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ms fowler · 04-27-2022, 05:19 AM

Lucas, did not invent darkness--just the sudden onset of it while driving.
SU carbs were the perfect tinkerer's carb--they never ran perfectly so there was always the desire to make them a little better---but it was just as difficult to mess them up so thoroughly that they would not work at all--perfect for the tinkerer in all of us.
I went to a seminar at an import show many years ago where the speaker promised " at least 10 HP more from your British sports car"--He asked for a show of hands as to when most people shifted---3000, rpm? 3500 rpm? No more hands raised after 4000 rpm. He showed the HP curve and made the point that everyone was shifting way too early--before the engine was developing the rated HP.

04-27-2022, 05:19 AM	#15
ms fowler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2022 Posts: 144	Re: 40 years of Auto Evolution.... Lucas, did not invent darkness--just the sudden onset of it while driving. SU carbs were the perfect tinkerer's carb--they never ran perfectly so there was always the desire to make them a little better---but it was just as difficult to mess them up so thoroughly that they would not work at all--perfect for the tinkerer in all of us. I went to a seminar at an import show many years ago where the speaker promised " at least 10 HP more from your British sports car"--He asked for a show of hands as to when most people shifted---3000, rpm? 3500 rpm? No more hands raised after 4000 rpm. He showed the HP curve and made the point that everyone was shifting way too early--before the engine was developing the rated HP.