[RFI] Wasted and Useful Bandwidth

[Bill Turner]

On Sun, 2 May 2004 12:56:41 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:

(list of 11 improvements fostered by auto racing)

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Ok, sounds good, but like I said, I never heard of any of them except
the individual coil per chamber system.  Actually the one about plastic
valve covers sounds like a step backwards for the average non-race
driver.  Car makers have a long history of using cheap materials to save
a few pennies while later costing the owner major bucks.  Been there,
done that.  

Something that improves a race car is not necessarily good for the guy
motoring to work.  Are the racers experimenting with fuel cells or pure
hydrogen power?  Was the Prius a racing development?  Those kinds of
technologies are the ones we civilians need, not something that puts 700
HP in the family sedan.

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Bill, W6WRT
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