Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:33:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: [alfa] Spica / Lucas F.I.
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:20:18 -0800 alfacybersite
<acs@domain.elided> wrote:
As I recall, he said
something along the lines he felt the Lucas F.I. was a better unit for
racing.
True, this was before (I'm pretty sure) that Wes Ingram offered to
modify the Spica's cam for the more radical / modified Alfa engines.
the Ingram pumps don't address one key difference between Lucas
and Spica, which is that at full throttle, the guillotine throttle plates
leave no obstruction in the bore, unlike conventional throttle butterflies
that are still down in there.
richard
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I don't think it's fair to say Spica = butterfly and Lucas =
guillotine. If I'm not mistaken, Spica race setups used guillotine
throttles, and OEM Lucas setups used butterflies.