a local hi-end dealer once showed me his version of a cd 'demagnetizer'.
He took a large and heavy book, flipped it open, laid some aluminium foil onto the pages, put the cd in and closed the book....
I didn't argue with him about 'demagnetizing', but getting rid of static charges and perhaps the accompanying dust doesn't seem a bad idea to me.
Maybe something similar could happen, if a lp is layed onto that mysterious thingy they reviewed at 6moon?
regards
He took a large and heavy book, flipped it open, laid some aluminium foil onto the pages, put the cd in and closed the book....
I didn't argue with him about 'demagnetizing', but getting rid of static charges and perhaps the accompanying dust doesn't seem a bad idea to me.
Maybe something similar could happen, if a lp is layed onto that mysterious thingy they reviewed at 6moon?
regards
I worked in a hifi store during high school (long, long ago) with a guy whose last job was selling jewelry. Let's just say he needed a lot of support to sell electronics. Our Revox B77 had, of course, two large VU meters on the front, the left one's bulb burned out. It really bothered him to see it, so we told him to flip the 2-prong AC plug over to see if it reversed the situation to the other meter. Advanced troubleshooting technique, as it were. He just smiled and said 'uh huh'. Later we watched around the corner as he flipped the plug right over... Ah, what I would have given to have a remote switch to those meters just for the joy of that moment
lol - love this thread - covers the full gambit of technophoolery from boy-racer adaptations to ill-concieved vehicles to magic stones!
My input on the 924 - when I worked in VW workshops in England in the mid-late 1980s we refered to these vehicles as "LT Coupes" - LT being VWs light transporter which had essentially the same engine derived from AUDI.
The 924 was of the same ilk as the european Ford Capri. A cheap, wannabe vehicle that looked the part but was easy to manufacture and sold to less demanding clientele - hairdressers and the like. The turbo was a different story...
SAABs history of slapstick engineering is a matter of historical record.
Healey Sprite? See the above about hairdresser cars. Now the Healey 3000... whaor!
REspec' to GK for his landy - another piece of english engineering venerated when it should have been buried. I understand the gearbox makes a very good trash compactor...
I'm reminded of the auto engineer's lament when dealing with products of the Old Country - "Made in England - finish it yourself".
Big ups for the 914/916 comments earlier. Shame they only did the 916 in LHD. Of course, they would have rusted away by now.
Now a 650HP Bentley - that would be an interesting item. There are plenty of ways it could be acheived, but not by fitting new ignition components, however exclusive their metalurgy. Of course, you then have the problem of keeping the transmission in one piece and heaving 2.5 tonne of vehicle around a corner...
My input on the 924 - when I worked in VW workshops in England in the mid-late 1980s we refered to these vehicles as "LT Coupes" - LT being VWs light transporter which had essentially the same engine derived from AUDI.
The 924 was of the same ilk as the european Ford Capri. A cheap, wannabe vehicle that looked the part but was easy to manufacture and sold to less demanding clientele - hairdressers and the like. The turbo was a different story...
SAABs history of slapstick engineering is a matter of historical record.
Healey Sprite? See the above about hairdresser cars. Now the Healey 3000... whaor!
REspec' to GK for his landy - another piece of english engineering venerated when it should have been buried. I understand the gearbox makes a very good trash compactor...
I'm reminded of the auto engineer's lament when dealing with products of the Old Country - "Made in England - finish it yourself".
Big ups for the 914/916 comments earlier. Shame they only did the 916 in LHD. Of course, they would have rusted away by now.
Now a 650HP Bentley - that would be an interesting item. There are plenty of ways it could be acheived, but not by fitting new ignition components, however exclusive their metalurgy. Of course, you then have the problem of keeping the transmission in one piece and heaving 2.5 tonne of vehicle around a corner...
AARD, you are really insulting. What do you expect from a young person, NOT in the AUTO trade? Porsche 911's for everybody, at $5.00/hr? My salary, when I was a beginning engineer in the late 1960's. It's true that the old friend that I spoke to today, had a Lotus Europa, then, when we both worked at AMPEX, and some SINGLE guy had a 911, but what do you expect? The BIG thing is to re-engineer your car, and LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE. In the USA, highway speeds are below 70 MPH, on pain of jail. This is not Europe.
It is not a bad thing to put auto quality in their proper place, but keep it real.
It is not a bad thing to put auto quality in their proper place, but keep it real.
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30,000 * .10 = 3000
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You WHAT?????
You are either an exceptional wit or completely bereft of personal insight!!! Your whole modus operandi is condesention, standard opening statements along the lines of 'when I lunched with so-and-so...' or 'I've forgotten more than you will ever know...' being your bon mots of choice.
There are many hateful pieces of junk that have over the years been foisted on the public as icons of performance when in fact they are merely marketing ploys. Camaro, Mustang or Corvette, anyone? NO? Chose any FIAT or Alfa then...
Lord help me, in my VERY young days I had an 850cc mini which I thought gave me licence to drive like Paddy Hopkirk - delusional thinking is a thing we are all guilty of.
Rose tinted specs help me think that my mini was the height of handling and zest and a pleasure to drive. I'd add that it had around 70% of the hp of your sprite! On a good day.
