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Subject:Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
From:Mike S
Date:Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:36:49 -0400

At 09:56 PM 9/17/2007, Michael Elliott wrote...
>B-but if the injectors all fire together, then 3 times out of four
>each
>injector is looking at a closed valve? If so, does that fine cloud of
>gasoline sorta float about waiting for the valve to open the fourth
>time?

I'm sure there are SAE papers describing exactly what happens. I also
suspect that the gasses are much more turbulent than you're thinking.

What do you suppose happens in a carburated engine to the air/fuel mix
while it waits for a valve to open? Why would a FI engine be any
different?