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From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: stagger rockers
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 17:19:35 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
To: hotrod@dixie.com
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 The December issue of Chevy High Performance magazine mentions a test
supposedly performed by Chevy engineers at a place called Katech.  Why
they weren't using a Chevy dyno is a mystery.

 Anyway, as most of you are doubtless aware, Chevy intake ports are
paired.  With a standard X plane intake, two of the four center ports
are typically bent "backwards" to the direction of flow.  Two of the
outer ports are virtually straight shots, and the other four have mild
but differing bends.  Single plane intakes normally use different runner
lengths, shapes, and volumes to equalize air/fuel ratio between the
cylinders.

 The experiment in question involved a circle track motor of
approximately 675 horsepower.  The GM engineers determined they could
help the outer cylinders by juggling rocker ratio, and mix-n-matched
1.60, 1.65, and 1.70 rockers hither and yon.  If you remember
stagger-jetting a big block Chevy it'd make perfect sense.  This
bleeding-edge tuning reportedly gave a solid 4 horsepower increase over
the baseline motor.  Going to the higher ratio rockers in the center
cylinders resulted in "a measurable loss of horsepower."

 The article sort of implied that staggering rocker ratios might be a
good idea.  It looks to me like someone needed to do a little work on
the intake ports and manifold runners, and there's a good chance the
exhaust headers might have affected things.  Finally, 4hp is well within
the repeatable margin of error for any dyno I'm familiar with.

 Those with longstanding memberships in the Trick-of-the-Week Club
should be waving their credit cards now.  For me, the whole thing looks
bogus.
                                                                                                           

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Posted by: emory!chaos.lrk.ar.us!dave.williams (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: After market fuel injection
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 05:58:46 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
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> 
> [Not trying to dispute your experience with Electromotive because I know
> a lot of people have had problems but once the problems are worked out,
> it brings a couple of things to the table that no one else has that I'm
> aware of.  The major problem is the crank sensor.  Trash the supplied
> sensor and install a Hall Effect unit (Microswitch makes several 
> suitable ones. )  In my experience that completely eliminates a bunch
> of flakeyness.  I've always had good luck calling in to talk with 'em
> and that was before I became "the press" :-)

  Yep, the crank trigger was where I was having major problems with
my HPV3 DFI.  Spent several days playing with sensor gaps and
machining the trigger wheel (per suggestions made by Electromotive)
while wathing the output of the sensor on a scope.  Having even a vague
clue as to what the HPV3 wanted to see from the sensor would have helped
considerably, but Electromotive would no provide any such information.
Finally got it to run for 6 minutes, then it died and wouldn't restart.
This vehicle was for the 1991 NGV Challenge.  Many other teams used the
TEC system for injection and fuel control.  Most of them were using a
distruibutor mounted trigger made by someone else, can't remember who.
The major complaints that year (besides the stock trigger), were that
it would not work in a broad range of temperatures (40F to 100F was what
the functional range was, I believe), and that it would not fire if the
supply voltage dropped below about 10 volts during cranking.

> I would NOT recommend the Electromotive system for someone looking for
> a turnkey setup but if you're willing to fix the warts, it is a good
> deal for the money.   JGD]
> 


-- 
Jon Lusky
lusky@gnu.ai.mit.edu

 79 Rx-7 12A/Holley 4bbl
 67 Camaro/350/4spd (under construction)
 89 Jeep Wrangler/258 (currently self destructing)

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Posted by: emory!gnu.ai.mit.edu!lusky
Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: alt.hotrod
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 07:01:15 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
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Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
>From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: 351W (C)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:37:27 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX

In article <19=qcvn@dixie.com> hotrod@dixie.com writes:
>A friend of mine bought a 73 Cougar for the engine that it held.  The man said
>it was a 351 Cleveland, but it looks just like a 351 Windsor.  The saler said
>he had to put 351C parts in it (bearings, and oil pump).  The heads are small,
>the water path seams to be Windsor, but the valve cover says: "351W (C)".  
>The local ford dealer says its a Cleveland (just by description, he did not 
>actually see the engine).  So guys, what is it?  Thanks.

