[SEL] Throttled vs hit&miss sound

Elden edurand at mchsi.com
Fri Jul 23 14:21:25 PDT 2010


George:

Don't forget the McVicker which coasts on compression, governed
by turning off the ignition when on the governor.  They are wierd
sounding engines, making some folks swear that they're 2-cycle.

The McVicker will also run either direction!

Check mine out at my web page and YouTube (username: Enginecoot)

Take care - Elden
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand

> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Best,
> George
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SEL] Throttled vs hit&miss sound
>
>
> The Czech Benz and Lorenz engines also coast against
> compression, but they are still hit&miss.
>
> Engines like these still coast, but you don't hear the
> air movement like on the ones with the exhaust valve held open.




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