Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 21:24:55 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [24.93.67.82] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with ESMTP id 2629249 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 19:31:33 -0400 Received: from user.sc.rr.com (cae88-105-147.sc.rr.com [24.88.105.147]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h98NVVLe001450 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:31:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.0.20031008192321.01ac4988@pop-server.sc.rr.com> X-Sender: sreeves@pop-server.sc.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 X-Original-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 19:31:25 -0400 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List From: Steve Reeves Subject: Exhaust gas temp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed This is probably a stupid question, but here goes: Is there an optimum EGT for different engines? I would think as long as they were burning 100LL, and piston driven (i.e. all parameters equal except for 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder ) the temp would be the same across the board assuming optimum fuel burn (proper weight to weight air & fuel) That is the long way of asking: I am going to order a digital EGT for my O-320, are they going to ask me to set redline parameters similar to the way I had to set them on my tachometer, or are EGT gages set for "standard" peak temps that apply to all piston driven engines. The reason I ask not only for a figure but for peak temps as well, because this gage has green, yellow and red zones to coincide with the temp readout. Thanks in advance. Steve