EGT's are high, help with it?

[cudvig]

I would like to know if someone maybe knows of why my EGT's are so high. They are at 1350-1450 at cruise in 5th gear at 70 MPH, once i get on the gas, they rise and keep rising, I never let them get past 1550. But i would like to know if anyone knows why they would climb that high? timing advance? lean? rich? any other questions just please ask. Im running about 11 PSI on a 14b in a manual 92 laser RS AWD, with 3 inch exhaust and rewired fuel pump. thanks,

-Colin

[1ViciousGSX]

The things you want to look for are;

Very lean mixture
Restiction or poor flow on the exhaust side of the engine (this includes the turbo)
Weak timing

[cudvig]

well its ported and i have no creep, so no resriction right? and then i have a rewired fuel pump, so im probably not running lean. But I have a new problem today, I went to floor it, and the boost went up, but i went no where, like i wasnt making any power. It only happened that one time, anything it could be?

[1Fst14B]

yeah, the problem is the gauge. throw it away

[cudvig]

thanks for the useful reply!

[1ViciousGSX]

Does the car still have a catalytic comverter? If so, make sure is not going bad and plugging up.

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

yeah, the problem is the gauge. throw it away

That's what I told him!

[Shane@DBPerformance]

1350-1450 at cruise and 1550 at WOT is pretty normal. Over 1650 is bad. Get a datalogger on there and see if you have any knock problems. Otherwise tuning with an EGT gauge is almost useless.

[john]

Could be boost leaks (not going anywhere) or a slipping clutch. Wouldn't explain the EGTs though. Get a logger on there.

[SuperSleeper]

im thinking it is a boost leak somewhere, I am hopefully getting DSMlink soon. Thanks for the help.

that was me(cudvig) on danes SN. sorry about that.