Re: [alfa] Victory by Design (start up and shut down)...

[Raldel@xxxxxxx]

     De Cadinet pulls off quickly on start up, and shuts down from high revs 
because of the radical race set up on some of these cars. The cams are highly 
overlapped, need to run at high revs, and will load up easily at low rpms. So 
by revving and immediately shutting down, he clears the cylinders and plugs 
and makes it easier to start and run up next time.
      Randy Long
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In a message dated 1/26/2004 12:52:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bshorey@domain.elided writes:
He does two things that irk me.  First, on startup, it seems that some times
the engine catches and he's on his way.  Sure, I know it's all properly
warmed up in advance, but it would seem that a few seconds for the oil
pressure to come up would be appropriate.

Second, his shut down method.  A lot of times I hear the engine rev up just
before it cuts out, many times, he's shut it off as he coasts to a stop.
Doesn't that wash down the cylinder liners?

I think that practice might have been appropriate when you're dealing with a
race car that's getting rebuilt after every race, but on these cars?

Oh well, I think he knows more than I do in these matters..

bs
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