--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00046 Date: 12/26/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 02:22am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Stupid Mopar JW> I was at a Dodge dealer recently. The only thing available with JW>a V8 is a truck, and the only thign with RWD is trucks and Viper. That JW>annoys me. Also, with the Avenger, one of their very few good looking JW>cars, there is a manual transmission option, but only if you get the 4 JW>cylinder. No manual transmission is available in any V6, and in JW>practically any Mopar at all, for that matter. JW> Mopar has now come to mean "Front Wheel Drive V6." It's old, JW>monotonous, and boring. Yeah, and that 4 banger is pretty weak anyways. Like I said, my friend's automatic 4 banger Avenger is real real slow, almost to the point of being too slow to be driven in traffic safely. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a litt --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00047 Date: 12/26/97 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 02:23am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: weight JW> KH> A Supra Turbo is 3450 and a 300ZX TT is somewhere around there as JW> KH> well. The NSX is quite light, right around 3000 lbs if I remember JW> KH> correctly. The RX7 is very light, something like 2700 lbs. JW> KH> Mitsubishi's 3000GT VR4 is a portly 3950lbs.... JW> And my '66 Fairlane, all metal, is 3100 lbs. Ah, the wonders of JW>simplicity and no crumple zones or safety features. Damn! My Firebird is filled with cheap as# plastic and still weighs 3402 empty! --- * OLX 2.1 TD * There is only one way to eliminate nuclear weapons. Use t --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00048 Date: 12/26/97 From: BILL MITCHELL Time: 07:47pm \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Oil pump? SD> Worried about my oil pump... a couple of days ago, it started SD> taking quite awhile to build up any pressure whatsoever when SD> Oddly, when the engine is warmed up fully, the pressure is a SD> bit higher than it used to be; it seems like it's always SD> around 60 PSI anytime it's above 1500 RPM. SD> I did switch oil brands recently.... could that have anything SD> to do with it? I'm just buying the cheapest 40 weight oil I SD> can find (SA rated... I figure it leaks out so fast that the SD> additives aren't going to do a bit of good) Well, you get what you pay for. SA?????? I didn't even know that they even sold such crap anymore. That means straight mineral oil, absolutely nothing added. Straight 40? From prices that I've seen around, you should at least be able to find a 15W40 oil. Straight 40 is quite thick when cold. I say 15W40 because that's usually a heavy diesel equipment oil, typically $6.99 a gallon for say Rotella T. It will be better in your truck than that straight SA oil. And it's VI doesn't tend to add to any sludge, nor does it break down from abuse. Even though your oil leaks out fast, you should change it. No telling how much sludge you've built up in there --- * Origin: The Right Place, Fort Lee, NJ USA(201)947-8231 (1:2604/539.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00049 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:37pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Electrical loads, battery JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to ALAN MORRISON: AM> JE> Also, I have a 550 CCA @ 0 degrees battery/750 CCA at 32 degrees. AM>The one at 32 degrees is CA (Cranking Amps). Thanks for all the details! JE> Both indicate CCA. Nope. email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00050 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:40pm \/To: MARK LOGSDON (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes Mark Logsdon wrote in a message to Marc Gerges: MG> GS> This is the same reason why you shouldn't jump-start another car wi MG> GS> your engine running. MG> The only way to start another car is with your engine running. If you d MG> your battery has to power two starts... ML> I believe the idea is to use the running car (let's call it ML> car A) to do some charging of the low battery (on car B) for ML> a few minutes. Then after some charging, turn off car A's ML> engine, leave the cables connected, and try to start car B. ML> The idea is to use ONLY car A's battery and car B's battery ML> and NOT to use car A's alternator. Otherwise during starting ML> of car B, you might draw too much current through the diodes ML> in car A's alternator and cause a failure. I've never seen ML> it happen, but that's the prevailing wisdom. The problem with that (and you can verify it if you've got a truly *dead* battery in car B) is that you're never going to be able to get sufficient current through those jumper cables to start the car, not without excessive voltage drop in there. I remember trying this one time, a lady had a problem with a Suburban belonging to her daughter, and I left work, brought a battery and cables along, and tried to jump-start the car. In *zero* degree weather! The only problem was, I measured *zero* volts on "car B", there, too, and figured that there was a short in there somewhere that had drained the battery. With the cables connected to my car, I would only see about 2 volts and change on the battery terminals of the other vehicle... