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From: jyoung@Cadence.COM (John Young)
Subject: 1971 Pontiac Formula 400**for Sale**
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:48:23 GMT

****FOR SALE*******
1971 Formula 400 firebird
2nd owner
big block 400 w/new carb   
4 year old turbo 400 tranny
hard to find wide 15"pontiac rally's  
runs good(does second gear chirps)
needs minor work(mechanical & cosmetic)
smogged and smogable
currently registered
all #'s match
+ extra parts

Is lowered evenly,and has the duel vent formula hood.
Hate to sell,but have kid on way and can't afford third car anymore!!

Will Sacrifice $2,000 or best offer!!!!!!
call John @(408)944-8005 day's
 or        (408)984-8443 nights

 OR e-mail jyoung@cadence.com

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Posted by: emory!uunet.UU.NET!cadence!jyoung (John Young)
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Subject: JBA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:57:46 GMT
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I thought that I would pass on some news from the latest JBA
flyer.  They are having a moving sale special.

If you mention the one-page flyer then you get the sale prices
on:

1. JBA shorty headers for 86-93 5.0 Mustangs @$175

2. JBA mandrel tailpipes for 5.0 LX & GT Mustang @$75

3. JBA 86-93 5.0 Mustang 2.5" off-road exhaust H-pipes @$85

The ad expires March 1, 1993.


Bob Hale                                      ...!ucsd!btree!hale
...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu                       ...!ucsd!btree!hale@uunet.uu.net

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Posted by: emory!UCSD.EDU!btree!hale (Bob Hale)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: Alcohol Carbs 
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 22:23:44 GMT
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> Date:  Thu, 21 Jan 93 19:01 EST
> From:  David Schwager <emory!VM1.TUCC.TRINITY.EDU!DSCHWAGE>
> 
>> I got a stack of stuff from Barry Grant Fuel Systems a few months back.
>> They do convert Holleys for Methanol use.  . . .

>     Sounds interesting.  How can I get that stack?
>     Converting to alternative fuel sounds like a possible way to get around
>California smog laws, which I believe exempt vehicles powered by fuels other
>than gasoline.
>                                  Thanks,
>                                  David Schwager
>                                  dschwage@vm1.tucc.trinity.edu

You need a different viewpoint (since I am an advocate of clean air).  You
are not "getting around" the smog laws, you are operating a high performance
(whether it is power or economy) vehicle that is very clean, and well within
any emission limits.  It is an opportunity to prove "Yes you can", to the
"It can't be done" crowd.  The advantage of the exemption is that it removes
the hassles from your experimentation.  It should not be used as a ticket to
pollute.  Don't abuse the exemption, or it will be taken away from us.


	-- Dan

[My attitude is "if I can be clean with no loss of power, why not?"
Converting to alternative fuel is to an extent "getting around" the smog
law to the extent that the law goes far beyond just controlling emissions,
to dictating what equipment can be installed (OEM or EO'd).   I'd
have little to complain about if the law let us make modifications
as we pleased and then have the results certified.  BTW, there's a lot
of motion around EPA right now trying to figure out what to do about
aldehyde emissions (what makes your eyes burn around methanol burning
vehicles).  My literature has conflicting claims regarding the efficacy 
of catalytic converters on aldehyde.  Some say it works, some say it 
doesn't and others (probably correctly) say it sorta works if the
temperature is high enough.  High enough exhaust temperature is the 
problem.  Even if this is worked out, I don't know many people
who can live with 6-10 mpg on the stuff.  Ignoring the cost and 
taxes based on gallons for a moment, most cars' tanks just won't hold
enough fuel to be useful.  JGD]
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Posted by: Dan Malek <emory!widener!westford.ccur.com!dan>
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: Hot vs Cold Gas
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 21:09:54 GMT
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Begin forwarded message:



I remember reading, a lot of years ago, that Smokey Yunick was
experimenting with an engine where the intake air was heated to
somewhere around 250 degrees Fahrenheit.  This engine also had
a turbocharger which Yunick referred to as a "homogenizer"; it
produced only about 1-2 PSI boost.  He was apparently trying for
extremely high gas mileage.

Does anyone know whatever became of this?

Bob Hale                                      ...!ucsd!btree!hale
...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu                        
...!ucsd!btree!hale@uunet.uu.net


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Posted by: emory!UCSD.EDU!btree!hale (Bob Hale)
 

..............................................................

