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Date:         Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:36:49 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <46EF3056.6090809@gmail.com>
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At 09:56 PM 9/17/2007, Michael Elliott wrote...
>B-but if the injectors all fire together, then 3 times out of four
>each
>injector is looking at a closed valve? If so, does that fine cloud of
>gasoline sorta float about waiting for the valve to open the fourth
>time?


I'm sure there are SAE papers describing exactly what happens. I also
suspect that the gasses are much more turbulent than you're thinking.


What do you suppose happens in a carburated engine to the air/fuel mix
while it waits for a valve to open? Why would a FI engine be any
different?
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