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Belgian1979 wrote:
Firedome8 wrote:does pre ignition knock ?
No, but it sure does heat up things and that could lead to...:lol:
It melts pistons and shows up on an EGT gauge (goes down).
Not on a knock sensor but pre ignition will turn into knock then can be sensed.
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joe 90 wrote:
Belgian1979 wrote:
Firedome8 wrote:does pre ignition knock ?
No, but it sure does heat up things and that could lead to...:lol:
It melts pistons and shows up on an EGT gauge (goes down).
Not on a knock sensor but pre ignition will turn into knock then can be sensed.
That sounds like David's scenario #2.
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smeg wrote:If anyone is interested I have a good little used Innovate LM12 for sale, can log up to 12 wideband AFR and log other things like oil pressure, rpm, etc.
Sorry everyone, I had the wrong name, it is an innovate ST-12
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joe 90 wrote:
Belgian1979 wrote:
Firedome8 wrote:does pre ignition knock ?
No, but it sure does heat up things and that could lead to...:lol:
It melts pistons and shows up on an EGT gauge (goes down).
Not on a knock sensor but pre ignition will turn into knock then can be sensed.
many moons ago I have seen 2 stroke kart engines hole pistons, the driver would say the exhaust temp went down a couple hundred deg so he quick leaned it out!!! twallllllll and stop. had to learn that lesson a few times and often wondered Wtf was going on thought about it for 30 years,,never was sure !
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joe 90 wrote:
redliner wrote:
Warp Speed wrote: How do you come up with an EGT target temp?
EXACTLY!!!!!
Through testing and tuning.

EGT is always hottest at a lambda of 1.
No excess of air and no excess of fuel,it's all being used.
It's cooler when lean and it's cooler when rich.

As to how hot, it depends on the engine, fuel type, RPM and load.
Full throttle is hotter than part throttle, peak torque RPM is hotter than higher or lower RPM.

That's all when the timing is tuned correctly.
Less timing advance will be hotter, more timing advance = broken.
That's what the knock sensor is for.


How about piston engined aircraft?

WB 02 or EGT?

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/ques ... ch-or-lean
Yep, this confirms you lack of knowledge on how EGT works in aircraft reciprocating piston engines.
Like Jay (Warp Speed) stated, EGT's in aircraft reciprocating piston engines, does not determine performance or engine condition, it just shows operational limits that vary and dependent on aircraft take off weight and weather.

Educate yourself and read the article shown below that debunks your EGT theories.

http://www.gami.com/articles/egt_myths.pdf
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nhrastocker wrote:
Yep, this confirms you lack of knowledge on how EGT works in aircraft reciprocating piston engines.
Like Jay (Warp Speed) stated, EGT's in aircraft reciprocating piston engines, does not determine performance or engine condition, it just shows operational limits that vary and dependent on aircraft take off weight and weather.

Educate yourself and read the article shown below that debunks your EGT theories.

http://www.gami.com/articles/egt_myths.pdf

Which part?
I've already read that article.


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Belgian1979 wrote: Over the time that I've been a member and have seen you comment, I have seen more wrong things written by you than correct things. Others have already demonstrated that more than once.
Not sure who this was directed at sorry?
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Nice article.

To clarify, some factory ECUs use a knock sensor to control timing (in my case, Subaru). I used a EGT sensor to see if the ECU was pulling timing.
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Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power?

Note that I am using the term "air" as a surrogate for oxygen.

Why does fast sample rate O2 data look like hash?

Why are EGTs all over the place?
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David Redszus wrote:Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power?

Note that I am using the term "air" as a surrogate for oxygen.

Why does fast sample rate O2 data look like hash?

Why are EGTs all over the place?
Extra fuel to make sure all oxygen is consumed and help cool the combustion chamber , in a carburetor setup to make sure no cylinder is lean ?

the hash due to pulsed flow, inconsistency in ignition lag time, and distribution error.

uneven combustion ,slow response sensors , and varied ignition lag time ?

not sure.
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David Redszus wrote:Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power.
It's because there's 3 different main chemical reactions happening each of which liberates different amounts of energy.
By providing an excess of fuel, you get more of the first and less of the third.

C + 1/2 o2= CO.......most energy.
CO + 1/2 o2 = CO2
H2 + 1/2 O2 = H2O.....least energy

With a lambda of 0.85 you have emissions of H2 and CO due to incomplete combustion but you shouldn't have soot.
If you go richer, you'll have soot too.
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David Redszus wrote:Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power?

Note that I am using the term "air" as a surrogate for oxygen.

Why does fast sample rate O2 data look like hash?

Why are EGTs all over the place?
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The Radius Kid wrote:
David Redszus wrote:Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power?

Note that I am using the term "air" as a surrogate for oxygen.

Why does fast sample rate O2 data look like hash?

Why are EGTs all over the place?
You sure love poking the bear,don't you?
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carmakerevive wrote:
Belgian1979 wrote: Over the time that I've been a member and have seen you comment, I have seen more wrong things written by you than correct things. Others have already demonstrated that more than once.
Not sure who this was directed at sorry?
Not towards you :D
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David Redszus wrote:Since the OP was with regard to O2, I'd like to pose a question.

We know that stoich means a perfect a/f ratio where all the air is combusted with all available fuel.
But a stoich a/f ratio does not produce best power; we need to go slightly richer than stoich.

Why does that work?
If we have already consumed all available air, the additional fuel does not have any air available to burn.
How can it then make more power?

Note that I am using the term "air" as a surrogate for oxygen.

Why does fast sample rate O2 data look like hash?

Why are EGTs all over the place?
Cooling of incoming charge due to the heat it takes to vaporate the extra fuel, with a higher density and more power as a consequence.
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