Talk:AC Aceca
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REMINISCENCES
In the early 70s, I was amazed to learn from my anthropology teacher in Vermont, over a few beers, that he had raced Acecas on dirt tracks in the late 50s. "The key to making that car perform," he said, "is to advance the timing and run it at 6000 rpm."
Before I rebuilt my car, I drove it all over Vermont dirt roads, and OFF-ROAD on woods roads and through fields!! It had terribly low clearances, but the huge 16" wheels could take it almost anywhere. The car is almost perectly balanced fore and aft, which makes it incredibly stable and controllable in a four-wheel slide on a dirt road.
The incredibly light weight (all tubular steel frame, all aluminum block, aluminum body, and carbon fiber [i.e., WOOD!] construction) allowed us to jump-start this car really easily when the battery was dead. You'd just start pushing, then jump in and throw it into second and it would start in one revolution of the engine! ~jlancaster
