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NPC: Novel jack idea, Actually...a jack's involved, guess that is 914 content |
Lavanaut |
Aug 25 2008, 11:08 AM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
This is a pretty novel idea. I would be worried though that putting that much back pressure on your exhaust system could be damaging...somehow? Anyone with working knowledge want to weigh-in on that? I'm not considering it, just curious about the physics of it all... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Reid |
URY914 |
Aug 25 2008, 12:39 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,098 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
There won't be any back pressure until the bag is full.
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Lavanaut |
Aug 25 2008, 12:49 PM
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Hungry Mind : Thirsty Gullet Group: Members Posts: 916 Joined: 20-June 06 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 6,265 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
...agreed, at which point it will begin to lift the car. That's what I was gettting at. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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6freak |
Aug 25 2008, 01:12 PM
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MR.C Group: Members Posts: 4,740 Joined: 19-March 08 From: Tacoma WA Member No.: 8,829 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
...agreed, at which point it will begin to lift the car. That's what I was gettting at. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Most 914 owners would have to use another car to lift there 914s LMAO (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
3d914 |
Aug 25 2008, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,275 Joined: 24-September 03 From: Benson, AZ Member No.: 1,191 Region Association: Southwest Region |
This design is not even SAFE! It could roll like a ball. They should have gone with something more rectilinear.
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championgt1 |
Aug 25 2008, 03:53 PM
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Don't embarrass me Filmore! Group: Members Posts: 2,680 Joined: 3-January 07 From: Tacoma, Washington Member No.: 7,420 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I would not get under a car jacked up with that if you paid me.
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YksKrad |
Aug 25 2008, 04:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 14-February 05 From: Rolla, MO Member No.: 3,602 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
If you look at their website it looks like the new ones are a cylinder (not the ball) and it looks like you get a little blue compressor to fill it up... Which makes me wonder why do you even need the exhaust hook-up in the first place?
http://www.airjackusa.com/features.htm |
Elliot Cannon |
Aug 25 2008, 05:43 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
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Elliot Cannon |
Aug 25 2008, 05:45 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I would not get under a car jacked up with that if you paid me. That's what jack stands are for. I carry two of them in each car. |
angerosa |
Aug 25 2008, 06:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 21-August 07 From: Reston, VA Member No.: 8,023 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I would not get under a car jacked up with that if you paid me. That's what jack stands are for. I carry two of them in each car. I think everyone is thinking that the only advantage to this is that it's light weight and portable. So if you have to have two jack stands and two wedges for your wheels with you, why bother? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
Brando |
Aug 25 2008, 06:37 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
I'd never get under a car with that.
What if it snags on a sharp piece of underbody while you're in there? 5 seconds to GTFO... yeah, right. The factory jack might not be the most robust, but at least it doesn't roll and is made of steel. |
ArtechnikA |
Aug 25 2008, 06:44 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
it may be novel, but it is not new - I saw an idea like that around the time the 914 was introduced to the world. I think it's even on the same page in a 1969 issue of Popular Science...
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Eddie914 |
Aug 25 2008, 08:09 PM
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I believe the Paris-Dakar racers have used that type of jack for years. It's one of the few types that will work when wheels are so deep in the sand that the doors sills are touching.
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Dave_Darling |
Aug 26 2008, 12:55 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
You could call it the "virginity jack". Because one prick, and it's gone... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
--DD |
roadster fan |
Aug 26 2008, 01:13 AM
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Project Frankenstein !!!!!!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,009 Joined: 24-November 05 From: Aptos, CA Member No.: 5,184 Region Association: Northern California |
You could call it the "virginity jack". Because one prick, and it's gone... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) --DD (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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