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Old 07-17-2009, 03:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shovel View Post
While I doubt the ebay resistors are sufficient for this, it is a fact that gasoline produces more btu's per pound burned at 12:1 air:fuel ratio than at the stoichometric ratio of 14.7:1 at sea level - so it is feasible that running rich can net greater mpg's than running stoich or lean.
How can that work? If it's rich, not all of the gas can burn so there'll be some unburned gas. If it's lean, it would help ensure that almost all the gas would burn.
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