- 21. safety gear (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 11:58:28 -0700
- List -- while we're on the subject-- One aspect of safety gear that deserves serious consideration is making it as easy and foolproof as possible for the driver to get suited up and settled in the ca
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00139.html (8,078 bytes)
- 22. TIG Welder wiring question (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 08:26:18 -0700
- 20 years ago when I put in my new well I needed to run 400 feet of #8 3 wire from the house up the hill to the well. I looked at the price of #8 3 wire UF cable and choked. Instead I bought a 500 fo
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00192.html (8,242 bytes)
- 23. El Mirage May 2005 (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 21:22:03 -0700
- Great 2 day meet? dunno--Weather was great for both days but surface conditions not so great. I commented that the drying conditions made the cracks between the mud cakes in the surface wider so more
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00202.html (7,626 bytes)
- 24. Re: El Mirage May 2005 (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 07:50:13 -0700
- Oops!! Must be another of those hollow spots that lurk at the bottom of gray on Sunday Rick and a turbo Acura one of the last cars to run, so much for a bad course. All cars passed certification. The
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00207.html (7,187 bytes)
- 25. Re: Fw: Pursuit of Speed. . . (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:49 -0700
- Wet Salt meet?? I'm ready... I will bet one casino buffet dinner for the winner against whatever you want to run against my yellow canoe. I also have some ideas for a perpetual trophy................
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00228.html (7,708 bytes)
- 26. Re: Brake pad material removal (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 11:19:27 -0700
- 1. I once had an antique brake shoe "arcing" machine I never used and finally parted out (vital step for everything headed to the garbage can). I remember it had about a 5000 RPM belt driven speed w
- /html/land-speed/2005-05/msg00296.html (9,017 bytes)
- 27. Chrome Moly steel vs. Stainless steel (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:15:22 -0700
- One old engineer's thoughts on magnet testing of steels The heart of the issue is the crystal structure of the steel. Heat steel above about 1300 degF (higher for the low carbon steels) and the struc
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00142.html (9,347 bytes)
- 28. Re: Tom Bryant... (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:04:49 -0700
- Write the book now. You'll never regret it. Your family, friends, descendents and the rest of us will appreciate it after you head off to join all the old racers who've gone to a better place. (and
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00178.html (8,686 bytes)
- 29. Protecting the brain -- VW's (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:57:15 -0700
- As long as we're into ripping water-cooled VW's here's a couple-- Back in 1975 a school teacher friend (not into cars) bought a new Rabbit to replace his beloved old beetle. In the first year had a n
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00375.html (8,258 bytes)
- 30. Protecting the brain -- VW's (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:47:17 -0700
- Further comments from my son, David, below ............. Ed Weldon "Even better... Only the Audi (same engine and tranny) has a sticker that says, "Do not remove. Transmission oil" I guess the VW guy
- /html/land-speed/2005-04/msg00378.html (7,609 bytes)
- 31. English wheel (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:10:55 -0800
- C'mon guys, get serious about this--Do like me (I'm already halfway there--sort of like "a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic). After the Loma Prieta earthquake we had to relevel my house. In the
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00012.html (6,902 bytes)
- 32. Cooling and water pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:37:46 -0800
- Here's some thoughts from the "engineering department" on the engine cooling 1.. Ask: What are the real reasons for cooling an engine? I'd say to "to minimize temperature differential effects in clos
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00238.html (8,563 bytes)
- 33. Cooling and water pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 22:47:40 -0800
- Yikes--there are guys out there with the patience to read my rants!! (I can imagine Dahlgren out there saying "Yup; but only some of them") Here's some more thoughts on engine cooling 1.. A few point
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00243.html (8,809 bytes)
- 34. Cooling and waterpumps (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:58:57 -0800
- Running too cool-- 20 deg retard for the warm-up!! (((Shudder))) Goes to show the difference between a purpose designed race engine and a homemade one. I doubt if we could ever have talked Doug King
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00250.html (9,181 bytes)
- 35. Re: Cooling and waterpumps (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:52:07 -0800
- Jon-- This was a response to Keith Turk's comment about putting heat into his Rodeck race engine to get ready for a run. You try to warm up these big aluminum engines on straight methanol especially
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00256.html (9,107 bytes)
- 36. Oil testing note (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:30:01 -0800
- When I was a pretty newly minted mech engineer I took a graduate level course in bearing lubrication. Came out of it with a big attitude. Took the rest of my career to realize just how complex this s
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00315.html (7,594 bytes)
- 37. Re: New Folks... (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:35:01 -0800
- Just go to Speedweek -- any way you can. If you have to do it by yourself and on the cheap, do like I did 1st time in 1984. Took 2 days off from work, drove out from San Jose, CA, on Friday night an
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00354.html (8,888 bytes)
- 38. Re: New Folks... (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:29:01 -0800
- Jon & Mike & others-- OK, here's the trick to dealing with the KOA. The folks who own that franchise are good people. But they do make a big part of their year off of the Speedweek business. Show up
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00356.html (9,255 bytes)
- 39. Ardun head drawing on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 09:01:29 -0800
- You Ardun enthusiasts out on the list-- Half size copies of George Kudasch's original Ardun cylinder head drawing are on ebay at a starting bid of $25.00. Looks like they contain a lot of useful and
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00009.html (7,276 bytes)
- 40. Re: Ardun head drawing on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:46:29 -0800
- During the auction of the original blueprint I contacted the seller and was told that he and the original owner of the drawing (George Kudasch) were reserving limited rights to sell reproductions of
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00016.html (8,074 bytes)
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