Robert: I think its great that you are considering a way to share your engine/suspension ideas with others without charging for more than your material expenses. That said, I also believe that a dyno test is called for so that your engine improvements can be measured instead of "claimed". If I remember correctly, you originally stated that your horsepower gains were (gu)estimated. Unless/until you quantify your work, it and your CD-ROM will be BS to some, and more entertainment than education to others. While I don't necessarily dis-belive your claims, I do want to see more facts (HP and torque at various RPM's like in car magazine articles). I don't know what dyno time cost. Maybe you can charge more for your CD-ROM to offset that expense. Cary Chiang
Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM> wrote: I am thinking about putting together a CD-ROM detailing all my improvements to the Vanagon engine. It would include pictures, diagrams, instructions, parts list, source list, possible audio, on how I built my engine. It would not be overtly "technical" in the since that I am not going to try to replace Bently as a guide but detail what and why I made the changes that I did plus try to clarify Bently in some places. I will also include the problems I have ran into and how I resolved them.
I also will include my suspension modifications: springs, sway bars, tires, rims etc. The reason for the CD-ROM is that I have a lot of pictures (more still to take) and to email them would take a lot of time per request. And the picture size on the Internet would make it hard to see details. Each picture would be @ 1 to 2 meg for a good sized picture to see details. 40 to 50+ pics would be a lot of time for downloads
I have already had a request for one from someone that saw the article about my Vanagon in Hot VWs magazine.
Let me know if there would be some interest in the CD-ROM. (There would be a some cost to cover the materials used.) Robert
____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.