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Re: New old transmission??

To: Lawrie Alexander <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Subject: Re: New old transmission??
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 23:22:14 -0500
Lawrie Alexander wrote:
> You are not aware that US spec. Bs had a third switch on the gearbox to tell
> the Advance control switch the car is in fourth and now it's OK to allow
> some vacuum to the distributor.
> 
> See what you missed by staying home? Yet another piece of pollution-control
> equipment, brilliantly engineered by England's finest to produce mediocre
> results and distinct power losses!

  Hmmm... vacuum advance is not a performance item. It only
works at part throttle, for example.

  Losing it would not cost you performance.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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