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From: cuhulin on 1 Jul 2010 09:46 I never heard of the spark plug in the tail pipe gag before, sounds like a good one. cuhulin
From: cuhulin on 1 Jul 2010 14:24 That sure would mess up a Catalytic converter, wouldn't it? cuhulin
From: dsi1 on 1 Jul 2010 16:15 On 6/29/2010 4:24 PM, Tegger wrote: > dsi1<dsi1(a)humuhumunukunukuapua'a.org> wrote in > news:EwuWn.12717$4B7.9356(a)newsfe16.iad: > > >>> >>> >> >> I would have thought that flooding the rotary would be tough and >> excess gas would be just blown out the exhaust port. The carb rotaries >> that I had sure did have a lot of backfiring though. > > > > You mean that light pop-pop-pop-pop you got when off-throttle going > downhill? I'd forgot about that! My guess is that they were able to resolve that with the fuel injected cars although, I've never driven one of those. > > > > Try explaining >> that to the prospective buyer who's checking out the car, they'll >> always think you're lying. >> >> Revving up the engine and then turning off the ignition was a mistake >> that I only did once - the resulting explosion pretty much cured me of >> that behavior. > > > > That's basically how my muffler exploded. Except my incident involved > apparently inappropriate use of the choke on shutdown. > > > >> I used to disconnect the vacuum throttle thingie that >> kept it open on deceleration and found the little pop-pop noises to be >> rather pleasant. I loved my rotaries but perhaps their time has >> passed. >> > > > Maybe it never really was "their time"... You're probably right. Well, I had my time with them and it was a gas - luckily gas wasn't as expensive as it is now. :-) > >
From: chuckcar on 1 Jul 2010 19:52 dsi1 <dsi1(a)humuhumunukunukuapua'a.org> wrote in news:EwuWn.12717$4B7.9356(a)newsfe16.iad: > On 6/29/2010 3:54 AM, searn wrote: >> On Jun 28, 8:42 am, "Frans van der Voorde"<voo...(a)chello.nl> wrote: >>> Hello, > > Revving up the engine and then turning off the ignition was a mistake > that I only did once - the resulting explosion pretty much cured me of > that behavior. I used to disconnect the vacuum throttle thingie that > kept it open on deceleration and found the little pop-pop noises to be > rather pleasant. I loved my rotaries but perhaps their time has > passed. I don't know about that. They seem to do well enough in ALMS, Le Mans and the FIA GT1. BTW a while ago I ran across a pdf file of the FIA homogulation for the 85-90 (?) versions of the car along with some other bits and pieces on an ftp site (including a book on tuning Weber carbourators). That site has now disappeared. Would there be any interest here in such things being made available? -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
From: Tegger on 2 Jul 2010 05:37 dsi1 <dsi1(a)humuhumunukunukuapua'a.org> wrote in news:NH6Xn.13671$4B7.3563 @newsfe16.iad: > On 6/29/2010 4:24 PM, Tegger wrote: >> >> You mean that light pop-pop-pop-pop you got when off-throttle going >> downhill? I'd forgot about that! > > My guess is that they were able to resolve that with the fuel injected > cars although, I've never driven one of those. Injectors can be shut off entirely, which is difficult to do with a carburetor. -- Tegger
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