With the price of an injection pump being what it is I don't think I want to experiment with putting anything but #2 diesel in my truck. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed
"Cross- drilled brake lines"-- why didn't I think of that? Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbe
Maybe we can have a bumper sticker printed that says "Kill a polar bear-- save an Eskimo". :) Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net
I haven't done the math but I suspect that you would have to pave the state of Arizona with thin- film solar cells to get enough electricity to generate enough hydrogen to power all the cars in this
A good friend just returned from a trip to the Silverstone race circuit in the UK. He rented a Ford Fiesta with a diesel and recorded the mileage very carefully. He got 49mpg crawling around town, do
Coincidentally, I just found this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&viewitem=&ru=http%3 A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm 3
I'm glad to hear that everyone is OK. I'm sure it must have been a scary ride! Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-s
Congratulations on your splendid achievement! Way to go. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbel
The only think I can say is that my desktop does something similar when it comes out of "hibernate" mode. The mouse is completely goofy but re- booting the system cures my problem. Digital systems m
I probably paid extra for it, too! :) Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: Bryan Savage Jr. [mailto:basavage@wildblue.net] On Behalf Of Bryan Savage Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:1
Interesting-- thanks. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Fuel pump? Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of joseph l
Single-axis accelerometers are catalog items: http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T083/P2451.pdf There are +/-50, 70, 120, & 250G models listed along with a +/-150 & 300 degree/second IC "rate gyro". Of cou
The body can stand high G forces but for only a very short duration. If the G forces act over a longer time then the ability to withstand them becomes greatly reduced. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Ori
Way to go, Bill. Go fast, be safe. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.ne
Regarding exhaust valves-- the valves are off their seat a good deal of the time, sitting right in a high velocity hot gas stream. The valves are small and heat up quickly; they dissipate heat throu
I enjoyed your photos too, Ray-- thanks. I had no trouble seeing them. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net [mailto:land-speed-boun
Tucson Dragway is long gone. It hosted some Winternationals in its day but it's now overgrown with weeds. The drag strip operator was caught landing his plane on the strip at night with a load of dru
I knew Sebastian von Hoerner when I worked at NRAO back in Green Bank, WV but he died a few years ago, unfortunately. He was a cosmologist and if anyone would know the answer to your question, he wo
I think that reference might have been to the Biblical "Tower of Babel". Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ That would be Nicola Tesla, Jack, and the 'Wardenclyffe Tower built, but never completed, on Long Is