[Diy_efi] Intro, and q's about fuel economy

[Bernd Felsche]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:59:04PM +0100, Alexei Pavlov wrote:
> > Or gear it so that it is close to maximum torque load at the design cruise
> > speed, and then modulate power with the EGR instead of a throttle.

> That seems to be a good idea. Did someone try to do that at least
> for a cruise control ?

Volkswagen and Audi use it under part-load conditions (where
lean-burn is possible) - the throttle is fully open and EGR,
along with stratified charge is used to determine engine output.

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