RE: FOX ENGINES
Back in the 60's Fox was one of the last to have a good workable carb. And when they did it was a very good one, but was adjusted completly differant from all others. And with a midrange adjustment had more to adjust. So many did not read the instructions and never could adjust the carb, so it got a bad rap. Also the very long break in period was too much for many people.
To top it off some of the distributers of some of the foriegn companies were saying some very bad things, I mean personal things about Duke Fox and Brodbeck, I mean real bad things that were not true.The things saidat contests and shows were nothing short of amazing. The mud slinging worked too.
And to top it off a certain engine article author, machinest, and designer often gave Fox poor grades. Though they may have been honest, after all Fox did take some shortcuts to be cost competitive with OS and others (OS and others were cheap at that time). But he was biased because he designed a popular engine at that time.