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At 20,000rpm on a Packard? Don't think so.... :-)
OK, OK, On older cars, was this simply a
function of the lower compression? My 51 Caddy was so incredibly smooth and
quiet, you could hardly tell it was running from 5 feet away.
--MarkE
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 3:28
PM
Subject: IML: Balancing trick (was 63
Turbine Car)
Ask Dick Benjamin: The following could be (and was) done with
most of the old Packard 8s in thge 30s and 40s.
Bob
Chris Boekhout wrote: :
>
One of the demonstrations they perform with the car is this nifty
>
little
> trick : With the engine IDLING at 20,000 rpm, they place a
nickel on top
> of
> the engine, standing on edge- the engine is
so vibration free that the
> nickel does not fall over, very impressive
piece of machinery.
>
> Chris
>
> 72 Lebaron
>
71 Lebaron,etc.etc
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