[Shotimes] Smokey Yuncik was: knife edge crank

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

He was also quite the inventor and it is very possible that without him we
wouldn't have a SHO to drive.  At least in a recognizable form.
He invented all of the following:

Variable Ratio Power Steering
Hot Vapor Engine
Silent Tire
Smoketron Engine Testing Device
Movable Race Track Crash Barrier
Oil filling through oil filter
Extended Tip Spark Plug
Power brakes from residual power steering pressure
Water bypass system for V engines
Reverse cooling system

He had other inventions but those are just the automotive related ones.

Jim






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On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:03 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] knife edge crank


Smokey wrote a huge three volume set of books before he 
died, others had to edit it so it could be readable, but it 
is GREAT reading.

We gave auctioned off one of the sets at the 2000 
convention....I think it was that one.

One book is about his WWII life and flying
another is about Indy
The final and really "smoking" book is about NASCAR.

The book I enjoyed the most though is the one about his WWII 
flying career.  It explains a lot about why so many of that 
generation never talked about their war experience, it was a 
terrifying time, but there was money to be made too, even in 
the service.

It is available at Amazon.com and I suppose other stores. 
The set in paperback weighs about 11 pounds!  Worth every 
penny and you can use it to bench press!

Don Mallinson

Ron Nottingham wrote:
> Uhhh, no. Why would anyone fill anything with oxides of nitrogen 
> (NOx)? Now, if you were meaning N2O, nitrous oxide, or NAAAAWWWWSSSSS 
> :-) then, yes, you are correct.
> 
> Alot of the stuff that was talked about in "Days of Thunder" that 
> Harry did to cars, was actually done by Smokey. Well, Harry was based 
> on Smokey :-) My initiation into the auto world was from Smokey. Way, 
> way back (late 70's/early 80s) when he had a Q&A column in PopSci or 
> PopMech (can't remember, as I had subs to both) called "Say, 
> Smokey..." Back then, I didn't know a thing about cars, or who did 
> what to them (I was about 10-12 then), but one thing was for sure, I 
> was always impressed with his answers (not to mention his humor always 
> made me laugh).
> 
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
> 89 325i
> (OO==00==OO)
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
> 
> 
>>Wasn't Smokey the guy who filled the entire roll cage with NO2 for the
> 
> last
> 
>>sprint to the finish?
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Kevin & Cheryl Airth <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
>>
>>>Yes. It is a very expensive on the edge mod. I think you would be
>>
>>splitting
>>
>>>hairs and the power increase would be very tiny! Besides all the 
>>>other things you would need to watch out for.  Your right it won't 
>>>hit a standing puddle of oil but inside the
> 
> crankcase
> 
>>>of a running engine and especially a high RPM engine like the SHO, 
>>>the
> 
> oil
> 
>>>will be a froth and the entire crankcase acts like it filled 
>>>completely
>>
>>with
>>
>>>a low viscosity fluid. So scrapers, Windage trays, top end oil
> 
> restrictors
> 
>>>plugs, vacuum pump setups and knife edging the crank are all trying 
>>>to
> 
> get
> 
>>>at the same thing. Oil control. So I would definitely go to a dry 
>>>sump
> 
> oil
> 
>>>system with multiple scavenging pumps before jumping to the knife 
>>>edge
>>
>>crank
>>
>>>counter weights. But if class rules prohibit the dry sump (this is
> 
> mostly
> 
>>a
>>
>>>racing mod anyway) then I would fall back to the less effective 
>>>methods
> 
> of
> 
>>>oil control.
>>>
>>>
>>>PS: Smokey is a engine god! A good ole boy who will blow you doors 
>>>off!
>>
>>They
>>
>>>number of things he is credited with is just unbelievable. The most 
>>>interesting part about Smokey is the rumor that his best stuff has 
>>>NEVER been revealed because it won him so many races. To me his 
>>>ultimate was
> 
> the
> 
>>>9/10ths scale 1967 Chevelle he built for NASCAR. This car is totally 
>>>responsible for the body templates that NASCAR now checks EVERY car
> 
> with.
> 
>>>Who would have thought of this stuff?? This was 35 years ago! Beware 
>>>of men in cowboy hats!
> 
> 
> 
> 
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