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Unconventional said:
Pretty much :BangHead:
Funny power thing. When I was working the Space Shuttle complex at S. VAFB I was running a portable concrete plant. VAFB had their OWN power plants, numerous generating plants scattered around the base. If I saw little sparks around the insulators on the power lines on the way to work I knew it was going to be one of those bad electricity days. Tell my oiler "Go warm up the genset." which usually got me a :wtf: kinda look. About 8:30 or so, boom boom out go the lights :lol: My oiler would just look at me and shake his head and go fire up the genset :rofl:
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The thermodynamics professor at my college told his class why the space shuttle Challenger blew up a half hour after it happened and he was correct... He was great at thermodynamics and had many papers submitted to the government on heat transfer and thermodynamics (he also designed the air-to-air inter cooler on Chrysler's turbo II engines).... He was familiar with the design of the o-ring for the booster that let go and knew it was unstable below 40° F....
 
Interesting the hottest area are just about 8-12 inches off the head. That's also where Calvin Elston recommends stepping up.
 
Mattax said:
Com'on Karl - that's just a little glow. LOL. I wanted to see photos of red hot headers. :poke:

Seriously. That makes sense. Retarded means the burn is finishing later, and therefore more heat into the walls and exhaust port.
By default my engines were broken in with manifolds.
However Rob broke in somebodies engine on his test stand using the TTI shorties that were coated with zirconium dioxide.
Didn't affect them at all.
Good thing too - since he neglected to tell me that he had used them when I listed then for sale. :rolleyes:
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We were doing the cam break in at 2500 RPM... Not at WOT...

If we were at WOT, they could have gotten that hot....

Bet even with the glow it still was throwing alot of heat out....

Plus, you can only see some of it in the last picture, they still had more glow, but I couldn't get it all in the picture because of all of the stuff in the way... You can see how tight those headers are to the steering...
 
krazykuda said:
We were doing the cam break in at 2500 RPM... Not at WOT...

If we were at WOT, they could have gotten that hot....

Bet even with the glow it still was throwing alot of heat out....

Plus, you can only see some of it in the last picture, they still had more glow, but I couldn't get it all in the picture because of all of the stuff in the way... You can see how tight those headers are to the steering...
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I'm just giving you a hard time about them not looking like some of the photos from a dyno....
It is clearly visible in the last photo.
 
The little MoFoCo 6 cylinder that powered the blower on my powder cement storage guppy after loping along at about 3K rpm would get the manifold to glowing after a couple hours. Couldn't see it in the daylight but after dark it was quite obvious.
 
Sorry about your grandmother Chris, cold one here this morning 8deg out. Pouring second cup now.
 
Unconventional said:
The little MoFoCo 6 cylinder that powered the blower on my powder cement storage guppy after loping along at about 3K rpm would get the manifold to glowing after a couple hours. Couldn't see it in the daylight but after dark it was quite obvious.
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Why not call it HeFoCo, that is what I think it should have been called. :D

Bill
 
Bills65Dart said:
Don't think I could have that in this state, would have to be a 73 or older.

Bill
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Bills65Dart said:
73 and older is not smogged.
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Thought they didn't put Cats on until 76?

krazykuda said:
I keep wondering about the shut down power outages there... Is it because they are not maintaining the power lines correctly and now are shutting them down so not to cause fires because of their lack of staying on top of maintaining the power grid???
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CA wont let the power companies trim back the trees and then they want to hold the electric companies liable for the fires caused by lines blowing onto the lines
 
Morning all.
@Mopar Tim if your running down I10 in my area while I'm home I'll buy you some food and fix you up with some coffee samples to take home.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
CA wont let the power companies trim back the trees and then they want to hold the electric companies liable for the fires caused by lines blowing onto the lines
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It's odd. I frequently see tree trimming professionals along the state route (our main north south thoroughfare) doing their thing around the utility lines. I don't know who hires them, but they don't work for free.
 
Unconventional said:
It's odd. I frequently see tree trimming professionals along the state route (our main north south thoroughfare) doing their thing around the utility lines. I don't know who hires them, but they don't work for free.
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from what I understand from the various article this week, the state forestry service is responsible for it and the power companies have to apply to get them to trim them
 
I got this yesterday.

Bill

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dukeboy_318 said:
from what I understand from the various article this week, the state forestry service is responsible for it and the power companies have to apply to get them to trim them
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But, when the power company see the problem when checking the lines, and apply for having it fixed, how long does it take before someone is there to fix it ? I mean, does it take a month, half a year, a year, or more ?

Bill
 
dukeboy_318 said:
from what I understand from the various article this week, the state forestry service is responsible for it and the power companies have to apply to get them to trim them
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Could very well be that Caltrans hires them to cover their own backsides. Caltrans is good at keeping the shoulders on their highways mowed and trimmed.
 
Bills65Dart said:
But, when the power company see the problem when checking the lines, and apply for having it fixed, how long does it take before someone is there to fix it ? I mean, does it take a month, half a year, a year, or more ?

Bill
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no clue, just going off the articles, which don't mention that
 
Wow, big difference a coiple of hours makes. 3 am for the bathroom break it was still like an oven outside. Its now in the low 50's. Good roasting weather.
 
Bills65Dart said:
Hej, hur mår du ? (Hi, how are you?)
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Whoa?! I didn't expect that!
I'm very well, thank you! I hope the coffee thread has survived without me. I used to be a regular but dropped out a (good) while back. My name is Anders and I am in deed in Sweden.
 
360DartGT66 said:
Whoa?! I didn't expect that!
I'm very well, thank you! I hope the coffee thread has survived without me. I used to be a regular but dropped out a (good) while back. My name is Anders and I am in deed in Sweden.
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Where have you been?
 
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