(Tony Roberts) wrote in message ...
I take off full throttle and then throttle back
to 2600. The CHT will be around 380 F, below
the 400 F mark my mechanic advised me not to
exceed.

What EGT when CHT is 380F ?

I always see around 1450 EGT in cruise, no matter what.
I find the EGT pretty useless.
I know there are wizards who have mastered the art of
leaning ("50 F lean of peak" or whatever is considered
this month's best leaning technique) but I found that
the needles move so slowly that you want to be
glacially slow on the mixture knob and I don't have
the patience for that.

I scan the EGT for unusual temps like 1600 or 1300,
that's all.