Kinda makes it feel worth while doesn't it Bill..... Love firing up a new
motor.... Always makes me want to go racing....
Keith ( http://downtown.ala.net/~kturk ) ( Gold Coast Member )
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 3:38 PM
Subject: Arduns What Else (XXF/GR #124)
> Hi Folks, just wanted to tell you that I finally got everything together
> yesterday for a driveway test of my new 290 Ardun. Primed the Hilborn a
> little with the electric priming pump, cranked it, and boom! it started
> instantly. Richened it a little to slow it down to a steady 1500 rpm
> idle after it warmed up a tad, not way rich, not loading up, just
> "gobbling" a little like you like it.
>
> Nothing to it, you see, nothing that is, but five years of coaching by
> ALL the Ardun fellas, nation-wide. For which much thanks.
>
> Next I climbed into the cockpit to check out the new hydraulic clutch
> installation, and lo and behold, shoved in the pedal, and selected
> first, second, and any and all gears in the four-speed just as slick and
> pretty as any little Honda putting around the streets. No strain, no
> drag, no gear grinding, no gear crashing, no problem at all. The way it
> should be.
>
> So anything can happen in the next five minutes, but at least yesterday,
> all systems were go and I'm looking forward to trying this new "big"
> Ardun out at the June Maxton Meet. It "should" do better than the 239 I
> ran last year. We'll see. Cheers from Ardun Bill in the Great Dismal
> Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
>
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