Dick:
Since it is winter here in the Frozen North the testing method you are
proposing could be modified to the following:
Find frozen lake (right in front of house in my case). Drive car onto lake
and find large tree, rock or wall right at shoreline. Place car with nose
against rock/tree/wall and rear pointing towards water(ice). Open bonnet for
inspection purposes. Start engine and place in gear. Place brick on
accelerator pedal and let engine rev to 5000 rpm in 4th. Pull on emergency
brake and watch engine slow down. Find larger brick. Get out of car and walk
around to right side. Stand beside car with its nose pressed against
rock/tree/wall and rear wheels turning at 5000/3.71 rpm (100+mph at
periphery). Ignoring leaping machine with smoke pouring from rear brakes,
stick head in engine compartment and stare intently at rear of carburetors
to see if pistons are elevated.
Hmmmm....
Although the above is technically feasible, I am not entirely sure that my
best interests are served by trying it out. My beneficiaries' interests
perhaps, but not mine. I am going to work on another method, perhaps
something involving mirrors or a webcam connected to my laptop in the car
while I drive on the road. ;^)
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: tr6taylor@webtv.net [mailto:tr6taylor@webtv.net]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:09 PM
To: mhooper@pixelsystems.com
Cc: madmax_xx@hotmail.com; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Air Flow, + No doze
Mark---I believe one way to tell if your engine can handle more
carburetion is to view the air valve positions, when the engine is at,
or near max. rpm. This should only be done when some sort of load can be
put on the engine, such as when on a dyno. A lesser choice would be with
the drive wheels off the ground and some braking at these wheels. If you
see the carb air pistons at at the top of their lift, it is using all of
the air and fuel. If it's not, the engine may not be capable of pulling
in yet more air, thru use of another carb.
More compression and a lighter flywheel may be what you are looking for.
Dick
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