Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
>>
>>> John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:58:18 -0000, Leland Yee <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 18, 3:14 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I guess I jinxed myself by saying how rarely I use it - today I
>>>>>> got a flat tire and used a Zefal HPX pump. While pumping, I noticed
>>>>>> the pump barrel became quite hot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is that normal? Should I perhaps lubricate the washer inside to
>>>>>> reduce friction? If so, what should I use?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now you know how diesel engines get away with using no spark plugs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know diesel engines have no sparks plugs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Rudolf Diesel obviously had a much better PR agent than Nikolaus
>>> Otto. Almost everyone refers to the compression ignition engine as a
>>> "diesel", while the four-stoke spark ignition engine is hardly ever
>>> called an "otto".
>>>
>>
>> Obviously you never sat through any (long, tedious) thermodynamics
>> classes.
>
>
> ???
I remember the names Otto and Diesel being frequently mentioned in
reference to various thermodynamic cycles, along with Carnot, Stirling,
etc. etc. etc...
>
>> Now the poor ******* that invented the two-stroke is the one who got
>> the PR shaft (I don't even remember his name.)
>
>
> Joseph Day (spark ignition) and Dugald Clark (compression ignition),
> which reminds me there is nothing like the sound of a 2-stroke V-6
> Detroit Diesel [1].
>
> [1] <http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ryq/6V-53_on_dyno.mp3>.
>
I'm a bit partial to the good old fashioned Otto engine, myself, but
there are so many that make wonderful yet delightfully distinct noises.
I guess favorites at the moment would be a high-compression Studebaker
V-8 (which I can indulge myself in) and probably a Porsche flat-six
(which I can't; so when I have the opportunity I roll the windows down
and tell passengers to shut the heck up <G>)
nate
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