What is the best temp for your egt?

[SpeedFreak]

I wanted to know what a well tunned sr20det's egt should be at. I couldnt find what I wanted from the search so help me out plz

[EZcheese15]

You want to make sure it never ever goes above about 850 C or 1550 F at the very most. EGT's are always better the lower they are. Anything above those temps will melt stuff. Try to tune it so it leaves you a good margin from those temperatures. If you are getting up to that range then you are running on the edge.

[cnichols]

What is the recommended place for the EGT sensor? When I bought my car it was in the turbine itself. I was going to relocate it to the downpipe (immediately after the turbine), but want some info first.

[cnichols]

On a related note, how close to the turbine should the 02 sensor be placed to ensure proper heating?

[I H8 UR DSM]

i have mine (and the popular way) is to tap it into the ex. manifold, the furthest runner (closest to the firewall)

[FAST ONE]

The ideal location for your EGT probe is in the collector (the merging of all runners)on a turbo manifold, before the turbo. For a N/A setup, this has to be in a exhaust runner but as close to the exhaust port as possible. In this situation it really only then gives you the true reading on that cylinder assuming all things remain constant with the other cylinders. Ideally you need to have probes mounted in every runner for a N/A setup with 2 multi-read gauges to get a true reading on engine performance.

[EZcheese15]

I would say on a turbo car you also want the probe on an exhaust runner. I know it's less accurate as far as the temp goes (compared to after the collector), but you will know the temperature sooner, so that could save you a motor right there.

Determining which runner is the problem. Generally you want either the cylinder at the end of the fuel rail, or one cylinder in. The cylinder at the end will generally be one of the hottest since it's the last to see fuel if there should be a shortage of fuel in the rail. One from the end is also good because it also runs hot due to the fact it is more insulated in the block and will usually be high. You always want to probe whatever cylinder runs hottest. It only takes one cylinder detonating to blow the motor