Count the number of valve cover bolts. If it's 6 per cover then Windsor, if it's
8 per cover then its a Cleveland or a 351M( IMHO 351M's are worthless ).
-- 
=============================================================================
Neal Howard   '91 XLH-1200      DoD #686      CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
     "To do is to be." - Socrates      "To be is to do." - Aristotle
                       "Doo bee doo bee doo." - Sinatra
=============================================================================

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Posted by: Neal Howard <emory!gatech!cmptrc.lonestar.org!neal>
Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Uneven Fuel Distribution
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 16:39:10 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
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Hi, I have a '83 Firebird with the Chevy ZZ1 350 H.O. motor. It runs great 
except it only gives me about 10 mpg city and highway. I checked to make 
sure that the power valve is not broken. I also downsized the main jets 
two steps. Air filter is almost new. Now when I pulled all the eight sparks,
I found out that six of them, except the #7 and #8, were very badly 
fouled by carbon deposit. When idling the motor gives 15" Hg vaccum and a 
little bit of roughness.
Today I talked to a technician from Cagle Fuel Contral, where I am going 
to order a so called "smart fuel regulator"(HRM Jan, 1992), which is 
basicly a fuel regulator modulated by manifold pressure. I was told that 
the bad distribution is quite typical for GM V8, and I have to either buy 
another aftermarket intake manifold or I pull out mine and try to polish a 
little bit to improve the distribution, and also their regulator will 
greatly improve my gas milage.
Well, is there any similar experience and any comments on these.

Thanks

Jizhong

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Posted by: emory!MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU!HJZ
Newsgroups: alt.hotrod,wiz.hotrod
From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
Subject: Re: After market fuel injections
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 10:36:02 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.
To: hotrod@dixie.com
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Well we're listing loads of systems, but I have not seen any price estimates 
yet?

[As I said before, the price varies widely.  The Projection system is
about $600 from summit racing.  The high end systems including all
necessary components can exceed $4000.  ECU-only setups where you
supply the manifold, injectors, etc are around a kilobuck.  You'll
need to research your own engine to get any more detail.  JGD]

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Posted by: hotrod@dixie.com
Newsgroups: alt.support
From: muaddib@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rob Dorfman)
Subject: Re: lying
Organization: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 23:03:02 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.212212.21312@europa.asd.contel.com> draper@gnd1.wtp.gtefsd.com writes:
>Sometimes I don't no where to post things, but there isn't a group
>that primarily deals with relationships (or I don't know which one does).
>
>What do you do when you know your husband is lying to you?  Confront him?
>What if you know he is doing it to protect your feelings?


This is my first post to this group. But I will do my best to
give my opinion on this.

I have been on both sides of the issue of whether to tell the truth
or to hear it.  I believe that it is in everyone's best interest to
know the truth no matter how bad it is.  I have seen that the truth
will always reveal itself.  But there are better and worse ways do to
this.  

in your case (and i dont know your exact situation) if you feel that he
is not telling you the truth there might be a non-confrontational
way to get the truth.  if the truth is not being told then he may not
feel secure enough to tell it or he may be afraid to tell it because
he believes it is bad.  if either of these things are the case in my
experience being supportive usually helps the truth come out.  and if
it is a bad truth then the two of you can work together to solve it.
if it can be solved.

rob

Newsgroups: alt.support
From: ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear)
Subject: Re: Beastiality
Organization: Home for the Terminally Infirm
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:25:20 GMT

In article <Kane.3.0@Xanadu.com> Kane@Xanadu.com (Charles Foster Kane) writes:
>Recently I've come to terms with my animal lust. I was at home sodomizing my 
>cat when my wife arrived home early from her therapy. We were considering 
>divorce but thanks to a robbery at gunpoint and lots of anger, we are now 
>able to work out our problems by writing them down and electronically 
>distributing them to strangers.
>
>Thanx for listening, assholes.

