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The Eff Word
posted at 12:51 am on September 7, 2009 by Doctor Zero
It's the ultimate political epithet, the atomic blast that ends calm and measured debate. This makes those who seek to be reasonable and persuasive understandably reluctant to use the word… and those who aren't interested in either reason or persuasion eager to hurl it at their opponents. There is nothing surprising about the visceral emotions conjured by the mention of its name. The history of fascism is written in the blood of innocents, on a scale that challenges the limits of human imagination.
Our natural repulsion from the concept of fascism, coupled with the way it has been cheapened by decades of use as a casual insult by the Left, makes it difficult for us to study it dispassionately. It is important to make that study, because fascism was not a mystical phenomenon, a curse inflicted on the Axis nations through the supernatural charisma of Mussolini and Hitler. Too many people recall the garish and horrifying trappings of Nazi Germany, and think "it couldn't happen here." It has happened here. It's happening again now. We do ourselves no favors by refusing to see it, any more than we would be helping ourselves by throwing around baseless accusations of fascism where it does not exist.
Fascism, like communism and socialism, is a form of collectivist politics. As the great author H.P. Lovecraft put it, when describing the dark gods of his horror stories: "Many names, one nightmare." These philosophies share a belief in the supreme power and virtue of the central State. Under communism, government owns the means of production – there is no private industry. In a socialist system, the State is nominally separate from private industry, but it siphons large amounts of money from the private sector to fund the socialist agenda. Fascism maintains private industry, but places it under the direct control of the government. Private industry still exists, but the State sets production goals, directly controls economic activity, and dominates the management of corporations. Industry becomes enslaved to political goals.
Modern audiences, raised on a steady diet of movies about World War II, think of fascism as either inhumanly horrifying, or completely absurd, and wonder how anyone in their right minds could have fallen for the fascist sales pitch. In fact, fascism did not seem absurd at all to the intellectuals of the early twentieth century. They thought a wise and all-powerful State, run by the most brilliant minds, would be able to engineer a more advanced society, much as engineers were designing increasingly advanced scientific marvels. The pioneering author of modern science fiction, H.G. Wells, was an outspoken advocate of authoritarian control by a benevolent government of geniuses and academics. His novel The Shape of Things to Come envisions such a government seizing control of the entire world to create a global utopia, called "The Dictatorship of the Air" because the government controls the technology of air travel – which it occasionally uses to drop bombs on those who resist. Here are some excerpts from a famous speech Wells gave to the British Young Liberals Society at Oxford in 1932, reprinted in Jonah Goldberg's indispensable Liberal Fascism – a phrase Wells actually coins in the speech:
We have seen the Fascisti in Italy and a number of clumsy imitations elsewhere, and we have seen the Russian Communist Party coming into existence to reinforce this idea… I am asking for a Liberal Fascisti, for enlightened Nazis… And do not let me leave you in the slightest doubt as to the scope and ambition of what I am putting before you… These new organizations are not merely organizations for the spread of defined opinions… the days of that sort of amateurism are over-they are organizations to replace the dilatory indecisiveness of democracy. The world is sick of parliamentary politics…
The world is sick of parliamentary politics. This is an idea that occurs in every strand of collectivist thought. Collectivists only revere democracy until it has voted them sufficient power… then democracy becomes a cumbersome inconvenience that allows selfish, ignorant fools and corporate shills to interfere with the brilliant work of great men. The Democrats fleeing from town hall meetings are also sick of parliamentary politics, as is the President who defiles American government with dozens of unelected, unconfirmed, unaccountable "czars." Parliamentary politics proved very inconvenient for the President's health-care takeover and cap-and-trade bills, and have been driving global-warming cultists mad with frustration for years.
Why is fascism bad? It seems like a ridiculously understated question, similar to asking why cancer is bad, but the answer is important. The grisly ornaments fascism has worn in the past should not distract from the deeper reality of what it is, and why it fails. The essential flaw of fascism is that it elevates the State to control of its citizens, because controlling the economy requires control of the people. A corporation is a voluntary association of people, not an inanimate machine that can be reprogrammed painlessly by wise government advisers. The people who comprise corporations must be kept alienated from the government's supporters – fascism requires enemies, and turns feral quickly. The government does not require a majority of the people to support it, in order to maintain power. It can make do with much less than fifty per cent, if they are sufficiently motivated and obedient. In fact, maintaining control through an energized minority is much easier than keeping the majority of the population on board, especially in a large country.
The proposition that enlightened government officials should control the economy sounds appealing to those who feel capitalism has not treated them well. No matter what name it operates under, fascism never works. It can't work. Fascist control might produce short-term gains for its favored constituencies, and the sense of organization it brings might benefit a highly disorganized or demoralized population, such as prewar Germany, for a while. In the long run, fascism falls apart because political control is always less flexible and innovative than free-market competition. The political masters of the economy have a list of alternatives they will not consider, mistakes they will not admit to making, and explanations that simply cannot be true. Since they see the free market as inferior to their intellect and moral judgment, they never study it carefully enough to understand how it really works. They become highly adept at killing the geese that lay golden eggs.
Government is a terrible senior partner for any industry, because it has only one thing to bring to the partnership, and that is compulsive force. Everything government does is an expression of force: it collects taxes under the threat of imprisonment or death, blocks access to markets through licensing, and changes the rules of market competition through regulation. A well-run government uses force to protect its citizens, from external threats and internal lawbreakers. As the size of government swells, so does the amount of force deployed to enforce its will. This is inevitable, because force is what a government is. The fascist views private industry as a work horse, yoked to the will of the State… and when the State has exhausted its minimal patience trying to talk the horse into moving faster, there remains only the lash. Political control of the economy never produces the results that would be needed to keep the vital constituencies of the politicians happy, and the only method they can imagine to make their industrial horses work harder is to swing the whip, with increasing anger.
The fascist impulse expresses itself differently in different societies. In America, it was first embraced by President Wilson and the Progressives, because it made sense to them, and everyone else in the industrialized world was already doing it – if you're unfamiliar with the intellectual literature of the Thirties, you would be surprised how often British and American academics fretted about "falling behind" marvelous, fascist Italy and Germany. Fascism's second life in America began because socialism failed. The system of providing social benefits to an increasingly large dependency class, by taxing a dwindling group of productive citizens, went utterly bankrupt. This is dramatically illustrated by the failure of Obama's health care plan, which even the most politically disinterested Americans can see we clearly don't have the money to pay for, with trillions of dollars in debt towering over us. Exit the tax collector… enter the "czar." When the American Left saw that it could no longer extract enough tax money from an increasingly grumpy, overtaxed electorate, it became logically necessary to compel industry to provide what the Left desires. Wrapping this strategy in high-minded language like "green jobs" does not change its essential nature.
