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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 07:41:11 +0100
From: Sleeker GT Phwoar <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com>
Subject: Re: The stuff you find on the internet !


In article <42CDEC33.AA729312nospamail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com says... >James Sweet wrote: > >> > >> > > Yup my first C900, 1986 non turbo had a manual choke, guess where...yeah >> you >> > > got it, in the centre next to the ignition! >> > >> > Carb, in 1986? Amazing. What country? >> >> Probably UK, they got a lot of carbs long after they were dead over here. I >> was shocked the first time I heard of a late 80's Volvo with a carb but they >> have them, even the 700 series. > >My last carburetted car was an '85 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6. Nice car actually. >Drove more like a typical 2.0 than a 1.6. Very swift indeed. > >Since then everthing I've owned has had a multi-point injected 2.0 engine. > >Carbs certainly continued here into the early 90s. Exhaust emission controls >killed them off finally. > >Graham > > > I had a 1989 Skoda Estelle (120L to the rest of the world) and a 1992 Skoda Favorit. Both Carbs. Injection didn't become 100% on new cars in the UK until catalytic converters became compulsory on new cars. That was mid 1992. -- Carl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

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