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Re: Weber Tuning

To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: Re: Weber Tuning
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:07:32 -0800
Andy,
I notice that after driving the Spit sans top for a while, my clothing
smells like exhaust emissions.  Yes, I know of what you speak!

Joe

Andrew Mace wrote:

> One further anecdote. I had a 1974 Spitfire 1500 with a Monza exhaust.
> Same soot problem. Worse still, trunk lid up (carrying a lawnmower or
> whatever it might have been), fumes would force their way into the
> passenger compartment, especially with the top down. Very unpleasant. Once
> I tired of the noise and the fact that I've seen cardboard tubes that held
> up better than the Monza systems (YMMV), I went back to a stock system,
> curing ALL the problems, even fumes in the cockpit. I'm not an
> aerodyman..., uh, areodina..., uh, air-flow type, but that has to have a
> lot to do with all of this.
> 
> --Andy
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