The grim pathologies we associate with fascism come as consequences of its original sin, the assertion of direct State control over the economy. The cult of personality forms because the mighty politicians who command the economy must be brilliant supermen – how else could they handle the enormous task they have set for themselves? To support Obama's domestic policies, you must believe he understands medicine better than doctors and insurance companies, knows more about monetary policy than all the banks he has asserted control over, and has a greater mastery of energy production than the industries he plans to destroy with the cap-and-trade bill. He even knows more about making cars than General Motors… and all of the other auto-makers combined, since the automobile market wanted GM to die, and Obama commuted the death sentence to community service. No wonder the media loves to photograph the man with a halo, and Hollywood celebrities pledge their obedience to him on their knees!
Fascism acquires militaristic aspects because a society organized for war is easier to control, and opponents of the State are more easily dismissed as traitors. The American fascists, evolved from socialists and liberals, dislike aggressive wars of military conquest, so they co-opt the language of warfare for domestic policy issues, declaring their policy preferences to be the "moral equivalent of war." Fascism becomes violent because its supporters develop a tribal hostility to their domestic enemies, which eventually leads them to beat those enemies, and maybe bite off a finger or two. Fascism incubates racism because racial animosity is a powerful glue for holding constituent groups together, and milking them for political support.
Is America sliding into fascism? Not completely, or quickly… but it's a potent venom, deadly in small doses. We should not dismiss the menace of fascism by reasoning that it always comes dressed in black uniforms and jackboots, patrolling the perimeter of concentration camps – so we're in good shape as long as those horrors are not in evidence. We shouldn't be fooling around with such a toxic ideology at all. No matter how noble the stated goals at the beginning of the collectivist journey, it always ends at the same destination. Promoting his latest propaganda film, Michael Moore said that "capitalism is evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to replace it with something that is good for all people, and that something is democracy." This is more than just laughable hypocrisy from a millionaire leftist. Capitalism is the exchange of goods and services between free men and women. In the end, there is only one alternative to it, and it is not "democracy."
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I had the same problem with my T-Bucket that I bought. It has 2 new Edelbrocks on a tunnel ram on a BBC.
You can download a carb tuning manual from Edelbrock.
That's a pretty big cam for the rest of your combonation as others have brought up. I think I would start with a vacuum gage and check to see how much vacuum the engine is pulling. Both your carb and distributor works on vacuum and the big cam doesn't put out much. As those carbs come from the box they need around 12 inches of vacuum to seat the rods against the springs. If vacuum is bouncing around at idle, you should be getting over rich mixture at idle. Edelbrock sells spring kits to adjust these.
Others have suggested changing to a Holley or Demon type carb. They still have power valve issues but they are easier for some to deal with. The Edelbrock can be tuned to be reliable but it may take a cam change to make it work. This might be the best solution. Something like the old 350 HP 327 has a bit of a thump to it and still is a lot easier to live with on the street.
I had to change the cam on mine to make it livable on the street.
|Ok thank you
The distributor is a gm hei.
So if I mark it at 36 degrees btdc what do I use as a guide to know where I'm putting my mark? Would it be the marking tabs?
Basically would my line be at 36 degrees according to what the tab show 36 to be?
I just to a look at it and the tab only goes up to 16 degrees? So how am I'm checking for 36.
Thanks f-bird I'm gonna try that tomorrow. Just curious I just picked up a timing light that is adjustable in the back. Should I have it set at 0?
How do you lock out the timing curve?
The mechanic that checked it out remarked the balancer not sure what the reason was. I'm going to determin TDC when I do should the mark be at 0?
Sorry if these are dumb questions I've never done this before and am learning as I go.
Thank you
Thanks again everyone, I'm gonna look into getting a new Holley carb to replace the once I have then ill check on the timing and the other things you guys have recommended.
I'll post an update when I get the new carb
|750 cfm is a good size carb for mild to moderate 350s
Thanks for letting me know about the carb. The original builder had a Holley carb i think a 750 CFM. Then the previous owner bought this carb, I thought from what I had read that the carb was not big enough but wasn't sure. I might just look into buying a bigger Holley carb before I mess with anything else.
Would a 750 CFM be good enough?
Edelbrock makes several 1400 series carbs, but the most common is the 1406, which is set lean to get good fuel mileage. It would run with your engine, but it would not be a good match for this cam.
Also, if the owner used a HP fuel pump, verify the fuel pressure stays within Edelbrock's recommendations (5 psi?). The 1400 series does not run right if the fuel pressure is too high.
Its quite easy to swap rods, jets and springs on a 1406 to tune it to run better for high performance. However, without an AFR and some other tools to see the effect of your changes it will mean a lot of experimentation before you get it right.
Instead of tuning the current carb it may be simpler in the long run to swap it out with a Holley or one of the other Edelbrock carbs that is a better match to the rest of the engine.
|I may be incorrect but the Edelbrock 600 carb is for stock to mildly modified motors. A sbc with a 298* duration cam is not mildly modified. This carb is not designed to work well with this type of cam and can be very difficult to tune. You may need a larger holley style carb with mechanical secondaries for this set up.
One glaring thing in your video that's not a good idea is the rubber fuel line. SEt up a metal tubing line.
Unlees of course you like massive engine fires. I learned that one the hard way. Towering inferno!!!
Thanks everyone for all the good advice. I purchased a timing light today and will be able to check the timing. I apologize for not responding sooner I had computer issues. I will be working on the car tomorrow morning.
So I'm going to try 26deg on idle if anyone thinks that's not a good idea please let me know.
Thanks again
Some set ups very similar to yours prefer ported vacuum. in fact I believe edelbrocks tuning tips state thats the most common unless you have power brakes. But there is nothing wrong with using manifold vacuum if your car runs better that way. Also, I have a lot of experienced people around me that all like to unplug the vacuum advance and use real light springs in there distributor to have timing all in as early as they can. granted they are performance junkies and not driving there cars concerned about mileage.
Im not stating the advice already givin to you is incorrect, im simply verifying that that theres many ways to go.
I would suggest pulling the carb and making sure your set to spec, and hooking up an afr gauge to make sure your safe there. I had the 1407 carb on my 355 and had to tune almost every aspect of the carb, but I think that every carb should have this done. sometimes you get lucky and it runs but most likely it could be better. Even new carbs say to open them up and look for flash, or check floats n butterflies for proper position. Remember that its just regular people putting these things together. (maybe not every carb company but for the most part). and people get stuff wrong all the time. Anyway, Im not familiar with the 1400, perhaps its a good cfm size, I heard you mention alcky so thats probly why.
