HP formulas?

[Mark Boxsell]

>    Subj:   Re: HP formulas?
>    Date:   95-11-17 19:35:20 EST
>    From:   scicior at cp.mnet.uswest.com (Steve Ciciora)
>
>  > John DeAmond (sp?) when he ran the hotrod mailing list had a spread
>  > sheet program to do this.  He got his formulas form David Vizzard's
>  > (sp?) 'Optimizing your ignition' book.  While John didn't have anything
>  > good to say about Dr.  Vizzard's products, he did give lots of advice
>  > on the net that sounded like he got the info from this book.  Never
>  > gave credit for it though...  :->.
>  > I also got a program from J.C.  Witnies (sp again, hey, I'm an
>  > engineer) that does this.  You enter pairs of numbers like:
>
>    Hey Steve, ignoring the spelling, you may be a fine engineer,
>    but you have a number of facts wrong here... ;-)   David Vizard has
>    authored many good books, and I recommend them highly.  None of his
>    books have Ph.D. after his name though... You are thinking of
>    "Christopher A. Jacobs, Ph.D.,E.E."  who wrote 'The Doctor's Guide to
>    Optimizing Your Ignition'.
>
>    From one of David's books:
>
>    "Author David Vizard is an experienced engine-builder, road race and
>    drag-race engine tuner, and engineer, ......".  And Harvey Crane, Jr.
>    has a glowing foreward in one of David's books that is worth reading.
>                            Vizard and Jacobs are two very different people.
>
>    You may not have agreed with John DeArmond or his politics, but you
>    gotta' admit he almost always knew what he was talking about.  I just
>    wish that 'Perfomance Engineering' would have made it.
>
>    Scot Sealander   FIScot at aol.com
>
>

 Scot,
        yes it pays to get the facts right. David Vizard is a switched on
guy I spoke to him earlier this year when he was visiting (Australia) for
some seminars. It may interest the "members" of this mailing list that he
indicated to me he had no real experience with EFI. I must admit this
suprised me a lot in this day and age that's very important.
Don't get me wrong I am not criticising the guy but it did surprise me.
As for Dr Jacobs, well lets just say his book helps him sell his ignition
systems. If you tell people its good they will buy it, right ?
David deserves a whole lot better than being confused with Dr Jacobs.
In Dr Jacobs defence however his CDI ignition works well and is reliable
(than MSD) as for the claims in his book, well maybe the air is different in
the USA or something.
           
           regards,
                    Mark Boxsell
                    MRB Design
                    Sydney  Australia