[W126 Coupe] tornado air twister

[Jim Nowak]

"Do all superchargers not require you to readjust
mixture?"

In all forced air applications you will have to add
more fuel.  More air + more fuel and more air out =
more power.  More air in + no more fuel = melted
pistons.
  
Jim


--- "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
wrote:
> From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of
> RONNY GEENEN
> 
> >To create more power in the cylinder you add more
> intake air by turbo 
> >charging. That is correct. But you do not have to
> provide additional
> fuel, 
> >because not all of the fuel in a normal combustion
> engine will burn.
> The 
> >efficiency of a combustion engine as you also know
> is not very high.
> 
> This is meant as an honest question. If you
> supercharge you're pumping
> more air in, right? Ok, so why doesn't the engine
> start to run extremely
> lean? The only supercharger I seriously considered
> did do that, and
> overcame the problem by reprogramming the ECU
> (obviously, this was for a
> different car than a W126) and you had to replacing
> the injectors with
> higher flow injectors. Do all superchargers not
> require you to readjust
> mixture?
> Thanks,
> Richard
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