Return-Path: Received: from [65.33.84.131] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.1b7) with HTTP id 2401032 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 19:09:18 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] Re: TSIO 550 Rich or Lean of Peak? To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1b7 Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 19:09:18 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Jack Cowell" : With all due respsect to your knowledgeable mechanic, quite a few turbo motors perform quite well for long periods of time when they're operated LOP. For example, there are almost 1200 hours on the Continental turbo 550 in my IVP and it is always cruised at least 60 lean of peak at 29-30 inches and 2500rpm. Climb is also always done full rich and at around 30-31 inches (depending on the day). Compression readings are all in the low 70s with one sneaking into the mid-60s. Maybe I'm lucky, but them's the facts. Jack Cowell