# Where to put EGT probe? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 22, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434 "2006-08-22T15:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/1 "2006-08-22T15:49:00Z")
Last time it was after the turbo and some ppl didnt like the sound of that so should I put it in the manifold and where at? Closer to the motor or closer to the turbo or in the middle thnx ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/2 "2006-08-22T16:25:27Z")
🤣 ---
**Author:** ![ZEX350Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/87869e/32.png) [@ZEX350Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZEX350Z)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/3 "2006-08-22T16:33:50Z")
> [@FS:Isuzu Hombre 5spd](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-isuzu-hombre-5spd/23845/9): > > 🤣 ummm after the turbo is NOT the spot for it…better do some research ---
**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/4 "2006-08-22T17:50:11Z")
directions for it said so ask jeff…laughter doesnt help me at all ---
**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/5 "2006-08-22T17:54:20Z")
^^ Most egts on ment to be turbo cars I have seen are usualy at the downpipe/first cat… or shortly after that at the begining of the exhaust. ---
**Author:** ![yamaha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamaha/32/5929_2.png) [@yamaha](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamaha)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/6 "2006-08-22T18:02:27Z")
I would personally put it on the first cylinder exhaust port. Which is where the hottest gases would come from. ---
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/7 "2006-08-22T18:05:04Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/23752/60): > > I would personally put it on the first cylinder exhaust port. Which is where the hottest gases would come from. thought it was cyl 3? ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/8 "2006-08-22T18:05:28Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/23752/60): > > I would personally put it on the first cylinder exhaust port. Which is where the hottest gases would come from. you could put it in the downpipe without a problem, on a honda its #3 that gets hot 1st like 2" from the head if possible, (num 3 is the third one over from the timing belt) ---
**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/9 "2006-08-22T18:33:36Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/23752/60): > > I would personally put it on the first cylinder exhaust port. Which is where the hottest gases would come from. Amen… ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/10 "2006-08-23T05:05:38Z")
manifold collector. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Mark\_Morris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-put-egt-probe/184434/11 "2006-08-23T05:59:10Z")
Standard positioning of EGT probes is the distance that equals 1/2 the diameter of the exhaust port on the hottest cylinder. So if you have a 1 inch exhaust port you’d put the probe a 1/2 inch in from the exhaust manifold/ cylinder head mating surface.