Date:         Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:44:07 -0400
Reply-To:     pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Magasquirt.  Huh.

I have Megasquirted three inline v-dubs now and they are working great.
MS interfaces lovely with the LC1 wideband O2, which gives accurate AFR.
Combine that with MS data logging and you can see your AFR whenever you
want.


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?

you should magasqirt your vanagon Don..
that would be interesting ..
and you can tell us all how it's working out.

I'd love that for my 16-valve vw inline fours.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 7:10 PM
Subject: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?


>  Just curious here.   I know somewhere around 14.5:1 is stoichiometric (if
> that is  that strange word and how you spell it) or the target ratio you
> like to see out the tailpipe when the mixture is correct.
>
>   I just did a dyno run with one of my motorcycles and it was really
> really
> rich at around 10:1....yet it was still making decent power....Carbs need
> jetting on this moto.  As I watched the Dyno tuning service guy work
> through
> a few more modern fuel injected bikes while I waited in line....I was
> really
> jealous of the modern stand-alone engine managment systems and how simple
> he
> was tuning these bikes....gaining nearly 20% HP and torque on one that was
> running "Fine" before...., just using his pinky finger on a laptop
> keyboard...
>  While I don't intend to invest in something like that for the moto in
> question (I am selling that one).....I am really tempted to look at
> fitting
> a MegaSquirt some other aftermarket controller to my inline ABA
> motor....just to see.