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Old 10-02-2020, 05:33 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
I can't find a link, but Harry Miller was working (1931 4WD race car?) with German engineers who asked him about IIRC the diameter of the inlet to the supercharger.

He held up two fingers and the 'exasperated' German engineer used his caliper to measure the air. Turned out he was right on the money. That's what hands-on experience does.
I'd never known much about Harry Miller until I went to the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles. Then I was transfixed by this stunningly beautiful car - front-wheel drive, too!



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