Ed, depends on the AGL and how steep the dive is!!! CR
edward capullo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So did my Bonanza back in 84 but I used to find which cyl was running the leanest and set the mixture (a tad richer)for that one rather than constantly switching between cylinders while flying and I had a lot more time than one does going down a straight when racing to go fiddling with switches for an EGT. Capt. Eddie PS Frueh Weinachtsfest, Jeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Gute Yule and oh yeah MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all and best wishes for a great racing season in 07 >From: "Chris Hite" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: >Subject: Re: [F500] Digatron or Mychron 4? >Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:12:16 -0500 > >My Airplane uses 6 for 6 cylinders. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reinhardt" > >To: >Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 12:11 AM >Subject: Re: [F500] Digatron or Mychron 4? > > >>Richard, sorry maybe I miss the point but nearly every multible cylinder >>engine uses seperate venturi's and fuel metering devices, do the V8 cars >>use 8 egt's? >> That was a tongue and cheek comment, using a $900 gauge on an old F440 >>motor... >> >> CR >> >> >>Richard Schmidt wrote: >> Chris, >> >>I have to take exception to your statement. >> >>First, I don't know where you get your engines for $50. Let the rest of us >>in on it. >> >>If you run a two cylinder engine with more than one carburetor, you need >>two >>EGT gauges. I am not sure what type of racing you do, but even in road >>racing, where sometimes you have relatively long straights, I still would >>not have time to switch my one EGT display between two probes. Plus trying >>to remember after the race which cylinder was reading high would be very >>tough. (did I have the switch to the left or right when I saw 1300 degs ?) >> >>Richard >> >>Seeing snow and not liking it. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Chris Reinhardt" >>To: >>Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:04 PM >>Subject: Re: [F500] Digatron or Mychron 4? >> >> >>>I always say , $50 motor, $50 gauges!!! Any of those guages are worth >>more than that motor!!! There's no reason to run 2 separate egt's, you can >>run 2 leads with a switch to look at each, you can also use a separate >>water >>temp gauge. I wouldn't waste money on the latest and greatest gauges for >>that motor.... >>> >>> >>>CR >>> >>>Lee Tilton wrote: >>>I run the Kaw 440 so there are two EGTs, plus one water equals 3! >>>http://mail.yahoo.com >>http://mail.yahoo.com http://mail.yahoo.com ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
