[Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?

[Ed Van Scoy]

Pour the jug in BEFORE you run out of fuel Jon!! Heck, the instructions are
right on the bottom of the jug! Yeah,the "prime" thing is no fun.... every
time I change a fuel filter Iwear out my thumb.
Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Wennerberg [mailto:jonwennerberg at nancyandjon.org]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 01:27 PM
To: 'Ed Van Scoy'
Cc: 'land-speed submit'
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?


On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:


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Well, maybe he meant that they don't have a butterfly in the venturi -- no
throttle plate, so to speak.

Well, that is sort of what I think he means, but something has to control the
injectors.....



It'sa big rheostat on my truck -- nothing but a volume control, so tospeak,
that tells the computer that I want to go faster (or slower) andthe computer
does the rest by adjusting injector timing/volume andstuff like that. Drive -
by - wire comes to Detroit.




And,Ed -- if your mileage computer shows lower than real life -- that onlyadds
fuel to the discussion that the things aren't all thataccurate. I don't read
the gallons used readout too much -- savethat I've learned to watch the gauge
carefully when it's gettinglow. If the low-fuel light comes on and the
doing-doing thingmakes it's sound -- Nancy goes into panic mode that we're
about to runout of fuel and be stranded in the middle of BF Egypt. I try
tohave the "miles left 'til we're on fumes" number ready to respond toher
fears!

That is exactly why Icarry a 5 gal jug of fuel in the trailer! I have been
stuck in BFEgypt, and it's not all that "Arabian Nights" makes it out to be
;-)


Yeah,the 5-gallon jug rides in the back of our rig, too. We ran thetank dry
once -- in Chillicothe, Ohio, as we were pulling into the fuelstation. What a
bugger of a time trying to restart, evenfollowing instructions. Tip the jug
and life stays a lot better.
 Ed


Jon , tall guy with moustache
and two 200 MPH Club hats