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Poquito Loco

On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 12:14:20 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:54:41 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:36:24 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 3/30/2014 11:20 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 30 Mar 2014 07:03:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I've often thought it would be interesting to attach 8 of them to a v8.

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Only an old time Italian Ferrari mechanic could keep them all in sync
and the linkage would drive you nutz.

:-)

Back in my classic car collecting days I had a 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2
with the 421ci engine. It had the "tri-power" setup (three, two barrel
carbs) with what they used to call "progressive linkage". Despite the
best efforts by me and a mechanically inclined friend we could never get
it to run right throughout it's RPM range under load. Ended up
replacing the carbs and manifold with a single, 4 barrel setup and it
went like a raped ape.

That was a powerful car. 4 speed manual, on the floor.

'Three deuces' was the rage for a bit - a short bit.

EFI made the whole archaic carburetor technology obsolete.
The power we are getting out of small blocks puts my old 327s to shame
and reliability is magnitudes better. They are getting much more HP
per Cu/In at the wheel than they used to get at the crank.
I wouldn't be surprised to see EFI weed eaters and lawn mowers in the
next few years. The microprocessor would cost less than a buck. The
enclosure and connectors will be more of the price than the chip.
The only trick I see is how you power the chip and injectors until you
get it going. If this is an electric start lawn tractor, that is not
an issue.

If the manufactures could develop some type of standard, it seems a rechargeable battery, such as a
LiPo, could provide the energy. Or, a plug in to a cigarette lighter, just to get the chain saw,
mower, weed eater, whatever, started.