Exhaust temp sensors

[Walters Chris]

>>  Has anyone tried thermosensors on individual exhaust pipes, to monitor
>> the exhaust temps for more analytical data? They could return the optimum 

>> exhaust temp (600F?),any higher could be interpreted as 'too lean'. This
>> could be another cheap engine tuning tool? Or wont it? It will not be
>> immediate or instantanious, but could show differences in each cylender,
>> providing the thermosensors are of high quality and equally accurate.
>
>Julie Small from the f-body list has aircraft EGT sensors on each of her
>exhaust header tubes.  She also has an an aircraft EGT gauge that cycles
>through each cylinder displaying the temp as well as high-lighting the
>peak cylinder's temp.
>
>You can see the gauge she's using at the bottom of this page:
>http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/tbyrne/cars/juliescar.html
>http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/julie/etg.jpg

That's pretty cool! errr, hot.

Snake
TWO pretty cool Fords, one very cool Dodge