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

To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonwennerberg@nancyandjon.org>, "Ed Van Scoy"
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:32:02 +0000
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@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
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