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Re: air mixture

To: "Skip & Joyce Higginbotham" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>,
Subject: Re: air mixture
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 09:37:48 -0400
Skip

Good program. It just proved my experience. I tried it and jet size was
within .002 between Maxton and Bonneville. Actually had to go richer by that
amount at Bonneville.

JB


----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip & Joyce Higginbotham" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
To: "Scott Cowle" <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: air mixture


> Scott,
> See:  http://www.bgsoflex.com/auto.html
>
> In there is a calculation for Holley carb jets. Make up a sample problem
> and see what happens to the jet size.
> Skip H
>
>
>
>
> At 07:03 AM 5/8/01 , you wrote:
> >  At Maxton I asked a couple of the racers, John Beckett and The Turk
Team
> >if they found it necessary to recalibrate their carbs for the altitude at
> >Bonneville, and I was suprised to hear both of them say no.I have heard
it
> >said and read a million times that the kind of altitude at Bonneville
> >requires a significant recalibration. Can anyone else shed some light on
> >this for me. I'm going to Bonneville in 2 years and am in the planning
> >stages, so decisions about induction etc need to be made soon. Also are
> >there any or many landspeed racers using 2x4 carb set ups?
> >Scott

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