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Originally Posted by dcb
So what do you think? Will it work with a liquid or can it be made to work with a liquid?
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Will not work with a liquid, but will with air for relative MPG.
I believe this will work, once the engine is warmed up.(choke off)
think that if we know 13 pounds of air is going into the engine that we also know that about one pound of fuel is going in. And calibrate that over 1/2 tanks of gas with a given driver technic. And as long as the driver doesn't get totally abnormally wild and crazy (read stay out of fuel enrichment), we got a real good idea of instant fuel consumption, especially at steady state. Add a magnet on the drive shaft. and it is a relative MPG meter. since carbs are variable (seasonal change) the ability to see and teak the cal. number without starting the cal. completely over would be a benifit. the tank fillup number would always be the standard to cal. by, but the MAF would show sec. to sec. relative changes in economy.
if you can continue counting distance with the engine off, and mass flow when the vehicle is stopped, it would be even cooler.