Opinions on idea ......

[Fred Miranda]

>i had wondered about this myself, so when i had my car (1.3L Fiat w/ L-Jet)
>on a dyno a while back, i gave it a test.  At full-power, with stady readinds
>on the dyno screen, i pinned air vane in place and pulled the hose off
>the backside.  There was no change in any of the readings from the dyno or
>the Sun 4-gas analyzer that was hooked up.  The obvious conclusion is that
>the mixture didn't change, and thus there was no difference in restriction
>between having the air vane sensor in the way or not.  Not the most scientific
>test in the world, but it convinced me.
>
>								-neville

I did a test some years ago when I had the stock EFI on the turbo rotary.
put a vac gauge just downstream of the air flow meter. If I remember right I saw
5-7" vac under boost at 6-7kRPM. That is one of the reasons I switched to a TEC.

Fred