[Fot] Sputtering TR question

[Kas Kastner]

Boy, is that ever a stretch of the imagination.

Never be beaten by equipment



> From: bownes at seiri.com
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:53:35 -0400
> To: billb at bnj.com
> CC: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Sputtering TR question
>
> Now if your mix is adjustable and you can dump a bunch of O2 right in front
of
> your own intake...:)
>
>
>
> On May 31, 2011, at 15:34, Bill Babcock <billb at bnj.com> wrote:
>
> > Great story, highly unlikely. You'd need a huge volume to do anything in
an
> > unconstrained, turbulent space like that.
> >
> > On May 31, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Don Elliott wrote:
> >
> >> Ken Gillanders told me a racing story many years ago from the late
1950s.
> > Maybe it applies here.
> >>
> >> It seems that a racing Mini had two fire extinguisher bottles. One
bottle
> > was filled with the approved fire extinguisher inside. The other was
> filled
> > with pure nitrogen and the driver would flick a switch that released a
> sudden
> > huge mass of nitrogen out through small holes in a copper pipe hidden
under
> > the rear bumper. Every corner - just like you Duncan - the cars following
> > would seem to suffer fuel starvation problems and by the time the cars
> > following got un-spluttered again, the Mini was far gone.
> >>
> >> You need oxygen in the air/fuel mixture - not pure nitrogen and fuel.
> >>
> >> Leave it up to Ken to tell a great story !
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "MadMarx" <tr4racing at googlemail.com>
> >> To: <fot at autox.team.net>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:46 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Fot] Sputtering TR question
> >>
> >>
> >>> It seems to me a classic SU dirt problem.
> >>> Debris is somewhere in float chamber and blocking from time to time the
> >>> needle jet.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Chris
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