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Old 11-06-2023 | 08:24 AM
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to do that would require a rewrite of the controller code and i'd need to monitor the ignition pulse from teh RPM output and then calculate how long to wait until the engine is at the intake stroke before opening the solenoid for the proper duration. yeah, that's a fairly big change. what about changing to a 50 or 60 hz carrier frequency? a higher carrier makes the solenoid behave more like a modulating valve rather than a 2 position valve but that would probably have detrimantal effect on atomization at the spray bar.

Originally Posted by 1967brutus
It would have to be synced with the engine on the intake stroke, even a bit of asynchronicity, and the valve does not open during several intake cycles. The RPM is not 100% rocksteady.

But I think, for this thing it really would be only bling and no noticable advantage. It's not sensitive to mixture at all... Or better put, mixture affects this engine just like any other, but due to the governor it somehow does not matter (richer=>RPM drops=>Governor compensates=>me not noticing that it runs rich=>me highly confused)...