbox or Diff temp.

What would you consider most useful (or which is most likely to overheat), measuring gearbox temp or rear diff temp ?
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Old 29-09-2017, 10:42 PM
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I do not confess to knowing much or anything about this particular topic, but my instinct would be to measure the gearbox temp. I would imagine that will run potentially hotter due to more moving parts and heat transfer from the block. They also tend to be the more expensive part to replace/repair out of the two. So I would rather know if that was going wrong if I had to pick between the two. In an ideal world you would want to measure both. Especially for a track car I would assume. Do they need close monitoring?
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I've never measured them before, but upgrades I'm making give me the opportunity to easily measure a least one of them.
So it would be rude not to.
Old 30-09-2017, 11:10 AM
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I wonder if you could wire in both and just have a switch to swap between each sender?

The diff could easily have a boot mounted gauge as you don't need to be checking it all the time
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I'd be tempted to fit a diff cooler and then monitor the gearbox and possibly add one there too
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Thinking about it I may just have a long lead on the sensor so I can screw it into the gearbox or the diff. And monitor both just on different occasions

Sensor will be connected to ecu and displayed via an ecu display system.
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Originally Posted by Adam-M
I'd be tempted to fit a diff cooler and then monitor the gearbox and possibly add one there too
Probably don't need a diff cooler, measurement of temps is the first step then you can make an informed decision whether to fit one or not..
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