- 1. Favorite Tools (vaguely LSR) (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:39:58 +0000
- An electric 4 1/2" grinder, especially with a .045 cut off wheel, has got to be on my short list.....
- /html/land-speed/2006-11/msg00069.html (8,559 bytes)
- 2. Anti-Corrosion (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:45:19 +0000
- Don't be afraid to wax things. Great stuff, wax. I have no idea if any of the spray waxes are good, but they couldn't be easier to apply....BJ in the Bean
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00075.html (6,383 bytes)
- 3. Anti-Corrosion (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:10:37 +0000
- Most platings and anodizings build up just a few ten-thousandths of an inch, excepting hard anodizing, some copper baths and of course dip galvanizing. And the surface has to be exposed to react to t
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00089.html (6,660 bytes)
- 4. Beatty Tank (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:17:49 +0000
- Dave Simard here in Leominster Ma has it (along with a TON of other good Dave's a master metalman. I can get you a phone number or call him if you wish. BJ in Beantown
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00107.html (6,228 bytes)
- 5. Stowage (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:51:31 +0000
- Just in are a bunch of stackable fiberglass bins, 18" x 25" x 4.5" deep from MSC, half price this month at about $12.50 each. They're nice. Part # 00343913. MSC was down to just having white ones whe
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00147.html (6,410 bytes)
- 6. Stowage (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:02:24 +0000
- Yeah, Ed, they're a deal at $12.50. Only the white ones with that part number were left. The flyer had 3" deep ones too for about the same price, which I did not inquire about....BJ
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00148.html (6,285 bytes)
- 7. Text Messages/ Classes Running on Schedules (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:14:34 +0000
- Maybe like an airport flight departure update screen...I don't think it would speed things up at all, but it'd be a far more pleasant use of participant's time.....BJ
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00257.html (6,430 bytes)
- 8. Dry Sump H.P. Gain (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:54:17 +0000
- You're still moving air,oil filled air, and alot of it, in a restricted, turbulent environment, hence the drag racers' air pumps....less air, more power. My take, BJ
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00376.html (6,280 bytes)
- 9. Dry Sump H.P. (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:04:31 +0000
- The crankcase atmosphere is an oil mist, considerably thicker than clean air I'd bet. The air moved would be what, twice as much as the engine (N/A, 4 stroke) intaked, no? Lots of air. BJ
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00382.html (6,288 bytes)
- 10. Better Use of Ethanol (non LSR) (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:31:43 +0000
- http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/engine.html
- /html/land-speed/2006-10/msg00522.html (6,757 bytes)
- 11. Otto's Auto (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:48:06 +0000
- I see Otto's Model A Coupe launching hard in the Benchracing section of the latest HRM (nov.). Looks great!
- /html/land-speed/2006-09/msg00293.html (6,321 bytes)
- 12. Taper Tech (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:53:27 +0000
- Between the taper talk and the wet weather I turned down an alignment tool I needed out of 1" steel rod, using the move-the-tailstock method. It went pretty well but the chuck wore into the shaft pre
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00027.html (6,523 bytes)
- 13. Water Fuel (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:27:27 +0000
- I've got a smart pal who is Chinese born, ( he works for Harvard Medical School managing orthopedic research projects performed by a bunch of grad students), and he introduced me to his nephew who ca
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00110.html (6,796 bytes)
- 14. Welding Aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:08:22 +0000
- I'm usually able to run whatever aluminum's getting welded over to the anodize shop where I caustic etch the stuff to clean it (hugely important). Of late I've been using a muriatic bath, hardware st
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00115.html (7,419 bytes)
- 15. Fuel Cost (was E85 or something) (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:05:07 +0000
- righto, Mayf, look at the Chesapeake and the Mississippi delta; agriculture too is finite and food's more important. Last I heard that big aquifer under the midwest wasn't doing too well either I see
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00178.html (6,840 bytes)
- 16. Aluminum Soldering (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:18:07 +0000
- In industry it's pretty common to get aluminum dip brazed, beautiful stuff and not too expensive. Typically the assembly is tacked together via MIG with .001 spacing of the seams using special shims,
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00410.html (7,144 bytes)
- 17. Junior went backwards (non lsr) (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 01:23:45 +0000
- in the race today, and spun the motor backwards, too. It expired thereafter. What actually happened in the motor that ended his day early do you think, interrupted oiling? BJ in Beantown, where the w
- /html/land-speed/2006-05/msg00024.html (6,442 bytes)
- 18. Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 02:27:01 +0000
- How important is 'puter management of the ignition process, would you say, with a heavily boosted engine? I'm thinking it's necessary to do things right, tied to the MAP and maybe the wastegate (?)..
- /html/land-speed/2006-05/msg00137.html (6,624 bytes)
- 19. Re: NON-LSR OIL & GAFw:SOLINE INFO (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 00:50:46 +0000
- O.K. I'm a cynic but I think the oil companies will only want to deliver what they can control. Somebody told me Bill Gates is invested heavily in ethanol. Bringing refineries and jobs to farmland Am
- /html/land-speed/2006-05/msg00234.html (6,809 bytes)
- 20. Re: Sports Talk Board (score: 1)
- Author: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:34:15 +0000
- I was with a pal today who built roundy racecars for years, lamenting the state of the sport. He said, "I know how to fix the Nascar deal, forget the restrictor plates and all that standardized crap,
- /html/land-speed/2006-03/msg00115.html (6,758 bytes)
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