- 321. RE: Fwd: Lucas smoke recharge system (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:30:11 -0700
- I've found a really good LED setup that replaced the tail light assembly. Lucas-Free for more than 255 days in Oregon Jack, I am all in favor of giving you distribution rights for FOT members, but I
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00116.html (8,188 bytes)
- 322. RE: Lucas smoke recharge system (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:22:46 -0700
- Not much to tell--found them at the Portland swap meet--big roundy-round and hotrod deal. They look like Lucas turn indicator bulbs--the round pointy guys. They have about 10 LEDs in them, are very b
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00118.html (7,538 bytes)
- 323. RE: alloy head, for 6 cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:39:34 -0700
- Wow, I love it. Kind of like my Wilwood ultralights. I filled in the wilwood logo with JB Weld, painted them scabby, orange peeled silver, and ran them for years until the head tech inspector for HMS
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00122.html (9,613 bytes)
- 324. RE: alloy head, for 6 cylinder & RULES!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:38:46 -0700
- I love going fast, and I like being first but the races that really get me pumped are the ones where I come in second or third after a ferocious wheel to wheel battle. In fact more than once I've lif
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00147.html (9,760 bytes)
- 325. RE: MID LIFE CRISIS (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:45:11 -0700
- You guys are scary. I don't think this qualifies as a mid life crisis unless the plan is to live to 130. As a mere youngster of 58 I only need to live to 116 to be half way there. Bill Babcock Babcoc
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00150.html (8,496 bytes)
- 326. RE: Tr6 PI and racing (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:40:53 -0700
- My only injector experience is with motorcycles, and there the hot setup is injectors that are completely out of the plenum. They spray towards the inlet bell. Seems like the further away, the better
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00151.html (8,819 bytes)
- 327. RE: Something we all need [sorta LBC related] (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:48:24 -0700
- Gee, I'm looking at Mt St Helens right now. Wave. Or release some Lucas Bill Babcock Babcock & Jenkins We all need one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=45545700
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00153.html (7,453 bytes)
- 328. RE: alloy head, for 6 cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:13:51 -0700
- I did most of my cheating on motorcycles. For the longest time the standard way to check the displacement of a two stroke bike--either road racing or dirt--was to simply pull the head (usually four b
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00156.html (8,729 bytes)
- 329. RE: alloy head, for 6 cylinder (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 20:23:58 -0700
- I know exactly what Kas is talking about. Cheating is a little pointless with Peyote. with the single exception of SOVREN all the organizing bodies stick me in with the sports racers anyway. At the c
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00163.html (8,217 bytes)
- 330. RE: 225hp or over 208hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:43:34 -0700
- I have ceramic lifters in Peyote, got them from the guy that advertises in Grassroots Motorsports. So far, so good. they show absolutely no wear. I had them in the motor when I wiped the cam. As you
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00186.html (8,900 bytes)
- 331. RE: 225hp or over 208hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:57:37 -0700
- Took a look at his web site. The ones I have are solid ceramic--not inserts, and they cost a lot less than $720, though I guess the fact that I bought eight rather than 16 proabably equalizes the cos
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00187.html (8,776 bytes)
- 332. RE: 225hp or over 208hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:34:35 -0700
- Hard to say if there's any horsepower increase since I don't have a dyno and I'm changing too many things at once to ever be sure. In combination with Ken Gillander's new cam I can say that the engin
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00202.html (7,449 bytes)
- 333. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:40:40 -0700
- As always, engines are pretty dynamic critters and making one parameter change without optimizing for it doesn't generally do much. Like sticking a nicely flowed intake manifold on a stock head. Long
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00203.html (10,164 bytes)
- 334. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:49:14 -0700
- The easiest way to see it is to map the extremes with a piece of paper. Using a the same stroke, map the position of the piston for the minimum length rod to clear the crankshaft and one that is twic
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00204.html (10,041 bytes)
- 335. RE: More Major Hoot (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:40:14 -0700
- Uh-Oh. Another addict. "may have to spend more money" indeed. I ran the RMVR race at Pueblo the weekend of June 4th and 5th. Was first event since drivers school in March at Second Creek Raceway. Had
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00206.html (7,859 bytes)
- 336. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:08:16 -0700
- Of course the big difference is that for bike guys, 6000 RPM is a fast idle. In 1972 the Honda 350 Twin STREET bike had a redline of 10,500. My current favorite sportbike--an MV Agusta Senna--has a r
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00220.html (10,299 bytes)
- 337. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:20:54 -0700
- In a word, no. At ninety degrees the piston is not necessarily halfway through the stroke. The effect is small for small differences in rod length, but the vertical component of travel is equal to th
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00221.html (10,543 bytes)
- 338. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:40:08 -0700
- I didn't say that very well--here's another try. First of all, for ANY real engine, at 90 degrees of crank rotation the piston is NOT at half of the stroke. The stroke curve is a sine wave (or more a
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00222.html (11,792 bytes)
- 339. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:44:31 -0700
- Actually, as I'm sure you know, that's not the usual reason offered for why multiple valves work better than single valves. While the theoretical area for a single valve is larger, in fact you can pa
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00224.html (10,053 bytes)
- 340. RE: 225hp (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:10:46 -0700
- Oh, and one more thing--I mis-spoke about a infinite length rod--the rod angle doesn't change quickly, in fact it never changes. If you're going to actually play with the math, start by looking at an
- /html/fot/2005-06/msg00226.html (8,177 bytes)
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