On 11/25/2007 1:27 PM John Bange wrote: > I somehow suspect you're messing with me here. But I'll bite: the ECU >> works to keep the O2 sensor happy, which means that the mixture is close >> to stoichiometric, meaning roughly 1:15 fuel to air mass ratio; and the >> duty cycle needed to accomplish this is irrelevant. > > > Irrelevant, but I still think you should calculate it. Fuel pressure and > injector flow rate are relatively constant, so it should be a simple matter > to calculate the average duty cycle on the injectors, right? Yeah but don't care. I just want to know how much fuel my engine will consume per hour, idling. > Yeah, I'm mostly just yankin' your chain. I'm fiddling with a fuel > consumption calculator device and I'm too lazy to look up the flow rate on > the injectors. I think you should do it for me. The calculating portion of my brain (see "tiny") is tired. -- 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 |
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