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Old 06-01-2005, 10:57 PM
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Great picture. Can anyone guess what make of car that is? I'll start first and guess a Lada. It looks vaguely old soviet.

No ones mentioned anything about the smokeless oil yet.
Looks like a Trabant to me, man those are the funniest sounding cars. I hitched a couple rides in one a lifetime, and couple of continents ago. I think it had 3 on the tree, and possibly a 2 cycle engine, no shocks just springs and a sparse interior.

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Cryogenics makes razor blades last longer, but keeping them in a pyramid works even better. Some people here should remember that. Actually cryogenics is not cost effective to increase fuel mileage when a cheaper way to go is to tape magnets to your fuel line.


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cryogenic freeze bath

Time to recycle this thread.
cryogenic freeze bath is post #6 in the following thread.

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Hmmm ... what would cryo-treaing do, for say, a 50 year old wife?

Sounds like it make EVERYTHING do whatever it does, better?
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Hmmm ... what would cryo-treaing do, for say, a 50 year old wife?

Sounds like it make EVERYTHING do whatever it does, better?
It would be better to send her into an elevator. According to the Ammish, that works best.
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If cryo freezing has no automotive uses, then why do racing teams use it. They are not knon for doing anything unless it give them a winning edge.
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Old 12-27-2005, 12:17 PM
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If cryo freezing has no automotive uses, then why do racing teams use it. They are not known for doing anything unless it give them a winning edge.
WHAT???

They will wear high heels, dirty underwear, carry dolls, attach magnets to fuel lines, and other odd, strange or utterly useless things = does no harm, but has only psychological affect.

I recall a race team that sacrificed a chicken and poured the blood on their engine before every race.

Race teams don't need science, engineering or any rational reason for doing what they do.
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If cryo freezing has no automotive uses, then why do racing teams use it. They are not knon for doing anything unless it give them a winning edge.
Just because a racing team uses it doesn't mean it will work for you. Racing teams use carbs too but their application is different. It will be easier to set up for a WOT run. However, you are not going to do WOT runs only, are you? You want to run real fat rear slicks and bicycle wheels up front? It works for them?

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