I think youre right. I enquired about tuneups and they quoted everything from
30 to 50 pounds. And when they asked me what my car was the response ranged
from "carbs?" and "4 cylinders?"
I was worried about someone else touching my car. I quite like the idea of
knowing everything that I do to the car - and not letting someone else adjust
things with out me knowing.
James
---- Message from "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk> at Tue, 13 Nov 2001
10:43:20 +0000 ------
>Hi James,
>I would really think about wether you need someone to tune you car..
>With all the blood & sweat you've expended a little more and some really cheap
>kit, will allow you to tune the car yourself, and you will be able to do it
>every year without trusting your most favoured possesion to some two bit
>mechanic...
>I use a colour tune (<20 quid) and Gunsen carb balancer (<20 quid), and you
>can get really good results very quickly..
>Combined cost is less than one tune up, and in my experience, even so called
>professionals get a little confused when presented with a car without fuel
>injection...
>(BTW I don't work for gunsen)
>Just give it a thought, It really is very easy!
>Cheers
>Tim
>James Carruthers wr ote:
>
>> This weekend I have been injured more times than ever. I almost sliced my
>fingers off on a heatshield - blood litrally pouring from them all over my
>cleaned up carbs. I have been burnt - while tuning the said carbs - and hit my
>hand very very hard against lots of metal - due to the blood on the spanners.
>>
>> My car now sounds like a hoover - how extreme is this meant to be? Its quite
>a loud "hiss" I kind of expected it. It doesnt bother be - as long as it
>should be there.
>>
>> So my carbs are now on - I never thought Id be glad that I could stall the
>engine (with the throttle speed screws of course) They're tuned the best I
>can do them without any real proper measuring device. (I used a peice of pipe
>- and my ears)
>>
>> Im going to pay to get it tuned proper this week some time. Any body by any
>chance know anywhere good for this kind of thing around Bromley, Kent, UK?
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who helped me with this project.
>>
>> James
>>
>> 1977 Pimento Red Spit with K&N's
>>
>>
>
>--
>Tim Dafforn
>University of Cambridge
>Structural Medicine Unit
>Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
>Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY.
>UK
>Tel. (01223) 763230
>Fax. (01223) 336827
>http://smokeroom.cimr.cam.ac.uk/
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