[Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?

[Paul Nimz]

How Stuff Works has a good explanation of our two stage intake design.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question517.htm 

Paul Nimz
'97 TR SHO
'93 EG mtx SHO



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: "'Scott Sweeney'" <webtrendsguy@yahoo.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?


> I stopped helping AWA's with computers, cars, etc. They ALWAYS have a
> friend that knows better although they are usually unwilling to actually
> step up to the plate to do anything.
> 
> I tried look around on www.howstuffworks.com for an answer for
> you..Didn't find anything but wow, that site rocks.
> 
> Try searching for starter fluid on any major search engine.
> 
> By the way, I am pretty confident that starter fluid works just fine on
> gasoline combustion engines.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Scott Sweeney
> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 5:16 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] OT Starting Fluid: Good or Evil?
> 
> 
> Having a bit of a debate with the significant other, would like some
> input form everyone.
> 
>  
> 
> Scenario:  Wife's 1984 Monte SS won't start (stock 305 four-barrel).
> Will pop every third or fourth turn, but thats it.  Over the course of
> an entire day of trying to start it, I probably go through half a can of
> starting fluid.  As we all know, you never really get it all in anyway,
> so I know that much didn't go through the system.  And I could get it to
> "run" if I pumped the gas as fast as I could and turned it over, that
> and it would pop every thried to fourth turn, so its not like the
> starting fluid filled all the  cylinders and stayed there.
> 
>  
> 
> She has a "mechanic" friend who seems to have her convinced that I have
> ruined everything and have mucked up the works.  He says I ruined the
> plugs so I pulled one and it was covered in carbon, which obviously
> isn't created when starting fluid burns and I wire brushed the plug and
> it appeared to be in perfect condition.  He also says that starting
> fluid is only for diesels.
> 
>  
> 
> Can anybody out there back me up (or put me down) on using starting
> fluid as I did?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
>  
> 
> -Sweeney
> 
> 
> 
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