I now have a demon 750 duel inlet now and chose to start off going through it and making changes right away. then bolting it up, (my timing already set, youll have to do this), then checking pressure(edies like 4.5 but If you are running mixed alcky or straight, youll have to find out, then set your idle, then fuel air screws evenlyleaving your starting point of one and a half turns out. Then your idle again, then fuel air again, then idle again. all while its warmed up and of coarse with a vacuum guage, and timing gun all correctly hooked up.
usually guys will adjust the pump shot by moving the linkage from one of three holes. depending on whether you have a bog or not from stop will prolly dictate where you put this. also the electric choke you will want to adjust according to the whether. I was able to only have to move mine about twice a year on a perfect year but the weather around me now jumps back and forth and its annoying when the choke runs longer than it should.
anyway, I hope I was able to help you out. If you just try to remember the order in which they are performed to get the correct set up, then actually performing the steps wont seem like such a big deal. Once you have it down you will be doing it multiple times a season and doing so in just minuts.
Chevy 350 possible edelbrock carb. problem. Need help
When you took it to your mechanic you said he determined TDC and remarked the balancer. Did you ask him why the original mark on the balancer was off? Did you ask him why he unpluged the vacuum advance? You definitely need to know if there is a problem with the vacuum advance. The vacuum can on the distributor could be shot, something could be broken on the plate inside the distributor not letting the advance work. When you cleaned the carburetor did you soak it or just use carb spray? Here is a Wiki article on HEI distributors to read. Read the section on the Idle transfer slot thru the example of a typical performance ignition advance curve. This is a lot of information to help you understand what is happening. Even if you don't do the work on it you will know what needs to be done.
Just as Vinnie said, what is the base timing set at? With vacuum advance disconnected and plugged, base timing should be 12 degrees before top dead center. Once set, lock distributor. Reconnect vacuum advance to a manifold vacuum source, this is a source that pulls vacuum full time including idle.
The correct port to use on your carb with you standing in front of it will be on the front right side. When you connect the vacuum advance right away it will idle up, then lower your idle speed back down to around 700 RPM.
Next readjust the idle mixture. Without vacuum advance and with the base timing set low what happens is the throttle plates are opened so far the butterflies are off the idle slots so it's forced to pull fuel from the main boosters at idle, this is likely what's causing it to go almost dead under load as it's simply loading up. When you reset the timing and use the vacuum advance you'll find your ride will have a nice lopey idle and it'll have far better low end power. Tuning a hot rod has almost become a lost art as so many believe 12 degrees at base is all you need and they believe vacuum advance is a emissions device that hurts power and they disconnect it not realizing it's vital to tuning it correctly.
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HFEA figures reveal more than 10,000 women had successful IVF treatment in 2006
08 October 2008
The number of women having successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment topped 10,000 for the first time in 2006, according to new figures released by the HFEA today. There were 10,242 births resulting in 12,596 babies in 2006, an increase of 13.1% on the number of births in 2005.
These figures have been published following an update to the HFEA's interactive Find a Clinic guide (see http://guide.hfea.gov.uk/guide/). Find a Clinic provides patients with live birth rate information for clinics carrying out IVF and donor insemination (DI).
Live birth rates (the percentage of live births per treatment cycles started) also rose – 23.1% of treatments resulted in a live birth in 2006, up 1.5% for on the previous year. In 1992, the first year the HFEA started collecting data, the live birth rate was 13%.
The number of patients and the number of treatments also increased. These latest figures show that 34,855 women were treated at UK clinics in 2006 - an increase of 6.8% on the previous year – and underwent 44,275 cycles of treatment.
Overall success rates increased in every age group. For women under 35 using their own fresh eggs, the live birth rate was 31% compared to 29.6% in 2005. For women over 44 using their own fresh eggs, the rate increased from 0.8% in 2005 to 4% in 2006.
These latest figures show:
- IVF patient numbers up 6.8% (32,626 patients in 2005)
- IVF treatments up 5.6% (41,932 cycles in 2005)
- Births following IVF up 13.1% with 10,242 successful births resulting in 12,596 babies (in 2005 there were 9,058 births resulting in 11,262 babies)
- Overall rates of multiple birth – the biggest risk for mothers and babies after IVF – fell from 24% of births in 2005 to 22.7% in 2006.
Donor insemination treatments are down 28%, with 4,225 treatments carried out in 2006 compared to 5,865 in 2005. Overall success rates for donor insemination are up slightly – 10.8% of treatments resulted in a live birth compared to 10.3% in 2005.
Find a Clinic includes details of every licensed fertility clinic in the UK – the services offered, treatments carried out and numbers of children born. In addition to data for individual clinics, overall figures for the UK are also published so that patients can compare success rates for their age group and treatment type.
Find a Clinic, the HFEA's Guide to Infertility and the HFEA's website combine to provide patients with a great deal of information to help them make informed decisions about what treatments are available, what help is available and what clinics can offer them.
- There were more than 1.2 million views of the HFEA Find a Clinic website -www.hfea.gov.uk/guide – with each visitor looking at 14 pages on average, showing that patients are doing thorough searches across a number of clinics.
- 70% of patients say that the interactive Find a Clinic information is either very useful or useful
Professor Lisa Jardine, Chair of the HFEA said:
"In the year that we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the birth of the world's first IVF baby, these latest figures show just how far we've come. IVF is now commonplace, with the number of treatment cycles and births rising yet again.
"A key function of the HFEA is to be an information resource, helping to guide people through their treatment journeys and giving them the information they need to feel properly informed about the choices they are making. We are currently at the start of a consultation process that will look closely at how we might further improve the information that we publish to best capture the performance of clinics. A more sophisticated analysis of national data would be valuable to patients, clinics and the NHS.
"However, the number of donor insemination cycles and births continues to fall. While more couples are able to take advantage of techniques such as ICSI, for those patients whose treatment requires donor sperm, this is of great concern. The HFEA is supportive of clinics that are actively recruiting donors and we welcome the BFS Working Party proposals to introduce a national system for donor recruitment."
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- Further national statistics and background notes are provided in this pdf document:
- Facts and Figures 2006 - fertility problems and treatment
This document includes detailed tables showing the number of multiple births, regional data, the age of women coming forward for treatment and the reasons given for infertility treatment. Information and data for specific clinics can be found here: www.hfea.gov.uk/guide
- Facts and Figures 2006 - fertility problems and treatment
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- The HFEA publishes a free Guide to Infertility for people considering or starting fertility treatment.
