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RE: velocity stacks and stand-off

To: "'Robert M. Lang'" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: RE: velocity stacks and stand-off
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:14:47 -0700
Beats me, but it sounds like a painful and embarrassing condition.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu] 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:31 AM
To: Bill Babcock
Cc: 'kas kastner'; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: velocity stacks and stand-off

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Bill Babcock wrote:

> If you look at the injectors on most of the new racing motorcycles 
> you'll see them mounted as you describe--they are completely outside 
> the stack on a little frame as much as five inches from the mouth, and 
> spray down into it. Big horsepower advantage, but more importantly, 
> much smoother power curve.

Is this setup considered an "annular discharge" type fuel system?

I ask because the SCCA Solo II rules have a bunch of references to annular
discharge carbs being not-legal.

I'm just curious.
rml
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