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Forum: In the News Today, 01:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 792
Posted By basjoos
Re: GMs Neat PR on Truck Aerodynamics: Worth the Read

The corvette isn't exactly raindrop shaped (the back end is cut off with no boattail) and its hard to get the Cd low when the car has 4 large fat tires protruding from the wheel wells. The Corvette...
Forum: In the News 05-04-2013, 01:41 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 502
Posted By basjoos
Re: Infrastructure to Vehicle Communication to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Accidents

Alternatively get and mount a 12VDC electromagnet and use a switch to turn it on when you get over the sensor. An electromagnet is a lot lighter weight for the same strength magnetic field than a...
Forum: In the News 04-19-2013, 12:31 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 910
Posted By basjoos
Re: Is the Regular Cab Pickup Doomed?

The title is a bit deceptive. It looks like they are talking only about the regular cab short bed trucks as being doomed. A regular cab long bed truck has the same footprint as extended/crew cab...
Forum: General 04-16-2013, 07:05 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 771
Posted By basjoos
Re: Advocates urge regulators to mandate rear cameras in new cars

This whole problem is a result of styling. As the SUV craze influenced styling, cars got taller and clumpier, combined with a move to smaller windows, a higher beltline, and huge "C" pillars. This...
Forum: Business and Economics 04-04-2013, 01:07 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 6,013
Posted By basjoos
Re: One Group’s Strategy to Derail Oil Pipelines, Raise Energy Prices

Horses are hindgut fermenters. They do their anaerobic fermentation to breakdown cellulose in their caecum (a chamber at the head of the large intestine) and large intestine. So the methane they...
Forum: Business and Economics 04-04-2013, 08:47 AM
Replies: 95
Views: 6,013
Posted By basjoos
Re: One Group’s Strategy to Derail Oil Pipelines, Raise Energy Prices

The special effects should be coming out of the other end. The methane released by cows and other ruminants is generated in the anaerobic fermentation tank called the rumen (where cellulose is...
Forum: In the News 03-20-2013, 05:07 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 744
Posted By basjoos
Re: Rising cost of corn ethanol credits alarms Capital Hill

You only need about 2% to 3% ethanol content in gasoline to provide the octane boosting effects that MTBE used to provide. Anything more than that is added benefits to agrobusiness.
Forum: General 03-20-2013, 12:43 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 459
Posted By basjoos
Re: Your all electric miles?

That's one thing I dislike about modern cars. They have everything interlocked out so you have to press down the clutch pedal before you can engage the starter motor. Being able to move your car...
Forum: In the News 03-20-2013, 12:32 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 744
Posted By basjoos
Re: Rising cost of corn ethanol credits alarms Capital Hill

The ethanol demand is in the form of a federal mandate that increases each year. Once the ethanol mandate is satisfied, then all of the other users of corn get to fight over the remainder of the...
Forum: General 03-19-2013, 03:04 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 459
Posted By basjoos
Re: Your all electric miles?

1000's of miles on electric trains in Europe, hundreds of miles on cable cars and ski lifts, several dozen miles on trolling motor powered boats on the lake, a dozen or so miles on roller coasters, a...
Forum: In the News 03-18-2013, 02:19 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,262
Posted By basjoos
Re: Cummins and Peterbilt Build 10 mpg Big Rig “SuperTruck”

The highly streamlined Airflow Bullet Truck got 13mpg hauling a loads from coast to coast. Before it was ecomodded,the 2003 Kenworth T2000 was getting an average of less than 6mpg.
Forum: In the News 03-17-2013, 12:57 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,191
Posted By basjoos
Re: Bridgestone Announces Development of “Large & Narrow Concept Tire”

The (rubber) tires and (steel) wheels used on early automobiles such as the Model T are direct evolutionary descendents from the even skinnier (iron) tires and (wooden) wheels used on horse drawn...
Forum: In the News 03-16-2013, 08:19 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,191
Posted By basjoos
Re: Bridgestone Announces Development of “Large & Narrow Concept Tire”

Definitely back to the future, Ford Model A and Model T tires are 4.5 inches (115mm) wide and mounted on 21" wheels. New tires in this size are still being manufactured and sold to antique car...
Forum: General 03-07-2013, 03:44 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 805
Posted By basjoos
Re: Over 400K miles on original Prius Brakes?

About 590,000 miles
Forum: General 03-06-2013, 07:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 805
Posted By basjoos
Re: Over 400K miles on original Prius Brakes?

So far, I've been averaging 150,000 miles on the front pads and 330,000 miles on the back pads of the Aerocivic. Brake pad longevity likely due to the use of hypermiling techniques, mostly rural...
Forum: Off-Topic 03-05-2013, 08:05 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 1,634
Posted By basjoos
Re: Politics crap...

The highest income tax rate may have been 90% but how many individuals actually paid it. People wealthy enough to be affected by it also have the resources to avoid it. They can receive income in...
Forum: In the News 02-26-2013, 09:26 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,319
Posted By basjoos
Re: With 15% ethanol gas, 1 gallon won't be enough

It also dissolves the fiberglass fuel tanks used in many boats.
Forum: Weather 01-31-2013, 02:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 595
Posted By basjoos
Re: IL/WI Border on 1/29/2013: 61 degrees F

Maybe it will also get as cold as it did in the 30's, 1936 was famous for both its heat wave and its cold snap.
Forum: In the News 01-31-2013, 02:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,822
Posted By basjoos
Re: Bosch Makes the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Turbo Diesel Efficient

Diesels have no pumping losses, but it does have internal friction in the engine similar to a gasoline engine. The main ways to hypermile a diesel are to keep the rpms low to reduce internal...
Forum: In the News 12-07-2012, 07:44 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,537
Posted By basjoos
Re: Dodge Dart sales veer from target

The ultimate test of durability is to notice how many 15+ year old vehicles by various manufacturers you see still in use out on the roads compared to their numbers that you saw when they were new...
Forum: The Daily Grind 12-06-2012, 10:34 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,239
Posted By basjoos
Re: Anyone run an on-board trickle charger?

I use an on-board trickle charger to keep the starter battery topped off on my RV, but for those vehicles like the truck and tractor that don't get used a lot, but aren't kept parked in a fixed...
Forum: In the News 12-02-2012, 07:32 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 2,094
Posted By basjoos
Re: AAA warns E15 gasoline could cause car damage.

Ditto the lawn mower, chain saw, weed wacker, outboard motor, and other small engine manufacturers and give box office business to small engine repair shops. Older small engines are even more...
Forum: In the News 11-26-2012, 11:15 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,135
Posted By basjoos
Re: The Next Prius Could Be Faster And A Lot More Efficient

One big potential area for mileage improvement on the Prius is in reducing the HSD drivetrain drag. Since the drivetrain has no true freewheel, there are always motors or engines spinning whenever...
Forum: Anything Goes 11-24-2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,718
Posted By basjoos
Re: Monsanto’s Roundup, Glyphosate Linked to Parkinson’s and Similar Diseases

I never buy grocery store tomatoes and even the ones from the local organic farm don't have the flavor of the ones from my garden.

What tomato pest insects are you having to protect against? ...
Forum: Anything Goes 11-24-2012, 11:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,718
Posted By basjoos
Re: Monsanto’s Roundup, Glyphosate Linked to Parkinson’s and Similar Diseases

The problem is, it isn't just in lentils. Its also used as a harvest aid in wheat, oats, corn, soybeans, peas, sugarcane, potatoes, dried beans, chickpeas (and if they aren't using glyphosate, they...
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