James Charles Ruwaldt wrote:
>
> And better for the environment, too, most likely. I'd love to do the
> same, although I've also speculated on the possibility of designing
> pseudo-Lucas Mechanical Injection.
>
Jim,
That brings to mind a situation that happened to me in the early '70's.
I aquired an engine that originally came out of a (I think) 63
Corvette. It was
a 375 HP, 327. I tried unsuccessfully to get the mechanical injection
system
to perform adequately and finally gave in to an Offenhauser "tarantula"
manifold
and a 750cfm Spread-bore Holly. With a hot roller cam and radical head
work, the
engine was pumping out over 500 HP. I put the beast into a 67 Camaro I
had at the
time and with the extremely high gears, I swear that if I had been able
to keep it
on the road, that thing would have gone 200mph.
So much for my memories of days gone by
Joe Curry '63 Spit
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