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You're getting closer - the "ship is empty" bit is spot on.
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Well well, Now I can think of many 8 letter words but I don't have a solution
Deserted or lifeless or may be Disarmed. I think there is still hope when you provide hint
cheers,
Super
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Provided.
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BareBoat???
Ship = boat
Naked = Bare
Empty ship = bareboat
cheers,
Super
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I believe it's more related to pole dancers and their likes
Yet I can't find a solution to back it up. And I'm pretty sure if I'd get it right I would have forgotten about it on monday, so I don't dare posting my wild guess
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Not quite, no - not sure that would be as KSS as the Lounge should be...
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Is it skeleton?
Skeleton ship - also (very) naked.
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Nope, but a good try!
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Explanation:-
Bareboat - rent a boat with no crew etc.
The anagram clue is what got it for me.
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Sorry for the delay - I had to go out.
Well done, you are up tomorrow.
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Urggh? The clue you gave was obviously for CREWLESS as in Hull got one, Crew got less. (I'll be kind and not point out that the place is called Crewe ... oh, darn it!)
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Tomorrow? I think not!
The clue will be posted on Monday, Texas time (around 1130 UTC if I've figured it out right).
At least I have a whole weekend to make one up!
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Picky, picky, picky!
I forgot it was Friday - been one of Those Days.
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That was a tea-time teaser on Countdown last week
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Good grief!
Herself must have been watching it, and it sneaked into my brain...my apologies.
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Everything about the cam design can affect power, both in terms of absolute maxima, and the delivery of it in terms of sharpness. Even the slope of each side of the lobes. Too sharp a "descent" for example, can cause the valve to float, or even bounce - neither of which is good for combustion chamber sealing!
I remember (IIRC) one Honda motorcycle which produced better power with the inlet and exhaust cams swapped over!
[edit]What happened to the end of the first sentence? [/edit]
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OriginalGriff wrote: Too sharp a "descent" for example, can cause the valve to float, or even bounce
Float yes, bounce is from valve springs whose resonance frequency matches the rpm of the cam, hence double valve springs.
But the subtlety of widening and advancing/retarding the cams is very interesting. And my alfa is producing too much torque low down and not revving, so its a good bet the last cam belt change was done wrong. Time to take a look.....
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Float is when the valve doesn't follow the cam profile at the top of the lobe, but you can get bounce when the close profile is too steep and the valve bounces off the seat and re-opens against the spring. Changing the spring rates is the normal solution, but it can seriously mess up the gas flow enough to reduce the amount of charge you get in the cylinder for the next compression stroke.
That's one of the advantages of desmodromic valves - because they are positively opened and closed by cams they can't float or bounce without something breaking. Of course, they are a bugger to get set up right, and if you get them wrong...it gets expensive very quickly.
Engines are horribly complicated when they start running hard and fast!
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Pfah. The only reason to change your cam is to make your car sound like it has indigestion when idling, then let out a riiiiiiipping fart as you accelerate.
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Or to undo the mess someone else made of changing the cam belt previously...
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