Re: KE Jetronic question. . . fuel enrichment related.

["Gerry Pennington" <smokinn85@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>I WANT MY CAR BACK!!  :-)  Just kidding, but damn do I miss it.  I keep 
telling myself that I will find another when I get back from Japan (after 
spending my year in Saudi Arabia), but to be honest...I don't think I will 
ever find one as nice.  By-the-way Pei, I smmmmoooooked an 84 Mustang GT in 
your Roccot.

Penny
(missing my Roccot...now Pei's Roccot)
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/7808/smokinn2.html


>From: Pei-Chung Ting <chungsteroonie@yahoo.com>
>To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: KE Jetronic question. . . fuel enrichment related.
>Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 13:41:01 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>Had a thought while comparing my two 16v's.  I was
>wondering if most people experience dramatic power
>increases from fuel enrichment modules because their
>oxygen sensor is not putting out it's full voltage
>range. . . this question came when my new one w/o
>enrichment pulls better than the usual beastie. . .
>the difference I know could be any number of things,
>but the new one had a new oxy sensor, and I KNOW
>mine's not quite up to snuff. . . probably original.
>With the o2 sensor disconnected, the new car pulls
>just about as well as most 16v's I've driven without
>fuel enrichment.
>
>My question is this.  Is it actually better to leave
>the existing fuel system alone and just fix it?  I
>know that with the Techtonics unit, it tricks the
>computer into thinking the engine is cold. . . putting
>the fuel curve on a pre-determined pattern instead of
>letting the o2 sensor make adjustments for optimal
>fuel-air mixture.  And yes, we experience gains from
>the modules, but is it mostly because our fuel
>delivery equiptment is ill-maintained?
>
>-'Chung
>'88 16v "Viking Woman"
>'87 16v "still adjusting to new ownership"
>
>
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