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[Gerry]

Hi Gerry. Mike is right, "Bump" or BTTT both get the subject back into play if it has a tendency to get lost in a traffic rich environment. Also, you probably might not remember what was in constant need of attention with those Webers on that T but if you could remember I'd like to know. Its not like England is anything but sunny and dry :rofl: .

John

John
Its was my build buddys ride. Car was a Cortina with the little Buick in it. We made some smaller 'throats' for them to take the cfm down. 4 X 45s are way to much for a small engine. I will have a chat with him, because I cant remember what the problem was. I can remember taking the car to a carb specialist. It was put on a rolling road and set up. Took hours. Car was exceptional for about 50 miles, then it just went off. We retunned it and again in within a short distance it went to hell. Eventually we took them off and went back to the SUs No where near as quick and throttle response had diminished but it never went out of tune again. Plenty quick as well.
Gerry

 

[Screaming Metal]

I bow to your much more current knowledge. as I said, I haven't used a Holley since the 60s... isn't it funny how bad experiences tend to stick in ones mind forever, and influence our decissions? perhaps the BG carb forced Holley to take a better look at it's problems?? I still like my BG however
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I also like my EFI system better than any carb.:whisper:

Russ

Mike is our Encyclopedia Brittanica of techo stuff! :king:

Ever been 'Whooped' by a sliderule? :devil: Just get Mike on your bad side! :beat:

 

[Gerry]

Mike is our Encyclopedia Brittanica of techo stuff! :king:

Ever been 'Whooped' by a sliderule? :devil: Just get Mike on your bad side! :beat:

Slide rule. Boy youre only the second person in the last 15 years that even knows what one of those is. Did you ever fool around with the cylindrical versions? They were for the serious geeks
Gerry

 

[Lee_in_KC]

Slide rule. Boy youre only the second person in the last 15 years that even knows what one of those is. Did you ever fool around with the cylindrical versions? They were for the serious geeks. Gerry

I used a sliderule in college (graduated in 1970). We called them "slip-sticks." We called the circular ones "whiz-wheels."

 

[Screaming Metal]

I used a sliderule in college (graduated in 1970). We called them "slip-sticks." We called the circular ones "whiz-wheels."

Haha...I don't even know if they teach its useage to kids anymore in Engineering courses....since everyone is allowed calculators....back when I was in school....we had to do it longhand....

 

[ellis8500]

I used to read some Cobra forums before I concluded that Cobra replicas were too expensive for my budget. On those forums they seemed to sing the praises of Holley carbs for high powered, light weight cars. They were usually down on BG and Edelbrock for not working well in the Hi-power/low wght. environment. Personnally, I do not know which is better or if it even makes a difference. I decided to try a Summit carb for cost and tech reasons. It was about $100 less than an equivalent Holley and they claimed it was a new design that used the best technologies of the other designs. It runs well on a test stand. I have not run it under any load. So time will tell. If it's a POS, I'll let you all know. Hope to have my 27T finished by the end of next May.

 

[deckofficer]

I used a sliderule in college (graduated in 1970). We called them "slip-sticks." We called the circular ones "whiz-wheels."

I was in college in 1971 and of course had to use a slide rule. I did have a statistics professor who spent $375.00 (1971 dollars) on a pocket calculator that did square roots. Of course today a calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, and does square roots might cost $5.00.

Bob

 

[Northstar T]

I was in college in 1971 and of course had to use a slide rule. I did have a statistics professor who spent $375.00 (1971 dollars) on a pocket calculator that did square roots. Of course today a calculator that adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, and does square roots might cost $5.00.

Bob

Do "square roots" grow on boxwood trees?

always curious,
Russ