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Old 01-28-2010, 06:20 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic View Post
Most efficient is low RPM and low vacuum.

1200-2400 with vacuum of 2 inches is pretty close on most engines for acceleration.

Throttle below 80%.
Pretty much. I'd trim the top end of the rpm range, to maybe 1200-2000 instead.

Throttle can be anything below where the ecu goes into open loop and enriches the mix. My standard target is 80% throttle, but always below the 95% open loop cutoff on my car.

In the original context - if you're having to choose between low vacuum (high MAP) and low rpm, you need to slow down. Then you can optimize both at the same time.
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