What about EGT Gauges?

[jnow454]

I have to ask,
With all the talk about plugs (cost of ECS's) and warming up (1 minute feels like 5 when your ready to go) before riding. Would an EGT gauge be the answer for the lazy man (myself) to see a number instead of guessing.

Does anyone make a triple gauge which is small enough to cleanly mount on the dash.

Thanks again to everyone on this site who always reply with valuable info.

 

[skidooboy]

water temp guage and feeling your heat exchangers are warm (all of them) prior to going out and squeezing the flipper will save more plugs than an egt.

egt's are only as good as the operator using them. they are not end all be all.

ideally what you should do is run the sled with the egt readout not visable to you while you take baseline jetting and piston wash readings. when you get the pistons and plugs you are shooting for, unmask the egts and verify the temp readings.

i have seen many sleds burn down with egts under 1100 degrees and many run good with egts over 1400. aluminum melts at 1350 so, probe placement is the difference. and since pipe people and egt people can only give you so much info, you need to run the above tests prior to using the egt acurately. it is only one tool to the performance window, but you have to understand the tool's variables. ski

 

[mcclan]

Well said!