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Listeroid Engines / Re: Accidents involving Listeroids?
« on: July 15, 2006, 12:50:49 AM »
So there's a major difference between a Listeroid and a condom - the Listeroid performs BETTER with a big load.
Russell
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General Discussion / Re: Diesel wins Le Mans
« on: July 15, 2006, 12:46:02 AM »
This is a great story. But I'm very surprised there's an optional fuel even allowed. Never happen in US auto racing, not unless the sanctioning body had cut a deal with a new fuel supplier. That's why Indy cars will run on ethanol starting next year.
Come to think of it, given the origins of NASCAR, they should run on straight moonshine.
Russell
Come to think of it, given the origins of NASCAR, they should run on straight moonshine.
Russell
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General Discussion / Re: OT - but sorta related - US national Debt
« on: July 11, 2006, 07:34:49 PM »was thinking....ouch!
but given our poor military response to the aircraft hijackings in 01, the failure to use the collected intelligence at that point,
and our wide open borders in the south....
doesn't anyone find it kinda odd that we haven't be zapped, whacked, fried or infected at this point?
I dunno where I read or heard this, it's probably just urban legend or wishful thinking.
But the story goes that W sent a back-channel message to the Saudis, with the intention of spreading the word to muslims worldwide.
"Hit us again, and we'll vaporize Mecca, Medina, and keep going until y'all run out of holy cities."
Or my peronal favorite, that the U.S. already has a nuke buried and ready to detonate in Mecca, or (pick a city)
If it's not true, it ought to be.
But ask yourself, how scared would the mullahs be if Gore was in the White House? What's that? Not very?
Exactly.
rg
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General Discussion / Re: picked up a toyo diesel pickup :)
« on: July 10, 2006, 07:03:19 PM »"I ask myself, "Why should I break in another mother in law?"
too funny,
reminds me of a conversation i once had with a buddy of mine reguarding multiple wives, he thought it would be cool to have several
till i reminded him of each additional mother in law he would gain in the bargain.
he then looked sick, like i had destroyed a fantasy... lol
bob g
I'm at a disadvantage here, having been married only once (for the last 30 years unless something happens between now and March 10)
But I do have a question, philosophical I guess.
Let's take as a hypothetical an intelligent, educated woman, who leads a team of people who do totally baffling things with mainframes and databases for IBM --
why does she invariably forget which way you turn a screw to tighten and to loosen it?
I thank any of you who have a theory about this.
Russell
Oh, and having attended my mother-in-law's funeral 10 years ago -- I guess it is considered bad form to pump your fist and shout "yes" whenever you mention that she is dead.
rg
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General Discussion / Re: OT - but sorta related - US national Debt
« on: July 10, 2006, 05:45:57 PM »"The influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world" - Winston Churchill on Islam, 1899
The old saw of the left, that no WMD exists nor any relationship between Taliban and Iraq is now unravelling. Testimony at Saddam's trial and translation of Iraqi state documents expose the involvement in Iraqi terror. Just like "Oil for Food" violated the cease fire treaty, and involved greedy politicians from the 'world community', the recent release of documents shows a trail of WMD purchases that lead to.....our trusted trading partners in Europe and Russia. These won't make the mainstream media because any reality that gets in the way of removing Bush is not to be printed. The most UNREAL part of this, is that GWB is not running again. Go Figure: GWB must have transitioned from a 'person' to an 'idea' or there would be no reason to keep up this hateful personal attack against a supposed lame duck.
As a rallying cry to unite liberals against the war, it's probably a loser. There has been enough raw data about the inexorable and naked agression of Islam as a world dominating force that calling for a 'redeployment' and refusing to aknowledge this new Stateless Power is not a plan or policy that can win back control of the country.
Bingo, and nicely put. It is MUCH easier (if intellectually lazy and dishonest) to demonize the current admininstration than to acknowledge the real battle, and to come to grips with the facts -- that Islam is a force for evil in the world, and that those who are determined to proseletyze it with violence must be fought wherever they are.
It's a hard jump to make from the liberal "we are all brothers" mantra - unless the first step is to decide that Republicans are so evil they must not be our brothers. That is where the media whores have decided to focus.
The REAL enemy uses that in his favor. So long as the US government is busy defending itself from those internal skirmishes, it can't focus on battling the global threat that waits to consume all of us.
