you should magasqirt your vanagon Don..
that would be interesting ..
and you can tell us all how it's working out.

I'd love that for my 16-valve vw inline fours.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 7:10 PM
Subject: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?

>  Just curious here.   I know somewhere around 14.5:1 is stoichiometric (if
> that is  that strange word and how you spell it) or the target ratio you
> like to see out the tailpipe when the mixture is correct.
>
>   I just did a dyno run with one of my motorcycles and it was really
> really
> rich at around 10:1....yet it was still making decent power....Carbs need
> jetting on this moto.  As I watched the Dyno tuning service guy work
> through
> a few more modern fuel injected bikes while I waited in line....I was
> really
> jealous of the modern stand-alone engine managment systems and how simple
> he
> was tuning these bikes....gaining nearly 20% HP and torque on one that was
> running "Fine" before...., just using his pinky finger on a laptop
> keyboard...
>  While I don't intend to invest in something like that for the moto in
> question (I am selling that one).....I am really tempted to look at
> fitting
> a MegaSquirt some other aftermarket controller to my inline ABA
> motor....just to see.