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By Nik Brumsack
Santi Cazorla says he loves the attacking nature of English football, and is grateful to his Arsenal team-mates for helping him to settle so quickly at the Club.
The Spanish international has hit the ground running since signing from Malaga in the summer, scoring twice and emerging as the focal point in Arsenal's forward play.
And while Cazorla is happy with the way he has adapted to the Premier League, he insists he can still improve.
"The football is a lot quicker than in Spain but not as tactical," Cazorla told Arsenal Player. "Here it seems that teams' first priority is to attack instead of defending their goal, which is great. It's a huge change for me but I hope to keep on improving.
"As I've said before, it is thanks to the Club, my team-mates and Arsenal's footballing philosophy that I've found it easier to integrate into the side and into the Premier League in general. I'm happy. I still think I've got room for improvement, and so do the team, but we hope to keep on improving."
Having experienced the top tier of domestic football in both Spain and England, Cazorla says it's almost impossible to pick which of the two is the stronger league.
"It's difficult trying to pick one [European] league over the others. There are massive clubs in many of them, especially in the Spanish and the English leagues.
"There are very good teams competing with each other, for example in European competitions with Chelsea winning the Champions League last year, and Barcelona winning it before that. It's very difficult to choose between the two."
Watch the full interview with Santi on Arsenal Player.
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A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax - the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the survival of humanity; Cleon II, the vain and crafty emperor of the Galactic Empire.
Listen to all of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, including (in chronological order):
Prelude to Foundation
Forward the Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Foundation and Earth
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"Love the story. Can't stand the narrator!"
Vintage Asimov bringing to a conclusion his tying up of the origins of the Foundation series. I liked absolutely least the dreadful narration. The narrator didn't seem to actually understand the dialog that he was reading and it came across incredibly stilted and lifeless.
Another one of the cool stings that occur in many of the Foundation stories.
If I wasn't a die-hard Asimov fan I wouldn't have listened past the first 5 minutes. He simply read in a wooden fashion. No sense of timing or emphasis.
Probably but there's little chance of that happening
Get Scott Brick to read Forward and Edge so we have the entire series read consistently
"Poor naration."
This book is a must for one who wants to follow the Foundation series in the correct order.
Learning about Demerzal.
Never. He reads too slow and over pronounces his words. Too much of a gap in his reading. That's why it took 13 discs insted of 12 to record. Please have Scott Brick re-record this title. He set the precedent for the rest of the books to follow, as far as reading is concerned. For example Scott Brick puts the acent on the second syllable of the robot's name- Di - MER - sal. Larry McKeever changed the whjole thing by saying: DEM - er - sal.
The pronunciations started in the first book should be carried on throughout the whole series.
Not with McKeever's reading...it would take too long, and I do need to sleep sometime.
Yes, have Scott Brick do the whole series. I really enjoy listening to him. I enjoyed him in Prelude to the Foundation and I'm happy to see that he has done some of the others.
"Great story, HORRIBLE narration."
No, the audio edition is not not better than the print version.
I first began reading this series in school year 7 (1981) when I was told Asimov was going to continue the Foundation stories. They became, and still are, one of my favorite series of novels. I recently decided that I'd like to listen to the series all the way through, in chronological series order, courtesy of the wonders of Audible. I thoroughly enjoyed Prelude to Foundation, as read by Scott Brick, and looked forward to the next.
This story is still as entertaining as it was when it came out. Unfortunately, Mr. McKeever's narration is absolutely horrible. It's like listening to something being narrated by Stephen Hawking. His narration is extremely mechanical; when I first began listening I really thought it was a synthesizer and not human. There are frequent pauses between sentences that are very distracting, as they would definitely not be present in a normal conversation. His monotone style also adds to the difficulty, sometimes making it impossible to know immediately that a new character is speaking.
Looking at the books read by Mr. McKeever, I see that many are children's books. Perhaps his distinct speaking cadence and crisp pronunciation of each word is something that would be very beneficial to a young child. However, for adult fiction, his reading is distracting from the story. He was very prolific, and no doubt very talented, but this read was not his best (I hope).
I'm very glad this was not my first listen to an Audible book. If it had been, I'm sure I would never have chosen a second. I have been happy with the voice talent used in every Audible book I've listened to up until now and I don't really understand how this one "slipped through." As it stands, I'm not sure I will continue forward with purchasing the rest of the books in this series as I see Mr. McKeever also reads Foundation and Earth. Perhaps I will listen to the others and return to print for F&E. Unfortunately, that defeats my purpose for audio books, as I listen to them while I workout.
No, not unless I hear a sample that convinces me he was just having a bad day when he narrated this novel.
If you're considering this as your first Audible purchase: DON'T DO IT! There are many, wonderfully read books available. Don't let this book ruin your opinion of Audible.com. Please, Audible, work with the publisher and re-record this novel and Foundation and Earth. Don't leave them as they are, just because the narrator has passed away.
"Robotic Reading"
I liked the story, but the reading was robotic. If this had been first Asimov book I listened to, I would have given up. Since I had enjoyed Prelude to Foundation and Foundation (with different reader) I stayed with it. But I will not buy another book with this reader.
System Admin
"Needs to be Re-Narrated"
Mr. McKeever's performance hurts this series for those who have never heard it before or read any of the books. Not only does his monotone narration make listening to this story almost unbearable, McKeever's pronunciation of some of the main character's names was so bad that at first I thought some new characters were being introduced.
"A great disappointment"
This is one of Asimov's Foundation Novels...written after the original three Foundation Novels. The story itself is good...filling in pieces between Prelude to Foundation and the original Foundation Novels.
The narration, on the other hand is awful...one of the worst I've heard during my eight years on Audible...If I were the narrater I'd be ashamed of this performance. It's terrible. Lack of feeling...monotonal...choppy...feh!
"Keeps the story going"
The narrator was terrible. The story was extremely slow in the first half.
Hasn't set me off ask I'm only 2 books away from finishing the series.
I didn't like his pronunciation of the names or the sound of voice it was very croaky.
The first half of book would've been cut.
The book keeps the series connected so I stuck with it. The narrator was horrible his pronunciation of Eto Demerzel was different from Scott Brick which first set me off but then the tone and sound really did me in. Somewhat mono tone and croaky.
The first half I found very slow and boring, I think it could have been summed up into 15 minutes of reading then followed up by the second half where things started to get interesting.
