--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAB00003 Date: 06/06/97 From: MODERATOR Time: 12:10am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Rules of the OLDCARS Echo Rules for FidoNet's OLDCARS Echo *** Revised 3-18-96 *** The following are the rules for the OLDCARS FIDO-NET echo conference. This conference is carried on the FIDO-NET backbone and is moderated by Gerry Calhoun at 1:2004/200. These rules will be subject to change if a change seems needed or is requested. Enforcement of the rules will be handled in the echo and/or via net-mail. Repeated violations of the rules may be considered grounds for the offending node to have its link to this conference cut. Rule #1: Please try to keep your language suitable to all ages. Remember this message base is open to all age groups, and some may take offense to foul language. Rule #2: The topic here is OLD CARS. What makes a car an old car? For the purpose of this echo, a pre 1975 car in general is qualifed to be considered an OLD CAR. But this is a very flexible rule as limited production cars of newer vintage may be considered on topic. If in doubt, ask the Moderator. Rule #3: No unsolicited commerical sales announcements please. This echo is carried by sysops who foot the bills out of their own pockets for the most part. If sommebody asks for a source of a CAR-RELATED item, feel free to offer advice on where to look for something, or to mention that you have what they are looking for. If you have something which you feel may be of interest to somebody here and are NOT in the business of selling that item and it is OLD CAR-related, you may post about it here. Rule #4: No unsolicited BBS ads here. If you know of a system which has a program or file that somebody has asked about, feel free to post the name, phone number and location of the system, but no messages saying "Call this system now" type of thing. Rule #5: Keep the message-quoting to a minimum, please. Most BBS's are run out of the pockets of private sysops, and nobody wants to pay for (or see) a 20-line message quoted in full to have somebody else say "I Agree". Rule #6: Keep the personal attacks to a minimum, please. Everybody has seen messages posted by people who strike you as complete fools, but you do not have to call a person names in order to give an answer or correct him/her on a point. Hold the flames to a mimimum and try to keep this a fun place. These are all the rules for now. If any other points come up in the future, they will be addressed and added to this list if necessary. If there are any questions or comments about these rules, address them to me, Gerry Calhoun, via net-mail ONLY at 1:2004/200. --- * Origin: PETS R US! 805-946-8345 - Lancaster, CA (1:2004/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAB00004 Date: 06/05/97 From: SHAUN PARKES Time: 03:49pm \/To: TRAVIS DAVIES (Read 1 times) Subj: camshaft SP> them then eh??? like the bugs , you can get what they SP> call "webber" carbs , its like two 2-barrels on one SP> line ... hard to explain , like having 2 carbs hooked SP> up ,,, make sence?? TD> Nope TD> Trav. well , you know what a carb looks like ? okay , imagine 2 of those side by side like this (O=a carb ) O O okay , now imagine a pipe connecting these , like this O-O okay ? two carbs , twice the flow .... just one of those germany type ideas --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Phoenix Towers (1:340/204.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAB00005 Date: 06/05/97 From: SHAUN PARKES Time: 03:52pm \/To: TRAVIS DAVIES (Read 1 times) Subj: talk TD> copy even if i lose you half way. Notice how we TD> are the only ones who talk anymore, i think i am TD> going to close down soon unless some stuff starts TD> happenening, i spent a lot of time and no fruits TD> for my labour, oh well i guess thats the way the TD> cookie crumbles. TD> Trav. TD> ps closing down sucks, running a bbs was fun but TD> now that Abram is up i think i myaswell save myself TD> some trouble and become a traveling salesman or TD> maybe a drifter like in the movies?? hmmm. neato. yes , closing down sucks , that building is back up again ..... ummm i hate to see u shut down , after all the trouble you went through to get fido-net ...... i suppose some cookies are just soft ...... salesman are cool , just not door to door ..... drifters are cool too ,you giong to kill people too??? if so send me word of your voyages along the way , i'll write a book , and share half the profits with you .... see you later .....Chili Nigt_iz --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Phoenix Towers (1:340/204.