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Once in a while, I find myself or others typing explanations of what something sounds like.
Silly really. There's nothing high-tech or quality about these recordings. I made them with
a little Sony recording Walkman and didn't bother with the external microphone.
Unless otherwise noted, all sounds are of my 1973 Westfalia with a '78 2 Litre with a
single , center-mount Weber Progressive, and an SVDA distributor with Pertronix installed.
| Cold Start, 37F and raining |
"Icing" be damned. I grew so weary of reading about what a horrible carb the Progressive is and how they cannot perform adequately in cold and damp, I added this. The recorder was on the passenger seat and facing forward (like me). |
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| Warm Start, 37F and raining | Same day as above and after an hour or so doing errands. | |
| Air at the Defrost Vent | I installed an Attwood 4" "Turbo" bilge blower in my main pipe to boost the airflow up front. DON'T do this with a stock heat configuration. See the appropriate page. The blower is powered by a two-speed switch. On low it's pretty much not audible and the air flow is not bad. This is on high, again from the passenger seat. | |
| Above, but closer | Blower on high, recorder near the steering wheel. I'd say the air noise is slightly louder than the blower itself. On the road, it's hard to hear the blower. | |
| Bad CV | Not at all what I'd expect a worn Constant Velocity Joint to sound like. | |