Last I heard, which was direct from the mouth of Jeff Smith at Hot  
Rod Magazine was that he (Smokey) sold the patent to one of the big  
three and they were just sitting on it. It then went to someone like  
B&M who is spposedly developing the device further. I remember  
reading about it in HRM a long time ago. Smokey had a Fiero set up  
with this "Hot Air Engine". It made 2hp/cubic inch and got about  
35-50 MPG. The car really screamed.It seemed like a real cool way to  
make horsepower. I believe the idea of preheating the fuel and  
homogenizing was to create a perfect fuel vapor, which it did.  
Emissions were about as good as you could get. The problem was  
keeping the whole mess operating at a constant temprature.---
**********************************************************
Scott Colbath
Stratus Computer
Phoenix, Az.  (602)852-3106
Internet:scott_colbath@az.stratus.com
**********************************************************

[Best I can tell, this is a scheme to vaporize the fuel beforehand
and then mix it with air quite similar to how gaseous fuel carburation
works.  The turbo mixes things up and makes up for the loss in pumping
efficiency caused by heating the air.  This is not a new idea.  I recently
ran across the patent drawing for one of the very first liquid fueled 
engine designs.  Kerosene was boiled in a container and air was sucked
through a perforated tube traversing the container.  Mixture was 
regulated by how much heat was input to the boiler.  A flame got it 
started; thereafter exhaust heat did the job.  

I suspect that rather than a "big three" type sitting on the design, that
is has been rendered obsolete by modern high swirl, stratified charge
designs.  JGD]
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Posted by: emory!phoenix.az.stratus.com!scol (Scott Colbath)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: bat sonar
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 03:57:42 GMT
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the reason the article was interesting is that by a combination
of time and frequency domain analysis bats are able to identify
specific charateristics of flying objects.  i was thinking of
being able to identify specific charateristics of automobiles
in motion or stopped.  for example one could determine if a
car had a ski rack mounted on their roof.  or one could determine
if there was a car parked on a side road at night.  the problem
is with detection of low level high frequency sounds in a high
pressure environment is what i was wondering about.  a microphone
mounted on the roof of a car would have to contend with a wind
related to the cars speed and pick up a reflected echo.

[An alternative that might be simpler regarding electronics might be
microwave.  I just got a a tech note from MA/Com (ne Microwave Associates),
maker of the GunnPlexor familiar to hams and the maker of the RF section
of many police radar units.  It is titled "Microwave components for 
motion detection" and is available for the asking from MA/Com.  
617 272 3000.  They show a block diagram for building a simple 
range and heading radar using simple microwave components.  It is aimed
toward direction-sensitive microwave motion detection for burglar alarms.
This would probably be ideal for your application.  I'd want to choose a 
frequency that would not trigger radar detectors (TFT to the contrary :-).

BTW, is this close enough to high performance to continue here?  
I like it but I don't count much :-) 

Totally unrelated topic.

I've put a file called chry.ps.Z on the Performance Engineering Magazine (TM)
file server that is a drawing and instruction for using the Chrysler
electronic ignition module for general purpose electric ignition 
applications.  Fetch it as follows:

Send mail to listserv@dixie.com and in the body of the message put the
following:

index                                      (so you know what else is available)
send chry.ps.Z

Sorry, only available in postscript.  No text or other format available.

JGD]
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Posted by: emory!evolving.com!dxs
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Alcohol Carbs
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 18:08:22 GMT
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 I got a stack of stuff from Barry Grant Fuel Systems a few months back.
They do convert Holleys for Methanol use. It costs. From what the flyer
gave out, it's mostly replacement of alcohol-sensitive materials and
fuel-flow modifications to the inlet and maybe the main metering run
and power valve restrictors (my guess). They seem to be willing to sell
piece parts - there's a full price list in there, and the prices sure are
full. For the out-of-the-box alcohol carbs they want to add in a bunch of
race-related stuff which jacks up the end price and limits streetability -
no choke, etc., fancy foam baffles and jet extensions and custom floats,
all that sort of thing. A set of alcohol-compatible seals and floats
and a better-flowing float valve might suffice, along with a jet change.

