- 41. RE: Electronics vs. old way Nastalgia class (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 11:08:50 -0500
- my forehead is already getting longer and i wont be "pinched" by even extraterrestrial / ufo technology , - i welcome it, it'll force me to tune my cookie cutter big block chev that much better and s
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00170.html (9,094 bytes)
- 42. Re: Good ideas (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:07:20 -0500
- yes, i believe that restoring and preserving the physical saltbed, and maintaining a good relationship with the blm, reilly chemical, and the state of utah bureaucracy is the most important and cruci
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00206.html (6,930 bytes)
- 43. future of bonneville saltflats (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 13:55:47 -0500
- wow wes, thats scary as hell ! - i agree , that this is the threat to the place we all love and worship - a true , realistic threat at our backdoor right now which could drive land speed racing at bo
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00210.html (7,326 bytes)
- 44. Re: Motor (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:45:36 -0500
- larry, is there an advantage of using a 307 block over a 283 block, such as main bearing sizing/ configuration, cyl wall thickness etc.? seems like a +.060 283 block, 283 crank would be a good simple
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00341.html (6,752 bytes)
- 45. tubing bender (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:45:08 -0500
- can anyone on the forum recommend a good - no junk yet affordable tubing bender for 1 3/4 " rollcage tubing ??? i'm going to start searching the circle burner magazines but any thoughts from the foru
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00343.html (6,512 bytes)
- 46. Re: Interview& fuels (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:53:31 -0500
- methanol solves mysteries. doug@black radon engineering
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00048.html (7,013 bytes)
- 47. Re: Interview& fuels (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 06:29:41 -0500
- using the dielectric constant as the only means of gasoline qualification may not stand by itself, since any two fuel solutions having equivalent dielectric constants may not in fact be the same fuel
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00054.html (7,167 bytes)
- 48. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:16:56 -0500
- well, maybe some of the veteran land speed racing gurus can help out here, but i think methanol has an equivalent octane of near 140 , and while a gasoline internal combustion engine utilizes an air
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00056.html (8,720 bytes)
- 49. Re: Interview& fuels (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:29:09 -0500
- dont forget that in american industry there are many combustion compatable compounds available to the home chemist (competitor looking for an edge) which can be utilized to manipulate the dielectric
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00058.html (7,299 bytes)
- 50. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:54:58 -0500
- keith, thats where the prophecy is - in the fumes - breath deep !
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00060.html (7,548 bytes)
- 51. Re: fuels (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:04:53 -0500
- hey- my hat's off to ERC thats for sure- we'll gratefully use their fuel in mass quantities- glad they are there supplying all the products and services that they do ! - things would really suck for
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00066.html (6,798 bytes)
- 52. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:36:16 -0500
- well, your right , if you blindly "double" the jet size and fill the tank with methanol i think you will find yourself in big trouble. but if you take a , say, a decent carbureted small block engine
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00072.html (9,117 bytes)
- 53. Re: More Methanol Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:57:57 -0500
- nope, should work fine, its just that it can handle high comp ratios - doug @ black radon
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00075.html (6,705 bytes)
- 54. Re: More Methanol Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 14:27:45 -0500
- i guess my last email didnt make it - basically what it said was that if you blindly " double " the jet size and fill the tank with methanol you will probably find yourself in big trouble. if you too
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00077.html (7,759 bytes)
- 55. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 08:04:41 -0500
- Why do lean mixture burn holes in pistons? the sheer heat of the burning charge melts them, in a lean mix there is no residual fuel after the air is totally consumed by combustion to quench , or abso
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00087.html (9,027 bytes)
- 56. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:42:24 -0500
- Lean mixtures actually burn with less temperature, but because a lean mixture also burns slower, the heat is held to the piston for a longer period of time, hence "Melt Down." "lean mixtures actually
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00128.html (10,779 bytes)
- 57. Re: Methanol Solves Mysteries (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:00:04 -0500
- tom- i didnt know we were fighting, i'm just chatting on the forum, please excuse me. i think i have explained some of the reasons why lean mixes melt pistons, but since you have heard a different re
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00160.html (8,811 bytes)
- 58. salt replenishment (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:11:40 -0500
- hey, does anyone know the status on salt replenishment to the flats for this winter - are the brine pumps running now ? doug@black radon engineering
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00161.html (7,055 bytes)
- 59. salt replenishment (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:27:30 -0500
- hey, does anyone know the status of the brine pumping to replenish the salt flats ??? - are they running now ??? doug@black radon engineering
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00162.html (7,076 bytes)
- 60. Re: Fw: spoilers (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:15:39 -0500
- hi dan, thanks for the compliment, it was a hell of alot of work to design and build it. on the spoiler, should i take it that if i say why i think it fully meets the requirements of the 98 and 99 sc
- /html/land-speed/1999-11/msg00194.html (7,499 bytes)
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