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Old 08-02-2010, 05:11 PM   #46 (permalink)
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insane in the propane
 
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Cloud Car - '96 Dodge Stratus ES
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Olympiadis, great post!

I had never realized the resistor on the coolant temp sensor could make that much of an impact, but I had always suspected something else was going on besides making the computer go into closed loop quicker. It just seemed to me that I was getting too good of a fuel economy number from going into closed loop alone. and now I know why!

I had never thought of things like acceleration enrichment being even richer when the engine is cold vs fully warmed up. I do know all too well what AE is, It's fuel injection's version of an accelerator pump. i have 6 red LED's on my dash that are hooked up to each of my 6 gas injectors. when the engine is cold and I touch the throttle, I can SEE acceleration enrichment via all 6 injector LED's lighting up at the exact same time, for I'm guessing 1/4 of a second. I guess this is how fuel injection simulates an accelerator pump valve.
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96 stratus "es" v6 auto-stick
supplementary propane injection
injector kill switch, alternator kill switch
Charging system voltage increased to 15.5V
secondary and tertiary 12v batteries in the trunk
on-board battery charger
lights converted to led's
potentiometer controlled tps for ign timing
welded straight pipe in place of cat-cons
removed egr
3 inch body drop
90psi fuel rail & -50% low volume injectors
run 15% diesel 85% gas
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