I will be installing my EGT probe/guage tomorrow and was wondering if anyone had any tips?

Here is what I do know:

1- Drill hole anywhere on pipe as long as it's 6 inches from base gasket(pipe gasket?) and install temp probe.
2- Check 1/4 throttle temp: 800 to 900 degrees.
3- Check 1/2 to 3/4 throttle: 1000 degrees.
4- Check WOT: 1200 degrees.
5- Peak power at WOT is 1250 and meltdown is at 1300 degrees.
6- Too hot = too lean, too cool = too rich.
7- To lean out main jet I go lower in number? (just to be sure)

Any other tricks to it?
How do I change the pilot jet on the 39mm carb?
Base gasket...is this the one at the base of the cylinder or the gasket before the pipe?
Where to mount guage?

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The base gasget is the one at the bottom of the cylinder. you are right on track for everything else.

As for mounting it look at my 400. I have it mounted on the hood.

One suggestion is to turn the gauge itself so that your peak temp, say 1100*, is at the 12 O'clock position in the housing

 

Thanks 400L. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Thats a good idea for mounting the guage. Do you have any problems seeing it while riding...or is it something not looked at while riding all the time?

Do I need a sealer for the probe once it goes in the pipe?


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Remember, this is a good spot for baby steps. Don't try and fix everything all at once. Change one thing at a time. Start cold and work up to hot. Get WFO set up first as long as everything else is within safe limits because your main jet effects from 1/4 throttle all the way up!