... Hi John... There is no conversion to miles that I know of... it is all PPM here... as for bigger vehicles being "cleaner"??? well yes in PPM they are......
... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't understand your terminology. If you get the torsional stiffness of the car up to 10 kNm/ degree then it...
... Yes it will. NOX is an inevitable byproduct of high temperature combustion in air. ... or ... I doubt it ... be ... I don't think NOX is really a...
We used a CYDAS data collection card with I/O in a PC to test run the linear engine http://www.hemdata.com/products/Hardware/cyber.htm . To run a multi...
Greg, Well, then, it sounds like a very good idea to me. What can we do to give it a push? (buy one of the vehicles, I suppose?: I'd be willing. And I'd be...
The use of the term "straps," was misleading. I should have said rear-recurved (like on a long bow) and convex front torsional steel members (This all...
Will someone inform a listee-newbie what the photo at the site depicts? Looks like a fascinating lil' runabout, 3-wheeler, maybe. Is that a "VW" insignia on...
It is a V-dubya. http://www.vwvortex.com/news/04_02/04_16/index.shtml If anyone has a good suggestion for a front-page pic, please direct me to it and I'll be...
Thanks, Ivymike. Nice and informative link. And I see the V(w)ehicle is a 4-wheeler! I'd read about this car a year ago or so. Nice pic; why replace it? ...
... I have been very interested to answer the question of whether fuel ... I think driving habits make an awful lot of difference. I, too, am a cyclist, and...
Paul, your considerations on the topic sound just like mine. ;-) I question mostly whether the Prius, and it's complement of intelligence onboard in the form...
I read an article lately that said that the model T was getting 26mpg, concluding that Ford had made no progress in term of gas efficiency for 100 years. ... ...
Does anyone know if they had tetra-ethyl lead in the fuel in those days, in those cars? Did they have trouble with the valves burning, if they used unleaded?...
"Where, but for sameness, would comparisons be?" I dunno what it means, John, but I have a memory for such stuff. ;-) Alas... . ;-) --Joe ... comparison....
Too bad I can't find the article. I agree, it is kind of silly, but: The article pointed out that while effectively almost all performances of the average car...
Andre, Just to clarify, I'm not one who thinks it's silly; I also support your identification of the STANDARDS of two eras as the paragons which are...
... Sounds good to me... LOL I picked up a popular mechanic's mag from the fifties one time and read trough it... The cover showed a man on a go-cart in a...
Right now the drawings I've done are just pencil on paper. I would like to find a cheap, simple and easy to learn 2d drafting progrm so I can post my sketches...
... The next thing we do is require people to do their own maintenance -- replace a brake rotor to cure yourself of the habit of braking too hard, then...
... entirely take to the woods and live off the land -- I believe he actually did some odd jobs and spent a fair amount of time having dinner at Emerson's...
... (library or Kinko's if you don't have a scanner) and post 'em on the group site. I've done this before, and it works pretty well, after a bit of fiddling....
Thanks for your fine post, Paul. I sympathize about the knees, and I wish you complete success in whatever treatment you adopt. I'm a zen practitioner of...
Thoreau wrote that he went to the woods because he wanted to live "deliberately". I think it's a beautiful intention, and I think it quite naturally formed in...
http://www.cadstd.com/ Looks basic but there is a free version. A friend of mine who is a serious drafter recommends Turbocad, old versions of which are often...
The following highefficiencyvehicles poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: If you were doing design sketches for a high efficiency...
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... drawings ... a bit ... I doubt posting my actual sketches would do much good. Seeing as they are all done in a series of notebooks, and contain so many ...
... <Capt52876@a...> wrote: . ... would ... themselves. ... plan ... paper. ... You are going to hate me. If you want to design spaceframes jump into 3D...
i go with Greg re Turbocad. i just need to find the time to learn to use it properly. Kazaa is cheaper than E-bay, but a bit naughty, but then revenge is sweet...
