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    Cryogenic treating and plastic- what would happen?

    can you please explain that last sentance? failure mechanism considering?
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    Cryogenic treating and plastic- what would happen?

    taken from a magazine "all metals are formed using heat. When a metal cools a substance known as austenite forms within the metals structure. The grain structure of austenite is very irregular and unstable. Frezzing the metal at very low temperatures causes some of the austenite to disperse out...
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    Cryogenic treating and plastic- what would happen?

    ah, well i use these tools a LOT at work so making them harder and tougher is ideal, and its damn cheap too, at around $25(Aus) for 3kg's, it is excellent value. Its also like an experiment just to see first hand how much tougher the tools will get. should be interesting, will post up my...
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    Cryogenic treating and plastic- what would happen?

    the reason i ask is that i will be getting some tools cryo'd and am wondering if it will affect the plastic and rubber? im thinkin i should also take out springs as it may make them too stiff? any help would be great!
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    Automotive Automotive suspension systems: Curves

    i wouldn't think cornering abilty would be better at higher speeds due to body roll, tyre wall flex, tyre tread flex, etc. i could be wrong as I am just thinkin aloud...
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    Negative pressure supercharging -comments?

    also another thing i remembered is that the hotter the exhaust gas the more it wants to exit the tailpipe, and as the gases would be a lot hotter (by the same amount of the air temp increase I am sure...) so the speed of the gas would be a lot higher and that would create a larger vacumn. I...
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    Negative pressure supercharging -comments?

    this company is in australia and the minimum octane fuel is 92, not heaps more but would definately help. there is also 98 octane as well which they may have used...
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    Negative pressure supercharging -comments?

    i though of a couple of things last night: to start off... three basic ways to improve power 1. thermal efficiency 2. mechanical efficiency 3. volumetric efficiency this would improve thermal efficency substantially i would think, as less heat energy would be absorbed by the...
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    Negative pressure supercharging -comments?

    Hey people i hope I've posted this in the right section. this is the product. please read... how it works and as much as possible... http://www.impulsengine.com/kits/index.shtml i need some help trying to figure out exactly how this works. it is such a great idea if it really does work...
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