I have cam gears still sitting in the box. That's next weekend's project. Anyhow, we just got done putting together a custom exhaust last night, and it turned out pretty nice.

Anyhow, I also installed a Dynotune boost and EGT gauge. I'm peaking the stage 0 (with downpipe) at 22.8 psi, and the EGT is surprisingly high at low 600C during idle and up to 800C while cruising in fifth gear. WOT results in over 900C, about 930C or so, which is scary to me. I have the EGT probe mounted about 1.5" away from the head port for #2. It's close enough so that the heat shield fit without having to cut it.

Are these normalish EGT's on this car? Seems like it's very high.

Warren

 

seems high to me . i just have a turbo back and my readings are 1.5bar max boost and 825C EGT reading.

 

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We finished at 5am this (monday) morning, and I still had to come into work :-P Gears next weekend. The pre-bent tubing was a little off, so we had to throw in a few butt welds to extend a few pieces for the cat-back.

I don't see how the gears would drop the temps much though, but maybe I'm wrong. I'll find out next weekend I guess. What are people typically seeing for EGT's with probes mounted this close to the head?

Warren

 

I tried resetting the ECU and moving to stock program, and the EGT's were still over 900 at WOT. Here's a picture of where it's mounted:

 

Interior shot of the gauges: