--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGL00140 Date: 12/17/97 From: TOM WALKER Time: 06:56am \/To: MIKE S. WELCH (Read 1 times) Subj: Car Cookin' -> TW> I remember in the 40's there was an article about a Guy that -> TW> owned a Cadillac that used to cook a Roast complete with -> TW> vegetables and potatoes under the hood. -> -> A book about underhood cooking is called MANIFOLD DESTINY. The -> authors prefer fuel-injected "V" engines because it's easier to -> set food on the engine than with a carbureted engine. Actually the old, Pre 1948 Cadillacs were best. Their Exhaust manifolds came out on the same side of the head as the intake was on. You had two nice hot runners up top to place the meal on for heating. It was like cooking in a Hot Coal Bed. Timing of course was critical. --- GEcho 1.20/Pro * Origin: Jim's East County BBS! El Cajon, CA. (619) 561-8424 (1:202/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00000 Date: 12/16/97 From: PETER HARLE Time: 02:21pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery Size -=> Quoting JAY EMRIE to PETER HARLE <=- JE> I do not understand. Do you read all the messages on line then JE> download them as a QWK pack? I simply get on the BBS, download a QWK JE> package for a predetermined group of conferences and get off the BBS. JE> Usually less than 1-2 minutes. Then I read them all off line. When I logon to the BBS, it informs me of any messages addressed to me and if I want to read them, I usually do, then download the QWK package, same as you. That's how I knew I had a message from you. But somehow the mailer managed to screw up sending me "that" message. I don't know why, because other messages I had also read "on line", downloaded Ok. I usually only have two or three messages so it's not that much extra time, besides it's only a local non-timed call, and I'm not a prolific message writer as some.(g) Peter H. --- EzyBlueWave V1.20 01fb000b * Origin: Mt.Druitt TAFE +61-2-9839-1310 FidoNet (3:713/709) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00001 Date: 12/17/97 From: MARK LOGSDON Time: 07:41pm \/To: GARY SPRINZL (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes GS> I take it you have a diesel. Ignition systems typically add a 25-30 GS> amp drain on the charging system. That's 30 amps more than you have on GS> yours. Besides, Did you see Jay's message where he described his steady state current measurement of about 3 amperes when his engine was running? I believe that included the ignition. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0232 * Origin: IBMNet Connection - Indpls, IN - 317-882-5575 28.8 USR (1:231/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00002 Date: 12/17/97 From: MARK LOGSDON Time: 07:41pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes TW> I think the DMV super snoops only look for Contractors, Businesses, TW> etc using their vehicles for commercial purposes with out commercial TW> plates. Tax collectors. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0232 * Origin: IBMNet Connection - Indpls, IN - 317-882-5575 28.8 USR (1:231/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00003 Date: 12/17/97 From: MARK LOGSDON Time: 07:41pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: battery sizes RW> TW> Actually Roy is wrong on that one. There is a Difference between RW> TW> Metric Pipe Sizes and English pipe sizes. RW> RW> Point me in the direction where I can find the dimensions for metric RW> pipe threads... I thought NPT was the most common with the exception of aerospace tube fittings like AN. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0232 * Origin: IBMNet Connection - Indpls, IN - 317-882-5575 28.8 USR (1:231/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00004 Date: 12/17/97 From: MARK LOGSDON Time: 07:41pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Laser stops cars TW> -> RJT> From what I understand, if you have a really strong RF field y TW> -> RJT> can stop a car's engine with it.. TW> -> TW> -> That was proven way back on the VW electronic fuel injection of the TW> -> sixties. A transmitting cb with a linear amplifier next to the VW w TW> -> kill the engine. TW> TW> That would be the very late 60's as the VW Square back didn't get the TW> Bosch Electronic Injection until 1969. And even if I was NOT from TW> Missouri I would have to see that one to Really Believe it! Now IF the TW> guy IN the VW has one of the lousiest Linears made and specially routed TW> his antenna cable Next to the Computer Module maybe. But from a car TW> sitting next to it is a little hard to swallow. Tom, it's true. I've read numerous anectdotes from amateur radio operators have witnessed first hand this sort of incident. You can make some quick calculations based on a transmitter of 1 kw output at 10 feet (about 3 meters) distance, and you'll find a field of over 50 volts/meter. Today automotive engineers test control systems at fields of 100 to 200 volts per meter. The first engine contols did not receive such stringent testing. I was involved in an early automotive engine control program where the vehicle would literally shut down when it was driven near the Voice of America broadcast towers in Ohio. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0232 * Origin: IBMNet Connection - Indpls, IN - 317-882-5575 28.8 USR (1:231/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00005 Date: 12/17/97 From: MARK LOGSDON Time: 07:41pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: RADIATOR LEAK RW> Ever explore the internet? One can find amazing facts, papers written RW> young engineering students, papers written by engineering professors, m RW> stuff written by professors of chemistry and chemistry students at some RW> hifaluting schools like Yale and Northern Illinois University, etc.. Are you an NIU grad? You've mentioned it twice now. --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0232 * Origin: IBMNet Connection - Indpls, IN - 317-882-5575 28.8 USR (1:231/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00006 Date: 12/16/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 11:14pm \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: American Sports Car tJW>Kenny Henderson told the story like this: JW> KH> The C5 makes a fine daily driver, the Viper does not. JW> Why not? I have heard its very uncomfortable to drive for long periods of time. Not much storage space etc. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * The v69 = ...................................8 something. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00007 Date: 12/17/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 02:45am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: American Sports Car RW>Hey! I'm a x-Corvette owner... I know when I'm outgunned and I'll admit RW>it. Although I don't like to. RW>Give the Corvette equal cubic inches as the Viper and you'll be singing a RW>different tune. That's the ONLY place it's lacking in comparison and in RW>many places it far exceeds anything the Viper is claimed to be. That cubic inches arguement is getting old. If horsepower per liter is what we are worried about then we should all drive Honda Prelude VTECs, 2.2l 195 horsepower. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * Thelemites do it at Will, --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGM00008 Date: 12/17/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 02:40am \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes TW>-> What really blew me away was when the new Ford Probe took the honors TW>-> for 1993 even though the new LT1 Camaro bested it in almost every TW>-> category. It seems a large part of the equation is how much an TW>-> existing model has improved, rather than which one is better in a TW>-> majority of categories. TW> The selection of Car of the Year has always been somewhat political. TW>Some have been Total Disasters and actually Set Backs progress in TW>hindsight. Very true. Back to the Probe GT vs Camaro Z28 though, we shouldn't sell the Probe GT short. They are nice little cars. They handle quite well, and have enough power in GT form for most people. That 2.5 DOHC V6 (Mazda engine I think?) is a smooth little powerplant. I was in a 5 speed Probe GT, and low in the revs the car was dead, but up around 4000 RPMs or so the car does make some decent power. Of course its nothing like the LT1 Z28s, but its a totally different kind of car. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * Their such a fastidious couple She`s fast an he`s hideous --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0)