Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
The E-Tec range of OB engines are now getting sold in numbers into
various markets & their ads are a total pain. So some anti-ads are in order. In our opinion E-Tec have the potential to be an even bigger consumer disaster than the first time when they were called Ficht & marketed in the main by the same dealers/riggers who were then placarded OMC. The reasons for holding my opinions of what we say are E-Tecs design & other problems are many, too many for one short NG post, they fall into numerous categories any one of which, on it's own, is reason enough to stay well away from them. (i) The basic concept of running internal combustion engines with lean mixtures at power, as opposed to overrun (doesn't happen in boats:-)),idle or high speed very light throttle cruise (again doesn't happen in boats). (ii) The Direct Fuel Injection (DFI)into the combustion chamber (DFI) (iii) The fuel injector nozzle. (iv) The fuel injector (v) The oiling system (vi) The ignition system. (vii) The engine displacements. (viii) The latest version changes. (ix) The "potential" for union labour to be used to build them. (x) The "potential" way the manufacture is funded (xi) The dealers/suppliers involved & the way/amounts they get paid (xii) The marketing claims (xiii) The warranty. (xiv) Common sense. I'll make a series of posts dealing with each category & if needs be sub category. Needless to say, similarly I tried to warn you through this NG about our "opinions" that Ficht would fail, "before" it had become the disaster it did. I was viciously & personally attached in this NG by those mostly with a vested interest in selling/supporting known defective Ficht engines to consumers. The dealers of course, the union thugs who had the undeclared invested interest in the funding of OMC & a gaggle of sad simpletons who, despite ample warnings in this NG, had fallen into buying one & could only try to deny the obvious to save some value to their boats & pride to there ego. Alas all sunk along with OMC when it fetched up on Ficht reef. Save one true fool who went the next step & just kept claiming he had bought another one every time the subject came up, which would make him the most stupid person ever into rec.boats, a seriously sad thing given some of the simpletons we've had & still have here over the years:-) It's very possible he's just making it up about buying more of them because if he had, I doubt his brain stem would even support cardiac functions & remember a heart continues to beat even outside the body. Before we go onto series 2 I better thank all those who responded to series 1, thanks. I note there were no technical objections raised that warrant my attention & I thank Del for his usual attention to detail on running engines lean while at power. I have to say it was a stunning display of the monumental idiot bullies who dominate this NG, seriously?? are you all that stupid??? is it even possible??? I mean sure the uneducated Krause & loony Tom no problems but you too Dick??? I mean you who loves to brag about being able to operate a simple machine like a plane?? Bet you were scared if a wing merely touched an uncompressably cloud of water vapour you'd never see your money again:-) Oh well I guess it's true you can give a man money but you can't give him brains, nor stop him being a sad lonely git either it seems. Special thanks again to Del as ever & as always Del when you need to say something you do & I get worried you'll ping me as & when you should, I rely upon it as I should:-) I know it's coming & hope I take it OK, I'll try:-) So the second subject is Direct Fuel into the combustion chamber Injection DFI & I say: Firstly there are a few of the big engine makers who are dabbling in DFI Mitsubishi, Merc, Toyota etc but only two 2 strokes & only two OB's (before the usual rabble of NG simpletons get their knickers in a knot Optimax is not & never has been DFI, the fuel is injected into an "additional" inlet manifold & mixed with compressed air "before" it's injected into the combustion chamber.) There has not been any great uptake in the use of DFI by any of the proper engine manufacturers because having the fuel injector itself inside the combustion chamber gives a complete new set of problems; Heat, Varying pressure/temps Carbon & other byproduct contamination, Very high injection pressures if any real vapourisation is to be had & contaminants to be kept off the nozzle itself. There are few real advantages to be had over traditional port injection. Save E-Tec; all the DFI proponents use massively high injection pressures compared to "normal" port injection systems i.e. the Yamaha 800psi which when dealing with petrol is a huge ask. Time, is a real issue, it takes time for fuel to vapourise, in a normal 4 stroke with port injection the time is available (as it is with Optimax) but in a DFI the only time available is the compression stroke after all valving has shut. In a crankcase transferred 2 stroke the problem is even worse because the "valves" (ports) are not all covered till the piston is long past BDC. Another base thing to keep in mind is that the proper engine builders have tinkered with DFI so they can run lean mixtures only at