>The Northstar story puzzles me, I thought they were designed to run for
some
>period of time with no oil. Or maybe that was no coolant. Can't remember,
>?OF'dom setting in early.
No coolant. IIRC by shutting off the fuel injectors to half the cylinders
for 2 seconds sequentially, the engine was reported to be able to run 50
miles with no coolant. The 2 seconds of air filling the chamber with no
fuel/spark/explosion kept the engine temps down
Thomas James Pokrefke, III
pokrefke1@home.com
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