- 121. Re: Kit.PDF (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:59:06 -0700
- You can get one of those that works well enough for us amateurs for about 1/3 of that price. We are looking at getting for for the Tech area at the racetrack. Howard Keith. /// /// land-speed@autox.
- /html/land-speed/2001-08/msg00372.html (7,302 bytes)
- 122. Provision Fiberoptic Inspection Boro Scope Visual Inspection (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 20:37:18 -0700
- Just one example of another choice. $200.00 for the 18" one. Howard http://www.provision100.com/ [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Provision Fi
- /html/land-speed/2001-08/msg00374.html (6,893 bytes)
- 123. Re: Tires (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:44:49 -0700
- I have not been to Daytona, let alone the garage area but have been in the Phoenix garage area at multiple Cup races and they use a computer spin balancer like you would find in a good tire shop in
- /html/land-speed/2001-08/msg00384.html (8,631 bytes)
- 124. Re: Question for Speed Week (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:56:08 -0700
- If you need abreak from the heat you can always stop by our pits for some shade and a cold drink. Howard Nafzger 448 C/FS a /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a p
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00129.html (7,673 bytes)
- 125. Re: Remote oil filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:47:25 -0700
- I agree with Glen. Back in the old days before power rack and pinion on dirt stock cars, they had a hydraulic assist unit that went in the steering shaft under the dash. I have seen those things loo
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00180.html (7,430 bytes)
- 126. Re: Tow Trailer set-up comments (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:57:21 -0700
- Dick J., My loaded trailer weighs 11,000 pounds so 500 obviously would not work for me. I of course use a load leveling hitch and sway bar on this rig and try to go at least 10% on the tongue. I like
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00216.html (9,135 bytes)
- 127. Re: Fuel injectors for the Powerstroke (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:00:17 -0700
- Fortunately I have had no problems with either of my Powerstrokes but a friend told me that he has the International truck dealer work on his truck unless it's a unique Ford area and the prices are
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00217.html (8,415 bytes)
- 128. Re: sealer (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:51:01 -0700
- Larry Mac, In Tucson, the BMW motorcycle dealer uses Hylomar. You might check with your local BMW dealer and see if they do. I used some years ago to seal pushrod tubes in VW and Corvair engines. How
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00285.html (7,471 bytes)
- 129. Re: It's a meltdown..... (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:54:40 -0700
- The circle track guys in Tucson use Red Line Water Wetter and seem to think it helps them run cooler. Howard me like /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain te
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00286.html (7,636 bytes)
- 130. Re: density altitude (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:30:42 -0700
- I struggled with the formulas for that and did not have the proper instrumentation so we got a TAG Weather Station that displays density altitude when it boots up. Howard /// /// land-speed@autox.te
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00365.html (7,797 bytes)
- 131. Clay bar (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:47:57 -0700
- I'm sure there is something out there better but I was having trouble getting the polycarbonate windshield as clean and slick as I wanted it and decided to try the old Mothers clay bar treatment. It
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00391.html (6,619 bytes)
- 132. Re: barometric pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:06:35 -0700
- It effects it at idle at least. We have a vacuum standard at the circle track for checking factory stock camshafts. They must idle at a minimum of 16" at 900 RPM. The folks at holley and the folks w
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00416.html (7,707 bytes)
- 133. Re: fan or no fan (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:21:47 -0700
- For whatever it's worth, I agree with your logic. We did not run an aircooled engine in our motorcycle powered streamliner because of the drag created by getting the required volume of air thru the
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00473.html (10,717 bytes)
- 134. Clay Bar (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:51:35 -0700
- I forgot the most important comment on the Mothers clay bar kit. It works much better if you do your wife's car with it first. Howard Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The older it is the faster
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00474.html (6,515 bytes)
- 135. Re: Aero Effects (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:23:37 -0700
- I'm an amateur at this stuff but have read a lot and asked a million questions to try and learn. I have a book on Automotive aerodynamics that says a teardrop with the round end forward has a cd of
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00577.html (9,881 bytes)
- 136. Re: Aero Effects (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:06:18 -0700
- I'll bet if the bubber in the baloon was flexible enough, it would assume a basic teardrop shape just like a drop of water that has no container does. Howard /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailin
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00587.html (7,918 bytes)
- 137. Re: Aero Effects (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:21:33 -0700
- Thanks for the info. That substantiates what I have learned, what the books say, and what Dr. Scott at the University of Arizona told me. He teaches Aerodynamics at the School of Engineering and we
- /html/land-speed/2001-07/msg00590.html (9,144 bytes)
- 138. Re: Additional Thought on Fasteners... (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:50:20 -0700
- I agree. I would much rather have something bend than break. For example, I seldom use grade 8 in steering assemblies. Howard and /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe se
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00026.html (7,994 bytes)
- 139. Re: latest project ....... the intake manifold (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 20:41:32 -0700
- Good grief!! I thought it was difficult when Bryan Savage and I ran that first liner with me being in Tucson with the car and Bryan in San Jose with the engine. You guys have set new standards of do
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00207.html (10,634 bytes)
- 140. Re: Goodyear racing tires & tire slippage (score: 1)
- Author: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:08:20 -0700
- Based on our experience at the local asphalt circle track, tire softeners are not the answer. Most are carcinogenic and shorten the life of the tire. Tires blister when they are too soft which allow
- /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00308.html (10,202 bytes)
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