Carb Cheater - What Say Yee?

[RustyRatRod]

The issue is that far too many people (and unfortunately the majority of people scoffing at it, that would actually benefit greatly from it) think it's a substitute for a poorly tuned carb. Luke can't stress it enough, and neither can I; the CC is an augment – not a replacement – for carb tuning. It has the tools needed to tune a carb really well, far more precise than any butt dyno or auditory feedback ever could. Imagine you've had blurry vision all your life and you put on glasses for the first time.
And it does all this for a fraction of the cost of the dedicated tools that would go into reading and logging all this.

For one thing, I never said anything of the sort. Al I did say was, that if people would learn to tune a carburetor, the added expense would not be necessary. For starters, I enjoy manually tuning. It's fun. Getting there a little at a time. Reading plugs. Making runs. Making small changes at a time. I enjoy that. Been doing it since the 1970s and that's how I'll continue. Would the new fangled thing make it easier? Maybe. But the simple fact is, I can get there just a good as it can, just maybe not as quickly and that doesn't bother me one single bit. It seems to bother some of you though. Just do it your way and let the rest of us do it ours. If somewhere I decide to try it, that will be my decision and no one else's. Ok?

 

[edbods]

Just do it your way and let the rest of us do it ours. If somewhere I decide to try it, that will be my decision and no one else's. Ok?

Fair enough, but you weren't exactly helping your case by dismissing it as a "shiny new fangled trinket." that wouldn't be needed if people just learned to tune carbs (which this thing doesn't replace).
Although I can agree on the newfangled bit, it's pretty neat to see how far we've come in terms of keeping our cars going.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Fair enough, but you weren't exactly helping your case by dismissing it as a "shiny new fangled trinket." that wouldn't be needed if people just learned to tune carbs (which this thing doesn't replace).
Although I can agree on the newfangled bit, it's pretty neat to see how far we've come in terms of keeping our cars going.

But that's what it is. While sure, it may work, it's marketed all up like the latest and greatest thing. It's not. It's something that can make a job easier, maybe, for those who might not have a total grasp on carburetor function and tuning. Much like an AF meter. They are great tools, but not 100% necessary. Now, were I racing for points and money and needed something to help make tuning quicker as in maybe between rounds, then yeah, I'd probably go for it. But I got all the time in the world and I like it like that.

 

[edbods]

it's marketed all up like the latest and greatest thing. It's not

that's more from over-enthusiastic fans than the guy making it. he's had to clear things up because of that.