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Adding an O2 sensor to exhaust?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]The big question I have on this is, what good is one sensor on a car with two carbs. [/QUOTE]

Bill,

That is probably a valid question. I can only answer for having three carbs and the end result. My NGK sensor is down in the header collector, so I definitely get an "average" of the three carbs.

So where does one begin? You have to have a running engine to tune it, so I started by bottoming out my adjustments and worked backwards from a standard "rule of thumb" middle position to tweak mine in. Without doing that, I don't know how anyone could ever get any car with multiple carbs to run and then tune it.

The sensor that I have installed is extremely sensitive and pics up the slightest variation in change either richer or leaner. By having it and not relying upon the ear method, I was able to bring mine into a smooth running and better performing state.

Is there a better way to install or do this? There probably is, but for my wants and needs, this is just fine. Someday if someone writes it up and shows me, I may move in that direction, but for now, this will do nicely.

I don't disagree with you, I just don't know how else to answer you.
 
If you mean, Exhaust Gas Temperature, I would think that could be a marked improvement over just rich or lean.

If I'm correct in my acronym evaluation, how would one make it "compound"?
 
Paul, you're correct. EGT is Exhaust Gas Temperature. There are two needles in a single gauge, thereby reading two different thermocouples simultaneously. One pivots from the left edge of the gauge, while the other pivots from the right side.
Jeff
 

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Jeff,

Now I know what they did with all of the old SWR meters that we used to use in Ham Radio before the internet took over.

Tune the antenna until you got your peak match in the middle.

Looks like the ideal way, especially for racing, where it really matters.
 
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