Well let's see about that---- the twin carb Bs consistently deliver
3-4 mpg better than the single Stromberg cars. How can a car burn that
much more fuel and still deliver "cleaner air?" To imply (or believe)
that it does confounds reason.
The air pump simply dilutes the exhaust. It is axiomatic in many
circles that "the solution to pollution is dilution." I don't believe in
that argument.
If you have received Moss Motoring within the last few days, you will
find a fascinating article about fuels, tailpipe emissions, and the
"adjustments" to the observed CO and HC levels.
As the Bs that have air-injected heads suffer far more cracked heads
than the standard ones, how can we work in an adjustment for the
coke,coal,limestone,FE and all the other stuff that gets mined, burned
and cooked to make the iron for replacement heads?
Air pumps that are sensibly engineered to integrate with an engine
designed with clean burning in mind, equipped with electronic controls,
and sparkplugs that can fire lean mix at .040 gaps make sense. In the
case of the MGBs, they simply don't.
Bob Howard
Former Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Inspector of Fences
Chairman, Conservation Commission
Chairman, Town Planning Commission
Member Maine Organic Farmer
etc. (Who doesn't think he's insensitive to the environment)
On Sat, 06 Sep 1997 14:33:39 -0400 Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
writes:
>ROBERT G. HOWARD wrote:
>> The purpose of the thing is to assist with passing emissions tests.
>
> With the "curious side effect" of keeping the
>planet clean as well...
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey
>Ottawa, Canada
>tboicey@brit.ca
>http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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