fuel air meter [message #371276] |
Wed, 12 April 2023 15:04 |
Tilerpep
Messages: 404 Registered: June 2013 Location: Raleigh, NC
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I'm wondering about adding a fuel air meter to give a broad sweep of feedback given carburetor, gas, load, crossover, etc changes that may or may not be leaving expensive rich or damaging lean running conditions.
Why is this gauge not very common? Amazon cheap setups start at $100, and better rated stuff seems to be about $200
Thoughts?
Thanks
1975 Glenbrook, 1978 Royale rear bath
Raleigh, NC
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Re: fuel air meter [message #371279 is a reply to message #371277] |
Thu, 13 April 2023 17:31 |
dsmithy
Messages: 210 Registered: July 2012 Location: Lincoln Nebraska
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WAlly,
Interesting to know mixture was all over the place. Did you get any usable/actionable information from the O2 meter before going to fuel injection?
Douglas & Virginia Smith,
dsmithy18 at gmail,
Lincoln Nebraska,
’73 “Sequoia” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy wheels/Sundry other
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Re: fuel air meter [message #371281 is a reply to message #371280] |
Fri, 14 April 2023 09:46 |
Keith V
Messages: 2337 Registered: March 2008 Location: Mounds View,MN
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wally wrote on Thu, 13 April 2023 18:39
Yeah, my big take away was the the engine seemed not to care much about ratio. It would go down the the 11's on a floor it and cold starts. Cruise was 13 to 15's. Ours will lean stumble somewhere between 16 to 16.5. We don't need to keep a catalytic converter happy so there is no need to be at 14.7 all the time. We can tune for drivability. Maybe Matt Collie will chime in here....
Thats how it should work. EFI will do the same. The engine definitely cares about the mixture!
You want a richer mix at WOT for more power, leaner at part throttle for better fuel eco.
16:1 is really lean and a carb will have a hard time responding fast enough, EFi can respond in 1 injector squirt.
A WB O2 is very helpful in tuning a carb or EFI
Keith Vasilakes
Mounds View. MN
75 ex Royale GMC
ask me about MicroLevel
Cell, 763-732-3419
My427v8@hotmail.com
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