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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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Came home from work today and found this at my door waiting for me - a brand new Speed Demon 850 with annular boosters and mechanical secondaries. Now all I need to do is get the electric choke installed
and get this baby mounted on my motor!

I didn't know when I ordered it, but the carb came with an installation and tuning DVD. Maybe I'll watch it later tonight. Of course if I do watch it I'll end up in the garage playing with it until the whee hours of the morning.

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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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purdy... i think you'll feel quite a performance difference..
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Maine Vette
Came home from work today and found this at my door waiting for me - a brand new Speed Demon 850 with annular boosters and mechanical secondaries. Now all I need to do is get the electric choke installed
and get this baby mounted on my motor!

I didn't know when I ordered it, but the carb came with an installation and tuning DVD. Maybe I'll watch it later tonight. Of course if I do watch it I'll end up in the garage playing with it until the whee hours of the morning.

Yea I would be doing the same thing!!
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 11:17 AM
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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Well, I was up until about midnight last night watching that dang DVD. Getting up for work this morning was rough...

The video cracked me up. Lots of great info, but the guy talks like a robot the most of the time. You know, with... noticable... pauses.. between... his... words... He said he was one of their R&D engineers or something like that, go figure...
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 01:41 PM
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nice
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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We don't need no stinking choke! Being from Maine if you drive in the fall or winter I guess you might need one.

Looks good.
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