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Old 01-16-2008, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Montecarloman View Post
With a stock engine sure, however most high outpout engines like a richer mixture. Typically at idle 14.6/1 is perfect but at speed running down the road under full load you really want a richer mixture to help take some of the heat out. 12/1 is the standard number commonly bounced around. Also the lower the number the richer the fuel air mixture. Great write up, good information. That was the only thing that jumped out at me.

I just was also taught you wanna try to stay around 14.6 no matter what. Of course it will vary but whaat I was sayin it we wanna stay around this mark. Thanks for bringing it up though! Clarified for the readers
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