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serialk11r · 07-05-2014, 03:17 AM

You can't reliably detect the A/F away from stoichiometric on a narrowband sensor. You need a wideband.

On a normal engine I think you can't really go much past 20:1 without having problems igniting the fuel.

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serialk11r Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: United States Posts: 1,756 spyder2 - '00 Toyota MR2 Spyder Thanks: 104 Thanked 407 Times in 312 Posts	You can't reliably detect the A/F away from stoichiometric on a narrowband sensor. You need a wideband. On a normal engine I think you can't really go much past 20:1 without having problems igniting the fuel.