Lean burn refers to the use of lean mixtures in an internal combustion engine. The air-fuel ratios can be as high as 65:1, so the mixture has considerably less fuel in comparison to the stoichiometric combustion ratio (14.64:1 for petrol for example).
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Famous quotes containing the words lean and/or burn:
“You’d be so lean that blasts of January
Would blow you through and through.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There are those who never burn incense when things are going well, but then throw themselves at the Buddha’s feet when crises come.”
—Chinese proverb.