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00051 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:43pm \/To: MARK LOGSDON (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery Terminals Mark Logsdon wrote in a message to Ronnie Thompson: RT> CGM> minimize corrosion? Did industry switch away from lead terminals RT> CGM> because batteries don't leak corrosive fumes as much as before? RT> RT> I've never seen a battery with a steel post. Who makes em? ML> What is it they're made of? Lead, in every battery I've ever seen. Automotive types, anyhow... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00052 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:52pm \/To: DAVID WEI (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes David Wei wrote in a message to Alan Morrison: DW> Corrosion isn't too bad for Silver, it need sulphor or the DW> like to corrode it, and I don't see sulphor based compound too DW> often, let alone corrosive sulphor based compound... :) A number of years ago one particular manufacturer of organs used a silver-plated contact, where a clean contact is of particular importance because you're talking about keyswitches that have the potential to be operated literally millions of times over the lifetime of the equipment, and it's carrying very small signals rather than something that's going to be able to punch through a thin layer of corrosion. They got into big trouble, because of airborne pollutants. Look at all of the sulfate emissions you have with coal or even to some extent with oil heating, ferinstance. Where do you think that "acid rain" comes from? email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00053 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 09:06pm \/To: DON LEWIS (Read 0 times) Subj: Motor Trend takes bribes Don Lewis wrote in a message to Chris Zychski: DL> Chris Zychski wrote to Roy Witt: RW>... Chevrolet Blazer, Motor Trend 1995 Truck of the year. CZ> ... Motor Trend, General Motors 1995 Magazine of the Year. DL> The Chevy Vega was also the Car of the Year, HAHAHAHAHAHA...............!!!!! (Wiping off monitor) You're kidding, right? We owned one of those, once. This guy I knew at the time called it the only car GM made that would rust on the showroom oor. email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00054 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 09:15pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON: -> Any battery that just sits around will self-discharge, at a rate tha -> depends on a number of factors. The most important factor is tempera -> the warmer it is the faster this will happen. There's no reason to -> discharge any lead-acid battery prior to charging it... TW> The Ball park figure is 1% to 2% per day of self discharge. At what temperature? -> I have a bunch of gels and two RV batteries and a group 34 sitting -> in the room here at the moment, that I have to see to every so -> often. Like every couple of months or so. One of these days I'm -> gonna set up some kind of an automatic charging system for them. TW> The Spare batteries I used to maintain for Critical Medical TW> equipment were on a 90 day Recharge PM cycle. For long term TW> storage even the best Automatic chargers tend to Overcharge TW> batteries. I dunno, I'm still looking for a good circuit to build, one that won't require me to buy too many parts... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGW00055 Date: 12/26/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 09:16pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Laser stops cars TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON: -> From what I understand, if you have a really strong RF field you can -> a car's engine with it... TW> Not as a practical matter. Yes Hams and Taxi/Police cars did TW> in the early years of Computer controlled engines have some TW> problems. They have improved the computer shielding quite a bit TW> and it would be very difficult to kill an engine with a TW> Transmitter. Particularly from outside the car as the Car Body, TW> Except on a Vette, acts as a Fariday Shield and protects the TW> computer module, which is usually tucked up under the dash, TW> from RF fields. Basically even in the days when it was possible TW> we were NOT talking about Hand Held devices since power levels TW> in the 100 to 1000 Watt range were required. Um, the stuff I was referring to was published *way* before computers got into cars all that much, like back in the sixties, I think? And yeah, some nontrivial power levels were involved, but that wasn't necessarily a problem. I think that one context I read it in was speculation about UFOs and such . Not that I take UFOs and such at all seriously, though. email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615)