Disappointed with this book but it was only one in this otherwise great series.
"Never heard the story"
I rated the story at one star only because it has to be rated to write this review. I actually have no idea if the story is good or not since the narration was so bad I never heard the story. I will re-rate after reading it in print.
Absolutely, Asimov is awesome, it's the narrator that ruined this one for me.
Scott Brick did such a fantastic narration of most of the Foundation series, why didn't he do all of them? Those narrated by McKeever are so bad that it is as if static is playing in the background. Even after listening to the first two hours 3 different times I have no idea what happened in the story. I finally gave up. I guess this is the book I need to get for my new tablet reader so I can actually enjoy the story.
Disappointment. Before giving up I wasted a good 6 hours and have no idea what happened in the book.
"Computerized voice?"
I will listen to another book from Isaac Asimov, but will avoid any book read by Larry McKeever if it is not a part of a series.
Larry McKeever, in his odd pauses and overly annunciated way, sounded much as a voice from an old Apple Macintosh computer. This mechanical intrusion of the story made it very difficult as I was trying to grasp the overall times and intended feel of the story. It required re-listening to the beginning quarter of the book twice before I finally found myself able to ignore Mr. McKeever's reading style and was able to immerse myself in Asimov's wonderfully imaginative world on the third try.
Even though I had originally had difficulty with Larry McKeever's reading style, it was still an excellent story. If you have enjoyed the previous books in the series, I would strongly recommend this one.
This was my favorite story of the series so far. The personal relationships, with the continuous suspense of wondering how Harry was going to be able pull off this invention of psycho-history, as well as the "life" of this great man created an emotionally entwined and overall triumphant feel of a great story.
"horrible narrator"
He was so horrible that I had to force myself to listen. The only thing that kept me going was knowing that after I was done with this book, I wouldn't have to listen to him until somewhere near the last book.
I do not understand why publishers use different narrators in a series. Maybe because they couldn't get who they wanted for all of them?? I have never before written a review where I talked about how bad the narrator was - but this guy is so bad, that I almost considered just reading the book. But, I listen to books so that I can do other things at the same time, as I am sure most of us do, so it just wasn't an option.
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East New York Tunnel, Brooklyn
The East New York Tunnel was dug in 1914 during the massive grade-crossing elimination project that elevated or submerged most of the Bay Ridge Line. The tunnel begins just south of Liberty Avenue and passes under the mess at Broadway Junction, including Atlantic Avenue, Fulton Street, Broadway, and Bushwich Avenue before running under the western edge of Evergreen Cemetery and emerging as an elevated line near the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Piling Street.
East New York Station
When the tunnel was created, a platform was built at the south portal between the two easternmost tracks for the East New York Station. The platform was accessed from a stairway leading down from Liberty Avenue over the face of the tunnel entrance. The platform still exists, although it is obscured by vegetation in the photo below.
A photo of the tunnel and platform from 1924 is available HERE.
If the BMT Canarsie Line were dropped into the right-of-way to share tracks with the Circumferential Line south of here, a design decision would need to be made whether to continue the line northward through the East New York tunnel or have it ascend again to the top platform at Broadway Junction. The easier (and cheaper) course of action would probably be to take the subway line up and leave the freight line in the tunnel. But the quieter option would be to use the tunnel and bore a transfer connection at Broadway Junction.
Looking south from over the East NY tunnel portal. Note the abandoned platform on the left
Just to the northeast of the portal to the East New York tunnel is a large abandoned red brick building. LIRR Substation 2 in East New York was one of the five substations built as part of the LIRR's first electrification project around 1905. The substation contained two or three rotary converters for converting 12,000-volt AC that came through from the power house to the 600 volt DC needed for the third rail. It also contained associated transformers, cooling blowers and busses. This was the first application of electricity for surface railroads in the eastern United States. The Hammel substation even contained a massive battery composed of of 300 large chemical tanks that had a 3,200 amp-hour rating and could run the Rockaway Beach Division from Howard for several hours in an emergency. The NY times has a reprint of a nice article on the electrification from 1905 HERE
I haven't been able to find any information online as to when the station was decommissioned or if there are any plans circulating for its demolition or renovation. It obviously has been vacant for some time, likely outmoded by the development of solid state rectifiers that don't need such a massive support facility.
The LIRR has a line on Atlantic Avenue that was originally built in 1836 by the Brooklyn & Jamaica Railroad Company and leased to the LIRR. The line ran between Jamaica and a terminal on the East River, although it was cut back to its present terminus at Flatbush Avenue in the 1870s after resolution of issues regarding the use of steam locomotives within the city of Brooklyn.
The East New York LIRR station is right above the East New York tunnel and if the tunnel platform were reactivated, transfer between the lines would be a fairly simple walk up/down a flight of stairs and across a street.
The BMT Canarsie Line, passing over the LIRR, passing over New York Avenue, passing over the East New York tunnel
Broadway Junction
This chaotic melange of tracks was originally the point where the Brodway and Fulton Elevated lines met in 1884 (remnants are the J/Z trains). The BMT Canarsie line (L Train) joined the fray in 1928 and the subterranean IND Fulton Street Line (A/C trains) in 1946. Adding to the mess is a the East New York Subway Yard just to the east, although the trolly lines that ran on the streets below are now replaced by buses. The complex has had numerous modifications and renovations over the years, sprinkling in some abandoned sections and vestigial ornamentation.
Underneath all this somewhere is the Bay Ridge Line East New York Tunnel. There was not a station here during the line's passenger days and I'm not sure if there is any kind of connection (or room for platforms) between the IND tunnel and the Bay Ridge Line tunnel. The Circumferential Line and the Canarsie BMT would probably be sharing tracks here. If the line would keep the high BMT platform, limited modifications would be needed. If they were both placed in the Bay Ridge Line tunnel, providing platforms and a transfer corridor would likely be a major task.
Bushwich Avenue Station
The Bay Ridge Line had a station somewhere around here on Bushwich Avenue that was closed in 1915 when the East New York Tunnel put the line under Bushwick Avenue. The Bushwich Avenue station had replaced a station at Central Avenue that was only open for a year in 1883.
After using the high platform at Broadway Junction, the BMT Canarsie Line (L train) makes a steep descent into a tunnel under Bushwick Avenue, with a subterranean station just north of Bushwick Avenue on Aberdeen Street, only a few hundred feet before both the Canarsie Line and the Bay Ridge Line emerge from their tunnel. The lines run parallel and fairly close to each other under the Rudd Playground at this point and the land directly over the tunnels is an undeveloped wooded area until the tracks emerge from the tunnel to the northwest.