idle, overrun & high speed light throttle cruise, when an engine can be leaned with minimal risk of excessive chamber heat buildup. Even port injection engines do this defacto particularly at high revs low load, by recirculating exhaust gas direct back into the engine, which "dilutes" & cools the charge. Apart from trying to run a lean mixture by injecting the fuel near the plug, DFI has no advantage at all & a whole new set of problems. The latest Toyota material on the subject has a twin injection system, DFI when required & normal port injection the rest of the time, again the extra complexity & consumer reliability risks are still not worth the trouble. OK so that's the basic issues with DFI in general as I see it. With a little luck this time the idiots will stay out of the thread??? Their only collective chance of not look even more stupid (not possible) is to just shut the up:-) K Of course the E-Tec series will need to also include a Krause lie or a loony Tom paste:-) Although I don't think Tom will ever surpass his series 1 posts on gases:-) He must just bully BS his way through life how sad. I expect the abuse from the simpletons & they never disappoint:-) however John H chipped me for the Krause lie?? It's really sad that John has rolled over to this low life lying union bully, so just to remind him who he's kissing up to & how sad & desperately lonely he must be to allow it. I guess also it's time to wonder why bullying is a problem in the armed forces & school systems??? when the teachers don't even have the backbone to stand up for themselves??? Anyone can appease bullies then deceive themselves into thinking they have a friend John, but you've gotten into bed with the worst enemy known to all endeavours, a lying union thug. I better post some of the lies Krause has told this NG about you personally, I stress as always Krause is lying & any of us who know & respect John H in this NG will confirm this is just more of the Krause lies; You must have run out of high school babysitting jobs I doubt he's read the classic comics versions of much of anything. Apparently John has problems being a john. Go figure. Well, John, since you have no idea or knowledge over the rather peculiar news "gatherer" I use some days, your opinion is...worthless. But since your entire world is binary, black or white, I suppose you are blind to the grey. That's what happens when you waste your life in the military. Not after you've wasted your life in the Army. Gee, John...did you just read about this in Army Times (mustered-out edition)? Does John actually teach? I know he's mentioned he subs in the Alexandria school system, but my recollection is that he has posted that he mainly babysits high school kids, and doesn't teach. Or was it that he tries to teach some math classes if he is assigned one, but doesn't try to teach if he is assigned to a non-math class. I'm not sure anything about John passes the WGAS test. Yeah. I'd toss John to the sharks. He seems to have fewer and fewer redeeming qualities. John, after all, is a retired military puke, and the only people in the country who take military pukes seriously are...other military pukes. Simpleton. You really have turned yourself into a lying asshole, John. As for the rest of Herring's diatribe, he's just being his disingenuous self. Although he's gotten nastier and nastier the last few weeks. I think his real asshole personality is emerging, the same one I picked up on at the marina. John spent his career in the military and is used to more bull****. John needs a tad of reprogramming. It's hard to have respect for an organization that had you in it long enough for a retirement. Isn't that why you joined the military? Free health care, free college, free prescriptions, subsidized housing...such a deal...was it good for you? Indeed. Probably too complex for John, even though it is the simplest of newsreaders to use. John is absolutely clueless about what you are discussing or about the b.s. factor in military PR. Drinking heavily again, John? Whooosh...right over your head, again, John. But, then, you have no marketable skills, either... Well, John, some of us have to be open-minded and bright, like me, and others of us have to be close-minded and dull, like you. I suppose we have to cut John Herring some slack...he did spend most of his adult life in the military, where thinking is not encouraged. Once again, John, you're not worth more than a one-liner as a response. Go play with your good conduct medal. Did you also get one for attendance? Naw. John prefers chickenhawk with his fries. Which just proves what a sleaze you are, because if you did vote for Sharpton, you voted in the Democratic primary, and since you are a Republican, you cast your vote as a would-be spoiler. Do you ever have anything other than simple-minded thoughts, John? Stupid? You mean like the 12 or so posts you just vomited up here, John? Only a low-life right-wing failure like you would think so, John You probably haven't read either book, either, or many other books, not for a long time, if ever. John has limited skills. That's why he spent his adult life in the military. No wonder you are so ****y. But Bush's failures matter not to Herring and other flat-line Republicans like