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1. Re: Cylinder Head Flow - Slide Rule (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 21:39:36 -0700
Shute had a pretty broad understanding of things mechanical. One of his less well-known books is called, _Trustee from the Toolroom_, in which a childless middle-aged British machinist is suddenly ch
/html/fot/2003-12/msg00103.html (7,955 bytes)

2. Re: Cylinder Head Flow (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:09:03 -0700
Someone must have been thinking of air filters, not slide rules. *smile* Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM [mailto:mporter@zianet.com] Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's withi
/html/fot/2003-12/msg00108.html (8,322 bytes)

3. Re: Interesting Arabic & European News Coverage (Non Triumph) (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:05:32 -0700
Ummm.... rather, hard to resist the urge to promote the propagandist's line. Been watching too much Fox News, methinks. Michael, you simply couldn't resist the urge to force your view on others. I ha
/html/fot/2003-12/msg00171.html (9,903 bytes)

4. Re: spitfire rear end ratio (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:25:49 -0700
I recall someone from GB saying that the factory competitions department had a few 3.45:1 gear sets for the GT6 diff, but I doubt they are available today. Why not just reduce the tire circumference?
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00112.html (8,682 bytes)

5. Been meaning to mention this safety-related item.... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:25:03 -0700
As I recall, eons ago, there were some cross-arguments about the necessity for arm and helmet straps, and I thought I would add this to the discussion. In mid-August, I found that a former girlfriend
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00114.html (9,854 bytes)

6. Okay, this is my seasonal rant about hunger and Thanksgiving... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:58:40 -0700
... with a bit of a twist, this year. I've had a real roller-coaster ride, emotionally, this year. I'm facing a job loss at the end of the year, and yet, I'm almost favorably disposed to having some
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00132.html (8,102 bytes)

7. Re: FUELCAT - FACT OR FICTION ? (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:02:13 -0700
It's hard to say. I'll try, to the extent I know of catalysis, to offer this possible explanation. We know that catalysis is a known phenomenon in chemistry. It does work, and even catalysis speciali
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00223.html (11,211 bytes)

8. Re: So you really want to go fast... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:25:48 -0700
Sure it's aluminum? A lot of Russian aircraft in and around that period were carbon steel. I worked with a Russian engineer who started out life as a Badger pilot, stationed in Siberia. Said the wors
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00268.html (8,700 bytes)

9. Re: So you really want to go fast... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:09:29 -0700
The Russians skimped everywhere they could (ask about the breech block on some of their tanks). The Badgers were carbon steel, through and through, according to him. This particular engineer said tha
/html/fot/2003-11/msg00271.html (9,448 bytes)

10. Re: Another Wayward Flywheel (score: 1)
Author: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:12:39 -0600
If there's enough sticking out, file the stub flat, centerpunch it, then try drilling with a TiN-coated drill bit (with this, try to maintain steady, firm pressure--too light a pressure and the coati
/html/fot/2003-10/msg00042.html (7,428 bytes)

11. Re: velocity stacks and stand-off (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 03:12:20 -0600
Doesn't it, though.... But, in answer to the Bobstah's question, as I recall, an annular discharge carb has many small outlets around the circumference of the throat. Holley used to make a downdraft
/html/fot/2003-10/msg00120.html (8,275 bytes)

12. Re: Bought a Berkeley (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:06:44 -0600
Tim, someone on the Triumphs list mentioned a Berkeley a while back, so I posted the above over there. Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM [mailto:mporter@zianet.com] Never let anyone drive you
/html/fot/2003-10/msg00200.html (8,563 bytes)

13. Re: Tube Benders (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 03:55:02 -0600
As Bill suggests, 4130 requires annealing after welding (with some fairly accurate temperature control), and that's difficult to do with something as large as a roll cage. Welded joints in 4130 must
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00059.html (8,450 bytes)

14. Re: Ventilated blocks (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 19:26:29 -0600
Huh? Suddenly developed a hole? I think this requires some further explanation (that might help with suggestions about repairs). Is this to mean that it rotted through, or has the block been run, and
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00077.html (7,622 bytes)

15. Re: Ventilated blocks (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 20:10:55 -0600
<laughing> Well, yeah, I should have picked up on the "suddenly" bit. Suddenly being in the 10 to the minus -4 second range. This reminds me, though, of one of our less bright executives. As part of
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00079.html (9,240 bytes)

16. Re: re-instatement,nomination... (score: 1)
Author: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:33:29 -0600
Well, Henry has more likely run into him, but if he's part of the Sandia bunch, I'm sure he'd be welcome here. Sure, I'll second him. Cheers.
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00113.html (6,813 bytes)

17. Re: Pedestal Studs (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:50:02 -0600
Ding, ding, ding.... Wrong. If the bolt bottoms out and is torqued further, the bolt is in compression, not tension. This actually _reduces_ the tensile load, because the compressive load is subtract
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00332.html (8,428 bytes)

18. Re: Pedestal Studs (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:30:57 -0600
I think residual oil is what's steering you astray. Oil is liquid (and slightly compressible), so it's going to be forced up through the threads, anyway, as the fastener is drawn down into the bore.
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00334.html (10,737 bytes)

19. Re: Kramer's new soon-to-be-patented technology! (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:43:04 -0600
Umm, why does this look like something I'd find on eBay? *smile* Bob, did you know you were going to get tweaked when Susan asked, "can I take a few pictures?" Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, N
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00346.html (7,496 bytes)

20. Re: Fuel Regulator (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:59:43 -0600
Nah, not the cologne. Probably not the phase of the moon, either. It's mostly the wide distribution of information which people largely don't understand. In 2001, while I was trying to do an inspecti
/html/fot/2003-09/msg00367.html (10,773 bytes)

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