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- From: pwu@tang.ai.mit.edu (Peng Wu)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: What is the air pump used for?
- Message-ID: <29135@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 11 Oct 92 04:44:59 GMT
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- In-reply-to: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us's message of 9 Oct 92 08:55:00 GMT
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- -> I wonder why it is a bad idea to run the engine on the lean side?
- -> Apparently, this corvette is designed to run at lean side other than
- -> on start up. Therefore, there is always enough oxygen in the exhaust
- -> after starting.
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- Lean mixtures run hotter and are more prone to detonation. If you've
- ever played with a two stroke you can see effects of mixture grossly
- exaggerated, at least by four stroke standards. A two stroke will
- usually continue to increase power as it leans out, right up to the
- point where the engine seizes or burns a hole through the top of the
- piston.
-
- It still puzzles me why cars cannot run a little bit lean. There was an
- article on Boston Globe the other day about some invention for lean mixture.
- It mentioned mixture of 20:1 but I am not sure what the mixture ratio the
- invention used. The common mixture ratio is some 14.7:1. According to the
- article, lean mixture tends to burn slower. The invention is about some high
- energy ignition system which may be used on conventional cars already on the
- road. The advantages are lower emission and higher fuel economy.
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