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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:42:17 -0500, "Dave Gribble"
wrote: This is the exact procedure we've used to set the mixture. The idle is 650 rpm and the increase when you move to cut-off is only about 25 rpm. The problem is that it still seems too rich, especially in the pattern with carb heat on. Then there is something else going on besides the mixture adjustment. Have you checked with the folk that hold the STC for the engine and exhaust mods? Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) |
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On 1-Apr-2004, Ron Rosenfeld wrote: No experience with the O320, but with the Lycoming O360's, the procedure to set proper mixture should be doable on the ground. 1. Start engine and warm up until CHT's and oil temps are normal. 2. Mag check -- if normal, proceed. 3. Set throttle set screw so idle is per airframe mfg recommendation. 4. Slowly move mixture control towards idle cut-off and observe rpm. An increase of more than 50 RPM indicates the mixture is too rich. (An immediate decrease, if not preceded by a momentary increase, indicates the mixture is too lean). 5. When performing step 4, don't let the engine cut out. 6. Adjust the mixture control in the proper direction; run up to 2000 RPM to "clear" the engine, and repeat the above as necessary. If the mixture change has changed the idling RPM, that should be re-adjusted as needed. 7. If the setting does not remain stable, check the idle linkage for looseness. If the goal here is to set the mixture control linkage so that "proper" mixture occurs with the control at the full lean position, then this had better be done at or near sea level density altitude. How is the procedure done on the ground in Denver? -- -Elliott Drucker |
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No, that will be next. I think there are actually 2 STCs, one for the
exhaust (Powerflow) and one for the 160 HP conversion (Superior Air Parts, I think). I wonder if the problem is in combining these 2 STCs? "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:42:17 -0500, "Dave Gribble" wrote: This is the exact procedure we've used to set the mixture. The idle is 650 rpm and the increase when you move to cut-off is only about 25 rpm. The problem is that it still seems too rich, especially in the pattern with carb heat on. Then there is something else going on besides the mixture adjustment. Have you checked with the folk that hold the STC for the engine and exhaust mods? Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) |
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:15:16 -0500, "Dave Gribble"
wrote: No, that will be next. I think there are actually 2 STCs, one for the exhaust (Powerflow) and one for the 160 HP conversion (Superior Air Parts, I think). I wonder if the problem is in combining these 2 STCs? I suppose it could be. But the 160HP converted engine should be listed as an allowable engine for the Powerflo system. Or vice versa. Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) |
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