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RE: [T3] FW: needle mixture meter


<x-charset iso-8859-1> John, I see your point.  It shouldn't be that hard to get rid of them if they're good.  Lots of folks over at diy-efi.org are looking for solutions to monitor their A/F ratios for tuning.  Yes, it is just a tool, and when used correctly, there's no substitute within most folk's finances.  Many non-stock applications, I'm saying t3's as well as my headers-instead-of-exhaust-manifolds suburban, will require a heated 02 sensor to work correctly.  14.7 isn't a good A/F ratio for anything except textbooks, from what I've gathered.  Most of the Chevy types are shooting for around 12.1 or so for highway cruise.  Varies a lot on engine loading and immediate requirements, but that's why fuel injection can be so good.  Remember, I get the list too, there's no need to reply to me directly as well.  :-)

Jake

>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Connolly
>To: Kooser, Jacob
>Cc: type3@vwtype3.org
>Sent: 2/7/02 12:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [T3] FW: needle mixture meter

>I'd love to. but I have to have 20 made at a time, and the last set took
>2
>years to sell them all (not a wise place to store $ if you want to stay
>in
>business). I would have more made, but I need interest from REAL buyers
>before I shell out that kind of capital again.

>None of the under $300 sensors are super accurate, but at least ours (at
>$210) was useful (we had circuitry to slow down the response a little),
>and we used a good heated O2 sensor (you are mad if you think a non heated
>sensor is going to serve you well).

>I tell people to use this as a tool, 

>or rich hesistation. Stock VWs were jetted (believe it or not) between
>11.5-12:1 A/F, yet I hear guys buying an O2 kit so they can shoot for
>14.7:1. 14.7 is chemically correct, but completely useless in an
>Aircooled VW or porsche.

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