X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:05:51 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from gateway1.stoel.com ([198.36.178.141] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1134601 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 31 May 2006 11:04:38 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=198.36.178.141; envelope-from=JJHALLE@stoel.com Received: from PDX-SMTP.stoel.com (unknown [172.16.103.137]) by gateway1.stoel.com (Firewall Mailer Daemon) with ESMTP id 5A5E0EB364 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 08:03:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from PDX-MX6.stoel.com ([172.16.103.64]) by PDX-SMTP.stoel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 31 May 2006 08:03:52 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Lean of Peak question X-Original-Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:03:51 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <17E9FE5945A57A41B4D8C07737DB6072037256C9@PDX-MX6.stoel.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: lml Digest #1618 Thread-Index: AcaEmQQnK168XALwQDWHQR+29Y1gXQAKYWTA From: "Halle, John" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 May 2006 15:03:52.0158 (UTC) FILETIME=[6DC257E0:01C684C3] Well, probably predictably, I have heard, both online and off from the = evangelists from both sides of the controversey and exhorted to take = various courses or buy various pieces of gear, all of which I had heard = before (and may actually do someday.) My question, however, was really = a simple one: Am I right in assuming that, by leaning until the engine = ran rough and then enrichening until it was once again smooth as I was = taught, I was ensuring that at least one cylinder was running lean of = peak and that the others were, in all probability, also lean of peak or = too close to peak on the rich side (as described in John Deakin's = article, which I have read several times?) It's really an academic = question that I don't intend to use as the basis for any decision. Just = curious.