15-08-2021, 05:00 AM
Re Eddamoo above the butt dynamometer is very unreilable with Sevens. Harshness and exhaust note, as with generous spark advance and or mains with almost any clearances, can be mistaken for "power". And to the uninitiated terror influences appreciation at speed. Perhaps someone with patience can sort all the figures into columns. Curiously the valve timing intended for the sedate conditions of 1922 is very similar to Minis and high revving relatives of the 60s and later. Very many cars had timing somewhat as the Seven, some shorter duration. The wierd exception was the Model T