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mike100 · 03-09-2013

My interest in internal combustion engines happened at a much younger age, but I'd say it took a lot longer to learn some things due to less sources of information. On the other hand, car tuning used to be much more hands on pure mechanical and one quickly understood ignition timing, fuel mixtures, etc since there were no crank and cam sensors and all electronic spark curves. You actually had to understand the 4 cycle theory to be able to time a distributor or lash valvetrain. It used to amaze me how many mechanics didn't really understand that.

I started into working on my own stuff by 18 or 19 years old- after I had a taste of acceleration from someones mildly modified 351 Cougar, I was hooked on muscle cars. I even had a diversion (that lasted 5 years) into the automotive trade at a time when both fuel injection and carburetors were still relevant.

Now I just do it for myself.

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mike100 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Marcos CA Posts: 1,786	Re: Automotive Principles My interest in internal combustion engines happened at a much younger age, but I'd say it took a lot longer to learn some things due to less sources of information. On the other hand, car tuning used to be much more hands on pure mechanical and one quickly understood ignition timing, fuel mixtures, etc since there were no crank and cam sensors and all electronic spark curves. You actually had to understand the 4 cycle theory to be able to time a distributor or lash valvetrain. It used to amaze me how many mechanics didn't really understand that. I started into working on my own stuff by 18 or 19 years old- after I had a taste of acceleration from someones mildly modified 351 Cougar, I was hooked on muscle cars. I even had a diversion (that lasted 5 years) into the automotive trade at a time when both fuel injection and carburetors were still relevant. Now I just do it for myself. Last edited by mike100; 03-09-2013 at 05:08 PM.