Air Fuel Ratio Analysis In Blackpool.
Most vehicle owners will understand that an engine requires fuel and air in order to work at all, but most don't understand that the precise ration of fuel to air is the factor that determines how economical, powerful and reliable that same engine will be. Too lean and it may overheat or worse, destroy a piston, too rich and the fuel economy will be terrible and it will lose power (Petrol) or smoke badly (Diesel) The correct air fuel ratio is paramount to the good running, performance and economy of your engine.
14.5:1, 11.5:1, 16.0:1, Lambda 1... what does it all mean?
For more information, you would probably find some of our AFR articles from the national press of great interest.
| Air Fuel ratio Article. Part 1. |  |
| Air Fuel ratio Article. Part 2. |  |
Thankfully as you can see, we fully understand it here at Motorsport Developments in Blackpool and we have been analysing Air / Fuel Ratio's (AFR) for over 20 years. Utilising the worlds most accurate AFR equipment from ECM labs, we have a wideband system that will analyse accurately from 1.0:1 right down to 50.0:1 with an industry leading 0.001% accuracy across the range.
There are VERY FEW workshops in the UK with this equipment, and we don't even know of a single main dealer with it. Even if a workshop did have it, would a technician know when 14.5:1 was required or if it should be 14.1:1? Unlikely, unless he has had specific training in ECU calibration.
