[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 58, Issue 28

[Steve Voit]

Hi Mike:
The dashpot controls used to be very important in the 70's 80's when
pollution control systems were primitive.  My feeling is that if the car
seems to run right w/o it, then it is prolly intended to make deceleration
more consistent for emission certification purposes.
Steve
Seattle


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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:47:19 -0400
From: Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu>
Subject: [s-cars] throttle dashpot...purpose?
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Seriously...what's the point of slowing down the last few degrees of 
throttle closing?  I took it off to see what would happen and I can't 
tell any difference.

-Cheers!
Mike