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> My car just lost 6 more pounds, And I did it faster than you can...
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post Jan 4 2006, 11:09 AM
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QUOTE (Root_Werks @ Jan 4 2006, 08:50 AM)
Before each X-cross, make sure to take a HUGE dump (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/stromberg.gif) , gotta also be good for a couple of lbs. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

I also wear short sleeve shirts, short pants, no socks and no underwear.


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post Jan 4 2006, 11:14 AM
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What kind of battery are you using? When I had my old Harley, it had a magneto and no battery, but to provide some power for lights and stuff there was a large capacitor at the output terminal of the generator. I would guess that would work here too, with a jump cable connection to hook the battery up and start and the capacitor to hold voltage up for the ignition??!!
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post Jan 4 2006, 11:28 AM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Jan 4 2006, 09:09 AM)
and no underwear.

Paul

THAT, I could have gone without knowing. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon8.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif)
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post Jan 4 2006, 11:32 AM
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There goes the originality ................... The Cap'n
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post Jan 4 2006, 11:50 AM
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What kind of battery are you using? When I had my old Harley, it had a magneto and no battery, but to provide some power for lights and stuff there was a large capacitor at the output terminal of the generator. I would guess that would work here too, with a jump cable connection to hook the battery up and start and the capacitor to hold voltage up for the ignition??!!

I'm using a little lawn mower battery. Bigger than a m/c battery.
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post Jan 4 2006, 11:54 AM
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I thought about going to remote battery terminals and using a booster battery to start it, but if I spin and stall it out I would be able to restart it.
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post Jan 4 2006, 05:49 PM
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If you want to shed a few more pounds, hook up a large cordless drill on a shaft thats removed after the engine starts like an F1 car. You could get a cart and everything... that would be badass.
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post Jan 4 2006, 06:30 PM
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Paul I don't blame your daughter from not getting near it while it's running. I still remember the 6 ft flame coming outa that thing. It's a good thing she wasn't there.

T.C.
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post Jan 4 2006, 08:45 PM
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Paul,

Which starter on e-bay did you use?

Thanks,

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post Jan 4 2006, 09:16 PM
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The box doesn't say were it is actually made, but I would say it is a import model.
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post Jan 4 2006, 09:26 PM
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Mine losses six lbs or more every time I scrape more rust off of it! Top that.
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post Jan 4 2006, 09:30 PM
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QUOTE (dmenche914 @ Jan 4 2006, 07:26 PM)
Mine losses six lbs or more every time I scrape more rust off of it! Top that.

Wait a minute, I thought all Caly cars were rust free.

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post Jan 5 2006, 12:03 AM
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I thought about going to remote battery terminals and using a booster battery to start it, but if I spin and stall it out I would be able to restart it.

I think you should use a Coffman* (cartridge) starter like on a Napier Sabre (a WWII 2,400hp radial). The Napier used a cartridge that was about twice the size of a 12ga. shotgun shell and it developed a momentary 25hp, which was enough to spin that ~2,200 cubic inch 24cyl radial. You ought to be able to spin a TypeIV-sized Coffman starter with a .22 blank. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)


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*A Coffman starter uses a blank cartridge similar to a shotgun shell (but not the same - Coffman shells were much larger). When discharged, the shell's expanding gas spins a small turbine connected to a planetary-gear starter.
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post Jan 5 2006, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Jan 4 2006, 09:54 AM)
I thought about going to remote battery terminals and using a booster battery to start it, but if I spin and stall it out I would be able to restart it.

I think you should use a Coffman* (cartridge) starter like on a Napier Sabre (a WWII 2,400hp radial). The Napier used a cartridge that was about twice the size of a 12ga. shotgun shell and it developed a momentary 25hp, which was enough to spin that ~2,200 cubic inch 24cyl radial. You ought to be able to spin a TypeIV-sized Coffman starter with a .22 blank. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)


-Ben M.

*A Coffman starter uses a blank cartridge similar to a shotgun shell (but not the same - Coffman shells were much larger). When discharged, the shell's expanding gas spins a small turbine connected to a planetary-gear starter.

as seen on the horrendously bad kevin costner moviw "flight of the phoenix"
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post Jan 5 2006, 12:10 AM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Jan 4 2006, 09:54 AM)
I thought about going to remote battery terminals and using a booster battery to start it, but if I spin and stall it out I would be able to restart it.

I think you should use a Coffman* (cartridge) starter like on a Napier Sabre (a WWII 2,400hp radial). The Napier used a cartridge that was about twice the size of a 12ga. shotgun shell and it developed a momentary 25hp, which was enough to spin that ~2,200 cubic inch 24cyl radial. You ought to be able to spin a TypeIV-sized Coffman starter with a .22 blank. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)


-Ben M.

*A Coffman starter uses a blank cartridge similar to a shotgun shell (but not the same - Coffman shells were much larger). When discharged, the shell's expanding gas spins a small turbine connected to a planetary-gear starter.

as seen on the horrendously bad kevin costner moviw "flight of the phoenix"

dennis quaid, not kevin costner

newb

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post Jan 5 2006, 12:11 AM
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post Jan 5 2006, 12:33 AM
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Yeah but the old Black and White original movie was great.
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post Jan 5 2006, 12:35 AM
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post Jan 5 2006, 01:51 AM
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QUOTE (MattR @ Jan 4 2006, 10:10 PM)
dennis quaid, not kevin costner

newb

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Lame remake.

Jimmy Stewart did the original, and it was a good movie.
Point of trivia: In the original movie the "plane" they made from the wreckage was real (actually made from parts off the wrecked C-82 "Boxcar") and it really flew, but crashed durring filming killing the stunt pilot.

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post Jan 5 2006, 09:39 AM
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This has to have gotten off topic more than any other thread.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

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