RE: [alfa] Spica / Lucas F.I.

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> against a nearby wall and he told me it was for a GTA engine. 
> He then showed me a Lucas fuel injection system. I asked why 
> he wasn't using carbs or the Spica. 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 Lucas system used a sliding throttle plate, IIRC.  Might be great for
racing, but probably not very useful on the street.

bs
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