Re: Spica fuel inj. bah hum-bug

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>]

>>My questions are:  If
>>it was so great, why did'nt Farrari or somebody else use it?
>Lets see Ferrari is owned by Fiat- who owns Webber. Alfa owns Spica. Why 
>would Fiat give money to Alfa when they don't have to?
>Mercedes did use a very simular system. And Alfa used the Spica in the type 
>33 race cars the GTAm and the early V12 f1 engines. 

Well, at the time that the SPICA system was devised (1968 or so), Ferrari 
was an independent company as was Alfa Romeo. Ferrari became a part of 
FIAT a few years after that, although they'd had a relationship for some 
years already. Alfa Romeo wasn't subsumed into FIAT for another decade or 
so.

Mercedes used a similar mechanical injection on some cars, so did BMW 
(2002tii). 

Godfrey

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