At 04:43 PM 7/31/01 -0400, you wrote:
>You do have an option today. Buy a nice looking car and put an Edelbrock
>engine, four-barrel, intakes, etc. in it.
Four barrel ???? That would be a step backwards. I'm currently
running 3x 2 barrels on an Edelbrock designed intake. (original 1970 Dodge
Challanger RT convertible with 440 six-pack)
Gas mileage? What's that? Actually it's not too bad. I get
about 15-16 MPG on the highway. But you should see what the gas gauge does
when I put my foot to it and the second and third of carbs kick in!
Joe
>Peace... Sridhar
>
>On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, joe wrote:
> > > and Americans aren't known for frequent car maintainance.
> >
> > There was a time when frequent car maintenance was easier and more
> > convenient for Americans who aren't shade-tree mechanics. What I'm
> > referring to is the scarcity these days of convenient places to get a
> > tune-up, grease job and oil change. Places like Jiffy Lube don't
> > count, as they're as likely to damage a car as they are to change the
> > oil, etc. properly. Not so long ago, there was a higher percentage of
> > corner gas stations, with more than one mechanic working in them, to
> > cars. One could often just drive up to a service station, pull into a
> > bay, and get a car repaired without having to drop it off or make an
> > appointment.
> >
> > Even finding a mechanic who can perform a tune up is becoming
> > difficult; many don't know how to adjust points or carburators, and
> > one can forget about having the dwell adjusted or getting a
> > distributor curved; one shop that I called about the later had no idea
> > as to what I was talking about. If they'd get all these new cars with
> > ridiculously overly complex engines off the road and put carburators
> > and distributors with points back in cars, people would have fewer
> > problems with maintenance and finding parts 20 years later. Of
> > course, Big Brother wouldn't like that, as the old cars can't be
> > stopped by a high-energy blast that makes electronic components in the
> > new engines break down.
> >
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> Nature &
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> >
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