Tom Cloud's self tuning EFI Idea

[Thor Johnson]

On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, George M. Dailey wrote:

> Tom,  I think, what you are proposing is hardware and software that will
> dyno tune the engine as you drive. Kinda like having a personal staff of
> performance engineers in a black box to continuously search for that state
> of "ultimate tune" for your hot rod. 

> I would be interested in exploring this futher. It is certianly possible
> with todays off the shelf components. This would be a DIY'ers dream come true.

  I'll keep lookinghere for ideas/sensors/methods.  This is what I hope 
to accomplish with my homebrew engine mgmt system for FSAE.  I think the 
limiting factor (as tuning speed goes) will be response of the sensors - 
I've head that O2 sensors can take up to 1sec to responsd... can someone 
comment on this? (seems to be the slowest sensor...)


                Thor Johnson
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