[DML] Re: More so called "facts"..

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A Volvo pulley fits:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/317317_273660589345865_100001057778755_837692_1758781019_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/296639_273661182679139_100001057778755_837696_1034836193_n.jpg
I've been driving around on the damn thing for a couple of years now (ever since you first insisted that it wouldn't). Live with it.

I may not be an engineer, but I do a reasonable impression of an experimenter/innovator. I am not bound by dogma or blinded by ideology. I can clearly see these little cars for what they are, and what they are not. And I am not afraid to fix anything the nice boys in Hethel got wrong.

BTW: Forgot to mention that Martin also insisted that I couldn't turn my headlight brackets/buckets upside down. That too is incorrect:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/377284_275707635807827_100001057778755_843677_788521510_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/393495_276385432406714_100001057778755_845588_514007737_n.jpg
Both of my cars now have this mod.

Also, I may not be an engineer, but I do a reasonable impression of a fabricator:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/420124_353705261341397_100001057778755_1052728_655037385_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420124_353705268008063_100001057778755_1052729_1422970172_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/426878_353707528007837_100001057778755_1052731_87551549_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/416968_352253238153266_100001057778755_1049598_228824238_n.jpg

Surely the ability to create an intake manifold from scratch (12 times, plus 6 adapters for sand cast manifolds) has to be worth something, even in your prejudiced eyes.

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Gutkowski" <martin@...> wrote:
>
> Martin can speak for himself thanks. Volvos use twin 10mm belts, the Renault setup on the DeLorean uses a single 12mm belt  I was wrong about the muffler because I've never seen one cut open so you won that one.
> 
> So using your logic, why aren't canoes made from steel? Why are aeroplanes increasingly made from tubular composites? The strength of a structure must be ascertained on its own merits, not just on the material it's made from. Why do aluminium-framed mountain bikes use larger diameter tubing than steel framed bikes for example? 
> 
> You aren't an engineer Bill, quit trying
> 
> Martin
>  
> Sent from my BlackBerry®
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "content22207" <brobertson@...>
> Sender: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:24:12 
> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Re: More so called "facts"..
> 
> Martin is the same person who swore that a Volvo water pump pulley wouldn't work on a DeLorean until I installed one on my own car. He swore the exhaust system emptied into the left side of the muffler until I cut one open. The only way Martin will accept anything he disagrees with is for me to do it to my own car. 
> 
> According to ever reliable Wikipedia, glass reinforced polyester resin is significantly less strong (tensile strength) than steel:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_tensile_strength
> I guess that is why people don't build bridges and skyscrapers from fiberglass.
> 
> I have seen first hand what happens when a fiberglass canoe hits a rock. >From that I will extrapolate what would happen if I dropped my DeLorean on its roof.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, please.
> > 
> > Once again, you are making a statement as "fact" that you know nothing about.  Sure, we can all say what we THINK would happen based on our own knowledge, or experiences..  But that is not fact.
> > 
> > I know enough about physics, and properties of materials to realize I don't know enough to make any statements as factual.  Apparently, you know less about it than I do.
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 3/16/12, content22207 <brobertson@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Please don't make me drop my DeLorean
> > > on its roof to prove you wrong.
> >
> 
> 
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