If the Circumferential Line and the Canarsie Line are sharing tracks from the south and choose to use the existing high platform at Broadway Junction, there would be no need for any significant changes here. However, if they use the East New York tunnel, new platforms and, likely, excavation would be needed unless there's a way to crossover between the Bay Ridge Line tunnel and Canarsie Line tunnel prior to the Bushwick Avenue station.


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7 open source innovations on the cutting edge
The open source movement remains a font of innovation to this day, and not just in the commercial sector. Numerous projects founded by universities, loosely knit communities, and individuals are exploring areas yet to be taken on by mainstream, proprietary software products. Here are just seven examples of exciting new ideas in software that you may be able to buy from proprietary vendors someday, but that you can only get for free from the open source community today.
See also:
InfoWorld's Best of Open Source Software Awards
Top 10 open source apps for Windows, at a glance
Top 10 open source apps for Mac OS X
Top 10 Open Source Hall of FamersOn Teaching Open Source Development
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Eichler Looks to Lead Phoenix with Toughness
By: Jill Wunrow (@JillWunrow)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - With the Horizon League Preseason Polls recently being released, it's no secret the 14-time defending regular season Horizon League Champion Green Bay women's basketball team has high expectations to repeat as projected in the preseason poll.
With the nation's longest streak for regular season conference championships, it's a wonder why Green Bay had only two players recognized on the Preseason All-League teams, especially since the Phoenix returns four starters from the 2011-12 season, tied for the most among league teams.
"Polls are ranked on numbers, if you score a lot of points you'll get placed high in the polls," said Phoenix head coach Kevin Borseth.
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises in being left off the preseason teams is Green Bay senior Sarah Eichler (Grafton, Wis.), who has been in the Phoenix starting line-up since her freshman season and considered the team's top defender. According to the polls, she might also be the team's most underrated player.
"I don't feel slighted. The people that were selected to the preseason teams are well-deserving of the recognition but I also think we could have had more players on the teams," Eichler said. "People that voted are looking for the player that's going to step up and fill the void of Julie (Wojta), and I think Adrian (Ritchie) and Lydia (Bauer) are the next in line to potentially do that. However, what some people may fail to realize is how versatile our team is."
Polls are considered 'a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons for the purpose of analysis.' With 27 voters participating in the preseason poll, Eichler did receive several votes and if a Third Team All-League existed, she would have been on it. Nonetheless, as history proves, Green Bay players thrive on flying under the radar and in some cases are used to it.
During Eichler's junior year at Grafton High School, senior teammate Rachael Hencke was being recruited by Borseth, who was in his final year at his first stint with the Phoenix at that time. It was the first time Borseth had seen Eichler play, and while watching Green Bay from Michigan he made an instant observation of what he refers to as "a freight train."
"When Sarah was recruited at Green Bay, I was wondering how I did not recognize her play while I was recruiting Rachael," Borseth said. "Lo and behold, as time progressed and I watched the team, she was the kid I felt was Green Bay's toughness."
Eichler earned much-deserved accolades her senior year in high school, having been named the Associated Press Player of the Year while helping guide Grafton to a Division 2 state title. In sticking with numbers and the importance they play in polls and rankings, during her junior year with the Phoenix, Eichler posted career-high numbers, averaging 9.9 points and 27.4 minutes per game. The 5-foot-11 forward finished fifth in the league in free-throw percentage (84.4) and eighth in field-goal percentage (45.8). She also scored a game-high 16 points in the NCAA Tournament first round game against Iowa State, including four three-pointers.
"She's valuable. The only regular season game Green Bay lost last year (vs. Detroit, Feb. 9) was the one she wasn't playing in," Borseth said. "I don't know how or if you can put a number on that."
Like a typical Green Bay player, numbers, polls, and rankings, do not mean anything for the success of the team or an individual's performance.
"I'm just the kind of person that has no problem dishing out assists for the hot player. If we need a layup at a certain point, I can step up and do that but I want the people around me to do well; that's just as important as putting points on the board," Eichler said. "I respect Adrian and Lydia for getting the recognition but they also respect me. Someone's opinion from the outside looking in doesn't mean as much to me as someone who is with me every day."
"She's the toughest. She busts it and sells the farm on every play while producing results. Quite frankly from the short time span I've spent with her in terms of her athleticism and production output, I'd be hard-pressed to find a player in Green Bay history better than her," said Borseth. "She's our toughness, the kid that gets the rest of them going."
Eichler may use her recent poll slight as fuel for her play this season but knows she also needs to produce numbers if she has a desire to continue playing after college. In the meantime, Eichler is focused on the team and how far it can go.
Besides, no matter what numbers Eichler posts in her final season with the Phoenix, what she'll remember most are the games she thrived on her favorite aspect of the game, defense. During the 2010 NCAA Tournament, as a freshman, Eichler was matched up against All-American Monica Wright on man-to-man sequences in the team's first round upset of Virginia.
"There's more satisfaction to me in standing someone up on a dribble drive than making a layup on someone else," said Eichler.
"She's a player we're going to rally around a lot more than people would think," Borseth added.
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What,,, What,,,, were we talking about??????
It's that time of year for us to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it!
Below is a very private way to gauge how your memory compares to the last test. Some may think it is too easy but the ones with memory problems may have difficulty. Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made your answer. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
If you said 'toast' give up now and do something else.. Try not to hurt yourself.
2. Say 'silk' five times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink?
Cows drink water.
If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said 'water', proceed to question 3.
3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is madefrom black bricks, what is a green house made from?
Greenhouses are made from glass.
If you said 'green bricks,' why are you still reading these? If you said 'glass' go on to Question 4.
4. You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven, 12 people get on the bus.
In Reading, 3 people get off the bus and 5 people get on.
In Bradford, 4 people get off and 2 get on.
In Cardiff, 3 people get off and 7 people get on.
In Oxford, 6 people get off and 3 people get on.
In Carmathen, 5 people get off and 2 get on.
You then arrive at Milford Haven Without scrolling back to review, how old is the bus driver?
Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own age? It was YOU driving the bus!
If you pass this along to your friends, pray they do better than you did.
What,,, What,,,, were we talking about??????
I got the greenhouse one.
That explains why my genius IQ isn't doing anything for me.
Oops, I failed!!! My wife is making plans to take me to the country rest home...


