Where should AFR readings be for MPI 509
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Been seeing some dark soot on my tips and started doing some testing. Picked up MEFI Burn and FAST Dual AFR setup. This is a 509 with around 500 hp at the prop on a 11K boat (real heavy). Saw a carb thread (Smitty's) and after posting but then realized again I should not have said anything. In any case I'm trying to figure out if there is any tuning I might try. Do plan to turn my code 44 flag OFF. Here are my readings
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This is a single engine setup, so the one motor is really working hard with a B3 drive. I can put a vacuum gauge on but have not seen the vacuum readings before when dealing with AFR's. The O2 sensor is reading how well the fuel is burning to my understanding, so how does knowing the vacuum give more info ? Not saying its not good to know, just don't understand the correlation
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Been seeing some dark soot on my tips and started doing some testing. Picked up MEFI Burn and FAST Dual AFR setup. This is a 509 with around 500 hp at the prop on a 11K boat (real heavy). Saw a carb thread (Smitty's) and after posting but then realized again I should not have said anything. In any case I'm trying to figure out if there is any tuning I might try. Do plan to turn my code 44 flag OFF. Here are my readings


Specifically in the 750 rpm band I would lean out to 13.5-13.8.
The 1800-2400 rpm band the boat is transitioning from a displacement hull to a planing hull, hence a fairly high load (MAP). You might pull a little fuel, and I mean a little fuel around 1800 but only if knock is under control.
2400 rpm is rich for my taste. I'd shoot for 12.5 -12.8.
The rest looks fair to me. Splitting hairs if you want to change things.
Don't touch the decel range. They will virtually always show rich unless you really shrink the BPW in the 40kPa or less column(s) which I don't recommend.
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You aren't out of line drastically in any regime. I would tweak things a little if so inclined.
Specifically in the 750 rpm band I would lean out to 13.5-13.8.
The 1800-2400 rpm band the boat is transitioning from a displacement hull to a planing hull, hence a fairly high load (MAP). You might pull a little fuel, and I mean a little fuel around 1800 but only if knock is under control.
2400 rpm is rich for my taste. I'd shoot for 12.5 -12.8.
The rest looks fair to me. Splitting hairs if you want to change things.
Don't touch the decel range. They will virtually always show rich unless you really shrink the BPW in the 40kPa or less column(s) which I don't recommend.
Specifically in the 750 rpm band I would lean out to 13.5-13.8.
The 1800-2400 rpm band the boat is transitioning from a displacement hull to a planing hull, hence a fairly high load (MAP). You might pull a little fuel, and I mean a little fuel around 1800 but only if knock is under control.
2400 rpm is rich for my taste. I'd shoot for 12.5 -12.8.
The rest looks fair to me. Splitting hairs if you want to change things.
Don't touch the decel range. They will virtually always show rich unless you really shrink the BPW in the 40kPa or less column(s) which I don't recommend.
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This is a single engine setup, so the one motor is really working hard with a B3 drive. I can put a vacuum gauge on but have not seen the vacuum readings before when dealing with AFR's. The O2 sensor is reading how well the fuel is burning to my understanding, so how does knowing the vacuum give more info ? Not saying its not good to know, just don't understand the correlation
If you have mefiburn use the scanner to see how much load you are putting on the engine with the MAP readings. Very valuable tool.
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