Russell
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General Discussion / Re: OT - but sorta related - US national Debt
« on: July 09, 2006, 05:02:37 PM »"Born to deep political connections including the Gore and Kennedy clans," (gore vidal)
geesh, i wonder why he is opposed to Bush?
pasadena paper? for godsakes man!
for someone that is clearly very intelligent, highly educated, eloquent in delivery, lucid and respected by at least myself, you clearly are ill informed and don't understand
the american culture/s.
you have to understand that there is a huge middle in this country, that doesnt speak up and say much, you know, the flyover country. those that live in flyover country are not ignorant by any means.
i really think your perceptions of america are skewed to the coasts, hollywood, newyork , florida, etc. and all the liberal speak that comes out of those places.
have you spent anytime in the midwest, the deep south, the plains?
we gotta get you outta england and into the heart of this country for a while.
bob g
No we don't. Too f-in many of that sort around here already.
There's an old Texas saying, which applies all over here in flyover country.
"We don't give a shit how y'all done things up north"
And that applies, doubled, for any country that has royalty and no Bill of Rights.
rg
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Petteroids / Re: Dual Fuel Petter
« on: July 05, 2006, 04:03:11 PM »Hi Russel,
That's a neat idea... Like Darren I'm also interested in the production rates.. I first heard about digester use from a guy from china... He said the gov would provided digester kits for the farmers so they could collect the biogas and use it for cooking and lighting...
I hope to have this one set up in a couple of weeks. It will be a demo unit and I'll try various feedstocks in it including manure, crop waste and grass clippings. I need to get the excavation done and get the delivery scheduled for the concrete digester body. Nice thing about using standard precasts is that any concrete pipe dealer can provide everything you need including setting the pipe in the hole.
I'll post here as I have details. One thing I'd like to do with the biogas is simple injection into the air inlet of a stationary diesel engine. See how much liquid fuel can be replaced by biogas.
Best to all
Russell
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Petteroids / Re: Dual Fuel Petter
« on: July 04, 2006, 04:30:38 PM »Hi Doug,
I think for an IC engine a digester might be a better option... the gas is clean and cool.. I've read somewhere that termites produce more methane that anything else... ever since then I've wondered if it would be possible to have a colony inside a steel container.. freash air would come in the bottom and methane could exit the top.. and the termites cold do there work in the middle.. It's just a thought but I wonder how far fetched it really is? Anyhow thanks for making the post and keep us posted.. I'll try to dig up some digester and termite info if you don't mind me hijacking the tread a bit.. have a good 4th...
Apologize in advance for the commercial plug here, but you guys might like to see what I'm getting ready to do with methane.
http://www.flinthillsdiesel.com/BIOGAS.htm
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General Discussion / Re: M1030M1 JP8/Diesel Military Motorcycle
« on: June 29, 2006, 02:10:05 PM »
Sorta related - this page has been mentioned here before but it's worth another go. If you are willing to do some building, and don't mind 120 mpg from your bike.
http://psychicworldusa.com/Diesel_Bike/Suzuki.html
Jerry's plans CD is complete and even I could do this project.
And he uses an engine that's EPA approved for the US.
Enjoy
Russell
http://psychicworldusa.com/Diesel_Bike/Suzuki.html
Jerry's plans CD is complete and even I could do this project.
And he uses an engine that's EPA approved for the US.
Enjoy
Russell
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General Discussion / Re: M1030M1 JP8/Diesel Military Motorcycle
« on: June 29, 2006, 01:54:07 PM »
I've been on their mailing list for a while, and got this email from them just a few days back:
"As most of you already know, HDT has had to delay production of the commercial D650 Bulldog due to recently increased orders for our military models.
During the last 6 months, in anticipation of our commercial model release, we have greatly increased production capacity with the completion of our engine and motorcycle assembly lines. Unfortunately, for our commercial customers, the expansion is now needed to fill our ongoing military requirements.
We maintain plans to produce our commercial diesel motorcycle, the D650 Bulldog, and are increasing our production capabilities as fast as we can.
I want to personally extend my thanks to all you who have shown interest in our diesel motorcycles. We will continue to publish updates of our commercial motorcycle release through our newsletter.
Fred Hayes
President
HDTUSA"
So it's the same story as it has been for years. The military always has the best toys.
Russell
"As most of you already know, HDT has had to delay production of the commercial D650 Bulldog due to recently increased orders for our military models.
