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Date:         Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:09:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael aka ECHO <echosmurf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael aka ECHO <echosmurf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: any flux capacitor conversions available?
In-Reply-To:  <20010930.101208.-384661.2.wilden1@juno.com>
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Uhm Ibeg to differ... FORD stole the design, called it good ole AMerican engineering and have been using it since 1956. In all major mechanicl implicationsof their automobiles. Michael --- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: > Back to flux capacitor: > The Germans and Swiss used the flux capacitor on 65-72 VW > Busses, they > never got the system tweaked to its full potential. In 1972 > the Japanese > discovered the patents and with additional engineering built > successful > units for the motorcycles being exported to the US, hence the > term "Rice > Rocket". The flux capacitor was integrated into the first > Mazda rotary > engine and qualified the first automobile to the name of "Rice > Rocket". A > year later it was installed into the Datsun 240 and later into > the Datsun > 260Zx, 280zx, 300zx. The ultimate second failure of the Flux > Capacitor > was that even expert Japanese engineers could not overcome the > 65,000 > mile self destruct feature that the Germans had built into the > original > design. Most Datsuns with the feature are stacked like > cordwood at US > Auto Crushing facilities. > If you want to recover a Flux Capacitor from Japanese built > automobiles > you will find it right behind the top cam gear, behind the > timing belt on > most Japanese automobiles. > General motors made an unsuccessful use of it on 1979-82 350 > ci diesel > engines in sedan and pickup trucks.GM engineers defeated the > 65,000 self > destruct feature and reset it to 5,000 miles. It is located in > the > ignition switch on all these GM cars. > With a new staff of engineers GM Cadillac moved the flux > capacitor the > "Engine Control Module" in their 82 Cadillacs with the 4-6-8 > cylinder > features and successfully reset the self destruct feature to > 12,001 > miles. > This was a great success for GM and they continue their > practice today of > setting the flux capacitor to the exact mileage that your > warranty > expires. > Lexus has further refined the system to include electrical > failures of > most components on various schedules. > Ford used the system with some success on their 91-99, Crown > Victorias, > Mercury Marquis, Lincoln Continentals with the first > Electronic > transmission. > Jaguar used it until the company was bought out by Ford Motor > Company, it > is located on the rear main seal on all Jaguar automobiles. > Jaguar also > overcame the self destruct feature and set it to infinity. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia >

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