Re: Lack of handbrake/car moves

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> >It would be important to remember, and it wasn't  made clear in the
> >previous posts, that in order for the car to be held by compression on a
> >hill, it must be in 1st gear if it is pointed down hill, and reverse if
> >pointed up hill.

Questions...

Doesn't drawing a vacuum take exactly the same force as creating
compression?

Also, isn't the power stroke pretty much the inverse of the compression
stroke anyway?  

I suppose the valve timing would matter here.

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Huw Powell

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