The shop that did the installation used a dyno and I was standing
there while they did the final tune and it was a 45% increase, how
long that lasted may be another question. Now this was new out of
the box and installed by a Judson approved shop. It sure ran like a
scalded cat - - - - in 1960. The gas mileage was worse than
advertised as was the Marvel oil for the blower. But it sure made
the car a blast - - - like going over Tioga pass (10,000+ ft) and
easily passing a new Pontiac gasping for air.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition
On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Lester wrote:
> You personally got 45% or this was claimed? When looking at a few
> articles written in the 50's the commentary was that the claim was
> 45% or 50% in the sales literature but actual testing was closer to
> 25%.. look down a bit on this one..
>
> http://www.infostuff.com/carstuff/mgacbc/mgajudson.htm
>
> Lester
>
> On Jun 10, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Kitterer Bob wrote:
>
>> In 1960 I had a Judson installed on my then new Sprite. On the dyno
>> there was a 45% hp increase but this was with 100 octane leaded gas.
>> I suspect that one of the listers with a Judson installed also has
>> the pressure (boost) gage installed and could tell us about how soon
>> the pressure goes up vs rpm/gear. It seemed to me that it came up
>> pretty quick when I go on the pedal - - - but you know every thing in
>> the past looks better when you get old. :-)
>>
>> Bob Kitterer
>>
>> 1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
>> 1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
>> 2
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