[s-cars] So, uhhh, what are you wearing? (was: question for those with boost gauges)

[Eric Phillips]

Well, then I guess we'd best steer clear of chemist-speak as well - I
don't want you to have uncomfortable pants issues while reading the
S-car list...

;)

MSCC:  I read, typically, 15" Hg at idle.

> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:51:01 -0500
> From: "matt ludwig." <urs6avant at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] question for those with boost gauges
>
> man, Engineering-speak-correctedness really turns me on. must be a
> variable hot-bed of pick-up lines in those offices....
>
> LOL
>
> : )
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:09 AM, Dave Forgie wrote:
>
> > Dave:  I am sure that you must know that, in Engineering-speak, the
> > "of
> >  mercury" is typically silent when discussing vacuum.
> >
> > Likewise when discussion air pressures and losses in an HVAC system
> > "of water column" is silent when saying the head loss is, say, 5
> > inches.
> >
> > ;>)
> >
> > Dave F. Ph.D., P.Eng.
> >
> >>>> David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> 11/30/06 03:50AM >>>
> > He does mean "inches of mercury" (unless something is horribly wrong)
> > and I think you mean "inches of mercury of vacuum", not "inches of
> > vacuum".  There is no such thing as an inch (or pound) of
> > vacuum/boost...  :-P