This is great research George.
A lot digital multimeters have a pre-calibrated thermocouple set up. May be K type IIRC. Advantage is you may already have one and eliminates the emissivity variable inherent in the more basic IR thermometers.
I really like the idea of the small Mopar Brain Boxes that you can hold in the palm of your hand to run your complete engine. Either they are working or they are not, trying to figure out the failure points so they are much more reliable.
Just like the idea of these so much to have a simple engine ignition system, unlike the new cars and all their on dash engine warning lights, auto shutdown relays, and the list goes on and on for being complicated and hard and expensive to diagnose. Then there are the transmission computers and the "body control modules" on the new cars too that can make your life a living hell when they start to act up from heat, corrosion and time. I know people that had to junk out their car cause the body control module went bad and could not get a correct replacement for it.
So yeah I like old school simpler stuff that you can replace one or two inexpensive parts and be on your way again. I even have a new Reman Points Distributor that I can easily drop in my daily driver truck if I want "Real Simple", also use the Points Distributor on the Engines that go on the Engine Run Stand, less things to go wrong on first start ups.
Everyone is getting tired of the China aftermarket parts poor quality, so figure we all need to step up and figure this out and get things made correctly.
