<VV> sans-a-belt

[Padgett]

At 02:03 AM 6/16/2005, you wrote:
>Do you remember at a Vair Fair about 20 years ago Steve Hinton ran a '60
>engine wide open throttle? I forget if the belt was left off to start or
>fell off during the run, but the engine never  stopped  running.

Remember all of the ads showing an engine running on a stand with no oil 
pan and touting a miracle lube ?
With no load on an engine, it will run for quite a while even at a high 
idle just on residual because the energy required to just spin an engine is 
so low which means very low heat generation from combusion. At idle it does 
not take much air flow to cool as long as there is some, on a cool day 
convection alone is almost enough particularly if the lower shroud is off. 
Outside Air Temperature (OAT) makes a big difference.

All of that said, once I find the right car I will be installing some 
obvious warning system, probably a flasher of some sort since our eyes are 
designed to detect movement. Not a buzzer since am hearing impaired.

Padgett