Hi Bill!
I'm glad I can be useful here:
In kart racing, particularly enduro kart racing (laydown karts run
on
road racing tracks such as Daytona, Riverside, Willow Springs for example
we would use exhaust gas temp gauges to constantly monitor engine
conditions.
With a high-speed two-stroke engine turning over 14,000 rpm the EGT gauge
would give constant monitoring of the engine.
The gauge would be used to prevent the engine from sticking due to a
lean condition.
You would have to determine safe operating temperatures for your
particular engine. A sudden surge in temperature could indicate a leaning
condition. I believe the gauge could be useful for tuning Weber carbs --
but
monitoring the gauge could be a problem -- perhaps using data acquisition
software, hardware would collect the desired data in conjunction with the
gauge.
Try www.russellkarting.com or www.cometkartsales.com for devices
of this nature.
(A note of interest re comet kart sales: IRL driver Mark Dismore runs this
business --)
--- Mike
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:26 AM
To: rccook16@voyager.net; vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: EGT measurements
In a message dated 5/24/01 7:35:06 AM, rccook16@voyager.net writes:
<< Anyone have opinions as to advisability of installing exhaust gas temp
gauge
to fine tune Weber carbs >>
I would be interested in hearing anyone's experience on this also. The EGT
gage is effective on an aircraft engine or any engine that is running at
constant power such as on a dyno; but can it be useful on an engine that has
constantly changing power levels?
Bill
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