Nope, not going to let you snipe and run. Even though I only log in here about twice a month, whether I need to or not. ;-)You were clear enough. I'll try to reciprocate your civility.People confuse torque or "lever action" with power all the time; they are NOT the same thing. In...

So the "7500" number is "magic" because that's what the stock ECU rev limit is set to.Again, HP is all about airflow. Increasing stroke gives you the same flow at lower RPM. As was mentioned, stroking also gives you higher piston momentums, as well as higher energies (the latter being of...

Let's face it...the stock brakes on DSMs are inadequate even for your grandma.I have tried EBC, Metal Master, and a couple other "performance pads" and found nothing stops as well as Porterfield R4. Unfortunately, they squeal like mad, wear out in no time, and are as dusty as hell (my...

Sorry, man, but you're going to have to do what everyone else does:#1 Worry about calculating too much. #2 Resolve to take a wild guess. #3 Start fiddling with it.I've had adjustable dampers be off by 20% when they were at the same setting.You're going to have to play around to get...

Wrap the electical tape once around rather loosely and then two turns VERY TIGHTLY. Use the reinforced Dremel wheel. Then VERY CAREFULLY remove the electrical tape, pushing toward the cut end with the final turn. If you unwrap the tape like an Ace Bandage, the tape pulls up the strands, and...

I can't speak to 2Gs, but the fuel-pump end of a 1G will fit and seal just fine with some teflon pipe compound. I've had mine on there for at least 4 years and about 30K miles with nary a drop of leak.One caveat is that the billet fuel filters (all of them) may flow OK for a little while...

Yay? If the wheels can't slip (brakes are locked up), then the aircraft won't move, and neither will the conveyor.

Yes, Mr. Highwayrun, you are exactly correct. And a picture is worth a thousand words, which have already been written numerous times.You're about 25,000 words too late. ;-)What seems to happen is people dive into this thread and don't start reading from the beginning, which means the...

Major dittos on the ARP studs. That's what they're for - to clamp the living bejesus out of the block and head precisely to make sure the gasket stays intact. Use the assembly lube and torque specs they give you (the latter being much higher than stock...I don't recall the exact number)...

My short block and head were done by the same shop, and I specified that I was going to use a Mitsu MLS gasket. The machinist, who really knows 4G63s, told me that minimum specs for the MLS are no more that .001 TOTAL out-of-flat the entire length in any direction for either the head or the...

The most amazing thing is this is still being debated. LOLWhat if you were wearing roller blades, and you grabbed onto the back of a car. That car slowly accelerated to 30 miles per hour. Would you be able to hold on?(of course you would)Why? In a relative sense, the ground...

You're right about that. NASA, among others, came way before me. I am but the humble student of same. My personal aeronautical engineering heros are Dr. Martin Hepperle (www.mh-aerotools.de) who did extensive research in low Reynolds number airfoils, and Dr. J. Gordon Leishman...

Greg, yes, sooner or later the light goes on! ;-)If physics was easy, everyone would be doing it.Just for the record, someone in a previous thread suggested:"Here read chapters 2 and 3, then maybe you'll understand something. http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/...pilot_handbook/"...

Wow, some people can't debate without making it personal.Yes, there is a lot of wrong information out there on aerodynamics. The fact is, and you're welcome to do the math, Bernoulli effects account for more than an order of magnitude less lifting effect than "circulation" of air. Maybe...

Greg, You've got it!It must take Chicago-Area 1G owners to figure this stuff out. ROFLRegards,Brad