Thanks for sharing that with us, Charles.  Now run along before Daddy
finds out you've been playing with his computer again.
-- 
Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear              ekman@netcom.com
Home for the Terminally Infirm, Redwood City, California
Newsgroups: alt.support
From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Re: lying
Organization: OFSA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:49:02 GMT

draper@gnd1.wtp.gtefsd.com asks:

>Sometimes I don't no where to post things, but there isn't a group
>that primarily deals with relationships (or I don't know which one does).

This is as good as any as far as I am concerned.

>What do you do when you know your husband is lying to you?  Confront him?
>What if you know he is doing it to protect your feelings?

There is no GOOD reason to lie to your spouse or S.O. Lying only
engenders distrust and accomplishes a lessening of the relationship.
Complete honesty is paramount in a relationship if you want it to be
as good as it can be.

I realize there are a lot of situations when a lie might seem the best
thing to do to protect someone but I cannot condone it. If a couple is
completely open with one another they can share anything.

Yes, confront him...get it out in the open and out of the dark where
it will fester.

Steve
From: mccall3080@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.support
Subject: Does he mean what he said?
Date: 21 Nov 92 23:37:30 -0600
Summary: dating!
Reply-To: mccall3080@iscsvax.uni.edu
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

        I am getting so frustrated with this dating thing.  About a month ago I
asked out this guy.  We went out had a great time and when we see eachother in
class we joke around and have a great time.  I think he likes me, but he hasn't
asked me out yet.  So, being the woman of the 90s, I asked him out again for
the beginning of December when there is this huge Christmas concert that is
sold out.  He responded well and then asked when it was.  I told him and then
he said that he didn't know.  He would have to see because he was really busy
the beginning of December and maybe wouldn't have the time.
        Now I know that I should take it to mean as he said, but is he covering
up?  Is he trying to get out of it by not telling me the truth?  I know that I
am analyzing it to death, but I just don't know.  I am almost to the point of
giving up.  I am tired of taking all the risks.  
        I just keep going back and forth on this.  I'll wait to see what he
finally decides after Thanksgiving break, but should I ask him to be honest
with me about where this thing is going?  Should I leave it up to him?  Should
I just ask him out one more time?  I don't know and I am getting really
frustrated.  Why can't things just go easy, even for a little while!?!
Melissa
From: shedevil@vix.com (Anne P. Mitchell JD)
Newsgroups: alt.support
Subject: Re: Please help, someone is following me.
Date: 22 Nov 1992 09:48:07 -0800
Organization: Knapp & Viola, Attys. at Law, San Mateo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gw.home.vix.com

I did mail this to Chris, but am posting it here as well:

Chris,

*IMMEDIATELY* take what you have written, and yourself, to the local
police, *and* the campus police.  Tell them your story.  Give them
a printout of your post.  Do it NOW.  

FIRST thing tomorrow morning, go to your school administrators, AND
the president's office.  Tell THEM the story and give them a copy of
this post.

Do NOT play games with your life, which this could well be.  Take
these actions now, regardless of how you may feel about it [i.e. your
mind may vacillate between fear for yourself, and not wanting to get
this guy into *too* much trouble].  That is what I meant by don't play
games with your life.  Take this as a *very* serious threat, and take
action now, this minute.

Anne
-- 
   LOOKING FOR:  Anyone from Greenfield MA, Putney VT, & Lorna Taylor
I am: Anne Mitchell, mom, & founder of the Fathers' Rights & Equality Exchange
Ask me about FREE!  FREE files available via anonymous ftp 128.45.1.1; dir /pub
          sex is a misdemeanor - the more I miss, the meaner I get.
Newsgroups: alt.support
From: janet@ntmtv.UUCP
Subject: Re: Beastiality
Organization: Northern Telecom Incorporated
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:45:24 GMT

In article <Kane.3.0@Xanadu.com>, Kane@Xanadu.com (Charles Foster Kane) writes:
|> Recently I've come to terms with my animal lust. I was at home sodomizing my 
|> cat when my wife arrived home early from her therapy. We were considering 
|> divorce but thanks to a robbery at gunpoint and lots of anger, we are now 
|> able to work out our problems by writing them down and electronically 
|> distributing them to strangers.
|> 
|> Thanx for listening, assholes.
|> 
|> 						

I think we all know who the *REAL* asshole is.....ASSHOLE!!!
From: werner@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (John Werner)
Newsgroups: alt.support
Subject: Re: Informing on Others
Date: 21 Nov 1992 05:40:16 GMT
Organization: School of Education, U.C. Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: dewey.soe.berkeley.edu

In article <By1AC0.Bp2@cscns.com> rks@cscns.com (Island's Child) writes:
>
>    What gives *any* of you the right to forward people's postings to
>sysops, bosses, SOs or anything else? Just *who* do you think you all
>are?

