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thorpie -

Originally Posted by thorpie

I am curious about how bsfc maps are produced. Could anyone point me to literature on the subject?
Also, is it correct that with fuel injection the mixture (except for warming up/choke) is always stoichiometric (in correct amounts for full combustion)? If so, then is it solely the amount of fuel/air mixture that is in the cylinder that determines the power output, and this amount is lineally dependent upon pressure in the inlet manifold, and this pressure is lineally related to the throttle position?
Thanks in advance.

Googled this :

BSFC challenge

Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) measures how efficiently fuel energy is converted into engine shaft power. Wiki does a fairly good job of defining the BSFC but one common practice is to measure this with the engine on a dynamo, full-throttle, and adjusting the load. This typically results in a graph like this ...

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