<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>I second the fuel pressure recommendation. For the $$$ I spent last year chasing what I thought was an ignition problem I could have installed two fuel pressure gauges with isolators!!! Not to mention the lost laps in the Kastler Cup....
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<div>I've always heard that if you have a balance tube between front
and rear carb that you want to run in 1 and 4 so you can better
isolate which carb you want to adjust.</div>
<div>I have mine in 1 and 4 but run webers so no balance tube. I see
up to 1450 F at the end of long straights. Much more than that
and I start to transfer aluminum from the piston to the cylinder
walls. I think there's some variation in temp readings between
different probes and gauges, I don't know what the accuracy really
is.</div>
<div>It's a great troubleshooting tool when the car starts to run like
crap. Another helpful tools is a fuel pressure gauge (with
isolator so you don't pipe gas into the passenger compartment).
Pressure too high overruns the floats. To low and you've got
something funny with the feed like a regulator / pump going bad or
you forgot to put gas in the car.<br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv4131427800MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interesting – why not
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you are using SU's I would use Cylinders 1 and 3 or 2
and 4. If you are using dual Webers I prefer the same as
above but any two will do really.</span></div>
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need some tips on installation of a dual
probe EGT gauge on the TR4 race engine
with twin Strombergs-</span></div>
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two cylinder to use for probes.</span></div>
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EG temperature for tuning purposes.</span></div>
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