Worked well on the Jaguar engine Wes Knudsen used in his E Boat "Stardust"
when he won a couple of national championships. Just a slide plate between
the flat surface on the head and Hilborn injectors. Not a high-tech setup
like they would have run on a car. Running 50% nitro and with an elephant
ear surfacer prop. on the 246 C.I.. engine (fuel size limit), it was an
impressive sound indeed. Again the rules mavens managed to screw things up
although he did well with the Chev he replaced the Jag with. Ron Armstrong
built the Chev. engine and Wes set an FIA record with that setup.
Not a bad speed ... something around 126 if I remember correctly.
Wes
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From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
Reply-To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 14:19:07 EDT
To: albaugh_neil@ti.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Variable Orifice Throttle Plates / Slide Injector Throttle Plates
.........
I think the slidethrottle openings for injectors are very efficient,
even if not the ultimate air control, and I remember seeing a homebrewed
set of them on the C & T Automotive hemi heads in a roadster featured
in a 50s issue of Hot Rod Magazine back around my high school days .
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