Turbo Saturn EGT help

This might just be a stupid thread. What is the highest EGTs i can safely run
in my 1.9L? and what should it be at idle? Cruising 3000rpm? I think
mine might be high, i know alluminum melts at 1350F and under high load-high
rpm with good AFRs i can hit 1500F. At idle it is 800F. WTF Post your EGTs
for me and every other concerned saturn turbo owner that doesn't know how to
use their pyrometer correctly.

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> Post your EGTs for me and every other concerned saturn turbo owner that
> doesn't know how to use their pyrometer correctly.

I'd be surprised if any turbocharged Saturn owners regularly read this
newsgroup.

When the forums at http://www.turbosaturns.net used to be in working order,
I recall seeing people say that EGTs should be kept below 1600. That's
about all I can remember. You may want to do some searching on
http://www.saturnfans.com, or http://www.saturnspot.com forums. Also, the
guys at http://www.differentracing.com are running a pretty nice turbo setup
and doing some impressive things with it at the track. I believe they were
in the 11s in the quarter with nitrous on their SL2 before they did the
turbo build. Send them an e-mail (if the answer isn't already on their
forums) and they'll surely be able to help you out.

Lane [ lane (at) evilplastic.com ]
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"Carjunky via CarKB.com" <u21895@uwe> wrote in message
news:7022d77686085@uwe...
> This might just be a stupid thread. What is the highest EGTs i can safely
> run
> in my 1.9L? and what should it be at idle? Cruising 3000rpm? I think
> mine might be high, i know alluminum melts at 1350F and under high
> load-high
> rpm with good AFRs i can hit 1500F. At idle it is 800F. WTF Post your
> EGTs
> for me and every other concerned saturn turbo owner that doesn't know how
> to
> use their pyrometer correctly.
>
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> Message posted via CarKB.com
> http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/saturn/200704/1
>