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At the time they were described as austin seven speedy sports car with a body. All brackets on the casting are in tact and the internal features that support the starting handle in the parked position are also good. Articles in this technical advice section have been supplied by individuals and the essex austin seven club cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. Again if the power output of the engine be increased to something like 25bhp by a. Austin type symbols and dating features from the austin motor co. Services eurocharged performance ecu performance tuning. It actually logs to an sd card and connects to a laptop running their special software. I suppose it depends on the many variables attached to your type of driving but with modern fuels it should be less than the old days when as little as 8,000 miles may have been driven but perhaps as. Wherever appropriate, our austin seven bodywork, chassis, running gear, engine and chassis parts have been reengineered using modern materials and methods, often with subtle changes to the design to improve the effectiveness and longevity of the parts. Efilive presents users with the ability to monitor realtime data within the tuning software to identify where the engine is operating within the graphical representation of the pcms calibration. Welcome to the austin seven friends web site and forum a.
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I use my car every day for work and although i only cover about 6 miles a day it began to get noisier very quickly until today when i drove home it started cutting out and running roughly which it has never done. Austin 7 technical specifications unique cars and parts. Synopsis this book is designed to be of interest to all austin seven enthusiasts. Cobb tuning does not provide calibration support for accesstuner users.
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