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Welcome, Paul! I am glad we have someone with your expertise and experience on the forum. :-) So, it sounds as if you worked with fire suppression systems for fixed structures, am I right? Please tell me, if I am in error! Fires in a car are complicated by other factors such as motion...

Mesa, this is a serious post, from The New Scientist. Here is an article and a representative photo of an advanced means of studying, in even greater detail, the aerodynamics of, yes, an airplane. But this method, along with conventional wind tunnel testing and computation fluid dynamics (CFD)...

Ah! Sorry about that. Les

Dear Mark: There are probably a lot of variables. Are you putting a supercharger/turbocharger/bundle-of-snakes exhaust atop the engine? Does the engine have a wet sump or a dry sump? All of those and more will affect the clearance between the engine and roof line.

Not serious! Mesa, when have you ever known me to be not serious! :drunk: The article I quoted did not give any prices, but I think that the Audi engines are RELATIVELY inexpensive especially for the Superlight LM-P. The LM-P is a race car. Superlight does not want to merely embarrass a...

Audi has announced they will sell low-cost LMP1 engines to customers. The DTM V8 engine from Audi is to be used in the LMP1 Image © and courtesy of Audi The new engines are based on Audi's DTM engines, so they are already well-tested, proven, reliable, and inexpensive. Great new choice for...

Dear Burnt-out Mark: You have done a marvelous work. Deep thanks to you from the bottom of my heart. No one seems to have offered you any money for a large-resolution poster or image. I know no amount of money can recompense you for such a labor of love. What amount of money do you want for...

Have you looked into using AMOLED systems? What is AMOLED? from What is AMOLED? Audi already uses active matrix light-emitting diodes to make their rear view mirrors in their R18's: Planetlemans.com | Audi R18 look into the future with a digital rear-view mirror Here is a video showing what...

Mulsanne Mike will be more than interested in these photos. :-) Of course, he will note that the images of the leading and trailing edges of the LMP are not very good (i.e., not 10 thousand pixel high and wide), and we see nothing of the underside of the car, where the real action is. :-)...

Howard, you are getting into aerodynamics here. Aerodynamics can be a subtle, tricky business. With the best intentions you can get very negative results (Lotus 49, McLaren M8D or Porsche GT1, anyone?). Perhaps you need to look first at the bigger picture. Is there a problem here? You may...

(Quote edited because of my obsessive-compulsive tendencies :) ) Jim, it is EXTREMELY hard to write a historical screenplay. We are outside the people, times, places, and cultures we are writing about. We research the heck out of everyone and everything, as best we can. Even though our...

I see a category called "original art", but when I click on the link, it just shows clothing and stuff with the SLC logo. Will there be actual original artwork: paintings and such? Thanks!

Thank you very much, gentlemen! Your scholarship and elucidation are awesome!

So, I have a question about the car/chassis/original/replica--whatever it is--that appeared at The Quail. ultimatecarpage.com shows an image of the engine. It has an almost clear (?) plastic cover sitting atop the engine. Here is the image. What purpose does this plastic (?) cover serve...

This is fantastic, Mr. Herman! Keep it up! :-) Les

I don't know . . . It all depends on what you think of "Pawn Stars" and other television shows of that ilk.

I have searched the Superlite forum, and could find no reference to this, so I have decided to put it here. If it should go in a different place, moderators, please, you can move it. Since the beginning of the SLC, heat has been a problem. Quotes edited by me for clarity. Here is something...

Most impressive. Very well done, Fran!

Okaaay, I saw Ironman 3, but I didn't happen to see the Nemesis. Can anyone tell me where in the movie it appears? So I can go back and watch? Thanks! Les :-)

No, no! Fran, I used the phrase "cut out" as an American dieter would use "cut out": "I cut out carbs", I cut out spaghetti", etc. So, I intentionally misunderstood him to say that he cut out--got rid of--all the vents, like, the opening to the radiator, the opening to allow air into the...