--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300059 Date: 03/02/98 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 04:54pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: 1999 Cars JP>KH> Do the JP>KH> Firebirds have this? I never use A/C, and wouldn't mind JP>KH> having a JP>KH> stripped Formula, as I'm sure it would be quite cheap! JP> You can have it out of your car in about 3 hours. :) How much weight would it save? (seriously) --- * OLX 2.1 TD * This message is *not* off topic #@$(*&^& NO CARRIER --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300060 Date: 03/02/98 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 04:56pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Formula is hurting RW> KH> not 'maybe next year'....How about 'definately next year!' My plans RW> KH> are to pick up an older Honda or something when I can, and use that RW> KH> as my beater. RW>There ya go. There's no sense in driving your bird if the weather isn't RW>nice anyway. Course, there's nothing stopping you from driving it on nice RW>sun-shiny week ends at the cruise during the winter. Yup. I am getting a 2nd job, and when I can I will pick up a beater and that will be my 'rainy day' car :) --- * OLX 2.1 TD * This message was prerecorded. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300061 Date: 03/02/98 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 04:53pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup JP>KH> Englishtown opens up this Sunday, March 1st. I should get JP>KH> my car back JP>KH> Monday, I can't wait! I ordered 4 Firestone SZ50s from the JP> Kewl, come get the Prix and make a few passes for me. :) Don't temp me. What are you doing with that car? Still mess around with it? A friend of mine recently sold his supercharged Mustang GT that went 12.1. It wasn't his daily driver and he wants to get another car, so he decided it was time to get rid of it. He said he cried when the new owner was driving away in it:) JP>KH> Tirerack, in JP>KH> a 255-50-16. They should come Tuesday or Wednesday. I JP>KH> can't wait to JP>KH> get the car back and get the SZ50s on it. I decided on JP> Where is your car ?? Still at the body shop, I get it back tommorow morning! (Tuesday morning) My tires just came today, I can't wait! JP> much needed with that traction dog of yours. :) Do you have ABS ?? Yeah I have ABS but that didn't help much :) --- * OLX 2.1 TD * This message contains 100% post-consumer electrons. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300062 Date: 03/02/98 From: KENNY HENDERSON Time: 04:55pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup JP>KH> I would say they are fine given my ETs and level of mods. JP> Was your engine not a post production Vette engine ?? The 90 Firebird oes JP>NOT like plats, hates them with a passion. The LT1s went into the Vettes in '92, then into the FBodies in '93. My car is a '94. --- * OLX 2.1 TD * This message is environmentally friendly. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Fresh Start BBS * Edison NJ * (732) 248-1678 * (1:107/310.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300063 Date: 02/28/98 From: DEVIN DIMITRI Time: 08:36am \/To: JASON WEDEHASE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Roy's Tagline DD> Daytona 500 = 19, Dale Earnhardt = Won (1998) JW> I was disappointed that he won simply for the sake of Roy's tagline. JW> It's so sad to see a "legacy" die =). Eh. I don't really care one way or the other. What i wonder about is Wonderboy. He was leading/near the front in both the 500 and the Bud Shootout, then dropped like 10 places in the last 3 or so laps. Do you think he's lost his touch, or he's having some sort of mechanical endurance problem? -Lates --- Telegard v3.09.g1/mL * Origin: The Rapid Eye - 913-393-4104 - Olathe,KS (1:280/183) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300064 Date: 03/01/98 From: DEVIN DIMITRI Time: 08:34am \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 225 hp Neon? DD> Hmm, thanks. I under estimated a little. You wouldn't happen to DD> know how fast the Prowler is, would you? KH> One of the magazines tested one, it ran mid 15s I think. I remember i KH> as being quite quick off the line because of light weigh, and then dyi KH> on the top end. What was it's 0-60? -Lates --- Telegard v3.09.g1/mL * Origin: The Rapid Eye - 913-393-4104 - Olathe,KS (1:280/183) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300065 Date: 03/01/98 From: DEVIN DIMITRI Time: 08:39am \/To: MARC GERGES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 225 hp Neon? MG> Sure, there are a lot of Audis, BMW's and the like. But mostly the che MG> ones, and they are slow (an Audi A4 with 90 or one with 100 hp is not MG> extremely fast), and there are by far more smaller and slower cars. Hmm, my perception of Europe was slightly wrong, then. I had thought that most people in the non-Urban areas would have midsize sedans that went fairly fast, then the people in the urban areas would have those little two seat ecno-mobiles. I still find it a little hard to comprehend a place where many many people choose a car with fuel economy as the first thing on their list. -Lates --- Telegard v3.09.g1/mL * Origin: The Rapid Eye - 913-393-4104 - Olathe,KS (1:280/183) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300066 Date: 03/01/98 From: DEVIN DIMITRI Time: 08:42am \/To: MARC GERGES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 225 hp Neon? DD> Ok, let me clarify further. Indicated HP, which is what the formula DD> i gave you determines, does not take into account friction or DD> imperfect mixing of the fuel or backpressure or anything. It is a DD> number that you can't determine experimentally because there are all DD> the things I mentioned in the real world. MG> A-ha. Which means all this MG> calculating is basically brain massage with real results :-) Well.....no. I does give you an idea of about how much horsepower the engine should have, or, if you want to modify it, about how much is the maximum you're going to get out of it. MG> I see. I basically got the understanding MG> of the formula (it took me an hour tough, with the conversions), MG> but it's absolutely worthless for p use. Yeah, but it's GREAT if you're going to program a racing simulator! -Lates --- Telegard v3.09.g1/mL * Origin: The Rapid Eye - 913-393-4104 - Olathe,KS (1:280/183) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300067 Date: 03/01/98 From: DEVIN DIMITRI Time: 08:46am \/To: MARC GERGES (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Active Handling DD> If she's outdriving her ability, then a FWD car won't save her. Oh, MG> her car is quite used to save her, I guess. :-) MG> It's simple: she goes to fast, finds out she's too fast in a corner an MG> goes off the accelerator. The car's front tires squeal and brake thems MG> in the corner, she puts a lower gear in and off she goes :) What happens if she hits sand in the middle of the turn? DD> conditions, they are in the same situation as a RWD person. But if an MG> fwd car (at least mine and my sister's too) is starting to s it is MG> over the front tires and therefore losing a lot of momentum. Bui in MG> security valve :) Huh? Are Luxemborgian roads made in a drastically different manner than American ones? Here, if you're going fast enough that your front wheels skid when you turn, unless it's a highway on/off ramp or something, you're going to go into the ditch on the other side of the road.... -Lates --- Telegard v3.09.g1/mL * Origin: The Rapid Eye - 913-393-4104 - Olathe,KS (1:280/183) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F3300068 Date: 03/02/98 From: GARY HALL Time: 07:25pm \/To: MARK LOGSDON (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Confiscation On (01 Mar 98) Mark Logsdon wrote to Roy Witt... ML> What am I missing? It appears the circuit below won't work as ML> drawn. ML> What you've shown below is a 220-ohm resistor in series with an LED, ML> but both devices are terminated at ground. How much current flows ML> between 0 volts and 0 volts? I studied the schematic for a bit the only thing I could see that wouldn't work is the point he got his LED power. The principle is simple Electrical current takes the point of least resistance I used a ! to show changes I made to his schematic it should work if the headlamp burns out the current will flow through the resistor and illuminate the LED this is called a Shunt. RW> )--(Headlight Switch)-+ Low RW> | beam