him. They'll vote for Bush not matter what, utter foolw that they are. Yeah, reich, er, right. What a surprise...John the Wingnut voting Republican...again. Searching contrainer ships is a lot different from carving away at the Constitutional rights of citizens, but I wouldn't expect a d.f. like you to appreciate the difference. Coulter? Sheesh. You really are a bottom feeder. Here you go, dicquehead: John H. in person sort of looks like he is in the mid stages of AIDs. Too thin, large splotches on his skin, hair falling out... Did you get an attendance award, Herring? John and his ilk are simple-minded konservatives, cannot think abstractly, and see issues only in black or white terms. John is an especially pathetic konservative, as he spent most of his adult life as a federal employee sucking on the taxpayers' teat, and now works as a teacher in the public school system, thus continuing his sucking on the taxpayers' teat. You would think a konservative like John would disdain a paycheck from the taxpayers. But that would require him to be able to think in the abstract, and such thinking is not allowed those in the military. Au contraire...I believe teaching to be among the most honorable professions, and always have. But you're not a teacher, John...you are a babysitter. More bull**** from you, John? I have the greatest respect for public school teachers, who work long hours under difficult conditions for, at best, ordinary pay and benefits. You're not a real teacher; you're a substitute teacher who has admitted more than once that on many of your assignments, you don't teach at all, or even try to teach. You do nothing more than babysit. You obviously missed the irony in my post; the insult was aimed at you, not the teaching profession. You are a self-proclaimed conservative and yet, for your living most of your life, you have drawn your pay from the taxpayers, and thumbed your nose at your job responsibilities. If I lived in your town and were a whining slimeball like you, I'd complain about you in a way that matters. But I'm not pondscum like you are, and I'd never ever try to cause anyone job problems because of their newsgroup political statements or leanings. You're just living (barely) proof of how low your end of the political spectrum has sunk. |
#2
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
"K. Smith" wrote in message ... The E-Tec range of OB engines are now getting sold in numbers into various markets & their ads are a total pain. So some anti-ads are in order. In our opinion E-Tec have the potential to be an even bigger consumer disaster than the first time when they were called Ficht & marketed in the main by the same dealers/riggers who were then placarded OMC. The reasons for holding my opinions of what we say are E-Tecs design & other problems are many, too many for one short NG post, they fall into numerous categories any one of which, on it's own, is reason enough to stay well away from them. (i) The basic concept of running internal combustion engines with lean mixtures at power, as opposed to overrun (doesn't happen in boats:-)),idle or high speed very light throttle cruise (again doesn't happen in boats). (ii) The Direct Fuel Injection (DFI)into the combustion chamber (DFI) (iii) The fuel injector nozzle. (iv) The fuel injector (v) The oiling system (vi) The ignition system. (vii) The engine displacements. (viii) The latest version changes. (ix) The "potential" for union labour to be used to build them. (x) The "potential" way the manufacture is funded (xi) The dealers/suppliers involved & the way/amounts they get paid (xii) The marketing claims (xiii) The warranty. (xiv) Common sense. I'll make a series of posts dealing with each category & if needs be sub category. Needless to say, similarly I tried to warn you through this NG about our "opinions" that Ficht would fail, "before" it had become the disaster it did. I was viciously & personally attached in this NG by those mostly with a vested interest in selling/supporting known defective Ficht engines to consumers. The dealers of course, the union thugs who had the undeclared invested interest in the funding of OMC & a gaggle of sad simpletons who, despite ample warnings in this NG, had fallen into buying one & could only try to deny the obvious to save some value to their boats & pride to there ego. Alas all sunk along with OMC when it fetched up on Ficht reef. Save one true fool who went the next step & just kept claiming he had bought another one every time the subject came up, which would make him the most stupid person ever into rec.boats, a seriously sad thing given some of the simpletons we've had & still have here over the years:-) It's very possible he's just making it up about buying more of them because if he had, I doubt his brain stem would even support cardiac functions & remember a heart continues to beat even outside the body. Before we go onto series 2 I better thank all those who responded to series 1, thanks. I note there were no technical objections raised that warrant my attention & I thank Del for his usual attention to detail on running engines lean while at power. I have to say it was a stunning display of the monumental idiot bullies who dominate this NG, seriously?? are you