JonJay
Well Known Member
I know this subject has been beat to death, but in all the discussions and wonderful reference to articles discussing LOP/ROP and techniques (not to be argued here please), I would like to know your basic leaning procedure.
How long into cruise do you wait before you lean? Immediatley? at any altitude?
My engine monitor (EDM930) has a lean find feature that I think I have figured out. However, I see a lot of folks refering to running 100deg LOP or some such figure. On what cylinder? My richest will be at peak, my leanest might be at -60deg LOP. Is that running at -60deg LOP?
If I pre-lean (IO-360) by leaning to slight loss of power, then enrichen slightly, things seem to be right at the above figures, leaving me no room to lean more agressively, like to -100 LOP. I understand this might be typical unless you put it Gammi Injectors?
When I cross check my fuel flow with Lyco. manual, they are exactly inline with the charts. So why not lean to fuel flow at a given power setting and let the EGT's fall in line, which they seem to do.
I think I am suffering from too much technology. If I fall back to my old training days, lean to roughness, enrich slightly, fly on, things seem to be set.
Thoughts?
How long into cruise do you wait before you lean? Immediatley? at any altitude?
My engine monitor (EDM930) has a lean find feature that I think I have figured out. However, I see a lot of folks refering to running 100deg LOP or some such figure. On what cylinder? My richest will be at peak, my leanest might be at -60deg LOP. Is that running at -60deg LOP?
If I pre-lean (IO-360) by leaning to slight loss of power, then enrichen slightly, things seem to be right at the above figures, leaving me no room to lean more agressively, like to -100 LOP. I understand this might be typical unless you put it Gammi Injectors?
When I cross check my fuel flow with Lyco. manual, they are exactly inline with the charts. So why not lean to fuel flow at a given power setting and let the EGT's fall in line, which they seem to do.
I think I am suffering from too much technology. If I fall back to my old training days, lean to roughness, enrich slightly, fly on, things seem to be set.
Thoughts?