The DMC Houston Open House this year was absolutely fantastic. We were one of the 150 lucky people who were able to attend. The Highlight of the show was Smokey Unik's "hot vapor" engine from the early 1980's. This 3 cylinder engine put out close to 300 HP and got close to 50 mpg. http://schou.dk/hvce/?mode=2 http://digg.com/general_sciences/Smokey_Yunick_and_the_adiabatic_engine It was fantastic to see and here this engine actually run. DMC Houston has some very interesting R&D going on. We hope to see this at DCS 08.!!!! In addition, we got to spend considerable time talking to Barry Wills about what happened to DMC and the politics of Margaret Thatcher. She clearly made the decision to make sure DMC did not get refinanced, even though the deal had already been arranged. The only issue left was the "fee" for refinancing. There were two other big questions "who at the Bank of America made the decision to cut DMC line of credit, even when the company was still operating? and why?" No explanation was ever given. The other big question is who (and why) "authorized the FBI to set up a 'sting' against ONE INDIVIDUAL?- John DeLoren?" This was not an organized crime sting, or a fencing operation sting, this was solely directed at ONE INDIVIDUAL. Steven, James, Dave, Tony, Don, etc. all should be thanked for the great show and technical information. At the time when Detroit is losing market share, DMC is growing!!! BOB PS. Oh, Yes, in case you forgot, Why the hell isn't Detroit using Smokey's engine design? It would cut our fuel usage by 50%. ??? To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/