Modern high-speed electrical instruments with built-in failure detection circuits of the type manufactured by J.P. Instruments play such a vital role in modern day aircraft flight.
Everyone agrees that flying is quite safe and that the statistical chances of a crash are infinitesimally small.
The EGT probe should be placed between the accumulator and the exhaust pipe flange and placed at a distance of 2 to 3 inches from the Single Engine Aircraft Fuel Flow Indicator flange.
Technology has advanced, aircraft cockpit instruments have become more accurate but the OEM products that come pre-fitted for single and twin engine aircraft are frankly, not only drab but fail to tell the entire story i.e. they do not cover every vital aspect of the aircraft engine.