First of all, I'm not an enviromental looney. But I have noticed some
replys to the subjects that have me concerned. I don't wish anybody or any
institution to take away my hobby based on the year of my vehicle or it's
appearance, or if it sits in my driveway for too long, etc...
But, my feeling is you can still get a lot of horsepwer and torque, and
still burn a clean engine, even with a carb'ed motor. There's nothing I hate
worse than being stuck in commute traffic in the summer months, with my
window rolled down, and having a smoke belching, rich running car next to me.
Californians (and other too) may remember twenty + years ago, sitting at a
stop light and the only thing they smelled were exhaust fumes, now it's kind
of a rarity to smell fumes from automobiles, and I like it that way for
myself, and my kids in the car too.
If you can't keep you motor in good enough tune, you have no business
driving it. get if fixed or park it.
I'm sure of the 500-plus members on this list, ther are quite a few non-
smokers too, who complain about someone lighting up in there "space",
complaining about the hazards of second hand smoke...are any of you the same
ones saying that you have the right to drive your clunker anywhere you want?
I'd have to complain you don't have the right to subject me and mine to you
rich running, oil smoking, worn out motor.
For what it's worth, I have a 235 in '59, and tune it with a O2 sensor, as I
did my '57 with a 454. My '89 IROCz has a 5.7 TPI motor, making about 265 HP
now, and still passes Ca. emissions, there's also a lot more hp in the motor I
can get, and still burn clean.
Yes, Big-Business is a major contributor to pollution, and they are able to
buy thier way out of thier responsibilty, but it's still our responsibility
(IMO) to be responsible motorist.
Mike
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