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1 posted on 05/10/2022 11:16:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Cool. My first car was a 1974 yellow-green Maverick. It ran well, but the body rusted like crazy thanks to lots of salt on the roads during New England winters.


2 posted on 05/10/2022 11:20:24 AM PDT by Restless
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3 posted on 05/10/2022 11:20:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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That will put the pressure on the TORO Time Cutter.


4 posted on 05/10/2022 11:22:38 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Earth killer!!!!!! 😂🙌


5 posted on 05/10/2022 11:22:53 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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“...a tad underpowered”

LMAO, you think?!


6 posted on 05/10/2022 11:24:41 AM PDT by cranked
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Sure, if you lean the mixture on any combustion engine you’ll get better fuel mileage, if it will keep running that way.


7 posted on 05/10/2022 11:24:56 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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How many Taiwanese semiconductors were needed to make this motor work?


8 posted on 05/10/2022 11:28:14 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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My understanding is that all cars can be tuned or "chipped" to increase fuel efficiency at the cost of power and acceleration.

As long as Americans continue to demand that even their Camry's need to be quick off the mark we will continue to have relatively poor gas mileage.

I once got a test drive in the latest performance version of the Camry. Yes, it was fast and performed well, but it will never beat a BMW and what's the point? If you settle for a Camry then you ought to get better gas mileage rather than faster 0-60.

9 posted on 05/10/2022 11:28:27 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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Perhaps the article forgot to mention that this Maverik got 41 miles per gallon.

Starting at the top of Pikes Peak.


11 posted on 05/10/2022 11:33:57 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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I do not believe this claim. Carburetion is not the primary cause of inefficiency in an engine.

I think this whole thing is a set up to get views the way so much is on youtube.

13 posted on 05/10/2022 11:35:51 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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“Lawn Mower Carburetor”

Do you have to wait for the grass to grow before this thing will work?


16 posted on 05/10/2022 11:41:50 AM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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I follow ThunderHead289 on U-toob. He is part of the “new generation” of engineers, mechanics, and tinkerers who will (hopefully) carry automotive engineering forward beyond us ol timers. He appears to have natural antibodies to wokism that plague so many of his generation.

Interesting (if not terribly practical) experiment.


18 posted on 05/10/2022 11:52:11 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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That wouldn’t even pass todays emissions standard 🤪


19 posted on 05/10/2022 11:59:11 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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Thunderhead 289, Uncle Luke...


24 posted on 05/10/2022 12:24:58 PM PDT by Mashood
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Music to my ears❣🥰
Pitter patter my heart ❤


26 posted on 05/10/2022 12:49:40 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God moved David to STAND UP to Goliath ❣)
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My 75 Vette just got a new Edelbrock Performance intake and Edelbrock AVS2 carb... I’m getting 9mpg... Whooohooo


28 posted on 05/10/2022 1:57:42 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Stay inside with Covid for almost 2 years resulted in this? I love it!


29 posted on 05/10/2022 7:28:28 PM PDT by keving (We the government )
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