Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 03:00:09 -0400 From: "The Flavored Coffee Guy" <elgersmadnopsaml.msn.com> Subject: Re: Building a Better Carb.
Ben Millard wrote in message <70rkbb$3lq$1nopsamrnews.com>... The the real inginuity went into increasing the fuel pressure to a maximum, and using a hydraulic accelerator. Then the valve could remain almost mechanically closed, and produce a jet of fuel that was almost instantaniously converted from a liquid to a gaseous state, instead of a vapor, Right, Boy Wonder? >>Then the Joker came up with a thing he called "a fuel injector;" > >Friends, >The Fuel Injector was quite a bit later than the SIDE DRAFT CARBURETTOR. >(Mine on the 99 was a Solex, from the UK.) > >If I'm not mistaken, this fits exactly the description above, a tapered >conic opening with a matching needle that moves up and down in response to >airflow, preserving a relationship between airflow and cross-section. > >The metering is by vacuum diaphram working against a spring. Worked well, >started in all conditions (including-no lie-40 below zero[F or C, its the >same down there]) and wasn't too deadly to mantain. > >I hate it when I invent something someone else has patented and already >gotten rich off of it. (Mine was the Technicrane.) > >Cheers >Ben > >