If you think non-anonymous posts to Usenet are "private" in any way,
you are mistaken.  According to the latest readership estimates, there
are 9400 people who read this group.  You might know some of them.
Some of them might know you.  You mentioned that someone sent one of
your posts to your boss.  For all you know, your boss might even
subscribe now.  Usenet is a public medium.

>    The person who posted, saying that he had forwarded (or 'reported')
>Kane's message to his sysop, is *way* out of line!

I disagree.  Forwarding obnoxious posts to sysops is one of the only
ways to keep bad (or clueless) net.citizens under control.  I do this
fairly frequently myself, but usually for more blatant net abuse like
advertisements in the technical newsgroups I read.  I'd have some
qualms about doing it in a group like this one where people talk about
personal issues.  But if someone were consistently obnoxious and
abusive, or if they kept posting messages that didn't have anything to
do with this group's purpose, I might.  By the way, I didn't see
Kane's message so I'm not implying that I approve or diapprove of it
or of the responses to it.
-- 
John Werner                        werner@soe.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley School of Education    510-642-9651
Newsgroups: alt.support
From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
Subject: Re: Beastiality
Organization: OFSA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:45:25 GMT

ekman@netcom.com (Crossly the Glad-Eyed Bear) explains:


>Steve,
>
>Whether the person who posted the article understands much of anything
>is irrelevant.  Surely you understand how much fun there is in a tart
>reply.  People who post seriously here get considered responses.  When
>an idiot posts, all bets are off.  Let us have our fun where we can get
>it.

Well, tart replies are cool as long as you don't allow it to interfere
with your own serenity. I enjoy a good flame now and then as well as
anyone. :) I HAVE found that if someone is serious about disturbing a
serious group such as this one then if you react with anger it only
encourages them. In alt.romance.chat we stress that everyone should
ignore the occasional jerk. 

Steve
Newsgroups: alt.support
From: rks@cscns.com (Island's Child)
Subject: Re: Informing on Others
Organization: Community_News_Service
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 21:15:17 GMT

werner@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (John Werner) writes:
: In article <By1AC0.Bp2@cscns.com> rks@cscns.com (Island's Child) writes:
: >
: >    What gives *any* of you the right to forward people's postings to
: >sysops, bosses, SOs or anything else? Just *who* do you think you all
: >are?
: 
: If you think non-anonymous posts to Usenet are "private" in any way,
: you are mistaken.  According to the latest readership estimates, there
: are 9400 people who read this group.  You might know some of them.

I am aware of that. However, when I post to a public group, I do it 
voluntarily. Others sending my posts around without my permission is
just plain rude -- not to mention wrong!


: Some of them might know you.  You mentioned that someone sent one of
: your posts to your boss.  For all you know, your boss might even
: subscribe now.  Usenet is a public medium.

Yes. I am aware of his subscription. The fact is that he thought the
sameof the person who did that. He agreed with my anger. But that is 
not the issue. The issue is that others sending posts around without
the permission of the poster is a violation of privacy. 


: 
: >    The person who posted, saying that he had forwarded (or 'reported')
: >Kane's message to his sysop, is *way* out of line!
: 
: I disagree.  Forwarding obnoxious posts to sysops is one of the only
: ways to keep bad (or clueless) net.citizens under control.  I do this
: f

Why not just ignore it if you don't like it? Your key phrase was
"under control" -- by your definition, of course.



airly frequently myself, but usually for more blatant net abuse like
: advertisements in the technical newsgroups I read.  I'd have some
: qualms about doing it in a group like this one where people talk about
: personal issues.  But if someone were consistently obnoxious and

Well, good.

