I bet I'm not the only one that likes the sound of old engines (not microprocessor controlled fuel injected stuff) starting up. Sikorsky S58 getting the cold iron block warmed up from a cold start in Washington state
well, then I was mostly wrong, but a little right. So, mthe rockers, pushrods, lifters, and exhaust manifolds are alloy? There still probably 200 pounds of cold steel to get warmed up, yes?
yes, like a colloquialism. It seems that I've annoyed experts once again and made them feel like they need to try and take me down apeg, on my blog, because I didn't phrase things the way the snooty upper crust prefer, I suppose with some English accent pip pip what Cheery ho! JFC, when the hell did I go out and kick people's dogs and piss them off? Last time I looked, this was a blog called Just A Car Guy, not the fucking helicopter expert
I'm not suicidal, but I do prefer 50 year old, and older, vehicles that have decades of potential rust and metal fatigue issues. Death trap? Bring it on, if the pilot is willing to launch, I'm wiling to be a passenger with a parachute! HA!
A block is a block. Doesn't include lifters, alternators, ECUs, sparkplugs... Buy a block and you don't get any of that stuff. Not even a camshaft and crank.
I don't know what bug crawled up your ass the moment I complimented you But let me point out in the same tone as your patronizing "a block is a block" that you can just quit being nice and commenting at whatever pisses you off on my blog. Ever heard of a long block and a short block? I have, so choke back on your need to tell me the fundamentals of engines about a block, when you don't take into account the wide breadth of what the fuck I know about things. Cause you make mistakes, and forget you aren't the only one that knows stuff. Lifters are in a long block, but not a bare block. Don't talk down to me like I'm an fng on day one in your world. I'm not. What stick was jammed up your butt that has you trying to come off like I don't know what the hell is what? Just go away, I'm not here to take shit from you - when you come off with an attitude, AND are wrong in your response.. Been nice knowing you, but you better brush up on terminology about blocks if you're going to try and teach me something.
Last time I looked, this was a blog called Just A Car Guy, not the fucking helicopter expert. What part of the way I write, talk, and use phrases and colloquialisms convinced you that I needed to be upbraided on helicopter engines? Maybe, you weren't aware I tend to get sideways when critiqued. Lighten the hell up. This isn't a masters class on whatever your realm of expertise is. This is a blog, my blog as it happens, and it's called Just A Car Guy. Why? Cause I'm not a pretentious douchebag that needs to talk down to people, correct the passing phrase that happens to be appropriate about staring up a cold engine, (or motor, or whatever the snooty term is when being ultra correct in terminology) If you're not on this site to enjoy what I'm doing, let me know so I can refund your subscription. O, what's that? You didn't pay to get an all access pass? That's right. I'm doing something here to share my enthusiasm and appreciation for machinery and vehicles, automobiles and aeronauticals. The instant you think you need to correct me? Just move the hell along and see what GQ is writing about today
No iron in that Wright R-1820 block, other than the steel cylinder liners and crank. The rest of it is aluminum.
ReplyDeletewell, then I was mostly wrong, but a little right. So, mthe rockers, pushrods, lifters, and exhaust manifolds are alloy? There still probably 200 pounds of cold steel to get warmed up, yes?
Deleteand every bolt, and nut that holds it together.
DeleteI would suggest you were using the term term "cold iron" in a generic sense.
ReplyDeleteIt did sound good, but I wonder if that sucker felt as much like a death trap as it looked!
yes, like a colloquialism. It seems that I've annoyed experts once again and made them feel like they need to try and take me down apeg, on my blog, because I didn't phrase things the way the snooty upper crust prefer, I suppose with some English accent pip pip what Cheery ho! JFC, when the hell did I go out and kick people's dogs and piss them off? Last time I looked, this was a blog called Just A Car Guy, not the fucking helicopter expert
DeleteI'm not suicidal, but I do prefer 50 year old, and older, vehicles that have decades of potential rust and metal fatigue issues. Death trap? Bring it on, if the pilot is willing to launch, I'm wiling to be a passenger with a parachute! HA!
DeleteA block is a block. Doesn't include lifters, alternators, ECUs, sparkplugs... Buy a block and you don't get any of that stuff. Not even a camshaft and crank.
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DeleteI don't know what bug crawled up your ass the moment I complimented you
DeleteBut let me point out in the same tone as your patronizing "a block is a block" that you can just quit being nice and commenting at whatever pisses you off on my blog.
Ever heard of a long block and a short block? I have, so choke back on your need to tell me the fundamentals of engines about a block, when you don't take into account the wide breadth of what the fuck I know about things.
Cause you make mistakes, and forget you aren't the only one that knows stuff. Lifters are in a long block, but not a bare block.
Don't talk down to me like I'm an fng on day one in your world. I'm not.
What stick was jammed up your butt that has you trying to come off like I don't know what the hell is what?
Just go away, I'm not here to take shit from you - when you come off with an attitude, AND are wrong in your response..
Been nice knowing you, but you better brush up on terminology about blocks if you're going to try and teach me something.
Last time I looked, this was a blog called Just A Car Guy, not the fucking helicopter expert.
DeleteWhat part of the way I write, talk, and use phrases and colloquialisms convinced you that I needed to be upbraided on helicopter engines?
Maybe, you weren't aware I tend to get sideways when critiqued. Lighten the hell up. This isn't a masters class on whatever your realm of expertise is.
This is a blog, my blog as it happens, and it's called Just A Car Guy. Why? Cause I'm not a pretentious douchebag that needs to talk down to people, correct the passing phrase that happens to be appropriate about staring up a cold engine, (or motor, or whatever the snooty term is when being ultra correct in terminology)
If you're not on this site to enjoy what I'm doing, let me know so I can refund your subscription.
O, what's that? You didn't pay to get an all access pass?
That's right.
I'm doing something here to share my enthusiasm and appreciation for machinery and vehicles, automobiles and aeronauticals.
The instant you think you need to correct me?
Just move the hell along and see what GQ is writing about today