Is @JAMA back yet?... Fix the 2ltr Ditch the injection though too complicated!.... Sent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk
A couple of engines ago the wise old AA who told me my 1600 was boogered, told me this pearl of wisdom 'Average Motorway speeds used to be 50 odd mph. Now they're over 70 and you just get swept along' So true....this is why most air cooled lumps go... I reckon in less than 10'years motorway speeds will be back to average 50 and most complex engines will be history ,so it's just a waiting game
PaddyD?? Bought our old Westy kitchen cabinet for their build & had solar installed on the hoof in Morocco iirc
It's costly on fuel though. However we don't travel fast & drive within the limits of the bus. That's a massive point to get the head round in the current times of high speed technology and high speed life! Plus the older stuff is simpler. I wouldn't know where to start if the electronics of a modern wbxr triggered warning lights or immobilisers. Haha In my head our old engine is just 4 pistons in pots with one wire feeding a spark generator and one pipe feeding fuel. All the other bits and bobs just make it happen a bit more effectively lol.
theoretically couldn't you convert a Scooby to run without all the electronic gubbins. Valves are just mechanical. fuel and timing might be interesting to convert. but then again why would you!
Exactly. It's all the 'lectronics that manage fuel and power delivery. I guess overall reliability is related to machinery and components but then these Scoobie lumps aren't over 40 years old! Wouldn't hesitate to fit one in the Syncro but it doesn't work for me yet in the bay.
Who me? That'd be nice. Just sat in OT Splint Workshop in Derby Royal waiting for my new bionic knee!
We tested those bionic knee implants at work many years ago to see how long it would take to wear them out
@theBusmonkey I think you hit the nail on the head when you say However we don't travel fast & drive within the limits of the bus. and that's what a lot of people forget
The Scooby engine has variable valve timing controlled by electronics with sensors to calculate engine load, an ECU operates hydraulic control valves to move the camshaft. Take away the electronics from a Scooby engine and it would be worse than a VW air-cooled with a very narrow power band.
