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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Fox vs Supertigre, which do'ya like?
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- References: <1992Dec4.005657.25932@rtsg.mot.com> <1992Dec4.084910.4698@engage.pko.dec.com> <1992Dec9.040003.18059@nevada.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:56:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec9.040003.18059@nevada.edu> duncan@nevada.edu (DUNCAN R MCCOY) writes:
-
- >Partly as a result of this thread, which has been going on for
- >a while now, I bought a Fox .40 BB Delux. What actually happened
- >was that I called in an order to Tower for, among other stuff, a
- >Supertigre GS .40. Just like last year the option was "we'd be
- >happy to backorder you one - they'll for sure be in about mid
- >December." "No thanks." Because of this thread, I subbed the
- >Fox.
-
- >Put the Fox on the test stand last Saturday. Started right up
- >and would hold full throttle and good idle after one tank through.
- >The carb setup is a little different - good thing to read the
- >instructions. Fox has you start the engine at 1/3 throttle, then
- >set the low end needle for a 2-cycle, then open up the throttle
- >and set the high end needle. I'd never thought to do it that way.
-
- If this is the Fox .40 with the "high back door" its ancestor
- is the .36 Combat Special. The Combat Special does have nice
- starting characteristics (it has to, or you lose points on air-
- time). It is a nice, strong motor, but no idea how it idles.
-
-
- Iskandar
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