Carb heat helps; 182 O470

[@SwamiMommy]

Very interesting and informative 🙏🏽💜🙏🏽

[@soundrisk927]

Yep... we used to mix and match balance tubes as well as teach pilots this process... I always fly with 1/3 or more carb heat and it drops things level across all cylinders in my PPONK......

[@keysflying4787]

Another way to improve fuel atomization once you reach wide open throttle (WOT) is to close the throttle slightly to cock the throttle plate into the airflow creating a slight turbulence in the airstream. I find that the delta between cylinder temps will balance better.

[@112_adventures]

True

[@77BeerGuy]

My Texas Skyways says to close the throttle just a hair to cause turbulence at the butterfly also to improve atomization. I'd love to know if that also improves it and if the two in combination is even better.

[@keysflying4787]

Sorry I added my comment before I read your comment. The only time this makes a difference is at wide open throttle.

[@77BeerGuy]

@@keysflying4787 Right, that's exactly what I'm wondering. I am WOT at cruise when I'm 8500 feet. I'd love to see the effect on EGTs, but I don't have a very good EGTs system like this one.

[@cloudbaseengineering4712]

I have an O470r in my 182p and while many say EGT temps dont really matter but my A&P wants me to keep it under 1400. My plane tends to settle out at 1375/375 and 13 GPH give or take a bit. I know I can lean it more but when I see the egt getting into the 1450 range I freak out and enrichen. Your way higher on EGT than mine and curious if you have a max temp you try an avoid. I have a CGR30P and always have a bot of carb heat on to keep my carb temp around 5C. I do see very low deltas on my EGT and CHT and maybe its because I am using carb heat most of the time as well

[@112_adventures]

1600 is where my egt alert starts flashing. I usually stay around 14-1500 ish but EGT isn’t a controlling factor for me. CHT is and I only get close to 370-380 in the AZ summers during climb out