all that stupid??? is it even possible??? I mean sure the uneducated Krause & loony Tom no problems but you too Dick??? I mean you who loves to brag about being able to operate a simple machine like a plane?? Bet you were scared if a wing merely touched an uncompressably cloud of water vapour you'd never see your money again:-) Oh well I guess it's true you can give a man money but you can't give him brains, nor stop him being a sad lonely git either it seems. Special thanks again to Del as ever & as always Del when you need to say something you do & I get worried you'll ping me as & when you should, I rely upon it as I should:-) I know it's coming & hope I take it OK, I'll try:-) So the second subject is Direct Fuel into the combustion chamber Injection DFI & I say: Firstly there are a few of the big engine makers who are dabbling in DFI Mitsubishi, Merc, Toyota etc but only two 2 strokes & only two OB's (before the usual rabble of NG simpletons get their knickers in a knot Optimax is not & never has been DFI, the fuel is injected into an "additional" inlet manifold & mixed with compressed air "before" it's injected into the combustion chamber.) There has not been any great uptake in the use of DFI by any of the proper engine manufacturers because having the fuel injector itself inside the combustion chamber gives a complete new set of problems; Heat, Varying pressure/temps Carbon & other byproduct contamination, Very high injection pressures if any real vapourisation is to be had & contaminants to be kept off the nozzle itself. There are few real advantages to be had over traditional port injection. Save E-Tec; all the DFI proponents use massively high injection pressures compared to "normal" port injection systems i.e. the Yamaha 800psi which when dealing with petrol is a huge ask. Time, is a real issue, it takes time for fuel to vapourise, in a normal 4 stroke with port injection the time is available (as it is with Optimax) but in a DFI the only time available is the compression stroke after all valving has shut. In a crankcase transferred 2 stroke the problem is even worse because the "valves" (ports) are not all covered till the piston is long past BDC. Another base thing to keep in mind is that the proper engine builders have tinkered with DFI so they can run lean mixtures only at idle, overrun & high speed light throttle cruise, when an engine can be leaned with minimal risk of excessive chamber heat buildup. Even port injection engines do this defacto particularly at high revs low load, by recirculating exhaust gas direct back into the engine, which "dilutes" & cools the charge. Apart from trying to run a lean mixture by injecting the fuel near the plug, DFI has no advantage at all & a whole new set of problems. The latest Toyota material on the subject has a twin injection system, DFI when required & normal port injection the rest of the time, again the extra complexity & consumer reliability risks are still not worth the trouble. OK so that's the basic issues with DFI in general as I see it. With a little luck this time the idiots will stay out of the thread??? Their only collective chance of not look even more stupid (not possible) is to just shut the up:-) K Of course the E-Tec series will need to also include a Krause lie or a loony Tom paste:-) Although I don't think Tom will ever surpass his series 1 posts on gases:-) He must just bully BS his way through life how sad. I expect the abuse from the simpletons & they never disappoint:-) however John H chipped me for the Krause lie?? It's really sad that John has rolled over to this low life lying union bully, so just to remind him who he's kissing up to & how sad & desperately lonely he must be to allow it. I guess also it's time to wonder why bullying is a problem in the armed forces & school systems??? when the teachers don't even have the backbone to stand up for themselves??? Anyone can appease bullies then deceive themselves into thinking they have a friend John, but you've gotten into bed with the worst enemy known to all endeavours, a lying union thug. I better post some of the lies Krause has told this NG about you personally, I stress as always Krause is lying & any of us who know & respect John H in this NG will confirm this is just more of the Krause lies; You must have run out of high school babysitting jobs I doubt he's read the classic comics versions of much of anything. Apparently John has problems being a john. Go figure. Well, John, since you have no idea or knowledge over the rather peculiar news "gatherer" I use some days, your opinion is...worthless. But since your entire world is binary, black or white, I suppose you are blind to the grey. That's what happens when you waste your life in the military. Not after you've wasted your life in the Army. Gee, John...did you just read about this in Army Times (mustered-out edition)? Does John actually teach? I know he's mentioned he subs in the Alexandria school system, but my recollection is that he has posted that he mainly babysits high school kids, and doesn't teach. Or was it that he tries to teach some math classes if he is assigned one, but doesn't try to teach if he is assigned to a non-math class. I'm not sure anything about John passes the WGAS