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41. Re: Whatever did we do before Mig welders? (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:07:30 -0600; Submerged arc is like stick with a wire. It uses a powdered flux to shield the arc from contaminates. The arc melts all the flux that it needs and the rest is vaccumed up and put back in the hopper; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00352.html (10,256 bytes)
42. Re: Traction Control and Bench Racing.. (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 13:21:15 -0600; I know of several cases where a high school graduate didn't know how to tell time on a clock that had hands. All they knew were digital clocks. Someone sure let them down along the way. Ron Gibson,; /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00245.html (8,369 bytes)
43. Re: Gasping for air (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 20:09:13 -0500; If you are spraying isos the filters are supposedly only safe for 48 hours after they are opened. I don't know why they couldn't be used for other products for a longer time. Great looking system. I; /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00043.html (7,701 bytes)
44. Re: BNI Runs at WF - what did you see? (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:23:05 -0500; We were pitted almost next to them and one of their people told me they had new batterys that were more powerfull and 2000 lbs lighter than last years battery pack. Ron Gibson, Omaha NE technique do; /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00166.html (8,401 bytes)
45. Re: facts of life (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:15:52 -0500; It's not the length of the road or if it was paved, it's the stops along the way that get you in trouble. Ron Gibson, Omaha NE of; /html/land-speed/2004-09/msg00214.html (6,782 bytes)
46. Re: Dish pan hands (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:50:40 -0500; Back in the mid eightys when USFRA still had July meets, the wife and were all packed and left the salt when it was over and headed for Omaha. We stopped for gas in middle Nebraska. There was salt ha; /html/land-speed/2004-08/msg00311.html (8,528 bytes)
47. Re: Tonya's record and it's reward... (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:23:48 -0500; She probably takes great pride in the fact that SHE almost Aced you, LOL. Not to take anything from her abilities to drive, but shows what proper preparation, horsepower and tuning (listening Dave?); /html/land-speed/2004-08/msg00345.html (7,478 bytes)
48. Re: Shaving tires (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:19:24 -0500; They use machines like that in truck tire shops. I've had my big truck tires trued that way but it leaves the tread with a kind of texture almost like a drag slick thats been ran. Might do that if yo; /html/land-speed/2004-07/msg00065.html (8,012 bytes)
49. Re: Shock theory...( Dang Goodman ) (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 12:39:32 -0500; Just a thought. Wouldn't an unequal length bell crank also change the valving requirements for the shock? 2 to 1 ratio would double the stiffness of the shock. I could see where there would be no dam; /html/land-speed/2004-07/msg00163.html (7,660 bytes)
50. Re: Strange looking brake rotors - help. (NON LSR) (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 22:08:17 -0500; The shiny spots are hard spots in the cast iron caused by overheating and cooling cycles. Cummins cylinder liners used to do the same thing if you really overheated them. I think the pulsations are; /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00022.html (9,436 bytes)
51. Re: LSR Brakes - parachute (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:46:45 -0500; We got the same thing at Bonneville. It's called MUD. stop,; /html/land-speed/2004-06/msg00467.html (7,567 bytes)
52. Re: more things to think about (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 13:06:17 -0500; Experience "keeps" you from making mistakes. You get experience "by" making mistakes! Ron Gibson, Omaha NE; /html/land-speed/2004-05/msg00170.html (6,520 bytes)
53. Re: Kids racing (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:15:16 -0500; And to add to everything you said, that mom and dad give them a Mustang 5.0 or Camaro for their 16 th birthday when they have no high speed or hp skills at all. Dad taught me to drive and I had to w; /html/land-speed/2004-04/msg00029.html (8,286 bytes)
54. Re: Silicone Removal (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:05:24 -0600; I would try Stoddard solvent. Soak a rag and fasten it to the silicone area so it stays wet. Should loosen it without taking paint off. Good Luck. Ron Gibson, Omaha NE; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00033.html (7,191 bytes)
55. Re: Stepped Headers (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:37:51 -0600; I agree with you but I wonder how many mule engines you would have to wear out to find out. It seems to me that a test would have to compare a combination of all different primary tube sizes and len; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00114.html (8,610 bytes)
56. Re: welding question (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:35:22 -0600; Any sharp or wire edge left on the tubing can overheat during the welding and turn to slag to contaminate the weld. Some recommend champhering the outside edge of the tube itself to keep it from ove; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00196.html (6,835 bytes)
57. Re: Cooling ideas. (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 08:58:04 -0600; Are you talking about the tube injection for aftercooling? The 50/50 alky mix makes it a fuel class engine. About 15 years ago there was a system on the market doing the same thing for large diesel; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00266.html (8,494 bytes)
58. Re: Being Mean...to Rick Byrnes among others... (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:35:23 -0600; There was a couple of guys in the pits at Speed Week selling a vest that had tubing sewn into it. Cold water was pumped through it out of a small tank of water (ice?) The tubing was like medical gra; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00385.html (9,893 bytes)
59. Re: heating (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:44:51 -0600; Do you have a thermostat or restrictor in your system? If not the water pump could possibly flow more water than the radiator can handle and in the process make more pressure than the cap or hose ca; /html/land-speed/2004-03/msg00451.html (7,916 bytes)
60. Re: Transmission Neutral Safety Switch (score: 1): Author: "Ron Gibson" <rgg14@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 20:41:09 -0600; I would put an adjustable stop on the side of the transmission to keep it from going (bam) into second gear instead of drive. Any N.O. push button switch in line with the shifter to engage in park wo; /html/land-speed/2004-02/msg00035.html (7,626 bytes)

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