--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00036 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:24pm \/To: RON TAYLOR (Read 0 times) Subj: chevy impala 15 Dec 97 13:58, Ron Taylor said this about chevy impala to Jay Emrie. RT> (BTW... don't look at my origin line.... I'm in Alabama) RT> + Origin: Crime Bytes 2 - Underwood, Iowa (712)566-2872 (1:285/12) Tell me! Are you calling the BBS directly or are you ftp-ing over the Inet? ... Your post proves the forth Stooge theory... --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00037 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:26pm \/To: RON TAYLOR (Read 0 times) Subj: Chevy Van 15 Dec 97 14:10, Ron Taylor said this about Chevy Van to Roy Witt. RT> RW>> 11 Dec 97 15:12, Ron Taylor said this about Chevy Van to Anyone. RT> RW> RT>> Got any ideas what might be wrong with my engine???? RT> RW>> On the distributor, there is a 5 to 7 wire plug that connects the RW>> CPU with r >> module inside the distributor. I've found this connection to get >> dirty and cause the symptoms you discribe. Periodically, I remove >> mine and use an electrical connnection cleaner and blow it dry. RT> RT> Sounds like what Jay recommended. Saturday, it gets a going over. Well, since it's not out in the weather, you might clean that connector and then use a little silicone grease to keep the connector from corroding. If you find that's the problem... ... Please Use Sugar & Spice When Utilizing Sexual Sarcasm! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00038 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:29pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Hotrod 17 Dec 97 20:58, John Pummill said this about Hotrod to Roy J. Tellason. JP> I moderate Automotive and HOTROD, Roy Witt moderates Autorace. I also moderate a new echo for those HAMs in the crowd. Areafix the HAM-ECHO conference and give it a try. ... Everyone has a photographic memory. Your's is out of film! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00039 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:31pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Todd... 17 Dec 97 20:58, John Pummill said this about Todd... to Roy Witt. JP> RW> JP>> Few have not. JP> RW>> Man, she sure gets around... JP> JP> JP> Like a decent set of heads for a small block Chevy. Yes, I would! :) Anything to make this 305 run better... ... If statistics don't tell a good enough lie, use graphics. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00040 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:32pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: American Sports Car 17 Dec 97 20:59, John Pummill said this about American Sports Car to Roy tt. JP> RW>> OK...before the vette, there were other american sports RW>> cars. Almost all of them used parts from the big car makers. RW>> I remember Cunningham who built a roadster with a Chrysler RW>> Hemi in it, just to name one off the top of my head. All of RW>> which died around 55 or 56, after the vette and T-bird hit RW>> the market. JP> JP> A company called Hunter makes quite the ride right now. There are JP> still small pockets of auto manufacturers out there making one off JP> specialty cars. Seen any of te Panoz cars yet? The builder must have an in at Ford, since it uses a lot of Ford parts, engine and chassis... ... Only users lose drugs! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00041 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 08:35pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes 17 Dec 97 20:57, JAY EMRIE said this about Battery sizes to TOM WALKER. JE> Tom, if you apply +12V to the anode of a diode and -12V to the JE> cathode of a diode it will conduct Heavily!!! Then it is NOT reverse JE> foltage, but FORWARD voltage. It won't flow at all...No circuit path to follow back to the source. Your anology sounds like your using a dual power supply. Unless you say it right. Apply the + end of a 12vdc source to the anode and the - end of the same 12vdc source and it'll flow, forward current, reverse voltage. To make it simple, looking through the diode from the plus end of the voltage supply the diode's arrow indicates the direction in which you will measure the lowest resistance and the highest current. ... J A Y E M R I E - I saw your name in a bowl of alphabet soup! