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Came across some photos from when we brought Lars out to Seattle for one of his famous Tuning for Beer World Tour Events. All who attended had a great time. We started each day with theory, drawing timing curves on the whiteboard, and discussing carb tuning. We then moved onto the cars, spending about two hours on each, starting with timing, and then carb, with some slight performance upgrades along the way. Oh Baby, what a difference a lighter spring in the vacuum secondary can make.... If you have ever thought of doing something like this, assuming Lars is still doing them, I would highly recommend getting some others together and contacting Lars. We all had a great time, and each left with a better running car. Thank you Lars!!!
Last edited by Dad's '66 427; 11-15-2018 at 12:56 PM.
Sorry for being short on the details, I had a narrative written which disappeared when I added photos.....
I have added a bit of a description above. If you have more questions, I can certainly help, but would recommend sending a note to Lars. Here is another photo.....
There is no mention of the type or volume of beer in your description nor any indication of performance enhancement or degradation that may have occurred as beer consumption increased over time.
Anybody can tune an engine, but it takes a special set of skills to do it while drinking beer!
Fortunately, Lars is a professional.... Have you not seen his avatar?!?!?!
That, and it is Tuning FOR Beer..... Not Tuning WITH Beer...… Though, by the end of the evening, I am pretty sure we were all confident in our abilities, and we all could tune just about anything...…
Speaking from my viewpoint, I not only learned what to do, buy why. Learned how read what the car was telling you, not just rely on the numbers in a book. My Dads car was running alright. A little hard to start, idled like a Harley, smelled a bit rich and you had to let the clutch out in gear to shut it off, especially when hot. When we got done, it starts right off the bat, idles smooth, and is not reeking of gas, runs super strong when you get on it, especially with the timing remapping and the lighter spring for the secondaries, and when you turn off the key, it shuts off...… I took it for a drive after and it felt really good. Came back and Lars asked, 'well, how did it go'? I said good..... you drive these things all the time, do you want to see??? He smiled and hopped into the drivers seat, and I got in the passenger side. When we got out to the road, and when traffic cleared, Lars pulled out and then just hammered it, as much as he could to stop the smoking tires, slammed it into 2nd, more tire smoke, and then into 3rd, still spinning the tires until it started to grab, and by then we were seriously catching up to traffic. Quick U-turn and the same thing back...… Fun, fun times.....
Big block with AC and tilt wheel! Nice! Yes, changing the secondary diaphragm spring can make a big difference either way. Not much else you can do other than to take a calculated guess at the right spring and then road test it.
11-15-2018, 11:40 AM
Tuning for Beer World Tour Event
If you have ever thought of doing something like this, assuming Lars is still doing them, I would highly recommend getting some others together and contacting Lars. We all had a great time, and each left with a better running car. Thank you Lars!!!
