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From: greenfie@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Steve Greenfield)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Air Compressor Questions
Date: 12 Oct 92 12:55:29 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

I just bought a Sears/Craftsman air compressor that was 3.5 HP and
had a 25 gallon tank that was rated at 125 PSI.  I think it came
with a 15ft hose which was 1/4" and rated at 200psi, I believe.  I
have never used a compressor before and I have a few questions and
concerns.
 
I am pretty excited about my purchase but I am confused about sizes
of hoses, fittings and tools.  The literature that came with the
compressor does not go into details about what size hoses, fittings
and tools that can or cannot be used, other than the SCFM ratings.
I have a Harbor Freight catalog and all the pneumatic tool ads say
1/4" NPT (?), 3/8" hose size along with the PSI and CFM ratings.
The SEARS tool catalog does not say anything about the NPT and hose
size!  Does anyone know if the tools from Harbor Freight will work
with my new compressor?  Do I need to order fittings and hoses of a
different size?  My guess is that these compressors and tools will
work together in most instances but I have nothing to base this on!
 
The compressor literature did say that you should not use an extension
cord but to use more air hose instead.  I know I need more than 15ft
of hose but I don't know what kind to get!  Any suggestions?  To make
things easier, I would think that swivel connectors and quick coupler
sets would be an advantage.  Any suggestions with this as well?
 
Thanks for any and all help!
 
 
 
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From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Cobra (laser) radar detection ad. (performance & legality)
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:09:30 GMT

A recent Road & Track has a cute Cobra Laser Detector ad.
Without going into details, they claim that a Laser gun is only
effective to about half a mile, and at that distance the beam has
spread to over 8 feet.
Cobra's new Laser Detector (model LD-200) can detect a laser beam up
to 1.5 miles away in all conditions (so they say).

1) I'd like to hear anyone's first or second hand experience with
   laser radar and laser radar detectors.

2) In some places/states, the illegality of operating a radar detector
    *seems* to be based on the illegality of operating a radio receiver
   that is capable of receiving police-band radio signals, of which
   conventional radar would be included.  
   Might they extend the police radio spectrum to include laser radar
   detectors, regardless of how undetectable these laser detectors are?
   For readers in places where radar detectors are illegal (Ontario
   specifically), just how/why are radar detectors illegal, and can
   laser detectors be made just as illegal?

3) Just to state an opinion, I believe we have the right to know that we
    are being surveiled by the police.
From: eriseman@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Eric Riseman)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Mitsubishi 3000GT
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:08:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: mlb.1992Oct13.200826.6108
Reply-To: eriseman@dw3f.ess.harris.com (Eric Riseman)
Organization: Harris GISD

Does anyone know anything about the Mitsubishi 3000GT?  Apart from being
a very heavy car,
is it a sportscar or a sportscar wannabe?  Is it well made and is it
worth the cost ? (I have never
seen a used one for sale in the paper or on the lot)  What is comparable
to the 3000GT and why?
What kind of performance does the car have (top end, acceleration,
cornering, etc)?  What are the
primary differences between the 3000GT and the Stealth (seems to be a
cheap imitation of the
3000, even though Mitsubishi makes the stealth)?

-note: the 3000GT I am interested in is NOT the twin Turbo (too many
$$$$$$$$$$$$$).

Thanks in advance!!
From: abochann@cisco.com (Alex Bochannek)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: New Ferrari 2+2 coupe with V12 front introduced!
Date: 8 Oct 1992 14:05:53 GMT
Organization: cisco Systems, Incorporated
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: last-call.cisco.com
Keywords: Ferrari

Hi out there!

I got convinced that this might interest quite some people out here, so I
decided to post this info.

The Paris car show takes place 10/8 - 10/18, i.e. it starts today. Besides
other interesting new cars (e.g., Alfa Romeo Zagato RZ Spyder, new 
Mercedes engines) Ferrari finally shows the successor to the last front V12
2+2 Ferrari 412, production stopped 1988. Unlike earlier rumors 
(512 America) this car is called:

FERRARI 456 GT

People who know the Ferrari nomenclature will say, "Wait! A 4.5 liter 
6 cyl?" Wrong! Ferrari returns to the old cubic-centimeter-per-cylinder
numbering scheme that they stopped when the Daytona went out of production.
This is a sensation of it's own. Now for the description. How does it look
like? Hmm, different than anything else you've ever seen from Ferrari. The
front actually reminds me of a Ford Probe, with the pop-up headlights up
like a BMW 850i. The middle part has a big air outlet behind the front 
wheels, pretty much like the rear of a 348tb, but without the extra ribs. 
Mirrors also look like 348tb, very long windscreen. Whole body is ducked
and wide, cW of 0.32. Weight is about 1800 kg or about 3970 lb. OK, now to
the rear. Hmm, unique to say the least. Reminds me somewhat of the Daytona.
Hard to describe, you got to see it. The taillights are one piece on each
side, two circles next to each other. All red with two white lights in the
middle. Although I can not see it on the pictures I got, supposedly there
is an automatic rear wing integrated. Also lots of spoilers all around
the car. So much for the exterior. What about the interior? Roomy for the
driver, almost no room on the rear bench. Looks like the car is for people
who got kids and had to sell their Testarossa. Conolly leather, polished
aluminum for switches and the shift gate and lever, chrome. Climate control
is standard as are the seat integrated belts. Give us some technical data!
OK, ABS is standard, Servotronic steering, suspension and shocks are
adjustable. The transmission is transaxial, six gears. The engine is a
totally new development! Data sheet:

Short-stroke 65 degree V12
5472 cm3 which equals about 334 in3
Weight 235 kg which equals about 518 lb
Power 442 HP @ 6250/min
Torque 550 Nm @ 4500/min
0-60mph ~5sec
Top speed > 185 mph

And how much does it cost, you might ask? Well, keep your checkbook ready.
The price in the US probably will be higher, but in Germany this car will
be available for the small amount of about:

260,000 US$

Start dreaming ...

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From: jim@mwhhlaw (James P. Cavanaugh III)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Two articles on seat belts
Date: 15 Oct 92 12:11:35 GMT
Organization: Martin Wade Hartley & Hollingsworth


	I once read an economists thoughts on the subject of auto  
safety.  He said that the problem was that all of the safety equipment  
in todays cars makes us feel safer, and thus causes us to drive more  
irresponsibly.  His solution?  remove all seat belts and air bags and   
mount a sharp daggar on the steering column of every car, pointed  
straight at the driver's heart.  The cost of unsafe driving will be  
increased significantly, and we will see much less of it.

Jim Cavanaugh
From: jodyf@informix.com (Jody Fairchild)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Im going to be sick...
Date: 12 Oct 92 18:27:25 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Oct8.043242.28242@netcom.com>
	esprit@netcom.com (Alan F. Perry) writes:

>In article <DP00RB4w164w@cellar.org>, blu@cellar.org (Dan Reed) writes:
>|>In (todays) USA today (Oct, 7th) on page 3A, there is a small article, "No 
>|>Foreign Cars".
>|> 
>|>Drivers of foreign-made cars in the Flint. Mich., beware.  Begeining Monday 
>|>only US made cars will be allowed in the City Hall Basement garage.  Flint 
>|>Mayor Woodrow Stanley said he issued the order to send a message to buy 
>|>American. And he says he might designate other city lots for US only cars.  
>|>General Motors is the city's largest employer with 50,000 local workers, 
>|>whose taxes, Satnley says, help pay city workers' salaries.
>
>So, if I lived in Flint and needed to go to City Hall, I could not park my
>non-US car there. 

	I heard on the radio this morning that this ruling only applied
	to city employees using the garage to park while they were at
	work.  Still, pretty pathetic.

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From: bill@hood.tandem.com (norcott_bill@tandem.com)
Subject: Re: Petro Jelly on terminals
Reply-To: norcott_bill@tandem.com (Bill Norcott)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:29:48 GMT

In article <tlm1.718940943@Ra.MsState.Edu>, tlm1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Terry Matula) writes:
|> 
|> Umm, a DIELECTRIC, by definition, is a nonconductor of direct current.
|> 
OUCH!  You're right, now I will chasten myself ;-} 

But they do say in the Haynes manual to use dielectric grease.  
However, they don't say NOT to use Vaseline instead on the terminals.

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From: walkerr@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Robert A Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Leaded gas and older engines
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:03:02 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu

In article <1992Oct7.164916.712@netcom.com> geoff@netcom.com (Geoffrey Leach) writes:
>Here in California, leaded gas is no longer available.
>So what does one do if the car's engine is designed for leaded (i.e., 
>the old "regular")?
>
>Seems like there are three options:
>
>	Use unleaded regular
>	Use unleaded premium
>	Add "Lead substitue" to unleaded.
>
>Any opinions?  Any other options?