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00042 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 09:15pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: RADIATOR LEAK 15 Dec 97 18:06, Alan Morrison said this about RADIATOR LEAK to Roy Witt. RW>> That might be the case here too. The temp gauge in my IROC isn't RW>> the most accurate of gauges... AM> AM> I wondered why mine stayed so close to the first mark after AM> installing a 180F thermostat. I would have guessed around 160F by AM> the gauge, which is not labeled on every mark. It measured about 180 AM> on the water outlet with a dial thermometer. I'm so used to seeing where the gauge is during normal driving, I now worry when in traffic if it goes any higher. When it gets to the point that I don't like, I turn on the air and all is well again.. RW>> When I pulled the 195 stat out, I was told the car wouldn't pass RW>> the Smog Check...With the 180 installed, it's passed them all since RW>> then..:) AM> AM> A temporary piece of cardboard in front of the radiator would have AM> cured that if needed. I've been told to get your car smogged on a AM> warm, dry afternoon. I just recently had it smogged. I took it for a drive on the freeway for a few miles and down through some traffic. When I pulled it into the stall, I left it running w/out the air on. It idled there the whole time I filled out the papers. Passed with flying colors... RW>>> ... C5 Corvette - Motor Trend's 1998 "Car Of The Year". AM> RW>> I saw the first one I've seen being driven, on the street RW>> yesterday. Beautiful black coupe'...wish I had the money. AM> AM> I caught a glimpse of one here back in the spring. Did a doubletake AM> through traffic (while trying to drive), to make sure it was a new C5 AM> since I had not seen one yet. I saw it again a few weeks later being AM> driven in the rain... and it's white. Finally stopped by a AM> dealership that had a silver one perched in the showroom (with a SOLD AM> sign on it.) It looked better up close than in magazines; reminded me AM> of standing next to a GTP race car looking at the low, fat tired, AM> aero shape. Me too. Only it was a red one at the dealer. They had it cordoned off and locked so no one could test the doors and seats... ... Given a conflict, Murphy's Law supersedes Newton's.. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00043 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 09:22pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: SBC-SB2 15 Dec 97 18:19, Alan Morrison said this about SBC-SB2 to Roy Witt. AM> The only one I've seen is the latter (IEIEEIEI). Since you could AM> bolt other SBC heads on it, the other one you describe may be the GM AM> M'sport splayed valve heads. The SB2 designed for NASCAR that I AM> described was in the March '96 issue of Hot Rod, and has a part # of AM> 24502559 or 24502560 CNC machined with seats and guides. I tried to watch the show once more, but be damned if I didn't miss that portion of it again... RW>> the E ports spaced like the factory SB2 head. According to NASCAR RW>> Todays' coverage of one of the engine builders, the intake valves RW>> spaced out towards the end of the runners on the NASCAR intake RW>> manifold give the NASCAR SB2 even more horsepower than the factory RW>> SB2... AM> AM> A splayed valve head would be EIEIEIEI from left to right and the AM> intake ports on the drivers side would take a path like this: \ \ \ AM> \ An SB2 head on either side would be more like this: / / \ \ I AM> can't really draw the regular SBC accurately with ASCII but we AM> all know they are close to this: || || The SB2 head had the ports laid out like you show. I guess they had one of the splayed valved heads and I mistook what the guy was explaining about the new NASCAR heads. I gotta quit reading Fido on Sunday mornings and stick to the shows on TNN. ... Two rules for success: 1. Don't tell everything you know. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00044 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 09:27pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes 15 Dec 97 19:13, Alan Morrison said this about Battery sizes to Roy Witt. AM> -=>> Quoting Roy Witt to Ronnie Thompson <=- AM> RW>> want to get it in the right ball park, use a match book cover RW>> (typically .015 thick)...As long as the points make and break RW>> contact, the engine should start. AM> AM> So you know to use a matchbook for points and the match for plugs! Yeah, and on metal cars, you can use the fender in place of the gapper.. Don't use the fender on a glass car though. AM> (You can use the match again if it won't start.) ;^) Only if you smoke or need to burn some wood. ... If sex is a pain in the ass then you need more lubrication. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGP00045 Date: 12/18/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 09:30pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: chevy impala 15 Dec 97 19:24, Alan Morrison said this about chevy impala to TOM WALKER. AM> As you know there are a lot more import trucks around SD. I AM> used to notice if government agencies and service companies (SDG&E, AM> PacBell, etc.) used import or American trucks. Are they still mostly AM> US vehicles? Yeah. And the parking lot around my shop is layed out for real cars.. ... Get 'em by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13)