Hmm, my B pulls strongly into the yellow, at least. I am of the opinion that
the PO (of this motor) did some kind of internal tweak -- it seems to have
more punch than one would expect from a completely stock unit, although
that's how it's set up externally. Or maybe it's just my ultra-light running
configuration, several pounds of steel having flaked off the body in the
form of rust, combined with a skinny driver...
On the subject of awful ads, there were several in the latest Road & Track
that had me grinding my teeth... one seemed to advocate accelerating through
yellow lights. And the TV commercials which show speeding through downtown
traffic, changing lanes frantically... it galls me that modern sedans have
so much power, when all it does is enable their drivers to drive badly at
hgher rates of speed, and woe to pedestrians, cyclists, and small mammals...
on 3/25/04 2:55 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> How true. It is interesting to note that the RV8 doesn't have an oil
> pressure gauge, and although it has a temp gauge it is controlled from the
> engine ECU so you don't see the needle going up and down as the electric
> fans cut in and out! Almost completely pointless, and a 'high temp' warning
> light (the MGF has one) and buzzer would make much more sense.
>
> On the tach a really vomit-making Ford TV ad in the 70s had the line
> "Cortina has a rev counter, to help you time your gear-changes to
> perfection". I've never had the roadster near the orange section, let alone
> the red, the noise sounds like the engine is tearing itself to bits and
> there is little acceleration left by that time anyway. By contrast the V8
> is so quiet and smooth and will pull like a train right into the red zone
> that I do have to keep an eye on that, but looking at the tach when in the
> middle of an overtaking manoeuvre on a two-lane road is not something I feel
> comfortable doing.
>
> Ford seem to specialise in awful ads, another in the 80's showed a group of
> people driving to work at the same place in various models, and the punch
> line for the Escort XR3i (sporting saloon) was "Always the last to leave
> home but the first to arrive at work". Safety campaigners complained that
> it appeared to be condoning speeding, Fords reply was "he just lives closer
> than anyone else". Yes, right! Mind you, they weren't the only ones, "Move
> over, to Austin-Rover" was pretty bad.
>
> PaulH.
>
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Max Heim (feeling curmudgeonly this AM, apparently)
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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