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341. RE: 225hp (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:35:06 -0700; I was picturing a pin that slid inside the piston attached directly to the crank. I'm sure it would make no sense but I figured someone, somewhere would challenge the notion that there needs to be a; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00233.html (8,967 bytes)
342. RE: rod length (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:32:04 -0700; Yep. Most of us wouldn't recognize an F1 piston as a piston--they look more like ashtrays, or some weird poker chip. The new hot bike engines are the same way--my Senna has 2.1-1 rod/stroke ratio and; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00234.html (9,510 bytes)
343. RE: rod length (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:32:41 -0700; I don't either, but I like it. It's kind of Zen. Bill Babcock Babcock & Jenkins Given that this turns out to be a terrific thing, what makes you think you'll ever hear any results from the developer; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00235.html (9,712 bytes)
344. RE: rod length (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:36:01 -0700; Oh dear, I just shot coffee out of my nose. That can't be good for the Bill Babcock Babcock & Jenkins --Original Message-- From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf O; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00237.html (7,861 bytes)
345. RE: rod length (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:59:11 -0700; Nothing has really changed--you can just get away with a lot. Who checks rod length on a vintage car? I've seen pistons with the pin in the ring area. at least if you lose a clip it can't hit the wal; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00245.html (8,832 bytes)
346. RE: 225hp (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:05:31 -0700; Hey, that's really cool. You're as nuts as I am. Of course right there is the problem I was talking about. For our engines it doesn't really matter--you can't get even close to the numbers you need f; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00246.html (9,224 bytes)
347. RE: 225hp (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:08:22 -0700; You need the rod to stroke ration to be about 2:1 to start seeing big differences. If you hover around 1.8:1 you won't see much. Makes great sense for cams to be expressed that way except that the ca; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00252.html (9,211 bytes)
348. RE: Mallory Unilite Distributor (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:13:58 -0700; Allows you to have a much longer dwell time (the period of time that the points are closed and the coil has current flowing through it). The coil has high inductive resistance, so it takes a relative; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00257.html (8,720 bytes)
349. RE: 225hp (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:20:42 -0700; Sounds good to me. Could I have one of those please? Last time I dynoed Peyote it was about .020" thicker on the head (my pushrod-side flange looks like a stocker), had a different cam (an Erson) and; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00261.html (8,488 bytes)
350. RE: Mallory Unilite Distributor (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:51:23 -0700; Exactly--points are actually fairly complicated and involve a lot of design tradeoffs. If the spring is too stiff the rubbing block wears. If the ramp is too steep the inertia overcomes the weak spri; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00263.html (8,644 bytes)
351. RE: WATKINS GLEN (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:55:35 -0700; Hell, I'd love to go to Watkins Glen--and I will, once the airstream is Don't feel like an outsider, you sound a lot like me. My car racing history started in a Rabbit in H Prod. At least you have a; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00268.html (7,950 bytes)
352. RE: WATKINS GLEN (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:25:24 -0700; I may have the name wrong, but wasn't there a guy named Prather at the Mitty driving an MGB. If I am wrong, who was driving that yellow car that was for sale? Great post, especially the RPTRTDMG. Sto; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00273.html (8,750 bytes)
353. RE: WATKINS GLEN (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:05:52 -0700; Mystery solved. Is 1:46 good? I may not be remembering correctly, but I think I managed one 1:46 something, but I could not repeat it. It did, however, get me second on the grid for group three, whic; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00288.html (10,446 bytes)
354. eBay Issues: Be careful (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:50:40 -0700; Man, it's getting so you hardly dare bid on something on eBay anymore without a horde of grifters attacking you. I wonder if eBay is doing anything about it other than warning customers. Seems like i; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00289.html (7,251 bytes)
355. Columbia River Classic (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:04:55 -0700; Getting better and better. I'm having a lot of fun helping to get this race together--especially the non-race parts. We've found an ideal venue for the off-track party. Turns out one of the SOVREN me; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00295.html (8,832 bytes)
356. RE: F1's Cluster (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:29:32 -0700; I watched the whole debacle. I bet Rubens wants to shoot Michael--what a loon. I'm sure the blame will be pointed in every possible direction, but I'd vote for Michelin. Of course who really can unde; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00307.html (9,424 bytes)
357. RE: F1's Cluster (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 15:40:30 -0700; Does anyone know the penalty under the rules for changing the tires? Either during the race or before? According to what I heard on SPEED, if they had installed the chicane, the FIA said that the rac; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00315.html (9,607 bytes)
358. RE: F1's Cluster (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:27:09 -0700; It looks to me like the penalty is either exclusion or eliminating quil times. It seems they could have given the Michelin drivers the choice of changing tires and having their qualifying time elimin; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00322.html (8,762 bytes)
359. RE: F1's Cluster (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:45:31 -0700; I thought it was hysterically funny that Bernie said there wasn't enough marketing and that it was unsophisticated. Bernie, I'm no NASCAR fan, but even those guys have fogotten more about marketing t; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00323.html (10,620 bytes)
360. RE: Re: Setting valves, was: Follow-up question (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:14:26 -0700; On a racing engine there's no reason to be using a tune-up shortcut. You need a mark on your pulley to show bdc for number 1 which is tdc for two and three. You set the valves in pairs on the compres; /html/fot/2005-06/msg00386.html (8,230 bytes)

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