You do have an option today. Buy a nice looking car and put an Edelbrock
engine, four-barrel, intakes, etc. in it.
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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