Best place to mount EGT probe on headers?, Updated- Now weber tuning topic |
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Best place to mount EGT probe on headers?, Updated- Now weber tuning topic |
tornik550 |
Jun 3 2013, 07:12 PM
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Where is the best place to mount a EGT probe on 4-1 headers? I have triad headers with a triad muffler.
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r_towle |
Jun 4 2013, 08:41 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
not sure what value a single EGT probe would have.
The reason to put them on each pipe is so you can ensure your carbs are setup properly and a balanced mixture/burn is happening. One probe at a collector location will just tell you the exhaust is hot. It wont tell you anything more. One O2 sensor at a collector location may provide some tuning information, but one EGT probe is (in my opinion) a waste of time and money. rich |
tornik550 |
Jun 4 2013, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,248 Joined: 29-January 07 From: Ohio Member No.: 7,486 Region Association: None |
not sure what value a single EGT probe would have. The reason to put them on each pipe is so you can ensure your carbs are setup properly and a balanced mixture/burn is happening. One probe at a collector location will just tell you the exhaust is hot. It wont tell you anything more. One O2 sensor at a collector location may provide some tuning information, but one EGT probe is (in my opinion) a waste of time and money. rich I was planning on installing a probe right after the stub pipe on my headers on cyl 2. I was hoping to use the info to help me tune my carbs. I was hoping that the one prove would give me enough info to get me close to properly tuned the base my other cylinder adjustments off cyl 2. Would this be reasonable or am I just dreaming. I don't mind buying 4 probes but I didn't really want to fork out the money for a 4 channel gauge. Is it ok if I install a probe in each header and only have a single channel gauge? I could tune one cylinder, the hook up the next probe and then tune the next cylinder. Would this work? Would this be better than a single channel? |
nathansnathan |
Jun 4 2013, 01:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 31-May 10 From: Laguna Beach, CA Member No.: 11,782 Region Association: None |
not sure what value a single EGT probe would have. The reason to put them on each pipe is so you can ensure your carbs are setup properly and a balanced mixture/burn is happening. One probe at a collector location will just tell you the exhaust is hot. It wont tell you anything more. One O2 sensor at a collector location may provide some tuning information, but one EGT probe is (in my opinion) a waste of time and money. rich I was planning on installing a probe right after the stub pipe on my headers on cyl 2. I was hoping to use the info to help me tune my carbs. I was hoping that the one prove would give me enough info to get me close to properly tuned the base my other cylinder adjustments off cyl 2. Would this be reasonable or am I just dreaming. I don't mind buying 4 probes but I didn't really want to fork out the money for a 4 channel gauge. Is it ok if I install a probe in each header and only have a single channel gauge? I could tune one cylinder, the hook up the next probe and then tune the next cylinder. Would this work? Would this be better than a single channel? If you are talking about tuning 4 barrel carbs, It is super finicky as the mixture affects the idle, balance everything interties. You need both carbs working as hard as each other. There are multiple factors that will cause any cylinder to be hot or cold. Despite the probe install etc, I have only got it to work like once. I was using an Innovate tc-4 4 channel thermocoupler amlifier through an lm-2 into a laptop. Innovate is crap. Problems getting the lm-2 to sync with windows, bluescreens, hours and hours messing with it and managed to break the ac input plug to the lm2. As a last ditch effort, I am going to get the cord to go directly from the tc-4 to the laptop. For those few minutes that it worked, it really was magical. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images.thesamba.com-11782-1370375824.1.jpg) |
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