OH NO!!!! No automatic adjusting allowed if not allowed by rules for class.
The Dial-a-Jet system is good, the driver then becomes the tuner, job
cross-over, and we all know that the driver could turn the handle the wrong
way causing the famous words "she was picking up just before she nosed over
honey".
"The true test of the tuner is to keep his hands off the throat of the
driver after meltdown"
D warner -2001
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
To: "Dan" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Hilborn vrs. EFI
> Now Dan you wouldnt be in favor of
> something that adjusts the motor automatically
> and takes the work of it out of the hands of the
> driver/builder?
>
> Joe :) (just adding to the fodder)
>
> Remember some dont just want to make adjustments
> from the end of the line to the starting line, some want to
> adjust it properly from the starting line to the finish line.
>
> "the test of a race tuner is to control the combustion process"
>
> Dan wrote:
>
> > But for speed trials I
> > have to think the Hilborn is perfectly adequate. Its simplicity and
> > aircraft quality parts have a lot of charm.
> > ***********************************************************
> >
> > But what happens when you set the jets and bypass in the pits then wait
3
> > hours before you run. With the Hilborns and like systems once you are
> > committed to a setting it stays there for 5 miles, rich or lean you're
stuck.
> > You need to be prepared to compensate for a weather change while waiting
in
> > the lines.
> >
> > Dan Warner
> > ***********************************************************
> > "The test of a race driver is to control horsepower"
> > Roger Ward
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