REFLECTOR: Carburated Auto engine

John Dibble aminetech at bluefrog.com
Tue Nov 23 09:48:20 CST 2004


I second that.  Also, if both fuel pumps fail, there should still be
enough gravity feed to limp home.  On the ground better fuel
economy/performance sounds like a wonderful thing.  In the air nothing
beats reliability.

John

velocityxlfg wrote:

> I guess I am most concerned about the complexityof a EFI system. There
> are a lot of things in the system that can gowrong and could be hard
> to trouble shoot . A carb works as long as thereis fuel in the bowl. I
> know I will lose some performance going with a carb set up butI just
> feel more comfortable with it. Then againnothing is set in stone
> yet. Ron
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Al Gietzen
>      To: 'Velocity xl' ; 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders
>      list'
>      Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 11:42 PM
>      Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: Carburated Auto engine
>
>      Subject: REFLECTOR: Carburated Auto engine
>
>      I am tiring to understands the mixture control for my LT1 .
>      I was going to use a EFI because it would control my fuel
>      mixture
>      for me but then I thought that might not be the best
>      decision.
>
>      I don’t know what factors you considered against EFI; but my
>      opinion is that it would be the way to go.
>
>      Al (3-rotor rotary SE RG)
>
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