During the last 6 months, in anticipation of our commercial model release, we have greatly increased production capacity with the completion of our engine and motorcycle assembly lines. Unfortunately, for our commercial customers, the expansion is now needed to fill our ongoing military requirements.
We maintain plans to produce our commercial diesel motorcycle, the D650 Bulldog, and are increasing our production capabilities as fast as we can.
I want to personally extend my thanks to all you who have shown interest in our diesel motorcycles. We will continue to publish updates of our commercial motorcycle release through our newsletter.
Fred Hayes
President
HDTUSA"
So it's the same story as it has been for years. The military always has the best toys.
Russell
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General Discussion / Re: anyone remember 1970/1/2/3?
« on: June 24, 2006, 10:54:40 AM »good point re: the energy required to process oil form oil sands
i read a few years back that the oil sands in alberta required 80 barrel of oil energy to free 20 barrels of oil.
that is a tough nut to crack.
bob g
Yes, the alberta tar sands are energy intensive to extract, it's a brute force mining proposition.
However, there's a different process undergoing testing for oil shale in Colorado which could mean a positive energy balance and much less surface disruption.
It's called "in situ conversion" and Shell is leading the way. Check these websites
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_86_4051709,00.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg119944.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5058760.stm
And Shell just acquired massive leases in Canadian oil sands that haven't been practical to extract until now
http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/commentary06032701.htm
For anybody who thinks petroleum is just evil, I suppose this won't seem like good news.
if you're a big fan of the Saudis, Venezualans, and those warm fuzzy Iranians, sorry.
For the rest of us, it's remarkably promising.
100 years of energy security on this side of the pond.
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General Discussion / Re: anyone remember 1970/1/2/3?
« on: June 23, 2006, 08:58:41 AM »yes i remember the late 60's and early 70's
i pumped 92 octane regular for 24.9 a gallon
and ethyl 99 octane for 26.9 a gallon!
that was the everyday price, farm gas was about a nickle less, and diesel was 24.9 farm was 19.9
of course there was the gas wars,,, lowest i recall was 17.9 regular for cars, i rmember dinner plates, steak knives etc as premiums
for buying our gas... wow.
oh ya, and oil checked air checked and corrected in all 4 tires and the spare, windshield washed front and back window.
oh ya,,, 5 bucks would fill a caddy with change back!
yup those were the days
bob g
Stop, you're making me feel old.
I remember something else about those days.
EVERYBODY SPOKE ENGLISH! (Cept the old folks who slipped in some German when they thought nobody was listening)
rg
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General Discussion / Re: anyone remember 1970/1/2/3?
« on: June 23, 2006, 03:03:15 AM »
Makes me wish Shell was 5 years further along in developing Rocky Mt. tar sands.
Just imagine - a US petro reserve larger than all the other global reserves combined.
Of course, we wouldn't want to drill into THAT and endanger the plate tectonic thingies, now would we?
rg
Just imagine - a US petro reserve larger than all the other global reserves combined.
Of course, we wouldn't want to drill into THAT and endanger the plate tectonic thingies, now would we?
rg
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Eliminating broken timing gears
« on: June 22, 2006, 02:51:26 AM »Russell,
There is no doubt that Ill run either one or a pair of harmonic dampers on my engine i wouldnt have posted the info other wise.
Ive been thinking about it for a couple weeks now and finnally decided Id share my thoughts/info.
Peace&Love, Darren
Please, tell us more about "your engine"
How do you have it mounted?
Where and when did you buy it, and how much did you pay?
What sort of load is it running?
Did you find a lot of casting sand in it when you set it up?
I'm sure many of us would love to know about your extensive Lister/oid experience here.
Very sincerely yours
Russell
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Eliminating broken timing gears
« on: June 21, 2006, 11:51:11 PM »It's my take that the idler gear failures are due to engine harmonics.
Why dont we install a pair of nuetral balanced harmonic dampers one on each crankshat stub?
Use a pair of Detroit Diesel 11.1 or 12.7 liter (nuetral balanced) harmonic balancers bored or sleeved to 2" and held in place with another set of gib keys.
The Detroit balancers are 13.5" in diameter and 41#'s each.
One would probabally do the job Im just thinking simetrically.
You could probablly round up a pair for $50 or less at your local big truck bone yard.
Peace&Love
Great idea, Darren
Why don't you try this on your Listeroid and let us know how it works for you?
All the best
Russell