Originally Posted by Anh
You can't associate EGTs with how rich or lean you are running.
Peak EGT is at 14.7:1 air/fuel ratio, anything leaner or richer will lower the exhaust gas temps. A richer mixture lower's the inlet mixture temperatures, often people confuse exhaust gas temps to that , which is very odd.
At TOTB Keith Cowie was getting very high (950+ EGT) due to a faulty fuel pump causing the motor to run lean so that would seem to contradict your statement. Not having a pop just stating what I was told btw.