[Healeys] SMOG TESTS SB 1549 Senate Bill

Dave Russell rusd at sitestar.net
Mon Apr 7 21:00:25 MDT 2008


You would be surprised what some fine tuning of carbs & ignition can do 
for emissions & gas mileage. It needs to be done with an exhaust gas 
analyzer though. Healeys are famous for running "best" when set to the 
rich side of the range. The old combustion chamber designs don't help 
effeciency either.

It's likely that a much lighter foot would help a lot, but who wants to 
do that.

My BN2 gets about the same fuel mileage as my 2000 Toyota if I stay 
under 70 mph & don't punch it a lot.

Dave Russell

T W wrote:

>So, what else can we do besides fight the regulations?     If we don't want
>these old cars to all become trailer queens, what can we do to get the fuel
>mileage higher or CO lower?   "Fun per gallon" isn't going to be much fun if
>all our Healeys do is live in a trailer until show time.  Even if collector
>cars manage to stay exempt from state/federal emissions and gas mileage
>requirements,  we're still paying at the pump just like everyone else.  A
>3000 may be one of the prettiest cars ever made, but it's also a blast to
>drive.
>
>Compared with most medium and many smaller cars, our 3 liter, 150HP engine
>is not particularly large.  We're driving a fairly small car with a
>modest-sized engine.  In addition to tackling the regulatory issues, this
>forum would be a good place to tackle the technical issues of getter better
>gas mileage out of our cars.
>
>- Tom


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