Re: Historic gasoline prices, 1965-1978

Yup, it's a whole new deal. The variable compression ratio carburetor is an
adjustment on this specific engine, and would not work on a standard engine.

This is the engine patent.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,032,622.WKU.&OS=PN/6,032,622&RS=PN/6,032,622

The carburetor is among the second set of Walter's patents, I believe.

Tina


"Doug Miller" <spambait@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:HuFMe.1586$AT7.393@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <p6r4g19u689vtcianej02ou0nc3jp6doh5@xxxxxxx>,
> vpdura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:31:08 -0800, "Christina Peterson"
> > <tinapetrsn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote Re Re: Historic gasoline prices,
> > 1965-1978:
> >
> > >18" x 18" x 12", less than 50lb, 200 hp, variable compression ratio
> > >carburetor, super charged, and ultra simple.
> >
> > Ultra hard to believe too.
> >
> Yep, I'm with Vic. Ultra hard to believe, especially the part about the
> "variable compression ratio carburetor".


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  • Re: Historic gasoline prices, 1965-1978
    ... adjustment on this specific engine, and would not work on a standard engine. ... If there was significant unused chemical energy in modern engines, then the emissions would contain compounds which would reflect that. ... A "variable compression ratio carburetor" is absolute nonsense. ...
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  • Re: Historic gasoline prices, 1965-1978
    ... We are in agreement about the impossibility to extract more energy from fuel ... but engine choices aren't restricted to the simple 4 or 2 ... They refer to the number of piston strokes necessary to ... > compression ratio carburetor". ...
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