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Old 09-12-2019, 09:28 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Correct, many older engines did not run rich at WOT until about 3500-4000rpm. Stepping hard on the gas is less detrimental in those cases.

Everything newer though does go rich. All of the Toyota [A/N/Z/G/U]R engines do for example.
I'm getting a bit off topic here, but this is in reference to engines as new as engines as new as 2015. I don't know if the revisions which got direct injection started going rich under heavy load, but that would be in the last 4-6 years.
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