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dzznuts
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posted 11-09-2004 02:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dzznuts   Click Here to Email dzznuts     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Im looking for a good calculator that will relate the amount of fuel needed for certain rpm's. obviously it would have to take into account displacement. Does anyone know of a good one??

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indyphil
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posted 11-09-2004 03:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for indyphil   Click Here to Email indyphil     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You will need to start with a calculator that gives you airflow CFM Vs RPM for a given displacement. Then you need to go from CFM to mass airflow (using a density conversion) and then from Mass airflow to mass fuel flow using the stoichiometric air fuel ratio for gasoline which varies but is about 14:1

Here is a good CFM calculator
http://www.csgnetwork.com/cfmcalc.html

here is a worked example
Now say you get 500CFM...

Next you need to calculate density.
Desnity =

Atmospheric pressure (absolute)/(287 x absolute temperature (in Kelvin))

For regular pressure 99kPa and room temperature your density will be 1.15kg/cubic meter.

500 CFM is 500 cubic feet per minute
1 cubic foot = 0.2832 cubic meters so
500 CFM = 14.15 cubic meters/minute

If you have 14.5 cubic meters of air per minute, and the density is 1.15kg/meter

Then you have 16.3 kg of air per minute

at stoich air fuel mixture thats
1.163 kg of fuel needed per minute

1kg = 2.2046 lbs mass

so 1.163kg/minute would be
2.564 lbs/minute
or
154 lbs/hour

Between 8 injectors you will need
154/8 =
19.23 lbs/hr of fuel flow

A V8 engine like that will need 25lb/hr injectors to be on the safe side.

Did you follow?

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dzznuts
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posted 11-09-2004 03:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dzznuts   Click Here to Email dzznuts     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WOW!! thanks for the help indyphil.
i do have a couple questions if you dont mind though.
how exactly did you go from
"Then you have 16.3 kg of air per minute

at stoich air fuel mixture thats
1.163 kg of fuel needed per minute"

just by following your example i would say devide by 100 and add one, but is this the right way to do it?
thanks for your help and an awsome link!

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indyphil
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posted 11-10-2004 08:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for indyphil   Click Here to Email indyphil     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No,
sorry I didnt make that clear did I

You need about 1kg of fuel for 14kg of air. (the stoichiometric airfuel ratio of 14:1 for gasoline)

so I simply divide 16.3 by 14 to get 1.163kg

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