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Car Forum / Jeep / July 20042005 JGC as described by TrailerLife Mag
<http://www.trailerlife.com/output.cfm?ID=839485&Newswire=1>  SignatureWoodsy, Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... I hope they can make the "Multi-Displacement System" work. Cadillac tried it for a couple of years in the late seventies, to no avail. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > <http://www.trailerlife.com/output.cfm?ID=839485&Newswire=1> > > -- > > Woodsy, > Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... I've had a chance to try the MDS on a Chrysler 300C and it is pretty much undetectable. There is a change in the exhaust sound as it switches on and off, but no detectable lag when you press the loud pedal or a slight uphill triggers all 8 cylinders. Granted this was with a brand new car, dunno how gracefully it will age. However the Cadillac version from the 80's was a true POS when it was brand new. L.W.(ßill) Hughes III proclaimed: > I hope they can make the "Multi-Displacement System" work. Cadillac > tried it for a couple of years in the late seventies, to no avail. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>Woodsy, >>Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... > > I hope they can make the "Multi-Displacement System" work. Cadillac > > tried it for a couple of years in the late seventies, to no avail. > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O > > mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ How can they do that? Are there counterweights or something to keep it smooth with different #'s of cylinders? Thanks, Matt Not very well. I would imagine they would have to kill the lift to the valves. Of course they can't do that it'll start sucking oil in those dead cylinders God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > How can they do that? Are there counterweights or something to keep it > smooth with different #'s of cylinders? > > Thanks, > Matt and i hope someone can make the rack ^ pinion work. That has been tried for about 100 years, and still no luck... > I hope they can make the "Multi-Displacement System" work. Cadillac > tried it for a couple of years in the late seventies, to no avail. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Woodsy, > > Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... I don't think you can beat rack and pinion in small to intermediate cars. Or small cars with big engines like the Bimmer seven series with V8 or V12 must use a drag link and idler. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > and i hope someone can make the rack ^ pinion work. That has been tried for > about 100 years, and still no luck... BMWs use recirculating ball I think. Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > I don't think you can beat rack and pinion in small to intermediate > cars. Or small cars with big engines like the Bimmer seven series with [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > and i hope someone can make the rack ^ pinion work. That has been tried for > > about 100 years, and still no luck... Yup, just like your TJ and the '55 Cadillac. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > BMWs use recirculating ball I think. > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > BMWs use recirculating ball I think. Not hardly. BMW uses Rack & Pinion. Signature-bob- ________________________________ SuSE Linux Pro 9.0 Small Bimmers do like the Mustang II: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7911088727&ca tegory=33589&sspagename=WDVW But, the ones about the size of a Ford, the Five series and about Use: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7911485192&ca tegory=33589&sspagename=WDVW And more than likely Recirculation balls like the American Saginaw have used since the fifties. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Not hardly. BMW uses Rack & Pinion. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ________________________________ > SuSE Linux Pro 9.0 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=recirculating+ball+bmw Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > > BMWs use recirculating ball I think. > > Not hardly. BMW uses Rack & Pinion. > and i hope someone can make the rack ^ pinion work. That has been tried for > about 100 years, and still no luck... Quit off-roading on Mars. Rack & pinion is the standard here on Earth. Signature-bob- ________________________________ SuSE Linux Pro 9.0 Pack and pinion are for puny cars like your Lenux, that made to be light for gas mileage, but they are not strong enough for off road vehicles, or even larger passenger car. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Quit off-roading on Mars. Rack & pinion is the standard here on Earth. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ________________________________ > SuSE Linux Pro 9.0 The technology has advanced quite a bit since then. > I hope they can make the "Multi-Displacement System" work. Cadillac > tried it for a couple of years in the late seventies, to no avail. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Woodsy, > > Off the Grid, Off the Road, Off my Rocker... That's why if we want to go fast, or quick in the quarter mile we choose a 1955 designed push rod engine. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > The technology has advanced quite a bit since then. |
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