Which way to rich-ness?

[vdub.grego at gmail.com (Matt Gregory)]

yeah, i think that helps.  i didn't realize the dwell reading was the  
amount it's trying to correct rather than the actual reading.

matt.


On 18 Jun 2006, at 11:08 AM, Dan Bubb wrote:

> Higher dwell is richer for a given setting. Dwell on a cold engine  
> is 80
> IIRC. That's an indication.
> That doesn't mean that you adjust the setting for a higher dwell to  
> make it
> richer though. As Cathy points out, righty=>richy.
> i.e. if the thing is running closed loop and you adjust it rich,  
> it'll try
> to lean out the mixture back to stoichiometric so the dwell will go  
> down to
> correct.
> Make sense?
> Dan
>
> From: "Matt Gregory" <vdub.grego@gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:29 PM
> Subject: Which way to rich-ness?
>
>
>> I have a question about this image:
>>
>> http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/Techtips/Timbotechnotes/
>> airfuel/pics/CISdwell.jpg
>>
>> I was just out in the garage adjusting the mixture on my 8v using the
>> ranges specified in it and noticed something.  I got it idling in the
>> 40-50 dwell range (mostly 42-48), so out of curiosity I hit the full-
>> throttle switch to see what my reading would go to and it went UP to
>> about 55.  I was expecting down.  So, something is backwards ...  
>> vote:
>>
>> 1) my brain
>> 2) my car ... what could it be?
>> 3) the picture
>>
>>
>> matt.
>>
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