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Re: [T3] Type engine longevity...Shad Laws


<x-charset iso-8859-1>I have around 80HP from my 1679 with the semi hemi... and it runs (new)
about 20deg cooler than the Square motor (old).  I dont really have any
complaints with the carbs except with the warmup curve and thats simply a
design flaw/limitation of carburators.

Carbs force you to make changes in steps (jet sizes)  while FI you can
change infinately.  With FI I dont see any problems with tuning.  Im happy
with the Semi Hemi.... but if I were going for the power of Brians engine, I
may  be in Shad's camp concerning head design.

Keith


> Jim,
> I have to agree completely with Shad on the semi-hemi issue.  It is a
> completely wrong design for our combustion chambers!  The idea will
> work, but if you run semi-hemi heads with 6.9CR and 35+ total advance on
> a stock engine you will have a nice 40hp motor.  And, under load your
> interal parts are going to suffer!  I have been around enough bergites
> that are always struggling with getting carbs to work, suffering from no
> power, etc.  Rescently several have gone to traditional chambers and
> can't believe how easy it is to tune them, drive them and the extra
> power they have.  Theory and real world don't agree here.
>
> --
> Brian--1964 Notch Speedster 2332cc & 1959 Bug
> www.geocities.com/menacefye
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