2010 Boondocker M8 - EGT power supply?

[TheBreeze]

I am adding koso EGT to my 2010 M8 Boondocker race gas sled. I am wondering what my options are for suitable places to pull the power from. The sled currently has: intercooler fan, EBC, AEM A/F gauge, and oil pump that are wired in. The EGT is being mounted on the hood so I would like to pull the power from the front of the sled, or the headlight wires if possible.

Can I just tie into the red wire that comes out of the voltage regulator?

I don't know much about electronics, and wiring, and do not want to be pulling power for a circuit that cant handle it.

 

[taylorbok]

I have no headlights on my xp wondering if I can use those wires for gauges as well because I only have the one acc. plug and it is fairly small wires and dont know if it will power my egt, afr, oil pump and fuel pump

 

[brian_moreau7]

I am adding koso EGT to my 2010 M8 Boondocker race gas sled. I am wondering what my options are for suitable places to pull the power from. The sled currently has: intercooler fan, EBC, AEM A/F gauge, and oil pump that are wired in. The EGT is being mounted on the hood so I would like to pull the power from the front of the sled, or the headlight wires if possible.

Can I just tie into the red wire that comes out of the voltage regulator?

I don't know much about electronics, and wiring, and do not want to be pulling power for a circuit that cant handle it.

I Also Have the exact Same Boondocker Race Gas Setup ( Intercooler & Fan, EBC, Oil Pump) As You on my 2010 m8, I Installed my Koso EGT Guage On The Hood By My Speedo, I Used the Red/Blue Wire At the Speedo Harness...........

Where Did you get the power from for your O2 Guage? I Am Currently installing my O2 Gauge and am not sure where to steal power for that..... It is also mounted on the hood by the speedo...

 

[realbass]

I connected all of my gauges (AFR,EGT) directly from voltage regulator in the place where my fan was connect.

 

[wasatchcomm]

i connected koso gauge to my reverse beeper wires.

worked great

 

[brian_moreau7]

I connected all of my gauges (AFR,EGT) directly from voltage regulator in the place where my fan was connect.

What Color Wire Was That?

 

[brian_moreau7]

I am adding koso EGT to my 2010 M8 Boondocker race gas sled. I am wondering what my options are for suitable places to pull the power from. The sled currently has: intercooler fan, EBC, AEM A/F gauge, and oil pump that are wired in. The EGT is being mounted on the hood so I would like to pull the power from the front of the sled, or the headlight wires if possible.

Can I just tie into the red wire that comes out of the voltage regulator?

I don't know much about electronics, and wiring, and do not want to be pulling power for a circuit that cant handle it.

So What Did You End Up Doing ? ?

 

[TheBreeze]

Ive been out of town the past few days and have not gotten around to wiring up the EGT's yet. I am going to wire it in down by the voltage regulator, or to the headlight power wire I am thinking. Ill take some pictures and post where I tie into, and If it works.

 

[TheBreeze]

I seem to have failed miserably on the install last night. I wired the gauge into the red power wire, and brown (ground?) wire that is also running the AEM a/f gauge. I initially wired the EGT gauge wires backwards. Once corrected the gauge still did not work.

Did I fry the gauge?

The AFR gauge is still functioning properly.

I also tried grounding the EGT directly to the chassis with no success.

Any input or help is greatly appreciated.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to test the gauge itself and make sure it is still good?

 

[TheBreeze]

Success!! I tied into the hood harness that goes to the gauge. Red with blue tracer is regulated dc, and black wire is common ground on the 09-11 m8's

 

[brian_moreau7]

On My 2010 M8T Both My Koso EGT Gauge and My Koso Wideband O2 are mounted on my hood...

I wired my EGT Gauge to the Red/Blue wire in the Headlight Harness

For my O2 Gauge I used the Red Wire coming out of the Voltage Regulator, I Used this as my power supply because it seems like the O2 Gauge Needs a lot more power to initialize.
I also put a 12v Switch Inline so that I could reset the O2 Gauge if it did not Heat Cycle Properly

Works Great So Far......

 

[kcdavidak]

hooked mine into red brown voltage reg, but i ..iam getting low voltage code at idle innovate af . egts red blue going into gauge works fine.