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Re: TR7 BFH#56 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?

To: "David Massey" <105671.471@compuserve.com>, <sbollen@att.net>
Subject: Re: TR7 BFH#56 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:01:26 -0600
Cc: "[unknown]" <Eganb@aol.com>, "[unknown]" <tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>, "[unknown]" <british-cars@autox.team.net>, "[unknown]" <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
>The variable venturi carburettor, on the other hand only requires a tapered
>metering pin and some fine tuning.  No power valve, no idle circuit, no
>idle to main jet transition problems.  British Ingenuity at work.


Or as Dick O'Kane said, "Simple?  It's bloody primitive!"

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.

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