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I still miss Speed Channel with the lawn mower races.Mike MacLean
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 8:20:43 PM PDT, Bob Spidell <bspidell@co=
mcast.net> wrote: =20
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Tonight I caught the season premier of 'Goblin Works' on Motortrend=20
Channel.=C2=A0 If you haven't seen it, this is an English version of the=20
ubiquitous American show about car modders.=C2=A0 In contrast to the Americ=
an=20
shows, which feature an endless stream of muscle cars and trucks being=20
slammed, chopped, airbagged, fitted with monstrous and hideous chrome=20
wheels,=C2=A0 rubber-band tires, LS engines and garish paint jobs*, this sh=
ow=20
features some British cars and an occasional American or other 'foreign'=20
car (and eschews the constant silly games and grab-assing common on the=20
American shows).=C2=A0 Anyway, tonight they thoroughly and, I think=20
tastefully, modded a 1275 Austin Mini.=C2=A0 They pulled the stock engine f=
or=20
a core for a 'built' engine and I'm thinking: "Here we go, EFI or at=20
least a couple Webers" but, no, the built engine came with what appeared=20
to be a pair of SU carbs!=C2=A0 They were pretty large, not quite HD8-size,=
=20
and had longer 'necks' on the vacuum/piston chambers; anyone know what=20
kind/size SUs these might have been?=C2=A0 I've seen photos of similar carb=
s=20
on other Brit cars.=C2=A0 Oh, yeah, the Mini engine dyno'd at 115 BHP--stoc=
k=20
was around 50--so who says SUs don't make power (I'm still pissed at Ant=20
Anstead for calling them 'garbage')?
* I watch these shows for the 5 minutes of interesting and informative=20
fabrication, welding and engine building in 55 minutes of grabassery,=20
silly games and outright corniness.
Bob
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On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 8:20:43 PM PDT, Bob Spid=
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<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Tonight I caught the season premier o=
f 'Goblin Works' on Motortrend <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Channel. If=
you haven't seen it, this is an English version of the <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">ubiquitous American show about car modders. In contrast to t=
he American <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">shows, which feature an endless stre=
am of muscle cars and trucks being <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">slammed, chop=
ped, airbagged, fitted with monstrous and hideous chrome <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">wheels, rubber-band tires, LS engines and garish paint jobs*=
, this show <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">features some British cars and an oc=
casional American or other 'foreign' <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">car (and es=
chews the constant silly games and grab-assing common on the <br></div><div=
dir=3D"ltr">American shows). Anyway, tonight they thoroughly and, I =
think <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">tastefully, modded a 1275 Austin Mini.&nbs=
p; They pulled the stock engine for <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">a core for a=
'built' engine and I'm thinking: "Here we go, EFI or at <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">least a couple Webers" but, no, the built engine came with what ap=
peared <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">to be a pair of SU carbs! They were=
pretty large, not quite HD8-size, <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and had longe=
r 'necks' on the vacuum/piston chambers; anyone know what <br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">kind/size SUs these might have been? I've seen photos of si=
milar carbs <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">on other Brit cars. Oh, yeah, =
the Mini engine dyno'd at 115 BHP--stock <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">was aro=
und 50--so who says SUs don't make power (I'm still pissed at Ant <br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">Anstead for calling them 'garbage')?<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">* I watch these shows for the 5 minutes of=
interesting and informative <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">fabrication, weldin=
g and engine building in 55 minutes of grabassery, <br></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r">silly games and outright corniness.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div>=
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