• irkli@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    At the moment, software for my carburetor project. I took an old hated feedback carburetor and made it work. Made it work right! Got 10 percent mileage increase and altitude independent mixture.

    Car is a 1960 Rambler American. In top notch shape. There’s a bit of play in the steering, parts are only 2 yrs old nothing wrong, but gotta lift it up and diagnose.

    The downside of old cars is constant maintenance. The upside is it’s easy.

    • PagPag@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      That’s awesome man. Yeah, there’s definitely a sense of pride keeping old stuff alive.

      I always admire a well kept older car. Doesn’t matter if it’s a econobox from the 80s or whatever. I just enjoy it…probably more than seeing a hypercar. Yeah, they are cool and are an amazing feat of modern engineering, but the only thing required to attain it is money. The guy driving a pristine Honda accord from 1985 put in the work to have that!