- 101. Re: Hilborn lines (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:17:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Dan, that's exactly what Hilborn told me, the old hoses are okay if they are not 'hard' and otherwise appear in good condition. I gather this is not a real high pressure hose anyway, maybe 35-50 psi
- /html/land-speed/2003-07/msg00681.html (6,909 bytes)
- 102. Re: block boring (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:59:55 -0400 (EDT)
- Larry, that is an interesting idea, but it seems to me there is bound to be a degree of distortion, expansion, and bending of so many components of a fully-heated race engine at full power, that pre-
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00169.html (7,649 bytes)
- 103. RE: to buy or not to buy?????? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:16:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Neil, I'm glad you mentioned fatigue life, maybe we can kick this around a little. I recently read a tech article by Kevin Cameron(probably the best mc tech writer active today) in the journal of the
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00223.html (9,849 bytes)
- 104. Re: Pressurizing water systems? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:22:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Keith, my Ardun's cooling system is non-pressurized and certainly for Maxton there is no need for pressurized. My blower engine will be set up though with only 1/2" or so outlets on each cylinder hea
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00357.html (8,059 bytes)
- 105. Center of Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:41:01 -0400 (EDT)
- My understanding of CP is an imaginary pivot point(like that of a weather vane) under a vehicle body such that the air pressure on the front half equals the air pressure on the rear half. I guess we
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00496.html (6,949 bytes)
- 106. Blower Belt Shields (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:14:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Looking for some experienced opinion here about blower drives using the two inch x 1/2" pitch Gilmer belt. How important it is to use a shield around the belt in case it breaks or comes off. The belt
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00676.html (6,838 bytes)
- 107. RE: Water injection - stuff (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:59:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Jim, didn't I read somewhere that the auxiliary spray for the Merlin and Allison V-12s for ultra-full war emergency power was 50/50 methanol and water, not just plain water? Bill /// unsubscribe/chan
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00721.html (8,404 bytes)
- 108. Full-Race Briggs & Stratton Article in August Hot Rod (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:00:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi folks, wanted to invite your attention to the subject article, much technical interest. 50 bhp from 34 cubes of B & S lawnmower-based engine on straight methanol, with lubrication provided by the
- /html/land-speed/2003-06/msg00825.html (7,709 bytes)
- 109. Re: Look what I found !!!! (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 10:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Rick, it looks then like some tiny stones or large pieces of grit were somehow ingested, evidently at El Mirage, if that was not the result of detonation. I have seen large pits like that before on t
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00009.html (8,004 bytes)
- 110. RE: April Maxton photo site (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:27:25 -0400 (EDT)
- Jon, I was told several years ago that there is a commercial enterprise working at Maxton airport that makes a business of buying old airliners, flying them in there, and dismantling them for scrap.
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00121.html (8,162 bytes)
- 111. Re: Buick, Nostalgia (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 09:09:20 -0400 (EDT)
- Joe, that's a nice walk down Memory Lane. And here all these years I thought Dynaflow only had one gear, and a high-slip converter!!! The hum those Buicks made must have made me think that. Don McMee
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00180.html (8,581 bytes)
- 112. Re: welders (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 09:21:44 -0400 (EDT)
- John, you know there was a very lengthy discussion on the List a few months ago about the merits of 'fillet brazing' (aka bronze welding) and many good things were said. I'm glad you are bringing it
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00224.html (8,192 bytes)
- 113. Re: Maxton May Meet (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 08:52:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Wow Joe, Scott Guthrie did a great job at 228! Very close to the fastest bike ever at Maxton. This must be a turbo, is it on the Suzuki Hayabusa? I recall Scott had another turbo bike make in the wor
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00470.html (7,020 bytes)
- 114. Re: what transmission should I seek? x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:49:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Bob, I suggest a Super T-10 gearbox, which is the best of them. Plenty of them are around, the one I'm using I got locally for $300. I got another for a spare, looks like new, built by the profession
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00518.html (9,254 bytes)
- 115. Re: rings rotating? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:26:14 -0400 (EDT)
- With all the 'fury' in there, and nothing to positively locate them, my guess is they squirm and wiggle around a little, and it might vary from engine to engine, but would be inconsequential. This re
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00547.html (8,563 bytes)
- 116. Re: rings rotating? (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 10:42:24 -0400 (EDT)
- Tom, would that be Studebaker Flathead 6s, or V8s, or both? Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at ht
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00556.html (8,251 bytes)
- 117. Re: Video shot at Speed Week last year on Discovery Channel (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 12:09:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Glenn, here in the Norfolk, VA area the show "Motorcycle Lightning" which we presume is devoted to the Vincent mc streamliner at Bonneville last August, is shown on the schedule in the newspaper toda
- /html/land-speed/2003-05/msg00623.html (8,146 bytes)
- 118. Re: Maxton trip (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:56:48 -0500 (EST)
- Doug, I really enjoyed meeting you and chatting at Maxton, and I'm glad you had a good time. It's always great whenever any SCTA racers can make it to Maxton. Hope you can bring your racecar and run
- /html/land-speed/2003-04/msg00000.html (6,301 bytes)
- 119. Re: Clem TeBow (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:02:35 -0400 (EDT)
- Ugo, glad to hear from you about Clem. He's unquestionably one of the greats of the California hot rod and Bonneville movement, and his friends know he is also the embodiment of kindness, fun and wit
- /html/land-speed/2003-04/msg00080.html (8,232 bytes)
- 120. Ardun Pioneer Clem TeBow (score: 1)
- Author: ardunbill@webtv.net
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 10:04:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi folks, Clem's Significant Other of many years, Lee, just kindly returned my phone call about him to say that the news is not good. Clem is conscious, but very ill in the Intensive Care unit of Aub
- /html/land-speed/2003-04/msg00097.html (7,105 bytes)
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