[modeleng] Re: coocking oil.
- From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:26:11 +0100
Hi Jeff and All,
Thanks for the explanation.
When I was talking to the Canadian motorist it was in Kellona in British
Columbia and he had an old American Sports car.I forget the make but it was
big and mean with a V8 lump under the bonnet.
As he happened to have the bonnet up when I was passing I asked if I could
be nosey and have a look.It was nice to see just a plain old big lump with a
carburator instead of plumbing nightmares that we have over here now because
of the anti-pollution regulations.
If you look under the bonnet of a modern car now, there are so many pipes
all doing strange things and all to supposedly cut down on pollution.
All they seem to have basically done is cause the power output of the engine
to be reduced as if you check the BHP outputs of the newer engines they are
actually less or only equal to their predecessors whilst the engines have
got technically much better.In the old days if you had a twin cam engine
with lot of valves you had a real racing machine but even bog standard
family saloons have them now.
Even little 1000cc engine now have 16 valves just to get some go using the
supposedly less polluting petrol.
I have noticed over the last two years that the MPG from my car has got
gradually worse and as it has only done 10,000 miles in that time the only
variable is the rating of the petrol which gives less power.
End of rant.
Regards
Clif
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