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EABJ0737 Date: 06/07/97 From: KEN GENSRICK Time: 03:12pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: BOSS 429 ENGINE PARTS I'm interested in putting together a Boss 429 engine. If anyone has any leads as to finding parts or an entire engine, I would appreciate the information. --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAC00000 Date: 06/07/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 03:59pm \/To: TRAVIS DAVIES (Read 1 times) Subj: camshaft 07 Jun 97 00:01, Hey Rocky! Travis Davies pulled camshaft outta his hat!: TD> RW>> right...Who ever put the idea in your head that 4bbl RW>> carbs will be hard on gas? TD> TD> Because it is like 4 times as much gas as a 1 barrel carb and my TD> friends parents used to have a 67 camero and it had 2 four barrel TD> carbs and when they kicked in in full force, you could see the gas TD> gauge going down slowly but you could sse it. THat is burning gas TD> quick. LOL! No, it's not 4 times as much gas...The air/fuel ratio is the same. And 4 barrel carbs normally only run on the front two barrels. Which are smaller than the two barrel carbs, 2 barrels. A QuadraJet will get better milage than it's 2 barrel counterpart. The reason the 2-4's used more gas is because whoever was driving it, couldn't keep their foot outta the gas. Those 2-4's have progressive linkage that keeps the engine running on 2 barrels most of the time. ... One good turn gets most of the blanket on a cold nite.. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAC00001 Date: 06/05/97 From: RALPH HAWKINS Time: 06:56am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: flatheads Hello All! I have a 53 Ford F100 with a 54 239 in it...would like to have it stock with the flathead if it's going to be worth the effort and $'s. How hard to find such a beast, and how expensive to breathe on it...am more interested in low and mid range than peak horses. Reliability is a major consideration as this will be a daily driver when finished. Ralph And forgive us for shooting those who trespass against us. --- GoldED/P32 2.42.G0214 * Origin: Wits' Other End BBS-(901)373-8677 (1:123/316) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAC00002 Date: 06/07/97 From: TRAVIS DAVIES Time: 12:01am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 1 times) Subj: camshaft RW> right...Who ever put the idea in your head that 4bbl RW> carbs will be hard on gas? Because it is like 4 times as much gas as a 1 barrel carb and my friends parents used to have a 67 camero and it had 2 four barrel carbs and when they kicked in in full force, you could see the gas gauge going down slowly but you could sse it. THat is burning gas quick. Trav. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Phoenix Towers (1:340/204.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAD00000 Date: 06/06/97 From: GERALD CHRISTOFFEL Time: 03:36am \/To: JACK SCHWENDENER (Read 1 times) Subj: Storing batteries > DB>I've had two batteries fail in less than two years. The counter person at > DB>the auto parts store told me a battery has problems with lack of use. > Like > DB>storing it all winter. What is the best way to keep a battery from this > What I do is to use a cheap trickle charger hooked up to a (cheap) lamp > timer, set for 10-20 minutes a day. Seems to work great .... I'd be a bit cautious doing that. Car batteries are not designed to be float charged for lengthy periods. They are designed for short heavy loads and immediate fairly rapid recharge unlike a stationary battery used for emergency use such as power interruptions in a station. Continuous float charge will ruin a car battery in six months. I've seen it happen several times at work (electrical utility company), where we've substituted a bank of 12 car batteries for the normal set of 60 stationary batteries. It gets us through a pinch, but always end up throwing the batteries away afterwards. Your frequent charging is much the same. Over charging or high tempuratures can do a lot of harm too. --- FMail/386 1.22 * Origin: What's_the_Point? (1:140/23.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAD00001 Date: 06/07/97 From: MIKE EYRE Time: 01:00am \/To: GERALD CHRISTOFFEL (Read 1 times) Subj: Storing batteries Prosecutor: Dr Doom - Defendant: Gerald Christoffel - Subject: Storing batteries GC> Keep it cold, but don't let it get so cold that it will freeze and GC> bust if it's is discharged. How do you figure keeping it cold will help? > early death? I've taken them out of the cars and stored them in my > basement, on the floor (dry) with a piece of 1" lumber under them. GC> No need for that. How does a battery know whether it's on cement or GC> wood? :-) By keeping a piece of SOMETHING under the battery (wood being better than most things), you keep the chance of parasitic loss through moisture from discharging the battery. He's absolutely right about the wood. Mike..;) Mike_Eyre@Juno.com ... "I say we nuke the site from Orbit, it's the only way to be sure" --- DoomMail v1.12 * Origin: -=Empire BBS=- "The magic word is: _Camaro_" (1:141/1221) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EAD00002 Date: 06/09/97 From: JOEL HECKMAN Time: 12:22am \/To: TRAVIS DAVIES (Read 1 times) Subj: camshaft -> RW> right...Who ever put the idea in your head that 4bbl RW> carbs -> will be hard on gas? -> Because it is like 4 times as much gas as a 1 barrel carb and my -> friends parents used to have a 67 camero and it had 2 four barrel -> carbs and when they kicked in in full force, you could see the gas -> gauge going down slowly but you could sse it. THat is burning gas -> quick. I don't know how, exactly, you drive, but I know that I don't keep my foot in the throttle enough to open up the secondaries. If you think that a four barrel is hard on gas, then what about one of the old six-pack mopars? three two barrels...hmm...as you stated, that would be SIX TIMES the gas flow!! EXCEPT for the fact that it runs off of only a single two barrel until you hit the throttle! Joel --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80)