Tom Sixkiller wrote:

What's intersting is the
data the the folks at GAMI got from their test bed contradicts so much
"conventional wisdom".

Yeah, a recent article in AOPA Pilot about that contained the statement "In fairness
to both Lycoming and Teledyne Continental Motors, the engine-operating instructions
in POHs … appear to have been the result of marketing decisions taking precedence
over engineering recommendations." I wrote back that it would have been more
accurately phrased as "In fairness to both Lycoming and Teledyne Continental Motors,
their engineers are competent, but the companies apparently lie through their teeth
to get you to trash your engine and buy a new one sooner." They didn't print the
letter.

CMIIW, but a good induction system can be wasted if the QC on the injectors
sucks?

True. That wouldn't apply to carburetors, however, so we still should be able to pull
some of Deakin's tricks with them (and, apparently, one poster is doing that).

In the 70's...or the 60's? By 72' all the pollution equipment threw it all
in the dumper, TMWOT.

Not in the South, it didn't. About the only piece of anti-pollution gear you had to
leave on the car was the PCV valve. Holley was still doing a good business in tuned
intake manifolds and Shelby's exhaust systems were still in demand in 1980. Then I
sort of lost track of it for a while (went back to school). A guy I worked with in
'72 actually rodded a new Vega. He got unbelievable performance out of it for a
while, but the engine only lasted about 6 months.

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".