Dumpvalves

[Sachelle Babbar <sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu>]

Alex   gave a fair descriptionof  what  dump  valves  do, but he   said
one  thing  that I will beg to differ    on. He  said "they are of  little
use    on  automatics".  I  have an  auto and  I've told  on  previous
postings   about the   icooler hoses   I'm using.    I     had problems
early on with  their  clamping  and   as  a  result,  they  would   blow
off  during excess   pressures. Then   I  installed  the  dump valves.
What  I'm  trying to  say is the  pressure forced   the hoses off  and   I
got   to  see  exactly  when  the  manifold  pressure would surge. All
of   us    with the  slushboxes know that  extremely wide  gap   between
1st   and  2nd?  That  was the first place  I'd  blow   my hose. Ever
drive in the city? I do. I have  to   hit the gas  and then let go
suddenly.  Not enough time to slowly release  it. Trust me.  Some people
say dump valves  don't do all too   much.  For my  driving  style, they
very much do....Later

Steve
'84  5ksT 1.8 bar