Nomad Willy
Guru
Not a new topic I know. Steve DA stated a long time ago that a properly loaded engine should be run at 75% load 75% of the time. I've supported that standard many times and backed off a bit on several occasions. I assumed he'd get so much heat he'd back off on his hard line or at least confess that certain engine types need to comply and others don't. Many on this site, for example thought older engines were exempt. Well Steve DA has changed his tune a bit** ..* he actually RAISED the loading to 80%! That would mean a Ford Lehman 120 would need to burn well over 4gph to comply. Ive waited for a long time for Steve to moderate and say 60-65% or maybe even 50% on older engines. I'm probably or may be the closest to Steve's standards and I'm only at 55 to 60%. I still wonder why there is such a wide gap between what this "expert" is saying and what we all are doing with almost none of the terrible things happening that are supposed to come to pass. One could easily say Steve dosn't know what he is talking about or our engines don't know how to misbehave. Somehow I think it's more complicated than that. Consider this an update.
Eric Henning
Eric Henning