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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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has anyone have an egt fitted to their cvh turbos ,and if so , what are your cruising , racing temps
mine were(before the last motor died) 400'c cruising and 700'c at the end of a 1/4 mile
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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From memory...


Cruising along motorway they are around 700c and flat out round track they were no more than 850c with ALS on.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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Where are you measuring it, before or after the turbo? You want pre-turbo figures to be no higher than 850C.. If you're measuring post-turbo, then on the safe side assume a 200C temperature drop across the turbo..
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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the egt concerned is about 30cm bleow the turbo
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by steven botes
the egt concerned is about 30cm bleow the turbo
Then that's a little too hot.. on the safe side you dont to see more than 650C where your thermocouple is..
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 01:48 PM
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MINES SAME AS TONY'S DEPENDS WHAT TURBO U HAVE T34'S SEEM TO RUN ALOT HOTTER THAN T3'S ETC IVE SEEN UP 1000 ON OVER RUN ETC UNDER LOADS 850'S MAX
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