On 13 Jan, 01:27, JohnO wrote:
On Jan 13, 2:06*pm, bod43 wrote:
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 is commonly used in New Zealand in working class dialects.
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,
Well NZ makes sense since I would imagine that
quite a few Glaswegians have headed off in that
direction over the last couple of centuries.
Or maybe it evolved independently there?
I have found some clips.
Please remember that this is a COMEDY show.
It is no more typical of a Scot than Bart Simpson is of an
American. OOPS - well there is a certain truth to it too
))
That's what makes it particularly funny.
BTW - This show is more focussed on a non-working class!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs 1:35
"nothing from youse"
(giro = unemployment check)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goSLg5D7BQU&NR=1 2:07
"youse always mair (more) guests on than youse need"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3d55p2G_Ac&NR=1
just watch this one anyway - made me giggle.
Thanks.