MORE random pics......

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Gotta love top fuel at night (Byron took the pictures for me ):

I give up - where is the cat?

[MT930]

Originally Posted by dafischer

What's the story behind this?

Mid air the pilot put it back on the ground. That's about all I know.

Pretty Scary!

[GH85Carrera]

[Racerbvd]

I give up - where is the cat?

[abisel]

^^^ Byron, where is that cat? Looks like a Burmese.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by abisel

^^^ Byron, where is that cat? Looks like a Burmese.

That was Alex (R.I.P), he was a Sphynx, a hairless cat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphynx_cat

[URY914]

3.715 seconds is not driving, that is just holding on.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by URY914

3.715 seconds is not driving, that is just holding on.

It was a close race, the margin of victory was 0.0056 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


Earlier in the day chip Foose was standing right next to me near the starting line.
He was hanging with the Kalitta group most of the day.

I'm about 9 feet taller than Chip and three times as wide, so I figured it would be funny to stand in front of him.

I moved when he moved, it was hilarious except he didn't even recognize me!
He musta thought I was just another doofus but my buddies were darn near in tears.

Later I apologized and chip thought it was funny.
SUUURE he did.

He was actually totally cool. Just what you would expect.

[GH85Carrera]

[sammyg2]

Recently bought one of these for the shop. Adjustable torque wrench, very little noise, no rattling vibration, totally adjustable.

Basically a small high speed air motor coupled to a geared reduction unit which multiplies the torque a go-zillion times (from 2500 rpm down to 4 rpm)
Lots safer than multipliers or hydraulic torque wrenches. Not cheep.

JGUN-A3-Z
TORQUE RANGE: 685 to 3083 FT/ LBS
Drive: 1” SQ
HEIGHT: 9.52” (24.2 CM)




http://hytorc.com/

[GH85Carrera]

^^^^ I bet that did not come from Harbor Freight! ^^^^

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

^^^^ I bet that did not come from Harbor Freight! ^^^^

But in 6 months they'll have a 5hitty knock-off for $39.99

[sammyg2]

If they do I'll snag one for the house!

The real one cost just over

[GH85Carrera]

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

TORQUE RANGE: 685 to 3083 FT/ LBS

How do you hold a pistol-grip tool as it's producing 3083 lb.ft of torque?

I use one of these torque multipliers for my work.

[BE911SC]

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

How do you hold a pistol-grip tool as it's producing 3083 lb.ft of torque?

very carefully!

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

How do you hold a pistol-grip tool as it's producing 3083 lb.ft of torque?

I use one of these torque multipliers for my work.

Very good question!
The reaction foot isn't shown in that pic.

[Racerbvd]

[widebody911]