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Posted by: emory!mlb.semi.harris.com!jws (James W. Swonger)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: JBA
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 18:48:46 GMT
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Yeah, plus a free catalog too. Mike Brattland

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Posted by: emory!nprdc.navy.mil!brattlan (CDR Michael Brattland)
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Subject: Re: Castrol synthetic oil and others
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 23:50:33 GMT
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In article <az_smkb@dixie.com> Jeff "turbo" Deifik writes:
>I have a shelby CSX (like a turbo II dodge shadow), and I have been
>using Mobil 1 15-50 synthetic motor oil since it was new. I was wondering
>if any other synthetic oil is 'better' in any meaningful way.

Hi Jeff!  Still got a line on those gel-cell batteries?

Yeah, I have been wondering the same thing.  My '89 Mustang has been
fed Mobil 1 10W30 since new (100K ago), and recently I switched to
Amsoil (mostly for the warm fuzzy feeling :-) for an open track event.

I have not been able to find any comparative information on synthetic
motor oils except from the manufacturers, who of course insist their
brand is best.  Prices cover a 3:1 spread, with Mobil 1 the cheapest
and Red Line the most outrageous.  It would be nice to know what
you're getting for the money.

>A friend of mine with a shelbyy GLHS is having a new engine built this
>week by a current shelby engine builder, and was wondering if the castrol
>synthetic was as good, or better than Mobil 1. The castrol is 5-50 weight.

Amsoil put out a blurb on Castrol Syntec that basically said it just
barely meets the 5W spec, and with that wide a viscosity range it had
to be using a ton of viscosity index (VI) improvers.  VI improvers
tend to break down over time, leaving you an oil that is too thin and
breakdown products that litter the combustion chamber.

If anyone out there has found a source of unbiased information about
different synthetic oils, please let us know!

 -- Chuck Fry  Chucko@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov

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Posted by: Chuck Fry <emory!ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov!chucko>
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: 390 Tri-Power jetting?
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 08:22:29 GMT
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Milliam, I got your note in the mail today and the bulletin is in the 
mail heading your way tonight.  It should help you resolve your tri-power.
Mike Brattland

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Posted by: emory!nprdc.navy.mil!brattlan (CDR Michael Brattland)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: Alcohol Carbs
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:32:13 GMT
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David Schwager writes:

>     Converting to alternative fuel sounds like a possible way to get around
>California smog laws, which I believe exempt vehicles powered by fuels other
>than gasoline.

	Sorry; no such luck.  The conversion kit has to be have a California
Air Resources Board (C.A.R.B.) Executive Order (E.O.) number, and as far as
I know there are _no_ such alcohol conversion kits out there, though quite
a number of legal propane and natural gas kits are available.  Even if you
_do_ have an E.O.'ed alternative fuel kit on your mill, moreover, they
still won't let you go free; other aftermarket stuff has to meet the same
restrictions as on a gasoline engine, specifically continued smog checks and
requirement of E.O.'s for your speed parts.

	This stinks, right?  What the hell kind of incentive is that for
people to switch fuels?  They even revoked the conversion tax credit some
years back.  If you want freedom, go for a pre-'66 car; back to '55 are
still subject to some restrictions, but I think that you're not required
to pass a smog check except on change of ownership or initial registration
in California, and even that may have gone by the wayside as of January 1,
1993, if I read the law correctly.  Guess why my vaporware car is a '64...

--Mark Looper
(fat ol' smallblock '70 Caprice, vaporware '64 Chevelle)

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Posted by: emory!cco.caltech.edu!looper (Mark D. Looper)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: Mo Compression
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:48:58 GMT
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hotrod@dixie.com writes:
" It could probably be done with a turbo, but I'm not sure how you'd go
"about sizing a turbo for a multiple fuel engine.

electric boost-limiting valve?

-- 
		+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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Posted by: emory!cbnews.cb.att.com!adh (andrew.d.hay)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: Vericom Corp info?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 23:54:36 GMT
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Eric Y wrote:

>Anyone know how to contact Vericom?  Is there a phone number or
>address to write to. 


     I found the # and address of Vericom Corp. in my Thomas Register.
     I hope this is the right company....

