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- From: rick@posms.cactus.org (Rick Kirchhof)
- Subject: Re: Opinions - lowering backpressure on fuel injected engine
- Organization: Department of Redundancy Dept., Austin
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:34:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.183450.1883@posms.cactus.org>
- Keywords: fi fuel injection backpressure exhaust
- References: <1992Nov20.021658.19592@atlastele.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.021658.19592@atlastele.com> scotte@atlastele.com (Scott Elam) writes:
- >
- >I have heard conflicting opinions about lowering the backpressure
- >on fuel injected engines. One person told me that it would cause
- >the FI to run really lean and eventually burn the valves. Another
- >person said that was an old wives tale. He told me that if the
- >engine was tuned-up after the system was installed everything would be
- >fine (I tend to believe the second guy).
- >
- >I want to upgrade my exhaust system in stages on my '87 4cyl
- >Toyota 4x4 PU, starting with the muffler and a larger diameter
- >tailpipe. Eventually I'll replace the header and cat-converter.
- >
- >Anybody have any thoughts on this? I'd appreciate hearing them.
- >
- >Thanks
- >--
- >Scott Elam
- >scotte@atlastele.com
- >--
- >"Reality is just Scott Elam
- >your imagination." scotte@atlastele.com
- > 2904 SE Washington
- > -me? Portland, OR 97214
-
- This type of change can be very effective. The fuel injecition will
- compensate for most of the changes. Rich or lean conditions will be
- resolved by the fuel system. A "tune up" will not change the
- injection system, or how it deals with the exhaust back pressure.
-
- The main problem with this type of modification is the EGR system. If
- the Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve is a backpressure type,
- you will increase or decrease EGR flow as compared to stock.
-
- If EGR flow is increased, the engine will lose power at part throttle and
- may misfire slightly. If flow is reduced, spark knock (ping) is the
- likely result.
-
- EGR valves come in several types. If it is a positive backpressure, or
- negative backpressure type, you are likely to have problems.
- Non-backpressure designs like the first vacuum ones, electric solenoid,
- and position sensing EGR valves are less likely to cause problems. There
- is no guarantee even these designs will not be troublesome.
-
- In all cases where the EGR valve is under computer control, the entire
- engine is profiled as an air pump during the design phase. Changes to any
- part of the characteristics of that air pump _will_ change the actions
- needed by the car computer to correctly run the engine.
-
- Except as noted on the backpressure EGR designs, the fuel injection
- computer can usually adjust for the change.
-
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