Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 04:00:03 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: The stuff you find on the internet !
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