	Rip off the heads and have hardened valve seats added.  I believe the
purpose of the lead was to lubricate the valve seats so they wouldn't
wear down, so with hardened valve seats they won't wear down and you can use
unleaded gas.
                                       Bob
From: aledm@ncd.com (Aled Morris)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: '93 Probe vs. Celica
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:49:39 GMT
Organization: Network Computing Devices, Mt. View, CA, USA

I'm about to buy a '93 Ford Probe, am I doing the right thing?  I have also
looked at the Toyota Celica, but it's a lot more expensive.

The probe I'm looking at has the (Mazda?) 6 cyl engine, 24 valve, 5sp manual
transmission.  It seems to be the more modern car.

Comments?  It's difficult to judge a car from a short test drive.  Anyone own
either of these cars?

Aled

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From: bill@iron.tandem.com (norcott_bill@tandem.com)
Subject: Re: top ten sellers of '92
Reply-To: norcott_bill@tandem.com  (Bill Norcott)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:31:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.112453.14548@linus.mitre.org>, rll@frieda.mitre.org (Roberto L. Landrau) writes:
|> In article <1at066INN3tr@gap.caltech.edu> hacker@cco.caltech.edu
|> (Jonathan Bruce Hacker) published a list of the best sellers.  When
|> gathering these statistics, do they consider identical (and similar)
|> ``twins'' 

No they don't.  The Mercury etc. models are listed on their own
further down the list.  That is why lists like this are kind of a 
crock, what's more interesting is total cars sold by a manufacturer,
or gain/loss of market share.  For example Ford MC was up by about 15%
as I recall, and Honda sales are down (by some double-digit percent).
If they played the twins game on the list it would get too confusing
for example the NUMMI plant that makes the Toyota Corolla and GEO 
Prism.  If you lumped them together who gets to count it?  Likewise
the Ford Explorer/Mazda Navajo, etc.
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From: wwein@scott.skidmore.edu (warren wein)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Exotic Cars
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:06:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: scott.1992Oct13.170657.4149
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


	How about taking a trip to South Hampton, NY.  Last time I was
there I saw a two Ferrari 308s.  One in blue the other in red.  A 328.
A Lamborghini Coutach and an Acura NSX.  Then there was the green
Lotus Esprit.  THat was all in the same day!



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From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: PCULIAR PL8
Date: 16 Oct 1992 19:57 PST
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

A friend of a friend saw a strange sight.  Apparently it was
a car with an American style plate whose symbols included a
triangle and the letters PP.  The car was "bristling with all
kinds of antennas."  Ideas?

--Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
From: darling@cellar.org (Thomas Darling)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: SAAB love (was Re: Saab 900i Problems)
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:30:36 GMT
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system

strollo@ssd.kodak.com (Larry Strollo) writes:

> In article <3935@unisql.UUCP> wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
> >
> >	Not until I've convinced *every* *reader* of rec.autos never, never,
> >ever to buy a Saab.  
> >
> >	I'm on a mission from God.
> 
> I'm getting ready to buy my third SAAB, a 93 9000CS - your mission is doomed.

Agreed; I've just bought my second.  I guess that Larry and I have been
suckered into believing that outstanding quality of construction,
reliability, and superior performance and design aesthetics somehow carry
more weight than the ravings of a psychotic and extremely hard to believe
lunatic who posts under a pseudonym.  So sue us.  We're safe in these
machines.

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From: rll@frieda.mitre.org (Roberto L. Landrau)
Subject: Re: '93 Probe vs. Celica
Organization: Research Computer Facility, MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:21:11 GMT

In article <1992Oct11.183247.4126@unixland.natick.ma.us>
bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) wrote about the Ford Probe:

>The 6 cyl engine is a FORD product, not Mazda.

The 6 cylinder engines (3.0l 12v) used up to 1992 in the Probe LX were
FORD engines, not Mazda engines.  The 6 cylinder engines used in the
new 1993's (24v) are Mazda engines.  All 4 cyl engines (2.2 12v and
the new 2.0 16v, I think) are Mazda engines.

Unless you want to wait for the '94s to come out.  They will have the
4.3l 32v V8's, and RWD, too.  They will probably be sold under a
different name, starting with an `M', I think...  Maybe it was
Mazda..., I can't remember now :)





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From: dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: AWD -vs- 4WD (was PC's vs. Mac's... was: FWD vs. RWD).
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:49:13 GMT
Reply-To: dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems

In <5609@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com> Mark writes:


>There is one factor that seems to separate AWD from 4WD in almost every
>case (I can't think of one exception). The AWD car has a center differential
>which is limited slip (either auto locking or viscous coupled). The 4WD
v


>The downside of AWD is that you can't turn it off so you'll have more rolling
>friction and therefore lower gas mileage than the 4WD when you don't need to
>have 2 axle traction.





