[Diy_efi] RE: Diy_efi digest, Vol 1 #413 - 12 msgs

[Mos]

Adam,

The point is that in intended application, unless you're building a
burnout machine, your vehicle generally sees plenty of airflow through the
radiator - something hard to duplicate with a fan.

Mos.

-- 
84 AE86, 90 ST185GrpA, 91 MX83Gr, Sydney, Oz.

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Adam Wade wrote:

> --- William Shurvinton <shurvinton at orange.net> wrote:
>
> > The problem found here is that you cannot keep a
> > constant coolant temp on the engine on a chassis
> > dyno
>
> A) Why not?
> B) Isn't it better, if you are tuning for the real
> world, to be able to discover any problems with
> cooling on the machine itself, and if there are none,
> to tune the engine for the conditions it will actually
> see when installed in a vehicle?
>
> > Even with a big fan you only have about 30 seconds
> > at a load point before you have to cool off.
>
> I'm not sure I understand that claim.  Would that not
> also mean that you could only drive the vehicle for 30
> seconds before having to shut it off?  Obviously that
> is not the case.
>
> > They must have made huge strides with the 4-gas kit.
>
> I believe there are small improvements being made on a
> constant basis, but the last 5 years or so has seen
> substantial improvement, IME.


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