My recollections in the earlier post are not placed to belittle anyone. Asked their favorite vehicle from thier past we would all reply waxing lyrical about something iconic to us. Hence my mini (well, actually my fav was a 1600cc Datsun 1972, but thats a whole other story). We cling to mis-remembered glints of genius that all vehicles possess making exellent use of our brains ability to delude us. Truth is, given a choice between those vehicles and a modern vehicle however prosaic, we would choose the modern and get improvements in perfromance, economy, comfort, longevity and reliability. We just wouldn't enjoy the lack of romance.
The derisive comments in my earlier post are those OF THE TIME however - and by those close enough and informed enough to know - we were working on the vehicles then and well knew therir shortcomings in design, manufacture and ownership.
PS - if anyone has a spare MkII Jaguar 3.4 they want to off-load, I've always been a sucker for those curves and the growl, and I'll forgive it the mechanical nightmare under the hood...
I design very hi fi audio equipment. ONLY the CTC Blowtorch is my best effort. Everything else is an intelligent (hopefully) compromise. I don't think that anyone here has ever invested in or perhaps even heard a Blowtorch. Well that is your loss, but it is the cost of an inexpensive new car, so I understand. It is only for the very wealthy and people in the audio business. I ENJOYED driving my AH Sprite. It was all I could afford at the time, I was a student. Sure, I could pick it apart technically, but for what purpose?
It still was the most fun car I ever drove over a period of time.
It still was the most fun car I ever drove over a period of time.
AARD, I have been actively designing in the audio business for more than 40 years. I have lunch with famous people, because they are my colleagues, and they have something to offer in conversation.
When Bob Cordell and Scott Wurcer come here in February, for the ISSCC, they will probably hang out with Bob Pease and other well known designers. It is what we do.
When Bob Cordell and Scott Wurcer come here in February, for the ISSCC, they will probably hang out with Bob Pease and other well known designers. It is what we do.
My 2-seater Zed, built from the ground up.
Fully worked ~270hp (at about 7000rpm) L28 engine. At only a little over 1000kg, it went quite well. I used to cruise comfortably at 130mph. The car is still under construction, currently with the engine pulled out. Will get stuck into it again and finally finish it off when the Landrover is finished. Am rebuilding the engine and the induction to run LPG only, supercharged. Have lots of other mods planed too.
Fully worked ~270hp (at about 7000rpm) L28 engine. At only a little over 1000kg, it went quite well. I used to cruise comfortably at 130mph. The car is still under construction, currently with the engine pulled out. Will get stuck into it again and finally finish it off when the Landrover is finished. Am rebuilding the engine and the induction to run LPG only, supercharged. Have lots of other mods planed too.
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Hey? You actually know just how long the Australia Army kept these in service due to the fact that nothing else tested and put through its paces could stack up against it?
GK, do you have smog controls where you live? I live in California, and it is a B---- to pass smog and get my auto registration with an older or modified car. In the old days, it was easier and more fun to re-work our auto engines.
One thing about the 924 was that it had mechanical fuel injection that made it MUCH EASIER to tune and experiment. I haven't done anything to my 944, except a new aircleaner, and ignition wires, and plugs It is just too hard, and then every time that I got the car smogged, I would have to get it back to normal for the test. Too much monkey business, and I'm an old man. However, Jack Bybee did get his Bentley rechipped to get the 651 measured HP.
One thing about the 924 was that it had mechanical fuel injection that made it MUCH EASIER to tune and experiment. I haven't done anything to my 944, except a new aircleaner, and ignition wires, and plugs It is just too hard, and then every time that I got the car smogged, I would have to get it back to normal for the test. Too much monkey business, and I'm an old man. However, Jack Bybee did get his Bentley rechipped to get the 651 measured HP.
Nope. You only have to comply with the emission ADR's on the compliance plate. If the car was built before 1974, you can basically do what you want with the engine. For more modern cars there is a way to get around the emission regulations - pull out everything to do with petrol and build the car for straight gas (LPG). They won't even ask any questions then - they didn't when my 383 stroker (which doesn't have a single factory internal component) had to go over the pits for a full road worthy inspection - passed first time.
Nope. Try again. Remember, the Laplacian in polar coordinates is NOT d2/dr2.
And has, many times over. If I ever decide to lose my conscience and market pseudoscientific nonsense, they're the first ones to get a review sample.
Sy, does there exist, in your estimation, a "region" where measurements give out yet audible differences can still be perceived? Are you assuming the current spate of measurements and measurement techniques cover the entire audible field?
I'm not sure how that position could hold up in light of evolving measurement techniques, where new forms of measurement give some rationale, not previously available, for audible differences. This would imply that one heard a difference before it was measured, no? One would think measurement's ability to distinguish audio-related differences would have by now have quite outstripped listening capability to distinguish such.
I'm not sure how that position could hold up in light of evolving measurement techniques, where new forms of measurement give some rationale, not previously available, for audible differences. This would imply that one heard a difference before it was measured, no? One would think measurement's ability to distinguish audio-related differences would have by now have quite outstripped listening capability to distinguish such.
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