Trevor Boicey wrote:
>
> John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > Instead of tuning the car up myself, for once I'd like to take it to my
> > local service station and have them set idle speed, mixture and timing with
> > reference to their tune up computer.
>
> You might find it hard to find a station that has
> both the high tech gear for new cars and anyone around
> who knows how to even adjust the idle on old TRs.
>
> If you can find a place with a rolling road and an
> exhaust gas meter that will let you play for a while,
> you might get some results. But I can't imagine any
> typical mechanic grappling with balancing twin SU
> carbs successfully.
>
> From my experience, the tried and true techniques used
> for tuning in the 50s are still fine for performance. If
> emissions are really important, you can purchase or
> rent portable exhaust gas meters. However you might
> have to struggle a bit to set them up so you
> can examine the mixture at speed (ie: while moving).
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
You do it just the same with the portable meter as the inspection
station, just increase the revs., I bought the "Gunson Gasmeter" form
J.C. for 98.00 2 years ago and it works just great.
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