Thread: does anyone hear use egt's

does anyone hear use egt's for tuning

or for safety

There are a few people yes, I personally would love to have one, but running out of gauge space .

Did you have a question in mind?

I use them whenever I can. I haven't had the chance yet on the Sentra if you're looking for specifics, but I've done it plenty of times in the past.

I for one prefer to have my car street tuned first based off of EGT's then strapped on a dyno to clean things up a bit.

i have one in my car....but i need a new probe and harness..... got a little too close to the downpipe.

I have one, but never learned how to interpret the info it provides and never really cared. I just watch it in case the needle wanders out of where it normally is. Here is why: When I installed mine there was debate about where to put the probe: which runner or the collector. I forget the pros and cons of each, but I settled on runner #1. Then I f'ed up by cutting the probe cable to length...BEFORE reading in the directions that you're not supposed to do that! So, I've always thought my #'s we not very accurate and were not to be fussed over. Like I said, I just watch for big changes.

Curious how you would use a properly working one for basic street tuning though...thats probably what buickpower is wondering too...

I would put it on runner 3 because thats the one that usually takes a crap.

I think most of what you're looking for is in this thread:
http://www.sr20-forum.com/turbo/11593-lets-talk-gauges.html
This is also tangential info if you'd like to read it:
http://www.sr20-forum.com/turbo/12594-egt-gauge.html

That's a rod bearing (oil) issue right? Combustion chamber-wise I think cylinder #4 is the better option. It's exhaust gasses are the hottest (I hear).

yeah i hear you ben I would just like to monitor #3 because its the first one to go. I dont know much about this stuff so im just guessing