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Outside Agencies is a budgetary category that includes appropriations from the County's General Fund and provides these to various non-profit agencies. These organizations provide services for and on behalf of Pender County's residents and visitors. County funding of these organizations is mainly discretionary, meaning the County determines the level of funding for each agency. The County Manager recommends funding levels based on requests, need, services provided, and funding availability.
Organizations funded under this budget category are typically non-recreational. Recreation agencies are funded out of the Recreation Department's budget or the Parks & Recreation Capital Project Account in the CIP. The agencies provide a wide variety of programs and services to many, including: education, economic development, in-home aide/congregate meals/home delivered meals/transportation for the aging, and assistance to developmentally disabled adults and children, tourism development, airport capital improvements, and environmental protection.


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I think you mean LCR (as in light compact revolver). The .38 special LCR will shoot a +p load. However I would recommend just getting the .357 version so you can shoot either. if you don't want the .357 the .38 special LCR will handle +p
I always would rather have the .357. Then I can drop to the .38 for shooting or load them up with +p rounds because I know if the gun can handle a .357 round it will have no prob with the .38+p


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It's Supporters Club Week on Arsenal.com as we pay tribute to the devoted fans who follow Arsenal from all over the United Kingdom and from all corners of the globe.
Over the past few weeks, Arsenal Supporters Clubs from around the world have filled in our questionnaire with details of their background, their activities and their fondest trips to Arsenal matches. We'll be publishing two per day, every day this week.
We kick off today with the lowdown on two Supporters Clubs. We start with Italy and then head closer to home with Herts and Beds.
Arsenal Italy Supporters Club
Who are you?
We are the Arsenal Italy SC. Our chairman is Stefano Maini from Mirandola near Modena and our secretary is Roberto Puzzi from Soragna, Parma.
When and how was your Supporters Club formed?
Our club was formed by Stefano Maini in 1999. He put an advert
in some Italian sports magazines with his idea of a new supporters
club and the number of
members has grown up from about 10 in 1999 to more than 100 in 2007.
How many members do you have?
Actually more than 100 and we are due to collect subscriptions for the next season.
How regularly do you meet?
Our preferred place to meet other members is over in London for Arsenal home matches!
What functions/events do you organise?
We meet regularly every year for our AGM near Modena.
Do you meet up with other Supporters Clubs?
Some of our members who live in Bergamo have friends in other Supporters Club, especially with the Dover SC.
How often do you travel to Emirates Stadium?
We have members at almost every home matches at Emirates Stadium.
Do you attend Arsenal away matches in the Champions League?
Of course, when the Champions League draw take place we all hope for an away trip here in Italy! We have followed the Gunners in every away match in Italy in recent years in Turin, Rome, Florence and of course in our famous win at the San Siro against Inter Milan.
Tell us about your favourite Arsenal 'road trip' so far.
Our favourite Arsenal trips are the last match played at
Highbury on May 7, 2006, the first game at the Emirates Stadium
back in August and the Champions League Final in Paris. We have
been lucky enough to obtain tickets for these matches and we are
sure these are matches and moments that we will never forget.
Our proudest moment as a Supporters Club was on June 1, 2001 when a five-a-side over-40 Tournament was organized near Forlì, in Italy. Some of our members took part in this tournament and played against the likes of John Radford, Paul Davis, Peter Marinello and other Arsenal legends.
Contact Information:
Club Chairman: Stefano Maini
Club Secretary: Roberto Puzzi
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://arsenalfansclubitalia.blog.dada.net/
Arsenal Herts & Beds Supporters Club
Who are you?
Arsenal Herts & Beds (Chairman Ben Roberts)
When and how was your Supporters Club formed?
In the summer of 2006 by a small group of regular Arsenal goers.
How many members do you have?
How regularly do you meet?
We go to every Arsenal match together and meet up for other occassions such as football tournaments.
What functions/events do you organise?
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|Hell Rick Dobbertin's J2000 was done in what 1985? Twin Magnusson SC/Twin Roto-Master turbos/20 port nitrous injection on an all aluminum SBC. Overkill? Sure! Impractical? Absolutely! But the beauty of the fabrication and the ability to see it through is astounding. And I distinctly remember that car driving past my house when I was a kid (before it was in paint)
a turbocharger will not work with motorcycle carbs, the pressure will keep the vaccum piston closed all the time and the engine will not accelerate under boost.
Tech,hows this for a confused engine?
As far as getting fuel into the bike carbs, I conceived the fix for that several decades ago. You need a fuel reservoir that sits higher than the carbs so fuel can flow by gravity into the carbs, just like the stock tank arrangement. Inside the reservoir is a float that rises and falls to switch on and off a small electric pump which re-feeds the reservoir from a main fuel tank. Think of this reservoir as about the size of a kitchen toaster. As long as the bottom of it is higher than the carb inlet, it will work. You could have this reservoir in plain sight or you could hide it behind some sheet metal work.
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Please post a pic of the head once it's milled down the manifolds, I wonder if there's enough meat inside to machine a flat surface for the manifolds, you might have to weld up a lot, probably some water jackets will show up, I'm really courious to see how it's inside.
No problem about the mc carb's lack of accelerator pumps, they don't need one, the vaccum slide takes care of it, you already know bikes and how they work just fine with them mikunis.
About the Kerker, yes I know the sweet sound they make, orgasmics to say the least, but I'm sure thet's not possible with a car engine, I have tried for years with 4 cylinders but no luck, some come close but not, I'm sure is a combination of cam timing, ligth weight cranks, high revs, short runners, etc which combine for that incredible sound, but I'm sure your six will sound good, I will not use a header, just a free flowing 2.5" pipe with 2 glaspacks, I might build a 3Y header later.
keep us posted and don't forget the pics, good luck amigo.
was it this engine with eight turbos? this cat built a killer looking setup for sure, but its not motorcycle carbs on a Pontiac 6...
http://www.hotrodsandcoolstuff.com/enginebuild.html <--- Eight Turbos
Thanks for the info and the link Augusto.
You had mentioned:
>not to question your project, but why doing all that machine work for only 200 cubes? I would use a 300 cid (also known as the 4.9) inline six ford that has external intake and exhaust manifolds? plus the 100 extra inches will give you a much rewarding engine, and with the six carbs it would just look awsome.
I'm already installing an I6 300 in my son's granada, look at my pictures, or the thread I started for it :
I'm sort of in a similar situation as you are as far as why I'm using a 200 and doing all that machine work on a 200.
This is also a fun project I'm teaching my grandson some skills as we go along, like sheet metal work, welding, torches, proper use of power tools, the lathes, mill, drill press, etc. I just hadn't mentioned it before due to my post already becoming rather lengthy.
