Giving the Insight a Good Driver - GreenHybrid

bwilson4web · #1 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 06:44 AM

Hi folks,

I ran across this article in an Australian magazine, Autospeed:

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_110187/article.html

Quote:

. . . the Honda happily trundles down the highway with a measured air/fuel ratio of 25:1! To anyone with any knowledge of contemporary car tuning, that’s a jaw-dropping figure. In fact, perhaps more than any other readily observable characteristic of the Insight, the 25:1 lean cruise shows the brilliance of Honda’s engineers.
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Trouble is, in standard form, any tiny twitch of the throttle by the driver will also drop the car out of lean cruise.
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Smoothing of a signal can be achieved as easily as using just a resistor and a capacitor. The resistor (as its name suggests) resists the flow of electricity, while the capacitor stores electricity.
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This is a brilliant solution and though specific to the Insight, a lean-burn vehicle, it should offer a significant improvement in mileage.

Bob Wilson

gpsman1 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 08:18 AM

I just read that at the "Insight site" and I may just try that.

However, since I'm such a good driver, I really don't need it...

However... it may also help the cruise control keep Lean Burn!

-John

tj154906 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-17-2008, 09:29 PM

Would this be a relatively easy modification to make, or what? I'm not necessarily very electro-savvy, but it seems like it would help out.