[Spridgets] LotO Autocross / Judson and 5 speed questions

Lester oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Tue Jun 10 21:34:11 MDT 2008


it is now obvious that mine is not functioning correctly..  sigh...

Lester


On Jun 10, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Kitterer Bob wrote:

> The shop that did the installation used a dyno and I was standing
> there while they did the final tune and it was a 45% increase, how
> long that lasted may be another question.  Now this was new out of
> the box and installed by a Judson approved shop.  It sure ran like a
> scalded cat - - - - in 1960.  The gas mileage was worse than
> advertised as was the Marvel oil for the blower.  But it sure made
> the car a blast - - - like going over Tioga pass (10,000+ ft) and
> easily passing a new Pontiac gasping for air.
>
> Bob Kitterer
>
> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
> 2000 Miata Special Edition
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Lester wrote:
>
>> You personally got 45% or this was claimed?  When looking at a few
>> articles written in the 50's the commentary was that the claim was
>> 45% or 50% in the sales literature but actual testing was closer to
>> 25%..  look down a bit on this one..
>>
>> http://www.infostuff.com/carstuff/mgacbc/mgajudson.htm
>>
>> Lester
>>
>> On Jun 10, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Kitterer Bob wrote:
>>
>>> In 1960 I had a Judson installed on my then new Sprite.  On the dyno
>>> there was a 45% hp increase but this was with 100 octane leaded gas.
>>> I suspect that one of the listers with a Judson installed also has
>>> the pressure (boost) gage installed and could tell us about how soon
>>> the pressure goes up vs rpm/gear.  It seemed to me that it came up
>>> pretty quick when I go on the pedal - - - but you know every thing  
>>> in
>>> the past looks better when you get old.  :-)
>>>
>>> Bob Kitterer
>>>
>>> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
>>> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
>>> 2
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