PCM Y6b's

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Sat May 20 22:02:27 EDT 2006


Hi Ed;

Have you sent these comments to PCM?

Thank you
Nigel F Misso

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Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's



> So I got mine yesterday, and put it on the programming track today.

>

> Comments: Valve gear is not acceptable. If Proto can put acceptable

> valve gear on the Y-3s, why can't these folks put it on the Y-6b? And

> Broadway on the N&W A, for that matter?

> Sound is barely acceptable; the exhaust sound is

> confusing to say the least. Other sounds are OK; a nice touch is the

> splash of water from the injector overflow after the injector shuts off.

> Programming is OK.

> Power - not acceptable. My Broadway 1218 will shove

> the Y-6b right off the test track without slipping a driver (I haven't

> tested it against my Y-3s). The Y-6b will not budge the A if the A is not

> under power.

> Tender is heavy all right, but I guess that's because

> of the big speaker.

>

> Ed King

>

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> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 9:22 AM

> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

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>

>> There, there, David. Everything's gonna be OK. Let not your heart be

>> troubled . . .

>>

>> EdKing

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>> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 7:41 AM

>> Subject: Re: PCM Y6b's

>>

>>

>>> It's probably my imagination, but....

>>>

>>> Is there something proportionately off about the front

>>> end of PCM's Y6b? All the individual parts are great,

>>> but the front view on the website doesn't look right.

>>> Is the headlight a bit too high? The Y6b bracket was

>>> different from the other Y6's and the headlight was

>>> located lower relative to the number plate. Gave the

>>> Y6b a less squatty appearance from the front.

>>>

>>> Maybe I'm just having a rivet-counter relapse. Try to

>>> keep it under control but don't always succeed.

>>>

>>> Dave Stephenson

>>>

>>>

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