http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/snarl/2008/11/21/baby-its-cold-outside-2/ Snarl\'s Humble Webpage Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:37:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/snarl/2008/11/21/baby-its-cold-outside-2/comment-page-1/#comment-89075 Jeffrey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:56:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/snarl/?p=1878#comment-89075 Your parallel between cars of yesterdecade and your scooter are correct. Cars used to use a carburetor to mix the fuel and air, now they use fuel injection. Fuel injection involves little nozzles and a computer that senses conditions and can adjust the fuel/air mixture and raise the idle more precisely than a carb can. A carb is more mechanical in and not as "smart" as fuel injection. You'll also have problems if you ride your scooter up a mountain to a significantly higher altitude, as the carb relies on atmospheric pressure, and needs to be adjusted accordingly. So stay off those mountains!! Your parallel between cars of yesterdecade and your scooter are correct. Cars used to use a carburetor to mix the fuel and air, now they use fuel injection. Fuel injection involves little nozzles and a computer that senses conditions and can adjust the fuel/air mixture and raise the idle more precisely than a carb can. A carb is more mechanical in and not as “smart” as fuel injection. You’ll also have problems if you ride your scooter up a mountain to a significantly higher altitude, as the carb relies on atmospheric pressure, and needs to be adjusted accordingly. So stay off those mountains!!

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