Date:         Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:16:02 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Increasing horsepower
Comments: To: westydriver <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, westydriver wrote:

> sounds like similar set up to some of the stuff we did back in the
> sixties to carbed engines.  it would basically be an uncontrolled turbo
> boost effect but how you would do the fuel management side on injected
> engines would be interesting without some kind of controller to adjust
> fuel flow to match the air flow.

It depends on the car, I think.  A lot of the modern Japanese cars they're
selling these things for actually will compensate automatically if you
have a good oxygen sensor -- the ECU has enough range in its fuel trim to
supply the extra fuel when it sees it's running lean.  I imagine you'd
have to be careful, though, seems like you could break things in a hurry
if the O2 sensor ever failed.


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