: abusive, or if they kept posting messages that didn't have anything to
: do with this group's purpose, I might.  By the way, I didn't see
: Kane's message so I'm not implying that I approve or diapprove of it
: or of the responses to it.
: -- 

Kan's message *was* obnoxious. And it was mocking. I still say, though,
that those who want to deal with him -- have something to say to him --
should say it to *him*. Nazi tactics of using authority to coerce others
into your way of thinking is wrong. Period. End of discussion.



Gisle
From: moy@acf3.NYU.EDU (Gloria J. Moy,N.DORM C3,(212)9983456,)
Newsgroups: alt.support
Subject: The Shrink Thing -round 2
Date: 17 Nov 92 17:19:00 GMT
Organization: New York University



	I am seeing my therapist this afternoon and we will undoubtly
discuss things like money, my needs and stuff like that. I'm alittle 
nervous about the whole thing, but I'm sure that if I am honest with
myself and with God and with my therapist things will work out okay.
Resolution is the goal, but work towards resolution would be acceptable
too.
	I think its going to be a rough afternoon because I am also
going to see my psychiatrist to get the refills for my meds. But I think
my therapist called him on friday to let him know that I was having a
difficult time of it.  

Guys- thanks for your support and wish me luck.

-gloria

===========================================================================
Confrontation is not my strong point!
Newsgroups: alt.support,alt.recovery
From: dlittlej@beach.csulb.edu (Darren Littlejohn)
Subject: Re: ANGER!!!!!!!
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:14:19 GMT

I recommend that you find a support group for men who are violent.
They are everywhere. If you can't find one locally, send me your
address and I will have some info sent to you, or I'll email you
the closest one to you. These groups provide specialized help
in addition to and as a supplement to, not a replacement for
12 step meetings. I go to one each week myself, as well as meetings.
It can prevent a tragedy. 



Newsgroups: alt.support
From: dennisp@kpc.com (Dennis Preston)
Subject: Re: Beastiality from Kane - Please Read
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer Inc, Santa Clara, CA
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:53:25 GMT

In article <Schiffman.52.0@The?Wharton?School> Schiffman@The Wharton School (Jan J. Schiffman) writes:
>Well Dennis,

He answers!!

>	I'm the Charles Foster Kane you've been so excited about. You can 
>now respond to my post directly and not have to run to your sysop if I 

Never ran to *my* sysop. Just didn't like your post *here*
P.S. I don't have a sysop.

>offend you. Very childish behavior... You did not run to my sysop, just the 
>school administrator. I'm my network administrator and you can tell 
>whomever you want about my posts. Read the RFCs for the netnews, I've 
>broken no rules or "laws", I just pissed you off and that's too bad. As for 

Ok, I'll buy that.

>my address anyone with any experience on the net could find the Internet 

Found you, your Internet address and catted your /etc/passwd.

>host name left in my header. I don't even consider what you did here to be 
>"snitching", if you don't like a post ignore it, don't display leaning 

Good, the intent wasn't to "snitch"
>toward fascism and try to control what others do. Remeber this is dnot any 

>more your group than mine, this is the Internet it belongs to all of us 

True, but those of us who function in a .com environment don't try to
piss people off just to piss people off.

>equally, to childern like yourself and jerks like me.
>
Jan, had you posted as yourself, I doubt I would have reacted at all.
I have net access fron over 400 machines in the US alone. The only account
that is traceable by visual inspection is this one. Your articles would 
have humourous impact in *several other places on the net. You seemed to
take delight in poking sharp sticks into people with gaping wounds. I'd
even bet that you like to dip field mice in fuel oil and light them.
My mail question to you is, do you enjoy mocking and kicking people who
don't want to fight? 
>
I've had my say, you've had yours. All we're doing now is wasting bandwidth.
I've apologized for overreacting. If this isn't good enough, let's move it
to alt.flame or alt.rude.overreaction. OK?

>					-Jan Schiffman
>					 Computing Administrator
>					 Department of Management
>					 The Wharton School
>					 University of Pennsylvania
>					 (215) 898-9796