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I am about to fit an EGT gauge and EGT probe. I had planned to put the probe as high as possible on the downpipe because it is much easier to install that way.
A friend of mine however says that putting the probe there is absolutely useless. The temperature readings will vary too much to mean anything.
I am hesitant to put the probe before the turbo since there have been people with broken probes that destroyed turbos and installing it will also be much more complicated. I presume you have to remove the turbo otherwise there will be metal fragments going through the turbo when drilling the hole.
Can anyone with an EGT probe in the downpipe tell me if the temperature readings indeed vary a lot and whether it is of any use there?
Flavio
A friend of mine however says that putting the probe there is absolutely useless. The temperature readings will vary too much to mean anything.
I am hesitant to put the probe before the turbo since there have been people with broken probes that destroyed turbos and installing it will also be much more complicated. I presume you have to remove the turbo otherwise there will be metal fragments going through the turbo when drilling the hole.
Can anyone with an EGT probe in the downpipe tell me if the temperature readings indeed vary a lot and whether it is of any use there?
Flavio