im buying an egt gauge and i am not sure at all what to get, stock boost is 19-20 so my boost gauge says 30, im looking for the same difference with anm egt, not a gauge that is way higher than im ever gonna hit..

 

You want one that goes up to about 1000c or 1500f ... Because if it ever goes up that high, then **** has already melted lol

 

Things start breaking above 900C but are absolutely normal at or below -- I see 875 to 900 regularly. This also depends on where you are planning to mount the probe. Mine is mounted in exhaust manifold 2 inches off the #2 cylinder.

If you do chose a location before the turbo then make sure you go with a quality gauge. Cheap senders can break and do lots of fun things to your turbo

 

the good news, all street application EGT's should be about the same, regardless of boost. Whether you're running 10#'s boost or 30#'s, they should still be about the same. Fuel quality will have some impact, but not much when choosing a gauge. 850-900C or 1500-1580F is about where you want to be WOT. All decent EGT gauges will have the correct scale.

Those are pre-turbo numbers..... after the turbo, the EGT will run considerably less.

 

Blake, what is going on with you, man? You keep starting terrible threads, and you're just way way off on everything. It's like you got your Evo "modding knowledge" from a Crackerjack prize.

You don't even need an EGT gauge, so I don't know why you're messing with it. I also don't know why you're trying to base purchase decisions based off having or not having extreme ranges like that. Your boost gauge goes to 30psi, and you can run 30psi on your stock turbo with the proper octane. Just because you're running 19-20psi, it doesn't mean that's ALL you can run or will ever run. Please stop making so many crazy threads and PM me with your questions first. It will really help you in the long run, I promise...

 

Warr....you forgot to change your avatar

 

It still applies. I'm still an active member and will always help my DC brethren. I might change it after I've established the Rocky Mountain Evo Club.

 

Here you go Warr

 

Hah, nice, but I think we'll make our own design for the RMEC. I don't want to plagiarize my boy SterlingEvo anymore than I already have.

JTB, are you going to be at PMI on the weekend of the 11th for our first track event of the season?

 

warrtallon... what would you reccomend for gauges aside from boost? or what gauges are useless in the evo?

 

I recommend oil pressure and oil temp. Also, a nice wideband o2 is a useful mod, but it's most useful when self-tuning. I don't do self-tuning anymore, but I plan to use a wideband o2 for monitoring purposes while road racing.

 

I have been considering it. Unfortunately Pueblo is a bit of a haul for us Boulderites. I guess it really depends on conditions. If the weather is clear then there is a good chance I will be there (March is generally the snowiest month of the year).

 

I've been using greddy EGT gauges and probes for almost 9 years now. Never had a problem.

 

IMO an EGT is like trying to buy insurance after you total your car. It will not do you much good. By the time you see critical temps, some damage will already be done.

 

EGT is also subjective to where you place the probe. The further back in the exhaust stream, the lower your temps will be. You will still see the changes in temps, just on a different scale.

An Air Fuel gauge is a better bet. Then get the EGT later, it will show you the temp changes as your mixture ratio changes and allow you to see the correlation between the two.