X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sj-iport-3.cisco.com ([171.71.176.72] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTPS id 2843087 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:37:20 -0400 Received-SPF: softfail receiver=logan.com; client-ip=171.71.176.72; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from sj-dkim-3.cisco.com ([171.71.179.195]) by sj-iport-3.cisco.com with ESMTP; 11 Apr 2008 07:36:33 -0700 Received: from sj-core-1.cisco.com (sj-core-1.cisco.com [171.71.177.237]) by sj-dkim-3.cisco.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m3BEaXHc029776 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:36:33 -0700 Received: from xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com (xbh-rtp-201.cisco.com [64.102.31.12]) by sj-core-1.cisco.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3BEaWR5015775 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:36:33 GMT Received: from xfe-rtp-202.amer.cisco.com ([64.102.31.21]) by xbh-rtp-201.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:35:43 -0400 Received: from [10.82.210.39] ([10.82.210.39]) by xfe-rtp-202.amer.cisco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:35:43 -0400 Message-ID: <47FF773E.4040005@nc.rr.com> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:35:42 -0400 From: Ernest Christley Reply-To: echristley@nc.rr.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New material for bearings References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Apr 2008 14:35:43.0509 (UTC) FILETIME=[528EB450:01C89BE1] Authentication-Results: sj-dkim-3; header.From=echristley@nc.rr.com; dkim=neutral bmears9413@aol.com wrote: > Back in the old days of points, we would set the point by rotating the motor by pulling the ac belt, or rotating the alternator pully. Not much drag on the box stock engines. > > > Can we put some guesstimated numbers on "not much"? Just a torque wrench turning the engine one revolution in one second without plugs or exhaust? If there isn't enough difference for this simple test to show, then I've wasted $30 and a few hours.