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Old 09-17-2008, 09:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
dremd
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Originally Posted by vskid3 View Post
The way I understand it, burning rich leaves less heat in the engine. The unburned fuel absorbs the heat and then takes that heat with it down the exhaust pipe.

True; but mostly so at WOT. Not very critical on normal powerplants, but high boost applications, it becomes super critical to combat detonation, and also to lower EGT's

I'm looking for the chart which I found here on EcoModder showing the advantages, disadvantages of each AFR. Does anybody have it off hand?
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