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Old 05-16-2026 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cmulder
What if instead of using a servo have a piston (with a return spring inside the cylinder) move the bleed air valve?
Then use the vacuum from the crankcase (trough a one way valve) to actuate/move this piston.
This assumes that the vacuum inside a engine is directly corrolated to the fuel demand (rpm ect) and therefor regulates on the actual fuel demand of the engine instead of the position of the trottle servo.

thoughts ?
That won't work...
The principle is a bit like that of a "constant velocity" carb, but they work very different than what you describe.

The how and why would probably take me 2 pages to describe, so I won't even try.