Recent content by supra_ozzie

Turns out the cam was toast, changed it, now she purrs.

I took the car up the Coquihalla last weekend. Did a pull on a long steep hill, took it easy feathering the throttle all the way. Took it to 165 km/h (103 mph) about 3/4 's of the way up, Egt went to 700 degrees celsius (1292 F) and 5 lbs of boost. I had a passenger, spare tire, and tons...

I had a strange noise start yesterday, sort of like a muffled rattling noise from inside the cam cover and running rough. I removed the cam cover and started it, as soon as it idled down the noise was apparent and sounded like it was coming from the exhaust side. I checked the camshaft...

Interesting... I check it out next time I do the hill. I'm getting a better idea of how far I can go with it now, 1450 at the turbo elbow seems to be the norm. Thx!

I definetly plan to do just that, thanks for the input!

Excellent Info! Thanks!

Safety net indeed... I'm pretty much stock with the exception that I'm running a turbo'd 7mge with 60mm thousandths taken off head and block combined. I thought there may be a possiblilty that it might run hotter than a stock 7mgte being high compression and all. I haven't calculated the...

Cool! Any pics?

If I could afford it, I would... but I have an egt gauge and am looking for some input from others that have the egt probe in the turbo elbow not wide band info, thanks anyway.

I absolutely agree, like use said it's just a tool to stop you if you are running to lean and getting hot. I'm using it as a reference even if the exhaust gases do cool a good bit before hitting the probe.

Well it's better than nothing... That's why I was wondering where everyone elses is located so to use as a reference. I thought about putting it in #6 runner of the exhaust manifold as it is (from what I've read) usually the hottest running cylinder but then you're only getting a reading from...

Where is your egt probe? Mine is in the turbo elbow.

Need to do a comparison. Probe is located in the turbo elbow, I'm running between 932.00 and 1112.00 degrees F on the street and between 1022.00 and 1292.00 F on the highway @ approx 3000 rpm. I'm an na/t using n/a ngk platinum plugs and thinking about switching to a cooler plug. I'll take a...

I used a straight piece of 2" to 2 1/4")( 2" adaptor) exhaust pipe (about a pound) the curve is 2" electrical conduit and is maybe 3-4 lbs.

Cool! thx for the quick reply!