Yeah, hard to imagine a 440 6-Pack would pass even a gas station... not to
mention almost any other big block motor in the US.
My first "car" was actually a yacht of the land variety. 1971 Mercury
Marquis. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my father ordered it with the 429ci
Mach One motor. Pass an emissions test. Yeah right.
Ashford Little
70tr6@comcast.net
On Jan 16, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Sally or Dick Taylor <taylorturbo6@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> John makes a good point. In 1968 the US were selling muscle cars with big
> cams, multi carbs and high compression. These faced no government
restrictions
> until later on.
>
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: John Cyganowski
> <janah@att.net>
>> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
> 5:27 AM
>> Subject: [6pack] TR5 and TR250
>>
>> In my humble opinion, the
> emmissions thing is a fable that was published a
>> long time ago and has become
> accepted fact. First, in 1967 there was no EPA.
>> EPA was begun in 1970 under
> President Nixon. Car emmisson standards (the
>> little that they had) came under
> the Department of Health Education and
>> Welfare (HEW). Oh for the days when
> government was not so bloated.
>>
>> I think the PI system needed altitude
> compensation in the US. This would have
>> cost more. But I don't think the PI
> system could not be tuned. That is what
>> fuel injection is all about -
> delivering the right amount of fuel at the right
>> time.
>>
>> The issue was
> sales. McWilliam nixed anything he thought would be a
>> distraction to sales.
> The home market was small. The home market had troubles
>> with the PI system,
> but the number of cars produced for that market was small,
>> so the problems
> were managable. The North American Market by comparison was
>> huge. McWilliams
> just did not want those issues. He was right.
>>
>> John Cyg.
>>
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