The problem is there is no face to machine. It is a broken matched surface.
Cheers Feral Errol [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datrats.com.au/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mark krawczuk Sent: Monday, 24 June 2002 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires hi, if the caps are split , they just machine a tad of the faces where the caps meet, then shove a boring bar thru to make it perfectly round again. surely you can still to dat to those rods? mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Clough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 6:48 PM Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires > I think the LS1 Chev motor's (current Commodore V8)conrods are split this > way at the big end. Makes them impossible to resize. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2002 21:07 PM > Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires > > > > hi, my brother just told me that bmw are suppossed to have invented that > > crack mechanics? bmw use it on splitting the conrod caps, and also chev > > or holden? there is a article on it in the " mem" or motor (or > mechanical) > > engineering news, its a trade magazine for auto motive businesses. > > > > mark k > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 1:12 PM > > Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires > > > > > > > Heres a bit of a digression as well using physics - In this course I > > > am doing we were discussing the use of crack mechanics to form things > > > from metal, and apparently there was/is (?) a project going on at Ford > > > to try to form brake discs using cracking, so that you just take a > > > plate of metal the right thickness, give it a jolly good whack in all > > > the right places, and if all goes to plan a circular crack is formed > > > in the shape of a brake rotor and the job is done. I recon that would > > > be impressive to see. > > > > > > Sunday, June 23, 2002, 1:28:35 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > TR> Yes. A frame full of helium would have more mass than a frame under > > > TR> complete vacuum, therefore gravity would exert a larger force on the > > > TR> helium cos of one of Newton's laws, Force = mass * acceleration (ie > > even > > > TR> though helium is lighter than air, it's still heavier than nothing) > > You > > > TR> can't really use vacuum filled tyres though :) > > > > > > TR> Aren't these digressions great? Who'd have thought there was a use > > for > > > TR> high school physics > > > > > > TR> - Tom > > > > > > TR> PS Maybe one of the other reasons why nitrogen is used in some forms > > of > > > TR> motorsport is that it's inert, incase of a fire? > > > > > > TR> mark krawczuk wrote: > > > > > > >>hi, would u be better of with vacuum in the frame? > > > >> > > > >> mark k > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>From: "james wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 12:39 AM > > > >>Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>Ive heard of bmx racers using helium? These days those guys are > weight > > > >>>crazy and all, so yeah its like they want a lighter bike and all > that. > > I > > > >>>even heard of a guy putting helium inside his frame (ie. inside the > > > >>>tubing). talk about kooky. > > > >>> > > > >>>-james > > > >>> > > > >>>-----Original Message----- > > > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of mark > > krawczuk > > > >>>Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2002 8:04 PM > > > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>Subject: Re: nitrogen filled tires > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>i believe that some racing pushbikes use nitrogen in the tyres? > > > >>> > > > >>> mark k > > > >>>----- Original Message ----- > > > >>>From: "James Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>>Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:32 PM > > > >>>Subject: RE: nitrogen filled tires > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>>Actually I think they do that to maintain a constant tyre pressure > > > >>>>since nitrogen is less likely to expand with heat increases, a > common > > > >>>>practice > > > >>>> > > > >>>in > > > >>> > > > >>>>some forms of motorsport. If he really intended to make the tires > > > >>>>lighter he should have uses helium. > > > >>>> > > > >>>>Jame Cox > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>>No > > > >>>>>I have only ever seen a bloke fill his tyres with nitrogen to make > > > >>>>>them lighter, similar to bridge construction (true story) > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>>_________________________________________________________________ > > > >>>>Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > http://mobile.msn.com > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>--membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > > >>>Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > > > >>>submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised > > > >>>redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > > >>>http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