     Vericom Corp.
     6000-T Culligan Wy.
     Minneapolis, MN. 55345-5917
     (612) 933-0520

                                                  Dave


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Posted by: emory!pc.Trimble.COM!DBALINGI.SALES (DAVID BALINGIT)
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: 390 Tri-Power jetting?
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 01:36:48 GMT
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I am TRYING to get this damnable Tri setup running on my 390.
It ran fine on my old 427, but now it won't idle and seems to run extremely
rich.
I have placed #64 jets into both secondary carbs and #55 jets in the primary.
There are NO vacuum leaks, I have the butterflies adjusted to about .030 of
the mid-range slot showing, the carbs are completly rebuilt.

Mike B. can you lend me some assistance?

Getting crazy rather quickly
Millam

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Posted by: emory!naucse.cse.nau.edu!met (Millam Tackitt)
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Subject: Miller Motorsports '93
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:34:46 GMT
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Anyone attending the Miller Motorsports '93 racing show, Jan 22-24,
in King-of-Prussia, PA  (20 miles west of Philly) stop by my booth and say hi. 
Look for Motorsport Video, Booth 222, main floor.

If you are a race fan - NASCAR, Indy, dirt, sports, karts, - you name it,
this show is FUN.
--
Dave Tartaglia    indy@immacc.prepnet.com             === ZZ-|O\- .. _   
                                         VAROOOOM!......=(_)-=======(_)===

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Posted by: Dave Tartaglia <emory!immacc.prepnet.com!indy>
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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Castrol synthetic oil and others
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 04:32:06 GMT
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I have a shelby CSX (like a turbo II dodge shadow), and I have been
using Mobil 1 15-50 synthetic motor oil since it was new. I was wondering
if any other synthetic oil is 'better' in any meaningful way.

A friend of mine with a shelbyy GLHS is having a new engine built this
week by a current shelby engine builder, and was wondering if the castrol
synthetic was as good, or better than Mobil 1. The castrol is 5-50 weight.

	Jeff turbo Deifik	jdeifik@isi.edu
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Posted by: Jeff Deifik <emory!isi.edu!JDEIFIK>
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Subject: Re: Mo Compression
Date: 27 Jan 93 02:21:49 GMT
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Andrew Hay on The Hotrod List (hotrod@dixie.com) wrote:
: 
: hotrod@dixie.com writes:
: " It could probably be done with a turbo, but I'm not sure how you'd go
: "about sizing a turbo for a multiple fuel engine.
: 
: electric boost-limiting valve?
: 

How does this work?  Is there such an animal?  Home-grown?

DER

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Posted by: emory!marble.UUCP!donr (Don Robinson)
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Subject: Re: Holley lubrication
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 19:08:04 GMT
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Bob is the plastic cam itself groved from use?  I have found in the past
on my tri-power that the cams get tired and cause it to stick as you 
suggest.  I have in the past used just a touch of "white grease" without
any problems.  Could your shafts be a little worn or by chance are the 
butterfly plates out of alignment just a little.  I have also had that 
happen too.  Mike Brattland

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Posted by: emory!nprdc.navy.mil!brattlan (CDR Michael Brattland)
Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Smokey's Amazing Engine
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:31:34 GMT
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Its amazing that people still remember that article on
Smokey's Amazing Engine from 10 years ago.  It was in the
April 1983 issue of Popular Science (the National Enquirer
of scientific literature).  I've used the article as part
of a final exam problem I give in my Internal Combustion
Engines class.  The article says the intake manifold
pressure is only 0.5 psi above ambient but the exhaust gas
is passed through a heat exchanger to heat the intake air
to 400 deg F.  This is supposed to ensure fully vaporized
fuel which is part of his secret.  His patent is supposed
to explain how he can run the engine with a high intake
temperature without knock. The article also says that he
gets a peak torque of 165 ft-lb at 4400 rpm with a 78 cubic
inch two-cylinder engine.  The engine is four-stroke, spark-
ignited and carbureted.

Any engine with a 400 degree intake temperature will have
a very poor output because of a low volumetric efficiency.
However, the real problem comes when you calculate the
brake mean effective pressure for his engine.  Using the
numbers given above, the BMEP comes out to be 319 psi.
I contend it is not physically possible to get this high of
a BMEP in a naturally aspirated engine running on regular
unleaded gasoline (as Smokey says he is).  Most naturally 
aspirated engines run in the range of 100-130 psi.

To be fair to Smokey, I suppose its possible he was
mis-quoted.  However, the most frequent question my
students ask is: "just what is this guy smoking?"

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