I was at a local parts yard this past weekend, and spotted a pair of
HUGE SUs sitting in the mud. I retrieved them and took them back to the
office to be put away safely. Just for fun, I pretended ignorance as to
what they were. They decided that it was a throttle body. One fella
pointed to the end of the throttle shaft and said "this here's the
injector".
Sigh....
Chris K.
> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 23:29:58 -0700
> From: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
> Subject: Re: Engines, and assorted nonsense.
>
> <<<snip>>>
> Chris Thompson wrote:
> I've never DRIVEN a carbureted car before, let alone owned
> > one. That's what happens when you get your license in 1985 in a family with
> > no older cars.
> <<<snip>>>
>
> Listers:
>
> Doesn't that make some of us feel old!
>
> I can remember back in 1977 when I first drove a fuel injected Datsun 810
>Maxima
> and there were mostly full service gas stations. Young kids would look at the
> engine and marvel at all of the plumbing and the port injection system. Now
> they look at the MG's SU carbs and ask, "what's that?"
>
> Blake
>
|