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From: "Field, Storm" <storm@wwortv.com>
To: "Bob Kilpatrick (E-mail)" <fgrracing@aol.com>
Cc: "Field, Storm" <storm@wwortv.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Cryo Story-Take 2
> Bob:
> This should do it. Went through and smoothed things over and corrected the
> typo's.
> If you want to change anything...to send it to NER or NYR or whereever you
> can do changes to the copy very simply.
> Just forward the e-mail to yourself...BEFORE you send it, make whatever
> corrections you want to the copy. Then send. Proof read it and then
forward
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> Storm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Field, Storm
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:47 PM
> > To: Bob Kilpatrick (E-mail)
> > Subject: Cryo Story
> >
> >
> >
> > WANT TO GO FASTER, LONGER & CHEAPER? THEN CHILL!
> BY Storm Field
>
>
> > The Former Glory MGB/GT gets a real workout every race season. Unlike
most
> > cars competing in the Volvo Historic Series, the GT also answers the
call
> > of about a half dozen different drivers. This workhorse not only does
the
> > Volvo races but is entered in a number of regional races, the fall
Vintage
> > Festival and the NARRC/NERRC runoffs every year. In addition, the GT
also
> > gets rented several times each season to select individuals for the SCCA
> > licensing schools.
> >
> > Clearly, with all these different people flogging the GT around various
> > racecourses, it tends to take a beating. Yet, for the last couple of
years
> > the car has been bulletproof. There have been no DNFs and no mechanical
> > failures. The GT has been the embodiment of the old Timex watch ads,
> > "taking a licking, but keeps on ticking." In fact, at the time this is
> > being written, the GT has run 36 consecutive races, including a 3 hour
> > enduro and four SCCA schools without needing anything but basic
> > maintenance!
> >
> > The engine is as tight and eager to go as the day it was last rebuilt, 2
> > years ago. Frankly, we think it keeps getting better. We keep checking
and
> > have found no loss of compression and no wear on pistons, rings, cam,
> > crank or bearings. What's the reason? Two years ago, we started to
chill.
> >
> > You've probably heard of cryotreatment. Most common are the ads for
> > rather expensive cryotreated brake rotors. What exactly is
cryotreatment?
> > How does it work and what can it do for you?
> >
> > The old idea of heat treating metal, to increase its durability and
> > strength, has been well established. It's just not something that can be
> > done with all metals or with objects made with some alloys or with items
> > that have metal and non-metal parts together. The heat treating process
is
> > also time consuming, messy and expensive.
> >
> > Years ago, when the space shots first began, NASA scientists discovered
> > that metal returning from space had changed. Somehow, it had become
> > stronger, much stronger and harder, but not brittle. Their tests showed
> > that the molecular structure of the metal had been altered. They
surmised
> > it was the prolonged exposure to the absolute cold of outer space,
> > followed by a period of intense heating which occurred during reentry
> > through the earth's atmosphere which caused the changes. Further
research
> > proved that similar results could be achieved without sending metal into
> > space. By first exposing objects to an environment almost 300 degrees
> > below freezing and then heating the same object 100s of degrees above
> > boiling, scientists could reproduce virtually the same changes found on
> > metal that had been sent into space in their laboratories.
> >
> > This is what Mike DeArnott was selling when we met him at a car show in
NJ
> > several years ago. Mike is an engineer who had bought a $60,000
> > computerized cryotreatment unit. This state of the art device is capable
> > of treating various metals and alloys. He started a business he called
> > CryoSports, dedicated to motorsport cryotreating. Early on, most of his
> > customers were kart drivers trying to get more reliability out of their
> > small high revving engines. The results were amazing. Kart drivers were
> > claiming doubling or tripling the life of their motors after
cryotreating
> > them.
> >
> > While skeptical at first, we decided to give it a try and sent Mike a
box
> > of parts. They didn't look any different when they came back but they
sure
> > performed differently. After that, every time we took something apart,
we
> > had it cryo'd before puting it back together. We've had differentials,
> > axles, wheels, transmissions, engines and of course, rotors treated.
> > Incredibly, we've had no mechanical failures on anything we've had
> > cryotreated.
> >
> > This doesn't mean cryotreatment is a panacea for everything. If you
treat
> > a part with a flaw, it's still flawed and will fail. However, we've also
> > found that we can repair parts that have shown weaknesses after being
> > magnafluxed and then cryotreat them with great success. As a sidebar,
> > we've also found that machining a part after it's been cryotreated
creates
> > a much finer surface finish than machining untreated parts.
> >
> > The bottom line is the cost effectiveness of cryotreatment. Doing an
> > entire engine costs anywhere costs somewhere between $300 to $600
> > depending on the size of the engine. If you do the tranny with the motor
> > it generally runs $100 to $200 more. When you think about what it costs,
> > in time and money, to rebuild an engine, and the time and money you
spend
> > towing your car to the track, cryotreatment turns out to be pretty cheap
> > insurance that you will actually get to race.
> >
> > Have you had a part that has failed, replaced it only to have it fail
> > again? Cryotreatment for smaller parts is even more reasonable. An axle
> > break at the Glen, caused the engine to over rev, damaging valves and an
> > expensive aluminum head. We now routinely freeze our axles and have
> > experienced no such failures since. Wish we had done it before. A $25-40
> > investment would have saved us hundreds later, not to mention the two
> > races missed.
> >
> > The single biggest problem with cryotreatment has just been trying to
find
> > a place to get it done. The Burnham plant in Lyndjurst, NJ recently sold
> > all their heat treating and cryotreating equipment to a Canadian firm.
> > CryoSports suspended operations this past year when Mike's day job took
> > him away from home for extended periods to Baltimore. He just didn't
have
> > the time anymore to handle customer requests.
> >
> > Try as we might, we couldn't find anyone else to provide the service and
> > now that we experienced the results didn't want to be without it. I
called
> > Mike to see if he had any idea where we could go and as we feared, there
> > wasn't anyone even remotely close. Then Mike made one of those offers
you
> > can't refuse. He had several tons of new equipment filling his garage
and
> > gathering dust. We had a commercial location, open 5-6 days a week with
> > the right kind of wiring. How about working out a deal? He offered to
> > teach Bob how to run the computer programmed unit if he would then tow
the
> > equipment back to New Haven and run the CryoSports operation from there.
> >
> > If you are planning any rebuilding on your car this winter ( and who
> > isn't?) and would like to take advantage of what cryotreatment can do
for
> > you. Or if you have some parts you'd just like to test the process on,
> > give Bob or Mark a call at the shop, 203 752-0558 and let them bend your
> > ear.
> >
> > That's why if you swing by the shop now, you'll find we're not just
racing
> > anymore. We're chillin'. Just imagine a season without DNFs. All that
> > extra time to relax (since nothing needs attention). I'll bet Duane or
> > Hamilton has a cooler full of Yuengling. I know Todd's got some snacks.
> > Hey, has anybody got some Keystone for Panas? Now that's racing.
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