Re: [Amc-list] Comb chamber grooving

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Spelled Sir Harry Ricardo's name wrong too.

Ken


Quoting Bruce Hevner <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> >I think Bruce just posted about this guy's work:
> 
> >http://somender-singh.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
> 
> >Someone posted about it a few months back, and I looked at it then...
> It sure looks like snake oil, but there's a >lot of people who claim to
> be using it with excellent results, and the described physics is NOT
> insane.
> 
> >But I can't find a single photo! I'm not clear from the descriptions
> just what this grooving looks like, how critical >dimensions are, or
> anything of a practical nature. I can understand if it's subtle and
> complicated, but there's got >to be SOME rule of thumb here....
>  
> Someone posted a  few links to the forums on this subject and I read a
> good bit of it (there are quite a few photos). I think one of the
> posters on that forum summed it up pretty well,,, "over 800 posts on
> this thread going back several years and yet not ONE back to back
> test,,,common!!!"
>  While I think the basic idea has merit I REALLY doubt that it can
> "reduce the idle speed of an engine using a 280'@.050 cam to 500 RPM"
> (as claimed). He is making some absolutely ridicules claims for this
> modification! But there are patent issues at stake and that could mean
> $$ so there ya go.
>  I question why this idea has been around for YEARS but NONE of the
> Shell engineers had even HEARD of it. And what about the Mfgrs?? Seems
> THEY would be interested in it,, heck they are spending MILLIONS trying
> all kinds of ideas to reduce emissions and increase fuel economy.
>  I'll keep an open mind till I see some back to back tests done by an
> independent party.
> 
> But HEY,,, that's just me!
> Bruce Hevner
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL:
>
http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080318/adeb4c35/attachment.htm
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Amc-list mailing list
> Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list
> 


_______________________________________________
Amc-list mailing list
Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list