test. Yeah. I'd toss John to the sharks. He seems to have fewer and fewer redeeming qualities. John, after all, is a retired military puke, and the only people in the country who take military pukes seriously are...other military pukes. Simpleton. You really have turned yourself into a lying asshole, John. As for the rest of Herring's diatribe, he's just being his disingenuous self. Although he's gotten nastier and nastier the last few weeks. I think his real asshole personality is emerging, the same one I picked up on at the marina. John spent his career in the military and is used to more bull****. John needs a tad of reprogramming. It's hard to have respect for an organization that had you in it long enough for a retirement. Isn't that why you joined the military? Free health care, free college, free prescriptions, subsidized housing...such a deal...was it good for you? Indeed. Probably too complex for John, even though it is the simplest of newsreaders to use. John is absolutely clueless about what you are discussing or about the b.s. factor in military PR. Drinking heavily again, John? Whooosh...right over your head, again, John. But, then, you have no marketable skills, either... Well, John, some of us have to be open-minded and bright, like me, and others of us have to be close-minded and dull, like you. I suppose we have to cut John Herring some slack...he did spend most of his adult life in the military, where thinking is not encouraged. Once again, John, you're not worth more than a one-liner as a response. Go play with your good conduct medal. Did you also get one for attendance? Naw. John prefers chickenhawk with his fries. Which just proves what a sleaze you are, because if you did vote for Sharpton, you voted in the Democratic primary, and since you are a Republican, you cast your vote as a would-be spoiler. Do you ever have anything other than simple-minded thoughts, John? Stupid? You mean like the 12 or so posts you just vomited up here, John? Only a low-life right-wing failure like you would think so, John You probably haven't read either book, either, or many other books, not for a long time, if ever. John has limited skills. That's why he spent his adult life in the military. No wonder you are so ****y. But Bush's failures matter not to Herring and other flat-line Republicans like him. They'll vote for Bush not matter what, utter foolw that they are. Yeah, reich, er, right. What a surprise...John the Wingnut voting Republican...again. Searching contrainer ships is a lot different from carving away at the Constitutional rights of citizens, but I wouldn't expect a d.f. like you to appreciate the difference. Coulter? Sheesh. You really are a bottom feeder. Here you go, dicquehead: John H. in person sort of looks like he is in the mid stages of AIDs. Too thin, large splotches on his skin, hair falling out... Did you get an attendance award, Herring? John and his ilk are simple-minded konservatives, cannot think abstractly, and see issues only in black or white terms. John is an especially pathetic konservative, as he spent most of his adult life as a federal employee sucking on the taxpayers' teat, and now works as a teacher in the public school system, thus continuing his sucking on the taxpayers' teat. You would think a konservative like John would disdain a paycheck from the taxpayers. But that would require him to be able to think in the abstract, and such thinking is not allowed those in the military. Au contraire...I believe teaching to be among the most honorable professions, and always have. But you're not a teacher, John...you are a babysitter. More bull**** from you, John? I have the greatest respect for public school teachers, who work long hours under difficult conditions for, at best, ordinary pay and benefits. You're not a real teacher; you're a substitute teacher who has admitted more than once that on many of your assignments, you don't teach at all, or even try to teach. You do nothing more than babysit. You obviously missed the irony in my post; the insult was aimed at you, not the teaching profession. You are a self-proclaimed conservative and yet, for your living most of your life, you have drawn your pay from the taxpayers, and thumbed your nose at your job responsibilities. If I lived in your town and were a whining slimeball like you, I'd complain about you in a way that matters. But I'm not pondscum like you are, and I'd never ever try to cause anyone job problems because of their newsgroup political statements or leanings. You're just living (barely) proof of how low your end of the political spectrum has sunk. Australia must be giving grants for computers and internet service in the asylums now. Eisboch www.eisboch.com |
#3
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:58:49 +1000, "K. Smith" wrote:
In our opinion E-Tec have the potential to be an even bigger consumer disaster Aren't there any other dead horses to beat? |
#4
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
