Experiment for VXers

[R.I.D.E.]

Good info Monroe and much appreciated.

The grades around here are very mild, no hills that would keep me at WOT for any significant amount of time.

I thought the transition would be gradual relatively speaking as you stated as long as throttle increments are very gradual for me. If the transition was abrupt it would feel like a surge so my feeling jives with you observations.

It's not soo much that I think I am or am not in lean burn, it's more an opportunity that I like to exploit to the greatest extent.

Have you tried reversing your intake snorkel for warm air intake, picking up the warm air from the top radiator tank area?

It might be worth trying when you get some consistent mileage figures. To me it seemed to make a difference, and less air density makes it possible to increase your throttle position for the same power output with less pumping losses. It could allow slightly higher throttle positions to stay in lean burn. Not a great amount, but WAI sure helps in winter.

regards
gary

[monroe74]

Originally Posted by R.I.D.E.

The grades around here are very mild, no hills that would keep me at WOT for any significant amount of time.

I used the example of the hill just to point out that WOT doesn't always mean acceleration. It certainly doesn't always mean "nut case" acceleration.

But you don't need hills to use WOT. You can live on a perfectly flat planet, and still use WOT exclusively (which is exactly what I try to do). It just needs to be done alternately with periods of coasting (and that's what's known as P&G, obviously). And so long as you do it at low rpm (high gear), you will manage to completely avoid "nut case" acceleration. Hopefully that alleviates your concerns about being perceived as a "nut case!"

Have you tried reversing your intake snorkel for warm air intake, picking up the
warm air from the top radiator tank area?

No. But it would interest me to hear you explain why you think it never occurred to Honda to do something so simple.

less air density makes it possible to increase your throttle position for the same power output with less pumping losses

Since I'm already using WOT, pumping losses are as low as they are going to get.

It could allow slightly higher throttle positions to stay in lean burn.

Since I'm using WOT, lean burn is something that essentially never happens.