Wow this has turned into a really interesting thread!
I have two things on my mind. First some questions....
1. Are 4g62bt2c30a and primetime_vtec actual NSX owners? How is your knowledge of the NSX obtained? If you are an owner so prove it by posting your vin or it to Lud to validate.
2. Are either of you performance tuners? If so what are your creditials? Who's NSX have you tuned? References would be nice.
3. Are either of you trained and practicing engine designers? Many of us know several people at manufacturers and on racing teams.
4. Are either of you an engineer? If so can you please give me the university you attended and specifically what classes you took on engine design to really prove that you understand the theory. BTW what textbook was used in the class?
Secondly I agree with sjs unless you understand how the formulas were developed then it's not clear they are 100% acurate because the assumptions to develop them may not properly apply to the efficiency of the NSX engine in creating power from a given volume of fuel. BTW the calculations for fuel systems for internal combustion engines involve fluid mechanics and thermodynamics theory is incredibly complicated. Theory gets validated through actual testing. In engineering there's often times "factors" that are used to calculate results. These "factors" are determined through actual testing. Unless you know how the "factors" were obtained and the conditions the "factors" apply you're calculated results can always be suspect.
If the findings through testing are different than the results obtained through formulas either the formulas and assumptions are wrong or the testing method is flawed. Given Mark is posting actual results from a respected dyno I'd have to say either the formulas are wrong or the assumptions being used in the formula are wrong. One possibility is that the assumptions about the injectors are based on published marketing specs versus specs obtained through actual testing based on his custom mods. In any event I wish the market would come back so I could have one of his systems on my NSX.
BTW the answers to questions for me are:
1. yes
2. and 3. No
4. Yes, 1981 BSME Cal Poly, ME412
http://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/catalog/CoEng.pdf, page 51 of 52, Prof. George F. Engelke, not to give away the book but it was written by a Prof. at MIT.
Also my old university was and is seriously into SAE check out:
http://www.csupomona.edu/~fsae/ http://www.csupomona.edu/~minibaja/
Any donations would be greatly appreciated.
[This message has been edited by hejo (edited 29 November 2001).]
[This message has been edited by hejo (edited 29 November 2001).]