- 1. RE: Axle Grease (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd" <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:10:26 -0400
- At high speed most of the heat comes from the pumping losses associated with the churning of the oil in the bearing. Grease and oil baths work great at low speeds, but higher speed bearings use jet
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00047.html (7,961 bytes)
- 2. RE: Arduns, and Aluminum Casting Alloys 355 and 356 (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd" <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:53:27 -0400
- It is engineering legend (may or may not be true) that the spec. for 356 was created (or at least tweaked) after WWII to describe what you get when you melt down a B17 ! For a few years the market wa
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00348.html (14,002 bytes)
- 3. RE: Nitromethane (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd" <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:17:08 -0400
- Hi Bill, I am not a chemist, but did have the following in my archives. Nitromethane is a nitroparaffin (rather than a hydrocarbon) that is primarily used in the manufacture of paints, agricultural c
- /html/land-speed/2001-04/msg00087.html (10,869 bytes)
- 4. RE: Honda Insight (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd" <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:14:24 -0500
- The insight is the gas/electric hybrid... would you classify it by the displacement of the internal combustion engine, or as an electric (for which I thought that there were only special construction
- /html/land-speed/2001-03/msg00118.html (9,092 bytes)
- 5. Re: N20 - pressure drop (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 05:58:18 -0500
- What is the pressure drop situation ? What are the symptoms that have been observed ? Due to my lack of experience I tend to rely heavily on theory (which can get me into trouble), but in theory the
- /html/land-speed/2001-01/msg01576.html (7,189 bytes)
- 6. Re: Outboards (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:11:52 -0400
- The rollers on the crank are caged, the needles on the wrist pin are not. As I recall the outboards use Torrington (sp?) bearings... is that who you work for? I believe that OMC and Mercury both use
- /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00452.html (9,694 bytes)
- 7. Re: MSD Detonation Detector and Cockpit Display Meter (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 13:22:57 -0400
- I was just at the "Engine Expo 2000" in Hamburg and learned a little more about knock detection, so I need to clarify some miss-information I previously supplied. The problem with knock detection on
- /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00111.html (10,029 bytes)
- 8. Re: Mercedes 300 SLs and several related items (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:13:01 -0400
- I can forward a couple of references on the subject. In "Nitrous-Oxide Injection" (published by S-A Designs, Brea CA), David Vizard gives a brief history of the early days of nitrous. He attributes
- /html/land-speed/2000-07/msg00108.html (10,729 bytes)
- 9. Re: MSD Detonation Detector and Cockpit Display Meter (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 09:40:09 -0400
- Back in the 50s some of the producers of nitro proposed using it in fuel for on-highway vehicles, and did a lot of research into controlling knock to make it streatable. They used lab type "detonati
- /html/land-speed/2000-06/msg00054.html (10,246 bytes)
- 10. Re: Nitropropane (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 18:11:44 -0400
- Nitropropane is manufactured by: Angus Chemical Company 1500 E. Lake Cook Road Buffalo Grove Road, IL 60089 Phone: 708-215-8600 But they do not sell is small retail quantities. However Angus is also
- /html/land-speed/2000-06/msg00063.html (12,821 bytes)
- 11. Re: Nitropropane (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 07:40:28 -0400
- It's in II-2, "Approved fuels are: Nitrous Oxide, nitromethane, alcohol and non-approved gasoline." But to make things really confusing in the next paragraph you find, "Engines using CNG, LPG or die
- /html/land-speed/2000-06/msg00068.html (16,559 bytes)
- 12. Re: Nitropropane (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:50:56 -0400
- Thanks Dan, I am glad to hear that the rules are not as restrictive as I thought, but just to make sure I understand let me paraphrase my understanding of the intent of the rules. Please correct me i
- /html/land-speed/2000-06/msg00097.html (21,211 bytes)
- 13. Re: Halon (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 23:13:07 -0400
- Chris and Joe, The comments really are not so far off of the LSR subject. Regarding the oxygenated gas: Is it legal in the "GAS" classes, or does it's oxygen content push it into the "FUEL" classes w
- /html/land-speed/2000-05/msg00111.html (13,143 bytes)
- 14. Re: Rear steering (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 23:04:21 -0400
- OK, how about if I steer with both the front and rear wheels, and propel the car with neither (middle wheel drive, see the attachment) ! The rationale is: Directional stability is maintained by the f
- /html/land-speed/2000-05/msg00335.html (9,297 bytes)
- 15. Re: K Class (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:44:33 -0500
- The existing K class records are pretty quick, I don't think my 250 would be very competitive in the 500 cc class. Is anyone else out there thinking about building a 250 for special construction cars
- /html/land-speed/2000-03/msg00078.html (8,874 bytes)
- 16. Re: Programs to help LSR Racers (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:09:11 -0500
- I am also new to LSR, and building a non-traditional car. With no history of empirical data to rely on your program would be a fantastic help. I am only an amateur programmer so I stuck with Excel s
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00264.html (10,777 bytes)
- 17. Re: Chassis Tubing (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:22:39 -0500
- Tom and John, You will find 2" tubing less expensive from some sources than 1.75 or 1.625, just because it is manufactured in higher volume. I think that the expense DOM is not required. And I have a
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00317.html (10,153 bytes)
- 18. Re: Flathead V1 (2 cycle?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:13:58 -0500
- If you liked the old Detroit Diesels I will try to find you references or links to a few of the military 2-stroke diesels that are even cooler. One of the Junkers bombers of the last world war was p
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00606.html (9,568 bytes)
- 19. Re: "CAD-CAM" (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:55:55 -0500
- Thanks for your patience with my description, I have been told that I couldn't tell someone what time it was without first explaining how the clock worked! SABCO is in the NASCAR business, and it is
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00006.html (7,732 bytes)
- 20. Re: bellytank/Bourk (score: 1)
- Author: "Hyatt Engineering Ltd." <Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:33:58 -0500
- You are right, scotch yokes were applied to steam engines when Mr. Otto and Dr. Diesel were still in diapers. Check out www.dennerpower.com for a more current example. Or www.mame.mv.oz.au/~das/ for
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00106.html (7,823 bytes)
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