Every year or so, someone posts about “balancing beads” on the H.A.M.B. Typically, this post is followed by guys that swear by their magic and others who say there is no possible way that they could work. A couple of weeks ago, this scenario played itself out again… and I decided to test the theory [...]
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Balancing Act
Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Ryan
Filed under: Tech
Filed under: Tech
What Is One Horsepower?
Can’t you just see Barney Navarro sitting down at a desk in a dark corner of his shop with an old Bic pen and a couple of loose leaf pieces of paper? I bet he didn’t even take time to wash his hands before he started writing. After an hour or so, he’d take the [...]
Baileigh Tech Week: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner…
It’s over… The votes are in… The deed is done… Your voices were heard loud and clear – from the mountain tops to the valleys… and the winner of the latest Baileigh Tech Week is Loudpedal. Or, should I say Mr. Loudpedal from now on? His post on the introduction of casting from home was [...]
Huge Tech Week… Sponsored By: Baileigh!
It’s been really windy here in Dripping Springs the last few evenings. So windy, in fact, that the house has been creaking and groaning as it fights back against mother nature. Maybe that’s why I didn’t hear our intruder enter the house late last night. I had no idea anything at all was out of [...]
The Tachymetre
A few years ago, we featured an article on Otto Crocker that was published in a 1951 edition of Popular Mechanics. Otto was a watch maker with an intense interest in both time and speed. He began to merge the two passions on his first trip to Bonneville when he pulled out his trusty chronograph [...]
Vote For The Tech Week Winner NOW!!!!
Alright fellas… We’ve had one hell of a tech week and now it’s time to figure out who’s gonna take home the super bad ass die cast from GMP. The folks from GMP had a top secret meeting with our tech editors just last night. They met in an unmarked warehouse located on the bad side [...]
Surprise… It’s TECH WEEK!
I bet you didn’t see this one coming – did ya? And, it’s a special one too… GMP came to me a while back looking to support the joint and after some discussion it was decided that a tech week was the perfect opportunity. See, GMP recently released a new model in their “Real Art [...]
Tech Week: WINNER!
Tech week is over and man, was it a good one. So good in fact, that judging got hairy. The judges were the prize givers – 3wLarry, HotRod33, Mark-V, Atomic Hot Rods, Zman, and myself. We all met late at night in the local bowling alley. Knowing it could ugly, the owner of Route-66 Bowl [...]
1940s Auto Mechanic…
Just stumbled across this 1940s vocational education film on becoming a mechanic. Its a great film clip for checking out vintage service equipment, car part cutaways, uniforms, etc. What strikes me is how radically the skill set has changed for a new car mechanic. In the pursuit of simplicity, reliability and safety, new cars have [...]
1948 to 1950 Ford Trucks: Rubber
So a friend of mine just got himself a brand spanking new 1950 Ford truck. For the most part, it’s bone stock and he is already gathering the parts needed to give the little hauler a lower stance. However, he isn’t quite sure yet what to do about tire size. It’s an important decision because [...]
