On 11/25/98 7:04 PM so and so (WSpohn4@aol.com) said. (And I quote:)
Hey you should send that to Tim It might get on the show!!
Larry Macy
78 MIdget
>Here's an automotive related story, although not directly concerned with the
>cars we like to play with.
>
>In BC we have logger's sports days with various competitive events all
>more or
>less related to the logging industry.
>One of these is the unlimited chainsaw event in which one must cut through a
>log of standard thickness, I believe 24 inches. One sees all sorts of hot-
>rodded saws, and it kind of reminds one of Tim the Toolman's antics.
>One particular competitor stood out, and it was automotive related, so when
>someone reminded me of it today, I thought I'd pass it on.
>
>He had taken a Buick 215 aluminum V8, which weighs in at around 300 pounds,
>and hooked the end of the crankshaft up to a chainsaw blade. There were no
>exhaust manifolds, no water in the motor as it didn't run for long enough,
>and
>2 people could, with a bit of grunting, handle the beast, one controlling the
>throttle and the other just hanging on for dear life.
>
>They fired the thing up (battery connected by cables and sitting on the
>ground
>beside them), ran it up to around 4000 rpm, and basically dropped it through
>the log! they didn't let go of it, but it cut through the log as fast as it
>fell, making an unholy racket while doing it. Much more impressive than the
>more conventional 2 stroke affairs.
>
>Wonder what Rover or MG would think of that use for their motor?
>
>Bill S.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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