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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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Questions on Leaning out cruise with nikki

Looking to lean out cruise on rx-7.Is this dangerous w/ a rotary? I'd like to lean out my highway cruise A/F ratio to around 15-16:1. Will the leaner/hotter burn hurt anything? My cruise is around 12.8-13.4:1 right now. What would be the best way to lean out cruise on a nikki?

What is this leanest people have gone w/o problems on the 12a's?

IS there a seperate idle and cruise circuit or are they one and the same?

I know on holleys you can place some small diameter wire to restrict the fuel in the idle/cruise circuit. Then once you find the acceptable size hole you replace the Idle Feed Restrictor block with a custom drilled piece.

Are nikki's similar?

I'm really looking for gas mileage first and performance second here. Any and all help is appreciated!

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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Don't touch it. That's perfect.

Leaning out a rotary will lead to spark knock and a cracked/broken apex seal when it does knock. Rotaries need that amount of fuel due to the combusion chamber dynamics.
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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Not. NAs can run leaner at cruise and get better mileage. It's when the engine is under high load/boost, and lean that they can pop a seal. That's very hard to do on an NA unless it is extremely lean and the timing is way off.

As far as leaning it out, I have no idea how one would go about it at cruise.
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