• resistor across air intake temperature sensor trick

    From Woozy Song@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 14 16:35:23 2023
    Claimed to increase power: the ECU thinks the ambient air is hotter, so correction for MAF sensor is wrong, over-estimating air sucked into
    manifold and ECU squirts some extra fuel. But then doesn't the exhaust
    sensor get final say, and trim the air-fuel ration back? Unless you hack
    the ECU as well, seems pointless.

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to suzyw0ng@outlook.com on Sat Oct 14 15:16:20 2023
    Woozy Song <suzyw0ng@outlook.com> wrote:
    Claimed to increase power: the ECU thinks the ambient air is hotter, so >correction for MAF sensor is wrong, over-estimating air sucked into
    manifold and ECU squirts some extra fuel. But then doesn't the exhaust
    sensor get final say, and trim the air-fuel ration back? Unless you hack
    the ECU as well, seems pointless.

    Depends on the ECU algorithm.... But if the MAF is being used short term
    while the O2 sensor is averaged over a longer term, that is what will
    happen.

    Deliberately forcing your engine to run rich might get you more power but
    it's not going to make your catalytic converter very happy. And in many situations will not get you any more pwoer at all.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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