Engine building mailing list?

goflo at pacbell.net goflo at pacbell.net
Thu Nov 19 17:21:10 GMT 1998


Hi Barrett

What's hipping?

Regards, Jack

Barrett Nicholas wrote:
> 
> I'm curious if anyone knows of a mailing list dedicated to engine
> building. I'd like to understand how things like stroke,  the angle
> in a v engine, piston ring design, different valve portings etc.
> affect things. I think it'd be interesting to discuss what would be an
> "ideal" engine, with a couple variations - theoretical, "cost no
> object", and reality. The metalurgy behind hipping (and where you can
> get items forged using that process), what titanuim alloys work well
> for different engine components, etc.  If no one knows of such a list,
> any idea if there's enough interest for such a list? It's the type of
> thing I would have posted to the homebrew mailing list, but it's been
> so dead lately I doubt I'd get a reply.




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