There is at least one transfer case that fits your definition of AWD, and
can be turned on and off.  It's the Jeep <mumble>trak, and it's used in
my '90 Grand Wagoneer.  There is a viscuous coupling, and you can click it
on at any road speed, and leave it on all winter if you like.  Otherwise,
its plain old RWD.  I believe this tranfer case is still offered in the
Grand Cherokee, and maybe even in the Ungrand Cherokee.

	Dave

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From: prange@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Henry Prange)
Subject: Re: RX7 Mailing list is AFU.
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:30:52 GMT

RX-7 mailing list? What a concept! How and where do I get on it?
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From: rcm@col.hp.com (hpctdfc)
Subject: Re:    Jeep charcoal filter--Works how???
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:34:20 GMT
Organization: Don't ask me, I'm Lost!

John Foster <32HNBAK@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> writes:
> Does a line go directly to the carb?  Some manuals say so but I can't
> find where it should go.  They say it should go to the float bowl or
> something like that, but I don't see any obvious inlets on the carb
> for one!

My '75 CJ's canister is connected to the side of the intake manifold,
not the carburetor.

Rick
rcm@col.hp.com
From: 01ksdavis@bsu-ucs.uucp (Rebel without a clue.)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: PC's vs. Mac's... was: FWD vs. RWD, Which is
Date: 10 Oct 92 18:27:06 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.102732.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>, comptec91025@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:
> In article <1211@xlnt.COM>, david@xlnt.com (David Johnson) writes:
>> bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ron Bense) writes:
>> I drive an AWD now, and have driven RWD and FWD, all in snow, FWD is
>> better in snow for complete morons who want to take off in it the same
>> way they drive on dry pavement. RWD is fine, and with a little knowledge/
>> preperation (such as adding a 50# bag of sand in the rear) they will
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> DON'T EVER DO THIS!!!!  If you are driving down the street with a 50 pound
> sack in your trunk, and hit the brakes hard, that 50 pound sack is going
> to fly right through the back seat into the occupants of the car!!
> 
> <stuff deleted...>
> 
>> -- 
>> David Johnson
>> XLNT Designs, Inc. (XDI)
>> david@xlnt.com
> 
> Just my .02 for the day....
> 
> Ian.
-- 

	Just like in computers (nobody ever talks about the third major computer
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	Rear engine, rear wheel drive.  Have never had problems with this.

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From: harling@miki.pictel.com (Dan Harling)
Subject: Re: FWD vs. RWD, Which is best.
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:10:53 GMT

In article <13402@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> dbernard@thewho.Central.Sun.COM writes:
>	...And let's call
>	the "snowbank" snowpack rather than snowdrift.  Or let's call it
>	a snowdrift that has alternately thawed and frozen, forming a
>	crust over softer snow...

Instead, let's consider a *common* driving situation: pavement covered
with freshly-fallen or packed snow, or a combination of both.  While a
heavier car has greater inertia, it will also have more success in
getting its tires through the rather fluid new snow to either pavement
or a more solid layer, and will dig in deeper and pile up snow faster
in sudden stops.

The only relevance this question has to the original topic of FWD vs.
RWD is that RWD cars tend to be heavier in general than FWD cars, but
that fact has little to do with the essential drivetrain differences.
____________________________________________________________________________
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PictureTel Corp.             Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
Peabody, MA  01960                 PictureTel, but they ought to be!
From: david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds) 
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Petro Jelly on termin
Date: 14 Oct 92 11:16:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Cutting Edge - Houston, TX - 713-466-1525
Reply-To: david.bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us (David Bonds) 

  >I must have been very lucky buying the right batches of Vaseline the last
  >25 years, all of it has worked perfectly on my batteries. No corrosion,
  >great conductivity. Isn't it time we bury the legend that Vaseline is a
  >non-conductor?

It does conduct, as least, it does if not spread on TOO thick.  The mechanic
did the battery change in my driveway (YES, I can do a battery change, but I
couldn't drive the car to the shop, and I didn't have a socket deep enough 
to get the battery out of it's hold-downs), and I TOOK the vasolene to him.
He asked for it by name, and it worked.....  'nuf said.

- Dave Bonds 
- Internet : David.Bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us
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