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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!economics.adelaide.edu.au!ecrjbruce
  2. From: ecrjbruce@economics.adelaide.edu.au
  3. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  4. Subject: Re: Blueprinting - What is it.
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.205008.1@economics.adelaide.edu.au>
  6. Date: 20 Aug 92 11:20:08 GMT
  7. References: <hhelanto.713187466@vipunen.hut.fi> <JTW.92Aug7202843@pmws.lcs.mit.edu> <1992Aug10.072900.6950@btcase.bt.co.uk> <66032@hydra.gatech.EDU>
  8. Sender: news@ucs.adelaide.edu.au
  9. Organization: Economics, University of Adelaide
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  13. In article <66032@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt8166a@prism.gatech.EDU (DOERSCHUK,DAVID OAKES) writes:
  14. > In article <1992Aug10.072900.6950@btcase.bt.co.uk> gss@btcase.bt.co.uk (Graham Sewell) writes:
  15. >>jtw@lcs.mit.edu (John Wroclawski) writes:
  16. >>
  17. >>>In article <hhelanto.713187466@vipunen.hut.fi> hhelanto@vipunen.hut.fi (Henri R Helanto) writes:
  18. >>
  19. >>>       Blueprinting means measuring all the clearances etc. of an
  20. >>>       engine and comparing them with the factory specs and, if
  21. >>>       needed, correcting them.
  22. >>
  23. Blueprinting is building an engine to exact factoryspecs, i.e. throwing away
  24. the allowable tolerances and making it exactlywhat the designer called for. 
  25. This is a guaranteed way to greater power although it can be as expensive as
  26. you are prepared to pay.
  27.  
  28. regs
  29.  
  30. Rob
  31.