--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EED00004 Date: 10/08/97 From: DAY BROWN Time: 06:05pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: signal schmatic Hopefully, Roy, you have an MS DOS machine with the normal Hi-ascii box characters, and however this gets to you, hopefully these hi ascii characters will not get stripped out. POS? ++ BATTERY - grnd. | | hi beam ind. filiment = ~ | | +----~-+ diodes = < | | +-------++ = Ground = = | +-+FLASHER++ | +-------+X Turn sig switch Brake | + + Light | +-------+ +--------------------------+ SWITCH | | | X-----+ | | + +--------U------------------------------+ | +-+>--+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--+ +-~-+----+ Brake lite filimnets +->+---~-+ = = ~ running lite filiments ~ the 5 amp diodes have a band on one end of the barrel, which is put on the neg side for flow from a hot positive to neg ground. If you got a pos ground system, you gotta reverse the diodes. But I for one, would change it over to neg ground. The wiring for the running lites are not changed. Nor has the hook up to the hi beam indicator included it's normal hot wire.. I just got lazy and ran outta convenient room. These diodes have about .6 or .7 volt drop going thru them; with a 12 volt system, a bulb that gets 11.3 volts is obviously dimmer. As the flasher sends a charge thru the wire, it gets to the junction where brake wire goes to the bulb, and the diode blocks the current from going back up the wire to the bulb on the other side, so it can only light the turning side. The same trick works on the speedometer hi beam indicator; that bulb too glows a bit dimmer with a diode in the line from the headlite switch -which i didn't show- and then gets brighter with the feed from a three prong flasher. ___ * OFFLINE 1.58 * For I have a great deal to keep silent about. Nietzsche --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: * After F/X * Rochester N.Y. 716-359-1662 (1:2613/415) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EED00005 Date: 10/08/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 08:02pm \/To: WILLIAM SCOTT LOCKWOOD III (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted Chevy '57 -> 06 Oct 97 14:01, Craig Healy wrote to William Scott Lockwood Iii: -> ->> 04 Oct 97 11:09, Craig Healy wrote to William Scott Lockwood Iii: -> ->> ->> I'm looking for an 1957 Chevy. My wife used to race one, -> and I ->> want ->> her one for old times sake. -> ->> >Any specific model? -> ->> Bel Air -> >Two door sedan or hardtop? Any other preferences? -> -> Two door. It had a 427 in it, a hemi, and a 4 barrel holley carb. T -----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-----both? Hmm -> all after market of course. It was Turquoise and White. -> -> Of course, I'm expecting, if I can find a shell I can afford to do -> most of the modifications myself. Will see what's out there. That's an expensive piece to acquire these days, unfortunately. -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EED00006 Date: 10/08/97 From: TOM COLLINS Time: 11:34pm \/To: HAL RONEY (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted chevy '57 WSLI>Two door. It had a 427 in it, a hemi, and a 4 barrel holley carb. hat WSLI>all after market of course. It was Turquoise and White. HR> That's what I like. HR> A man that knows his engines........(and colors of course) Yeah, I always wanted an aftermarket 427 Hemi myself....... heh, Tom ... "She's real fine, my four o nine." ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: The Oasis BBS: (817) 613-9002 (1:130/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEE00000 Date: 10/08/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 05:37pm \/To: PETE SNIDAL (Read 0 times) Subj: ENGINE DESIGN > JD> The [daytime] charging stations could have flywheels or huge > JD> batteries so they'd draw most of their power during off-peak > JD> times, and home chargers could have timers, but you can only go > JD> so far. We've got enough problems keeping up power to feed all the air conditioners in the summer, I'd hate to see what happens when everybody plugs their car in when they get home from work. > Ideally, a fossil-fuel engine wants to be pulling around the middle > of > its power band for max economy. This problem, to me, suggests, using > small engines in conjuntion with battery power, in a gas-electric > or diesel-electric car. A small motor pumping hard (and therefore > efficiently) all the time, keeping batteries charged at a rate which Just like a locomotive. But that takes all the fun factor out of hot rodding. I like my thundering V8 by jeezus. Keeps people out of the way, it usually wakes up the weary pedestrian about to jay-walk into my path. Alex. check us out;http://www.oldengine.org | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Clothes Captioned for the Hairy and Bare --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-680-2991 * Internet (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEE00001 Date: 10/09/97 From: WILLIAM SCOTT LOCKWOOD III Time: 06:24pm \/To: CRAIG HEALY (Read 0 times) Subj: Wanted Chevy '57 >both? >Hmm So I'm told. I wasn't alive then, so cannot vouch for sure. :-) ->> Of course, I'm expecting, if I can find a shell I can afford to do ->> most of the modifications myself. >Will see what's out there. That's an expensive piece to acquire >these days, unfortunately. Which is why I'm looking for just a shell, even a beat to $&*T one that I'll have to totally re-work. TTYL, Scott --- Msged/386 4.10 * Origin: Corpsmans Corner BBS, Oceanside, California (1:202/429@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEE00002 Date: 10/09/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 06:25pm \/To: DAY BROWN (Read 0 times) Subj: signal schmatic 08 Oct 97 18:05, Puleeeeze Brer Day Brown, Dooooon't trow signal schmatic in dat der Briar Patch! DB> Hopefully, Roy, you have an MS DOS machine with the normal Hi-ascii DB> box characters, and however this gets to you, hopefully these hi DB> ascii characters will not get stripped out. Came through ok...thanks. DB> These diodes have about .6 or .7 volt drop going thru them; with a DB> 12 volt system, a bulb that gets 11.3 volts is obviously dimmer. As DB> the flasher sends a charge thru the wire, it gets to the junction DB> where brake wire goes to the bulb, and the diode blocks the current DB> from going back up the wire to the bulb on the other side, so it can DB> only light the turning side. Hmmmmm. What if you used a voltage doubler circuit ahead of the diode and then reostat it down to the 12 volts required to keep the bulbs bright, after the diode? DB> The same trick works on the speedometer hi beam indicator; that bulb DB> too glows a bit dimmer with a diode in the line from the headlite DB> switch -which i didn't show- and then gets brighter with the feed DB> from a three prong flasher. Maybe a voltage doubler for the whole circuit? ... "I suggest a new strategy R2. Let the Wookie win." - C3PO --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EEE00003 Date: 10/10/97 From: MODERATOR Time: 12:10am \/To: ALL (Read 0 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? 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