car computers

17 Aug 1998

...
  Don't
forget the most important thing, you can REALLY control the spark 
curve :) 
    Yes and the transmission shift points in some cars. 
What?!?  Took me a couple of minutes to work out what you're even 
talking about, there.

These (mostly non-electronic) analogue computers were quite popular in 
larger cars (in the UK, anything with more than 2.5 litres - 150 cu. in. 
- of engine) in the early 'seventies, but they were inefficient and 
unreliable and I never use them if I can avoid it...

I refer of course to automatic gearboxes.  If you want control over the 
transmission shift points, get a manual gearbox with electric overdrive. 
Every time!

(Hmmm.  Thinks...  I don't think I've seen an electric overdrive on a 
car made later than 1980.  But automatic gearboxes are still alive and 
kicking.  It's a strange world...)

Philip.

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