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Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:44:01 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: engine conversion
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <marcperdue@adelphia.net>
In-Reply-To:  <3E663CBE.E26B33FB@adelphia.net>
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Marc,

on the second point, ie my being "critical" I meant it as just the common sense of examining statements and claims made by those with a vested interest. I don't mean "critical" in a derogatory sense.

Alistair

-- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 albell@uvic.ca http://members.shaw.ca/albell

on 5/3/03 10:06 am, Marc Perdue wrote:

> I feel the same way about the first point and usually the same way about the > second > point, with this qualification: The people that actually DO the work, even if > they > provide the parts to do a particular thing, are often the people that have a > great > deal of experience and can provide proper answers to the problems we're > having. > When they start saying that their particular way and parts are better, then I > defer > to the experience of others who have used their parts and/or process. That > way I > can usually get a good, balanced view on the subject. > > Marc Perdue > > PS--Jon's treatise was pretty amazing, irregardless of whether I will ever do > a > Tiico conversion or not. I love that kind of stuff.


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