Thread: AC vs windows open mileage test
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:23 AM
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Default Re: AC vs windows open mileage test
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Originally Posted by bwilson4web View Post
So typical idle, engine air flow runs about 2 g/sec but with the compressor, 2.45 g/sec. Bob Wilson
Pardon my ignorance Bob; but I've got two questions:

1) What are the units for g/sec? Grams/second?
2) How do you correlate air flow to fuel consumption? I think I know, to maintain a stochiometric ratio a higher air flow means also a higher fuel flow. Am I correct?

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