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Daniel you are the right track any EGT indications are better than none.
EGT is telling you what the mixture ratio is at your different RPM power regimes. Everyone knows what happens when two strokes run lean. Never listen to people who say you dont need this or that, or I do this, you could reflect on their advice for 30 seconds or so as you glide engine off to your death. Their talk is cheap. Ted Heath ZK TED "Daniel Grunloh" news:nxfM5.1322$6b7.25569@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu... > In article > "Ted Heath" > > > > > >Mr Finch > > Forget what you hear about EGT on two strokes it is a very important > >gage and should be fitted to all Rotaxes air or water cooled and probes and > >dual gage for each cylinder. EGT tells you what is happening in each of your > >cylinders in three regimes idle on the needles and on the main jet. > > > >Ted Heath > >Aircraft Technician. > > Thanks Ted, > > BTW I only use a single EGT and CHT on my single > carb 447. I cant justify dual EGTs on a single > carb engine. Also the CHT is mainly for the fan > belt so I hope just one cylinder will give me that > warning. Any real mechanical engine problems > should show up as a loss of power anyway. Its > not as good as dual everything but should suffice. > > I put the EGT on the aft cylinder of a single carb > setup as that is the one most likely to be lean. > > The CHT location depends on whether you have a > new or older cooling shroud. The older engines > ran hot on the front (fan) side. > > > -------------- > Daniel Grunloh (grunloh@uiuc.edu) > http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~grunloh |
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