From: ctbishop@earthlink.net   
      
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    Thomas Prufer  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:45:02 -0000 (UTC), Moe Trin   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >The one I remember best was the small insert that was placed between   
   > >the carb(s) and intake manifold that was about 3/4 inch / 20 mm thick   
   > >and contained a free-wheeling turbine wheel to "better mix" the air   
   > >and gas mixture.  Increase the engine power by SUPERCHARGING your   
   > >engine.   There were also the fancy spark-plugs - fire injectors or   
   > >something like that.   
   >   
   > Yeah, spark plugs with "more electrodes", and little 12 Volt sandblasters so   
   > you   
   > could clean them up, hooked up to the battery. And back then, oil changes   
   > were   
   > 3000 miles or something silly.   
   >   
   > And one could open the hood and drop stuff through the engine and it would   
   > hit   
   > the floor. Now, cars are packed tighter under the hood, and it takes a   
   > prehensile arm to reach the oil filter.   
      
   Don't you already have a prehensile arm?   
      
      
      
   charles, what with the hand on the end of it?   
      
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