Something is amiss here. 1600 degrees in a TURBO car would be considered right
on the edge without a special exhaust housing. I very much doubt that you can
see that temp with NA engine. But,I'm Always prepared to be wrong.
>
> From: "John W" <john@race-dogs.com>
> Date: 2005/05/03 Tue PM 04:04:10 EDT
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Exhaust Gas Temperature Gage
>
> WOW - 1600 degrees -
> Where are your probes ? - Mine are 2.5 " from the exhaust port From all my
> research - Much over 1400 degrees and I was told you should start being
> worried
> Plus my plugs, tail pipe and dyno pulls with a O2 sensor all show that is
> where I should be -
> Anyone else seeing those kind of temps? - here is a good link
> http://www.ifamilysoftware.com/news6.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
> To: <WEmery7451@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Exhaust Gas Temperature Gage
>
>
> > Mine also shows no gauge reading at idle. The needles are rather slow to
> > respond and take a few seconds to catch up to what's going on in the
> > pipes. At full song on a long straight several of us see 1400 - 1450. If
> > it's running lean, you'll see 1650 but not for very long.
> >
> > At 12:09 AM 5/3/2005, you wrote:
> >>Dear FOT,
> >>
> >>I finally got around to installing an exhaust gas temperature gage, with
> >>sensors in the Number 1 and Number 4 exhaust manifold pipes. The two
> >>scales on
> >>the gage range from 8 to 16 degrees F, with a 100 multiplier. At first,
> >>the
> >>gage arrows would not move off of their low points, so the gage may be
> >>faulty.
> >>Then one of the two arrows started to move upscale, with the other one not
> >>moving at all.
> >>
> >>This brings on the following questions:
> >>
> >>-Could there be anything else wrong besides the gage being faulty?
> >>
> >>-Approximately, what temperatures should I be seeing?
> >>
> >>-If the gage were working properly, are we supposed to adjust the mixture
> >>to
> >>the carburetors to obtain nearly equal temperature readings of the two
> >>needles?
> >>
> >>I have been adjusting the carburetor jets by turning the nuts out a
> >>specified
> >>number of turns, and then using a depth gage to set the jets an equal
> >>distance down, with the cover, piston, and needles off of the carburetor.
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