[Diy_efi] WBO2 and AFR

Geddes, Brian J brian.j.geddes
Wed Jul 6 20:54:10 UTC 2005


What happens in this scenario when you add a turbo upstream of the WB02
sensor?  Does the turbo muck up the partial pressures at all, or are
they pretty constant pre- and post-turbo?   

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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] WBO2 and AFR

--- Tim Marsteiner <tmarstei at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As you retard ignition the AFR reading gets leaner!
> If you tune with retarded ignition you will end up
> being rich. This is not insignificant!

*ding*  Give the man a cigar.

An O2 sensor, WB or otherwise, gives partial pressure
of O2 in the exhaust.  Retarding the ignition timing
means less complete combustion (when retarded notably
from MBT), which means more HC *and* more O2 in the
exhaust.  If you're just measuring partial pressure of
O2, then your O2 sensor will "tell" you you just got
leaner, when this is not, in fact, the case.

The key to using data usefully is knowing what they
will (and will not!) tell you.

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