We ran it and flew it Matt. Mustang II. No fuel cloud with
fuel injection. The cloud is caused by the reverse flow through
a carb. The venturi cannot tell the difference so fuel comes out
regardless of the flow direction.
Mark Steitle is flying one as FI p-port 3 rotor.
Paul Lamar
Paul,
Do p-port engines have much of a tendency for fuel stand-off? It
is a bit of a problem in piston engines especially with IR type
intakes because of the pressure pulse reversal when the intake
valve closes. A p-port does not really close the intake flow and
stop it momentarily. It gets redirected to the next side of the
rotor as the apex seal passes the port. Your charts of intake
pressure show like a sine wave. Intake tuning does affect this but
the amount of pressure difference should not cause a stand off
problem.
Dale Davies
There is no stand off with Tracy's efi. IMHO it is a carburetor
phenomena.
The venturi in the carb cannot tell whether the air is flowing in
or out so to feeds fuel into the air stream regardless.
Paul Lamar
I don't think a carburetor p-port will have an issue with fuel
stand off for the reasons I stated. Automotive V8s will have it
even with a single carburetor. Even note the brown stain on the air
filter lid? If there is a tendency to have stand off with a carb,
it will do it with EFI also due to the pressure pulse. Throttle
body EFI more prone to show this phenomena. Port EFI masks it as
the runner length does not allow the fuel cloud to escape before
being injested again. A port EFI with the injectors at the open
inlet end could display the fuel stand off. A side port engine
should have a slightly greater chance of it, due to the longer port
closing between intake events.
Dale Davies
The carb p-port standoff is spectacular. This is a Weber carb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJ00JsnS8A
Paul Lamar
Ok. So if you removed the Weber and installed a throttle body EFI
from say a 454 Chev, the fuel stand off should be the same. If you
extend the runners to the same length as the Weber carb tops and
then put injectors just above the pipes, the stand off should also
be similar. On the long intake of 24 to 28 inches, the stand off
should be changed. At least the RPM that it becomes prevalent, will
change due to the tuning effect. How was the Le Mans 26B engine for
stand off? Yes the youtube video is spectacular and revealing.
Dale Davies
Here is about what your are describing and there was no stand off.
We ran it with the top off the air box. I was surprised.
Paul Lamar
So Paul,
If you moved the injectors to spray in the open tubes, do you think you
would get fuel stand off? With the Weber carb, if you mounted ram stacks
like on the Can Am Chev engines on the throats, do you think you would see
the stand off then. Possibly the length upstream of the fuel introduction
keeps it inside. May increase bsfc or help it. I know if you shine a
bright light down a carb, you can see a fog in the intake manifold.
Dale Davies
We saw a lot of stand off on the CanAm Chevy engines with and without
stacks.
I designed a ram air scoop for the roof with boundary layer bypass on the
the Nürburgring winning 2D.. We got much better MPG.
I have not tried spraying fuel into the opening yet.
Paul Lamar
Hi Paul, the 2D is one of my favorite cars.
Murry I. Rozansky
I did not do the body design. That came from Chevy styling.
I did the 2F.
Paul Lamar
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