Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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nope, once the fuel is mixed with the incoming air the A/F ratio is set. now you can get a different reading depending on where the O2 sensor is located and the timing of the spark, but the ratio hasn't changed.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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Yep, exactly what I was thinking and I know for a fact phasing/timing can and does change afr's......
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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Any tuning done to the motor will have direct affect on how it runs so I'm sure a good O2 gauge should measure and display the changes My Innovate system did Now if you mean your going to change the rotor phasing and not the ignition timing at all then maybe that won't affect the AFR readings
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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Unless rotor phasing is so far out of whack that the spark jumps to the next post, no. It will have no effect. The rotor phasing and ignition timing are two separate things that are inter-related. The spark will occur at the same time in the cylinder regardless of phase. The exception to that is if phase is so far out that the spark doesn’t make it to the correct cylinder.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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I want to say yes.........but i will like your thoughts on this? What do you mean by "Affect"? The AFR your carb meters is set and cant be affected by ignition as Its a mechanical device. But a change in ignition will affect combustion and that could change the "AFR" your O2 sensor is interpreting.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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Might want to give this one a little thought. Mike, I don't recall ever seeing you on this board before. How is life after leaving Bo Laws? I'm not sure on the OP question. I do know that changing timing will change the AFR. I suppose indexing the rotor could also make a change but I'd be surprised if it was significant. I'm not exactly sure why the AFR changes when timing changes. I suppose that if the combustion becomes more efficient it changes the signal on the booster. With an EFI car when you change the timing the AFR stays the same. But, the fuel flow will change since the EFI system compensates for the change in AFR by adjusting the fuel flow. I've seen it work on the dyno but the percentage change is usually fairly small. Of course, the NASCAR boys would kill for a small percentage increase in BSFC.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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The answer should be no theoretically, but the reality is that you may observe a small change in measured AFR if it changes timing (or combustion efficiency) by a significant amount. If you see a large change you probably had an issue or caused one.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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Might want to give this one a little thought. Mike, I don't recall ever seeing you on this board before. How is life after leaving Bo Laws? I'm not sure on the OP question. I do know that changing timing will change the AFR. I suppose indexing the rotor could also make a change but I'd be surprised if it was significant. I'm not exactly sure why the AFR changes when timing changes. I suppose that if the combustion becomes more efficient it changes the signal on the booster. With an EFI car when you change the timing the AFR stays the same. But, the fuel flow will change since the EFI system compensates for the change in AFR by adjusting the fuel flow. I've seen it work on the dyno but the percentage change is usually fairly small. Of course, the NASCAR boys would kill for a small percentage increase in BSFC. Hi Andy. Life is busy, thanks for asking.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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The experts on here have answered this. I will add that my MSD Pro-billet dizzy was so far out of phase that the tip of my rotor melted off and flew out at the track one day. The top of the rotor was physically melted where the metal was. The heat generated by my high output coil jumping that gap was intense. I put an adjustable MSD rotor in there and found it was nearly at the midpoint between the two terminals.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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There where two slots (BB-SB?) on the rotor shafts to align the pickup wheel, I found more than one of them aligned, assembled, on the wrong one I would remove the distributor cap and see if the pickup aligned with the star wheel on the rotor shaft with the rotor tip aligned with #1 plug wire terminal on the distributor shaft If not moving the star wheel to the other slot would usually fix it
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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I want to say yes.........but i will like your thoughts on this? Could you be more clear in your question? Are you asking: 1) does indexing a rotor affect the reading generated by an exhaust O2 meter? Or 2) does indexing a rotor actually affect the fuel to air ratio of the mixture entering the cylinder.
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Re: Does indexing a rotor affect A/F ratio?
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I want to say yes.........but i will like your thoughts on this? Could you be more clear in your question? Are you asking: 1) does indexing a rotor affect the reading generated by an exhaust O2 meter? Or 2) does indexing a rotor actually affect the fuel to air ratio of the mixture entering the cylinder. THIS ^^^^^^^^
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