EGT Probe
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EGT Probe
From Road Race Engineering:
"Why do I need an Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge?
A leaner mixture will give you more power by making more heat. Too much heat, and things start to melt. You need to find out what's going on inside the motor before it's too late. Your car will never feel so fast as when the pistons are just beginning to melt. Most people who install an EGT are amazed at how close to the edge they are running. This is a must if you are going to experiment. We install the temperature probe in the exhaust manifold to get the most accurate reading. We prefer to mount the probe in the runner for cylinder number one since it seems to run the hottest. The probe can be installed without removing the manifold by drilling the hole with the engine idling. This blows out the chips."
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"Why do I need an Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge?
A leaner mixture will give you more power by making more heat. Too much heat, and things start to melt. You need to find out what's going on inside the motor before it's too late. Your car will never feel so fast as when the pistons are just beginning to melt. Most people who install an EGT are amazed at how close to the edge they are running. This is a must if you are going to experiment. We install the temperature probe in the exhaust manifold to get the most accurate reading. We prefer to mount the probe in the runner for cylinder number one since it seems to run the hottest. The probe can be installed without removing the manifold by drilling the hole with the engine idling. This blows out the chips."
To where!?
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Depending on you who you talk to. Most will say in the exhaust manifold for the #1 cylinder, about an inch or two from where the manifold starts. I think cylinder #1 burns the hottest and thats the reason why most will say there. Or just prior to the turbine.
ML
ML
Re: EGT Probe
Originally posted by Claudius
From Road Race Engineering:
"Why do I need an Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge?
A leaner mixture will give you more power by making more heat. Too much heat, and things start to melt. You need to find out what's going on inside the motor before it's too late. Your car will never feel so fast as when the pistons are just beginning to melt. Most people who install an EGT are amazed at how close to the edge they are running. This is a must if you are going to experiment. We install the temperature probe in the exhaust manifold to get the most accurate reading. We prefer to mount the probe in the runner for cylinder number one since it seems to run the hottest. The probe can be installed without removing the manifold by drilling the hole with the engine idling. This blows out the chips."
To where!?
From Road Race Engineering:
"Why do I need an Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge?
A leaner mixture will give you more power by making more heat. Too much heat, and things start to melt. You need to find out what's going on inside the motor before it's too late. Your car will never feel so fast as when the pistons are just beginning to melt. Most people who install an EGT are amazed at how close to the edge they are running. This is a must if you are going to experiment. We install the temperature probe in the exhaust manifold to get the most accurate reading. We prefer to mount the probe in the runner for cylinder number one since it seems to run the hottest. The probe can be installed without removing the manifold by drilling the hole with the engine idling. This blows out the chips."
To where!?
"We prefer to mount the probe in the runner for cylinder number one since it seems to run the hottest."J.R.
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I guess what they are trying to say is that it blows the chips out of the hole that is being drilled as opposed to into the exhaust/turbo/cat whatever is in the way. I don't think it'll be 100% safe, cause I'm sure some chips will always get into the manifold...
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The metal slivers will blow out from the manifold and not into the turbo, as long as the engine is idling. I don't think that it will cause any problems for the car. RRE has been doing this for years and I've never heard anyone say that it's not good for the engine or have heard anyone claim that their engine was damaged doing this.
Mike L.
Mike L.
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