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What are you trying to measure? If you want to know how fast you can do work like accelerating a mass, you want power. Peak power does not depend...
I don't know about that. I've run into a lot of HF fanboys who start spraying the holy water around every time someone, like me, relates a...
The (very) last item I bought from Harbor Freight a vice. It looked identical to a more costly vice sold under a name brand and I figured that...
I believe you're thinking of heat transfer like with a cooling fin on an air cooled motor. Guys used to drill the crap out of the fins on...
If all you have done is run it at low rpm for a bit you may be fine as the generator output varies with rpm so you may not have exceeded the...
This. This was my final assessment of my ZZ502 Vette. The only place in the street I could make full use all that motor to do anything other...
It may depend on how you like to drive. I had a 240Z with a nice motor and suspension that I loved to sling around every corner I could find....
Drill a hole opposite the dent and knock it out with a drift through the hole. Then weld the hole up.
If you're going to be spending a lot of time and money modifying this car for racing, you might reconsider starting with a wagon. By the time...
I had a 240Z with Recaro seats. It was stolen and all they took were the seats. They left the otherwise undamaged car parked on a street in a...
Start with a heavy chop, get rid of the divider between the doors and rig the doors with a linkage so they open and close together. You'd have a...
Is there or was there ever a functional reason for louvers in the trunk lid or is this strictly an aesthetic choice to add some interest to the...
Here's a rather poor image of a sedan that looks perfect to me. If I built an A it would look a lot like this with better paint.
You're not going to get 30,000V at high rpm because the dwell time is too short to saturate the coil. I recall reading somewhere that the red...
CO2 is not a gas mix, it's a chemical compound called carbon dioxide. carbon-C di-2 oxide-O It will not form a combustible mixture with any...
One note on welding or braising tanks using water: I watched a highly experienced welder attempt to braise a motorcycle gas tank filled with...
Tell him to make the cashier's check out to his friend and have his friend cash it at his bank and bring the cash to you. Problem solved -...
How about supercharging an otherwise stock straight 8 in the manner of the McCulloch on a flathead ford. It's almost a fixed cost modification if...
Anyone ever consider an outboard or snowmobile engine? Small and light for their power....
You're not saturating the coil at high rpm because the dwell time isn't sufficient so your coil is generating a lower voltage at high rpm than it...
That bolt with a hole drilled in it would make a nice guide for drilling the bolt out.
Probably to increase weight transfer to the rear wheels for drag racing.
I call this the Stiletto Shoebox. 1949 Ford sectioned, chopped and hardtopped. It's lengthened in front of the doors and the rear quarters...
I live in the Inner Sunset. I'll say it even though it goes without saying: *LOVE* your Vettes!
So, what am I doing here you ask? Well apart from the fact that I like to talk about cars, I've been giving some thought to building one...
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