On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
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Well, maybe he meant that they don't have a butterfly in the venturi
-- no throttle plate, so to speak.
Well, that is sort of what I think he means, but something has to
control the injectors.....
It's a big rheostat on my truck -- nothing but a volume control, so
to speak, that tells the computer that I want to go faster (or
slower) and the computer does the rest by adjusting injector timing/
volume and stuff like that. Drive - by - wire comes to Detroit.
And, Ed -- if your mileage computer shows lower than real life --
that only adds fuel to the discussion that the things aren't all that
accurate. I don't read the gallons used readout too much -- save
that I've learned to watch the gauge carefully when it's getting
low. If the low-fuel light comes on and the doing-doing thing makes
it's sound -- Nancy goes into panic mode that we're about to run out
of fuel and be stranded in the middle of BF Egypt. I try to have the
"miles left 'til we're on fumes" number ready to respond to her fears!
That is exactly why I carry a 5 gal jug of fuel in the trailer! I
have been stuck in BF Egypt, and it's not all that "Arabian Nights"
makes it out to be ;-)
Yeah, the 5-gallon jug rides in the back of our rig, too. We ran the
tank dry once -- in Chillicothe, Ohio, as we were pulling into the
fuel station. What a bugger of a time trying to restart, even
following instructions. Tip the jug and life stays a lot better.
Ed
Jon , tall guy with moustache
and two 200 MPH Club hats
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