<VV> Adjusting Idle Mixture - and what exactly does "easy" mean?

BBRT chsadek at comcast.net
Fri Oct 8 21:53:39 EDT 2010


Look up Innovate on Internet. They make the measurement/data log system. For 
racing and hi performance.

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>


> OK, sounds like you're trying to go OBD-II which isn't a bad thing at all.
>
> I just wouldn't call it "easy" (unless you paid someone else to do it ? ),
> and $440 is at least a factor in the equation.
>
> Did $440 cover the entire conversion ? or was that just the AF component ?
>
> I've been toying with OBD-type fixes to bring the Vair anywhere near 
> passing
> smog (which is not required, even in CA ?)
>
> Has anyone experimented with Arduino DIY analytic circuits ?
>
> What is your break-even point, mileage-wise ?  (I know none of us want to
> know what it cost-per-mile to restore our cars, but since you related MPG 
> as
> a benefit, I had to ask !)
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
> To: <Mikeamauro at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Adjusting Idle Mixture - How much does "easy" cost ?
>
>
>> "easy" equates to how much $$$$ ?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Mikeamauro at aol.com>
>> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 2:12 PM
>> Subject: <VV> Adjusting Idle Mixture (was: Carburetor odyssey)
>>
>>
>>> "...>... followed by  adjustment while engine is running (using an
>>> educated ear and/or tach and/or AF meter... I prefer all three, but a
>>> good
>>> ear  is
>>> usually just  fine)..." "...Surprised you left 'vacuum gage' off your
>>> list,
>>> Mike -- at the other end of the scale, I suppose a 4 gas exhaust 
>>> analyzer
>>> would come under the AF meter heading ..."
>>>
>>> Bill... actually, I prefer the Innovate system. In my 67 I have dual
>>> (left
>>> & right) wide band digital AF meters in the cab. Makes carb adjustments
>>> extremely easy.
>>>
>>> Mike Mauro
>
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