Date:         Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:58:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
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Point taken. So at the end of each runner is this injector that sprays out
  1/4 of the total amount needed per intake cycle per spritz.

<In Johnny Carson Voice> I did not know that!

Thanks!

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



On 9/17/2007 7:36 PM Mike S wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>