Mark Sirota wrote:
> Doug Chase wrote:
> > A surge tank is not a device for enhancing performance, it is a device
> > designed to eliminate losing performance. There is a difference.
>
> There is? I don't see the difference. Performance is relative.
> A car with a surge tank (if it's a car that needs one) goes faster if it
> has a surge tank than if it doesn't. It's lighter and it gets more
> consistent fuel delivery. Right?
>
> Note -- I'm not commenting on whether or not they should be legal, just
> trying to understand Doug's point. Personally, I think they should be
> legal, but not because they don't enhance performance!
>
> Mark
I hope no one gets mad if I jump in on this one. But if you install a "surge
tank" you are adding something to the car, hence you are adding weight. I
also thinks it's more of a reliability issue. If the motor goes lean, you
can cause some serious damage especially to a rotary motor. It doesn't add
horsepower or anything else except weight and something else to go wrong.
Dale
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