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- From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
- Subject: Re: All-wheel drive???
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- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- References: <1jnmm3$qkg@agate.berkeley.edu> <ramage.727704451@tesla> <C1F8H4.M6w@javelin.sim.es.com> <1993Jan25.201113.289@i88.isc.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:14:15 GMT
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- jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist) writes:
-
- >All that aside, it's an incorrect followup. Everyone knows that
- >the JAS engines (not to be confused with JAP engines) had legendarily
- >high efficiencies, due largely to the cylinder design. Instead of
- >relying on conventional piston rings (with their attendant frictional
- >losses) to seal the cylinders, the JAS engines used prelubricated
- >piston sheaths, made of sheep intestines, to assure a leak-free, low
- >friction tight fit.
-
- While you are quite correct on the generalities Jonathan, I believe that
- the original design used llama intestines, with the move to sheep
- occuring with the production models. I've not yet been able to determine
- if the change was required by regulatory agencies, or if it was a simple
- cost cutting measure.
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- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
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