Ace-Garageguy

Hmmm. That excuse always seems to work for me.

Only a single down-draft carb was factory stock in '40...but Thickstun, Weiand and Edelbrock (probably others) made dual carb manifolds before WW II for Ford flatheads. I would posit that the phrase "the engines must be original configuration" means gasoline, carbureted, normally-aspirated, and nothing exotic like Ardun OHV-conversions...especially if ya'll are seeing two-carb engines for this event.

I like it.

Yeah... but I could have a nice pad in Monaco overlooking the Mediterranean...with a view of the GP course, and a nice getaway in the Scottish highlands too. This should work well for the commute... For more leisurely travel...

Nobody jabbed me in the eye with a sharp stick.

OSHA says... It’s not enough that employers provide toilets; they also must provide access for employees to use them. According an April 6, 1998, Director’s memorandum to the OSHA Regional Administrators, this OSHA standard mandates that “employers allow employees prompt access to bathroom facilities,” and that “restrictions on access must be reasonable, and may not cause extended delays.” Another issues to keep in mind when dealing with bathroom breaks is that the Americans with Disabilites Act might require extended or more frequent breaks as a reasonable accommodation. Restroom BreaksSanitation standards for restroom breaks are generally covered by OSHA, but mostly by interpretation. The OSHA standards for bathroom usage is under 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(l)(i) and states that employers arerequired to provide their employees with toilet facilities separated for each sex in all places of employment. This standard is interpreted by OSHA to say that “employees will not suffer adverse health effects that can result if toilets are not available when employees need them. Individuals vary significantly in the frequency…” and explains that many factors can affect the frequency including the fact that medical studies show women need to urinate more frequently than men. To read more of the interpretation, click here: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=22932

First Buick I've seen since this that doesn't look like some old geezer's Geritol Express...or a boring mommy van. With the right subtle mods, I always thought the '94-'99 Riviera could pass for a 2-dr Jag sedan.

K&S used to do PE square mesh in various sizes, but it seems to be long gone. Jasmine Model did some for a while too, and there are many PE mesh kits for armor detailing. Tetra Models currently does several sizes of generic PE square and hex mesh. 4 sizes. .3, .5, .8 and 1.0mm Available here (scroll to bottom)... http://freetimehobbies.com/brands/Tetra-Models.html

Yeah boy. What used to be an illegal racket called the "numbers game" has been taken over and legitimized by big brother.

One Ga. ticket matched 5 numbers, for a million dollar win. Now that the powerball is over a billion, I guess I'll have to buy at least one ticket.

Wow. For only $22,000...talk about your ultimate preppermobile.

In 1/24, I believe there's a die-cast Interceptor from Automodello for about $300. There are also die-casts in 1/43 and 1/18, but no styrene kits so far as I know.

My guess is that they're Hilborn / Kinsler-style injection.

First off, you might like to look at the dimensions for a 48 IDA and divide them by 24 to see exactly where you are with what you already have.

Two excellent points you've made. As far as peer-review goes, it's my understanding is that at least two credible US scientists have looked at the work and agree it's performing as-claimed...in the lab. As far as the "solution looking for a problem" goes, even if you don't agree that CO2 emissions are harming the environment, blowing a lot of CO2 up the stacks of coal-fired plants as waste is just...wasteful...IF it can be readily converted into an energy-source fuel. This tech, again IF it works on a large scale eventually, stands to make coal-burning to produce electricity considerably more efficient, if nothing else. And we have a LOT of coal.

New material can harvest sunlight by day and release heat at night http://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-material-can-harvest-sunlight-by-day-and-release-heat-at-night?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1 As the article states, by using something like this to provide occupant heating in electric cars, it has the potential to increase cold-weather range by supplementing the vehicle's battery power. What the article DOESN'T say is that a material like this could go a long way towards offsetting the energy loss most batteries suffer in cold weather...simply by keeping them warm, again, without using the vehicle's primary batteries to supply the energy.

Yeah, he makes a quick cameo appearance, talking about race-car aerodynamics, of all things.

As soon as it's turned into a political tool, all is lost...

Yes, years down the road for commercialization, or large-scale implementation...like in scrubbing coal-fired generating plant effluent. However, it IS working reliably in the lab. "As Herkewitz explains, when an electric current is applied to the cobalt nanomaterial, it causes the molecules inside the material to interact with the CO2 molecules that are running freely through it. This causes hydrogen atoms to attach to carbon atoms from the CO2, prompting an extra electron to be propelled into one of its oxygen atoms. "With that, the CO2 becomes CHOO-, or formate," he says. Lab tests with the material confirmed that it can maintain "stable current densities of about 10 milliamperes [of formate] per square centimetre over 40 hours, with approximately 90 percent formate selectivity at an overpotential of only 0.24 volts". This "overpotential" is the amount of energy lost due to the slowness of electrochemical reactions sustained by electrodes such as this one. The smaller the overpotential, the better, but in order to make something efficient, it has to maintain that small overpotential while also keeping the rate of fuel production up. This is where many attempts at CO2 electroreduction have fallen short in the past." Think about how fast 3D printing technology has developed over the past relatively few years, and the quantum leaps consumer-level computer-power has made just in the past decade. Once the first-generation of any new tech is understood by its inventors and roughly debugged, it generally develops quite quickly.

Yup. I recalled a similar question had been asked here before, and when I went looking for it, there you were. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/92668-weber-manifold-for-427/

New material converts CO2 into clean fuel with unprecedented efficiency http://www.sciencealert.com/new-material-converts-co2-into-clean-fuel-with-unprecedented-efficiency?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

Man's got a point. But I think I'd have to get one of these, too.

'55-'59, staggered bolt pattern... '59-'86, top and bottom bolts straight across from each other... '87 to '97...

Mark's right...and I misled you slightly. The '55 265 block didn't have any oil-filter boss on the lower side like the later blocks do. There was a semi-useless optional high-mounted filter available. From '56 onward, the filter is in the lower, on-block location familiar to everyone. This is the add-on '55 filter setup. Later engines will have it here, block-mounted low on the left side...

These are both "smallblock" Chevy engines, and as such, are almost identical in external appearance...especially in the scales like 1/24 / 1/25. Same goes for 283, 302, 305 and many 350 & 400 Chevy engines. There are specific differences in the oil-filter designs on the early 265 and later engines, and also specific differences in valve-covers, accessory drives, induction and exhaust setups, etc...for each application. Best thing to do to be certain you're right with accessories...if you're building factory-stock...is to Google image-search the car you want to model. if you're building a hot-rod or race-car, or anything that is supposed to have had an engine swap, you can substitute any smallblock Chevy and call it whatever displacement you like. No one can tell (unless it has the early oil-filter configuration).