Why a 200? I have 3 of them in my garage coupled to standard transmissions. I'll be showing my grandson how to rebuild a simple standard transmission as well as the engine work and upgrades for both strength and performance.
All the machine work in my case is basically free since I have the equipment in my garage and am a retired machinist and welder.
I can buy sheets of aluminum at cost to make the T style body from and have the sheet metal equipment in my garage also so that will keep costs way down.
I also have several motorcycle engines on my garage shelves with some decent Mikuni carbs on them. I can show my grandson how to rebuild the first one, then let him take it from there with the following other 5 carbs. These are all some of the things I've just got great deals on over the years and could not part with them.
I had a Yamaha Maxim 750 before I retired. I put a Kerker 4 into 1 muffler on. The sound of that Kerker was so great I nearly had a mental orgasm the first time I fired it up. So I'm giving some thought to using 2 Kirkers on this 200 inline with 3 into 1 (2 times), by running the exhaust tubes individually as long as possible down the side of the hot rod for more torque, then couple 3 exhaust tubes into 1 collector to attach the Kirkers to near the end with 2 kickout exhaust tubes on the end of the Kerkers. Before I actually use two Kerkers I'll do my homework to make sure the flow & cfm is good for this set-up.
In this case, I have nearly everything I need for this project that will help keep costs down.
I'm estimating our little hot rod project shouldn't weight over 1,000 pounds, so the power to weight ratio should be satisfactory and a fun little hot rod to play around with.
Your son's and your 300 inline project sounds great. As sixes go, I've always liked the Ford 300. If I had some 300's as readily available as the three 200's I already have, I'd be using the 300. It's a great choice.
Best wishes.
I'm already installing an I6 300 in my son's granada, look at my pictures, or the thread I started for it :
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Hi,i was at Big Daddys (Don Garlits) anti-billet, rod show yesterday,just South of Ocala,fla,there was a car there with 8 SMALL TURBOS,turbos were mounted right in the header pipe,very close to the head,maybe 1 to 2 inches from head.,kinda neat,but i didnt have a chance to talk to the owner.nice engineering...
Some carb number info:
1968- 7028260(AT), 7028261(MT), 17054906(?typo prolly?)
1967 (230cid) - 7027268(late, AT w/o AIR), 7027269(late, MT w/o AIR), 7037268(late, AT w/AIR), 7037269(late, MT w/AIR) [7027260 (early, AT w/o AIR), 7027261 (early, MT w/o AIR); 7037260(early, AT w/AIR; 7037261(early, MT, w/AIR)
(info inside brackets from HPP magazine)
Besides the Q-jet carb and intake, the OHC Sprint engines had a bigger exhaust valve, higher compression and more cam lift and duration along w/dual valve springs and a split exhaust.
My first thoughts are how much CFM does the engine require to operate? I suppose you could take the CFM required and divide by 6 therefore you have each single carb CFM requirement.
Did Pontiac use a variable CFM Q-jet on this engine? Sounds like a interesting project.
Hi Chris,
It sounds like we're doing about the same type of hot rod project, using a six cylinder and wanting to adapt 6 motorcycle carburetors or just 6 carbs. I'll tell you a little about what I've found out so far. Maybe we can help each other as we go along.
I always like a totally different type of hot rod, something that not everyone else is doing, just for the fun of doing it. My last T Bucket was powered by a 427 set on kill. This one now with the six, is something for a totally different reason ... just to see if I can do it and hope it turns out as well as I imagine it will.
I'm making my frame from round d.o.m. tubing, my own aluminium 23 T style body and a six banger with 6 Mikuni carbs. Everyone uses a V-8, but a Six in an old T hot rod seems to get more interest. Plus, if the combination of parts is all matched properly, there's nothing that sounds quite as cool as a hot six banger when at high rpm's.
The engine I'm using is a 200 cubic inch Ford inline six with the intake and exhaust cast as part of the head. That aspect of this engine seems to be one of its Achilles heels. To me it sounds like a fun challenge.
I'm a retired machinist and welder so the head-work needing to be done, I can do here in my garage. I don't know if your Pontiac has the intake and exhaust cast into the head like my Ford does.
I'll just mill cut and mill the intake runners down flat with anything else in that area. Then make my own intake manifold from about a 3/4" plate, then weld the same size tubes to match the Mikuni carburetor and attach the carbs to the new intake runners the similar to the way they were attached on the bike. I believe these carbs are about 36mm.
Then drill and tap the side of the engine making sure not to drill into a water jacket or anything, then use screw-in studs with some good adhesive on the threads for the intake plate to fasten to. That's the plan now but sometimes plans can be subject to change.
There's been allot of questions by others about doing this project or a very similar type of project. The main question they have is about how to properly keep the carbs all tuned. I'm learning as I go on this particular project and often times that's just the way we have to learn. But if the tuning of these multiple carbs is anything like the other multiple carbs on my other hot rods, a good vacuum gauge is the trick. I am thinking that I may even need to install six smaller vacuum gauges - one vacuum gauge per intake runner. Welding a bung up above the runners so the bungs don't interfere with the intake flow. On my other hot rods I've found the value of tuning an engine with a vacuum gauge works wonders!
On most of my cars I've installed a large faced vacuum gauge inside the car under the dash and I also mounted a smaller faced vacuum gauge under the hood into a threaded hole in the intake manifold. This has worked wonders on the tuning of a Holley 4-barrel 390 cfm on an Offenhauser intake and home made headers on my AMC Eagle with the inline 258 six cylinder. It's amazing how much closer I can put a good tune on an engine with the addition of a vacuum gauge or gauges.
A computer would be able to keep a modern system like this tuned constantly but when building an old school hot rod I just prefer to leave the computers in my newer cars, and keep a tool box handy, just my opinion. So to make the tuning last longer I'm going for the vacuum gauges to help me keep everything tuned and to tell me when something is starting to go out of tune so I can make the adjustment before it becomes a big problem.
I realize going into this project the complexity of using six motorcycle carburetors for this engine and I'm okay with it. I'm prepared to make adjustments more frequently than I would on something else. But I really like the coolness about using a hot six banger with six carbs in a 1,000 pound hot rod.
Let me know how your project is going. Like I said, maybe we can help each other as we go along.
Best wishes!
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Arsenal are a "fantastic" team to watch but he expects Barcelona to overcome Arsène Wenger's side in the Champions League.
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I took my TEFL course almost two years ago, and it feels like i have forgotton everything i learnt, now i have my first post.
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