Turbine before meeting a 4+" EGT probe

Turbine AFTER dancing with an EGT probe

i think that right there is reason enough to not ever get an EGT gauge....damn that is 150 bucks down the drain..damn damn damn

I think this is another good reason why you should tap the EGT after the turbo.

in my opinion the wheel doesn't look THAT bad, i don't think it's worth replacing personally, shouldn't make a huge difference.

replace that wheel!!!!!! it may have a hairline fracture in it somewhere and it wont be worth it if it decides to come apart at 50,000 rpm...also as stated always place the egt downstream of the turbo for this very reason...

Yeah, I had considered tapping my down-pipe with a bung for the EGT, but I read so many articles where ppl had tapped the exhaust manifold and gotten reliable results.

chalk up one more for putting it AFTER the turbine

Originally posted by BISHILVR
replace that wheel!!!!!! it may have a hairline fracture in it somewhere and it wont be worth it if it decides to come apart at 50,000 rpm...also as stated always place the egt downstream of the turbo for this very reason...

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i think it alos depends on the quality of the egt probe and how often you replace it. I have a westach that i replace every 8000 miles and never had a problem so far.

hmmm . . . well this one was an Apex'i and had only 5-600 miles on it

Originally posted by my95tsi
i think it alos depends on the quality of the egt probe and how often you replace it. I have a westach that i replace every 8000 miles and never had a problem so far.

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well with that many miles on it, probably was just a faulty probe maybe with a hairline crack in it somewhere.....

Yeah, probably . . . but that's one expensive defect

Originally posted by my95tsi
well with that many miles on it, probably was just a faulty probe maybe with a hairline crack in it somewhere.....

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but what if you taap the probe on the underside of the runner , instead of on the top side ?

so??? if it breaks its still going into the turbo. Plus it gives the same readings. What are you getting at?

anyone have pics of where the probe is on the downpipe?
Does it affect perfomance in any way?

I don't know where people tap it on the DP (im sure as close to the turbo as possible to get a better reading) but since an EGT gauge is a tuning tool, when your tuning,if your EGT goes up too high then you know you need to richen it up, vice-versa, so why does the actual number need to be exact, you really just need a "baseline" for your car (like what the EGT was when the car was stock) so you can compare off that. I dont think I made any sense :laugh:

Yea can i get some pics of egt taped on a dp please can i want to put my egt gauge there too and since i have my hrc dp right here maybe i can do it before i put it on...