"K. Smith" wrote in message ... The E-Tec range of OB engines are now getting sold in numbers into various markets & their ads are a total pain. So some anti-ads are in order. In our opinion E-Tec have the potential to be an even bigger consumer disaster than the first time when they were called Ficht & marketed in the main by the same dealers/riggers who were then placarded OMC. snip Special thanks again to Del as ever & as always Del when you need to say something you do & I get worried you'll ping me as & when you should, I rely upon it as I should:-) I know it's coming & hope I take it OK, I'll try:-) Please note that I am taking no sides and I claim no expertise in internal combustion engines. Physics, maybe. VLSI and signal integrity, absolutely. But not motors. I do find the subject of new technology interesting in general but note that the history of internal combustion is littered with great ideas that didn't work, at least the first time. I also am not taking any position on etec motors in particular. Neither do I partake in personal attacks. So the second subject is Direct Fuel into the combustion chamber Injection DFI & I say: snip del |
#5
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:32:24 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote: But not motors. Engines - motors are electrical. :) Right. Just like, you don't plug in a drill. You put a drill in the chuck of a drill motor. Eisboch www.eisboch.com |
#6
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:58:49 +1000, "K. Smith" wrote:
I expect the abuse from the simpletons & they never disappoint:-) however John H chipped me for the Krause lie?? It's really sad that John has rolled over to this low life lying union bully, so just to remind him who he's kissing up to & how sad & desperately lonely he must be to allow it. I guess also it's time to wonder why bullying is a problem in the armed forces & school systems??? when the teachers don't even have the backbone to stand up for themselves??? Anyone can appease bullies then deceive themselves into thinking they have a friend John, but you've gotten into bed with the worst enemy known to all endeavours, a lying union thug. I better post some of the lies Krause has told this NG about you personally, I stress as always Krause is lying & any of us who know & respect John H in this NG will confirm this is just more of the Krause lies; I 'chipped' you for the personal attack. The subject of the attack was unimportant. It could have been anyone. The personal attack detracted from your post, just as this comment and all the Harry posts detract from this post. Trust me, I don't need reminders of the personal attacks made by Harry, et al, in the group. They *all* deserve the same amount of attention. -- John H ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** |
#7
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:45:34 -0400, Eisboch penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:32:24 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote: But not motors. Engines - motors are electrical. :) Right. Just like, you don't plug in a drill. You put a drill in the chuck of a drill motor. 100% correct! So..... memory check..... what is a drill bit and in what appurtenance is it used???? I'd take a guess if I knew what the heck an "appurtenance" was. Eisboch www.eisboch.com |
#8
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... "Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 19:32:24 -0500, "Del Cecchi" wrote: But not motors. Engines - motors are electrical. :) Right. Just like, you don't plug in a drill. You put a drill in the chuck of a drill motor. Eisboch www.eisboch.com Far out. I never plug in my outboard motor, and it works anyway. Magic! This is my motor this is my gun. This is for fishing and this is for fun. |
#9
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:58:31 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote: It's too bad you are married, Herring. You and Karen Smith would make the ideal couple in so many ways. As you and Ann Coulter seem "just right". |
#10
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
E-Tec problems series 2
K. Smith wrote: (and wrote, and wrote, and wrote, and wrote) Do you miss the old tone of this group, K, with everybody fighting and OT virtually all the time? One might think so. Will you pick a different victim with each of your "series" posts? You were very unfair to JohnH, and an apology would not be unwarranted. There are more than a few of us who have given you loads of crap over the years, (in exchange for as good or better from you), but JohnH hasn't done anything I'm aware of to invite, what (?) 8, 10, 12, or more personal attack paragraphs. I'd recommend proceeding with caution. If you get way out on the limb over the new 2-stroke lean burn approach and it turns out the builders have solved the technical challenges you will look at least slightly foolish. How's the winter weather down your way? Rain much? Probably never snows, right? Grandbabies doing well? Anything to be happy or upbeat about? Despite our mutual disdain, it would be nice to think you lead a happy and well adjusted life. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
E-Tec problems series 1 | General | |||
Problems with E-85 by Ed Wallace of Businessweek... | General | |||
Boats entered in a series | General | |||
SoCal Singlehanded Sailor Championship Race Series, NEW! | General | |||
SoCal Singlehanded Sailor Championship Race Series, NEW! | Cruising |