got it from the horses mouth so to speak.my nieghbor who raises cows says they feed a first time pregnant cow thru a plastic tube a magnet which lodges into its upper stomach.how does this relate to alfas?
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, Mike Agusta <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike Agusta <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [alfa] RE:Common Misconceptions about Engines To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 2:06 AM Hi, Cow Magnets are alnico magnets that are fed to cows. My understanding they are used to keep pieces of barb and bailing wire from passing through the cow's stomachs. A few years back a company was selling these magnets to install on fuel lines. The theory was that as fuel went through the magnetic field it would break up the fuel molecules and the fuel would atomize easier. Giving you more horsepower and better fuel economy. Some BS like that. Regards, Mike Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:46:12 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [alfa] RE:Common Misconceptions about Engines To: [email protected] one of my nieghbors has milking cows but we can't fiqure out what a cow magnet is.???????????? --- On Sun, 7/25/10, Mike Agusta <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mike Agusta <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] RE:Common Misconceptions about Engines To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 25, 2010, 7:57 PM "This wasn't suggested as an issue of theory, but one of practice, and, as stated, likely to be of marginal benefit. Some of my old motorcycle buddies from Chicago insist that this helps cold starting some of their vintage bikes in the dead of winter, for instance. If it helps, it helps, but does it help? YMMV, but without data, it's just opinion." Theorizing, Visualizing, Practicing, Modeling, Pontificating, Opinionating , etc. You can play with semantics if you wish. If I spent my time indexing plugs, I too would say I felt or noticed a difference. Whether it be in the Antarctic or Death Valley. Especially, if I spent the time to index plugs on a 12 or 16 cylinder engine. If I spent time & money to install cow magnets on my Vespa, I would tell you I noticed a difference. Whether real or imagined. If your buddies believe it helps, more power to them. (nice pun?) However, in my original post I made allowances for antiques. Slightly. > I doubt it would a difference > unless you have a > magneto ignition system from the 1920s. "Of what possible relevance would the type of ignition system be to preventing plug wetting? Conversely, if you have too low a voltage across the plug, it won't matter if this is due to low velocity in a magneto system or low voltage in a Kettering type." Ignition has nothing to due with plug wetting unless it doesn't fire. Michael Augusta _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID2832 6::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
