On 12 Jan, 19:59, " wrote:
If you'll go over and take a look at my blog, the first article is a
thingee about valves.

It is mostly basic stuff but if also includes a few tricks of the
trade that allows your engine to take a deeper breath when using just
the STOCK valves. *This is another of those cases where you pick up a
bit more power for FREE, assuming you're willing to put some work into
it.

This isn't new material. *Some of the drawings are ten years old. *But
I've included a photo taken just last night (Sunday, 11 Jan 2009) to
quell the qualms of a young fellow who was pretty sure I was shooting
him a line, in that, if doing all that stuff to a simple valve was so
GOOD, how come he'd never seen it in any of 'his' magazines.

I don't know. *Perhaps you should be directing such questions to 'his'
editors.

But for all the rest of youse guys -- the ones who DON'T own a
magazine, you might want to take a peek at Bill Fisher's book. *Yeah,
I know... first published in 1970, meaning it must be outta date...
except it isn't. *In Bill's book, on page 51 (of my edition, printed
by H.P.Books in 1970) Bill has kindly included a drawing showing the
head of a valve which incorporates the features I've described in my
blog article. *But what's possibly of more importance to you, I've
explained how you can modify an EXISTING valve; how to round the
corners and get rid of the lip, so as to allow the valve to FLOW
BETTER. *Which is what we want.

You be the judge. *Which is only fair, since you are the Mechanic-in-
charge.

-R.S.Hoover

Bob,

Where do you get "youse guys" from?

I am from Glasgow, Scotland and that plural
form of "you" is not uncommon (in the spoken word).
It is used *nowhere* else in the UK as far as I am aware.

It's kind of a working class thing - sorry but it's the only
way I can find to express it.

I'll do a bit of googling to see if I can find you a clip.
I think that Rab C Nesbit will be my man.

Yours intrigued,
Me.