On Apr 4, 6:40=A0pm, Booger <strmbr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 10:58=A0am, Agent Smith <agent-sm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
> left.com> wrote:
> > Booger <strmbr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
innews:e9e58d23-e046-4b40-829f-d465=
248b56c8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > > On Apr 3, 6:39=A0pm, Agent Smith <agent-sm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > left.com> wrote:
> > >> Al ****ba <williamhubb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > >> innews:0af4699a-24c9-4fd3-a
> > > b1c-441f9546e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> > On Apr 3, 6:23=A0am, Agent Smith <agent-sm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> > left.com> wrote:
> > >> >> Al ****ba <williamhubb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > >> >> innews:33b3542c-b7f9-466e-b
> > >> > 361-de8394243...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> >> > On Apr 1, 4:27=A0pm, Agent Smith
<agent-sm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> >> > left.com> wrote:
> > >> >> >> Nancy2 <nancy-doo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > >> >> >> innews:c96c2c9e-5a8c-485f-a7e5-a8494
> > >> >> > c892...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> >> >> > On Mar 29, 10:20=A0pm, Al ****ba
<williamhubb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> >> >> > wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> On Mar 29, 3:02=A0pm, Agent Smith
> > >> >> >> >> <agent-sm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> >> >> >> left.com> wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> > "garantat.net" <warranty_4_c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> > >> >> >> >> > news:e3e8f05c-4638-
> > >> >> >> >> > 4ca5-be70-d36e08a3b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > >> >> >> >> > > Danica Patrick - Gentlemen Start Your Engines!
>
> > >> >> >> >> > Gentlemen only start their engines for girly girls, not
> > >> >> >> >> > for the manly on
> > >> >> >> > es.
>
> > >> >> >> >> Robby Gordon started this. if he was serious he'd drop 20
> > >> >> >> >> pounds to be like his brother Jeff. There's a NASCAR
driver
> > >> >> >> >> by the name of martin who weighs about 135. No one at
nascar=
> > >> >> >> >> is whining..
>
> > >> >> >> > Certainly, I hope you know that Robbie and Jeff are NOT
> > >> >> >> > related at all. =A0Nascar mandates a total weight for car
and=
> > >> >> >> > driver (a minimum). Anything over the minimum is just a
> > >> >> >> > disadvantage for the team. =A0But they all have to make the
> > >> >> >> > minimum. =A0Too bad you
>
> > >> >> >> > don't know what you're
>
> > >> >> >> > talking about.
>
> > >> >> >> I think they should take off all the equipment restrictions,
> > >> >> >> except safety requirements, and let the engineers go wild.
=A0?=
;)
>
> > >> >> > It would make for better racing...
>
> > >> >> It would also make for better engineering, and there's really no
> > >> >> reason to do otherwise, other than the fact that the s****t is
> > >> >> hidebound. =A0If they opened the techincal floodgates, track
speed=
s
> > >> >> would hit 275 mph within probably five years.
>
> > >> >> Of course, it does raise the question of what would happen if
they=
> > >> >> put nitro-methane into the cars, as they do with the funny cars
> > >> >> and dragsters that run the quarter mile sprints. =A0Those things
g=
et
> > >> >> up to 300
>
> > >> >> mph within just that short distance, making nitro the obvious
> > >> >> first choice for new technical ideas.
>
> > >> >> I figure that nitro-methane should dissolve in ethanol, and if
I'm=
> > >> >> right, you could build something resembling a flex fuel race
car,
> > >> >> to stabilize the stuff against explosion. =A0But then, I suppose
> > >> >> that "the
>
> > >> >> stuff" must already be stabilized against explosion, or the
> > >> >> quarter mile tracks would be a **lot** more interesting. =A0;(
>
> > >> >> I wonder what chemical they use to stabilize it, and what
fraction=
> > >> >> they have to put in?
>
> > >> > Dunno., maybe a little of the stuff they coat air****t runways
when
> > >> > a plane's llanding gear is bollixed.. it is sold as an water pump
> > >> > lubricant called "water wetter"..
>
> > >> I cross-posted to rec.pyro, so if anybody knows the answer, it will
> > >> be them. =A0I'm not optimistic, though, because, like most people
on
> > >> usenet, they pretend to know more than they actually do.
>
> > > So tell us there Joe. Whats a RED BOX??
>
> > See what I mean. He has nothing but rage, hostility and belligerence
and=
> > no meaningful information. =A0He just plays games by changing the
subjec=
t,
> > and gushes a torrent of hatred, Jack. =A0He deserves his nickname,
becau=
se
> > he truly is a booger.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Anyway, to answer your question. I have seen many a time they will
> actually drop the drums of NM of the truck at races. No explosion so I
> would take a guess that it is relatively stable. I did a search for NM
> stabilization and most of the hits are for actually using NM to
> stabilize other mixtures.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Danica won an Indy race in Japan.
The first woman to do so.
Did it with smart driving.
I like her, allot.
Dan
|
