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Best way to make that engine go past TBO is to fly the heck out of it
Engines wear out slowly when run often
Engines deteriorate fast when setting

On the fancy engine monitor for big $$ - spend your money on avgas and 100 hour inspections.
Think this way - That stone simple engine has survived nicely for decades without a fancy schmancy monitor. Why would it suddenly be necessary?
The real point is you have a carburetted engine. There is no way you are ever going to get the cylinder leaning balanced with a carburetor.
All a monitor is going to do is make you fixated on what temperature is this cylinder versus that cylinder and make not one whit of a difference in engine life (assuming you don't do something stupid trying to balance the impossible)
Lean it till rough, sweeten till smooth, watch the clock while timing your hold, not some engine video game
 
Dr. O said:
Best way to make that engine go past TBO is to fly the heck out of it
Engines wear out slowly when run often
Engines deteriorate fast when setting

On the fancy engine monitor for big $$ - spend your money on avgas and 100 hour inspections.
Think this way - That stone simple engine has survived nicely for decades without a fancy schmancy monitor. Why would it suddenly be necessary?
The real point is you have a carburetted engine. There is no way you are ever going to get the cylinder leaning balanced with a carburetor.
All a monitor is going to do is make you fixated on what temperature is this cylinder versus that cylinder and make not one whit of a difference in engine life (assuming you don't do something stupid trying to balance the impossible)
Lean it till rough, sweeten till smooth, watch the clock while timing your hold, not some engine video game
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Oh boy.

A monitor helps you see trends before they become issues and issues before they becomes religious moments.

Side benifits, help you identify a bad plug or jug, help you lean better and without damaging anything, better idea on cooling on long and fast decents and warm up, more accurate fuel flow and voltage, helps identify electrical issue before the crap analog stuff would, I could go on and on.

For a basic little fun pattern / local area plane, whatever, if you're going places, doing night or IMC ops, flying remote areas, flying high performance stuff, a monitor is damn near required by any pilot worth his salt.

For the OP, I'd look into replacing your current primary instruments (tach to fuel levels) with a all in one JPI or EI, you'll get more accurate numbers and your engine vitals scan will be a lot faster, also options to tie into your GPS so you can see fuel remaining at destination and your aircrafts endurance and range. It'll also clean your panel up ditching all those old analogs.
 
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