----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: Air Intake Project
> Gary-- > > You have the Air Flow Meter pinned WFO, when it's on gasoline? > Hmmmmm----- > Interesting. No, of course not. I only tried that while on propane. Propane does not need the AFM. Gasoline of course does.
> So therefore, you are by-passing the computer when it is on gas. > The computer thinks that the AFM is wide open all the time? > More interesting------ > I have a hard time understanding how in the hell, the thing would even > run at low speeds without blubbering, due to an over rich signal coming > from the AFM, to the computer. > I just can't see it functioning like that. > And you can't realize any different fuel economy whether it's on propane > or gas? No, when on propane it uses about 15% more fuel. Also proportionately more air than with gasoline because propane can run 16:1 or higher. I do not notice any difference in propane fuel consumption when the AFM is blocked open, or is in the normal state with the spring loaded door in place. I guess maybe I cannot extend that observation to gasoline though. > Propane delivers less MPG than dino fuel, so I would think that there > would be a significant difference. > And let me reiterate, the shortest distance between two points is a > straight unobstructed line, and you start adding flappers, elbows, and > butterflies, the path become choked, regardless how you look at it. Agreed. But with the vanagon, it's not worth it. Get the head to flow better first. > So in theory, I ain't buying it. > I believe that there is a way to cause the Vanagn to get more air, but I > think it would be labor intensive, and monetarily cost prohibitive, for > the small increase in overall performance gained. Agreed. I guess I did not explain what I was doing very well. Trying to write to fast. Maybe I'm missing something here, but this is what I think: Other than at WOT, the throttle butterfly is partially closed. So you are only asking the air intake system to deliver a small percentage of what it was designed to deliver. Even if it is undersized, the intake system should be good enough for 90% of all your driving. Who drives around at WOT -- at redline -- in a vanagon?
Gary |
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