It's COLD outside

[mckitterick]

I've been a big baby about the temperatures lately, so haven't yet tried to start the Hot-Rod Newport since rebuilding the valvetrain. With temps in the teens and single digits, MY digits simply don't want to hold metal tools and parts outside... where the car rests beneath its carport. Last week, though, I made some progress: Finished pulling

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[tully01]

Those pushrods made me cringe.

The all-time low of -92.3C (-135.8C, 180 Kelvin) found in NASA satellite observations isn't allowed as a record because it wasn't recorded by a ground station, so the −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) reading of 1983 from Vostok Station remains the official record.

For comparison, DRY ICE does not "melt" (sublimate) under -78.9C at sea level. At -92C you could store it outside!

[mckitterick]

They made me cringe, too; the third one looks even worse, completely smashed flat on one end. I don't know how I forgot to photograph the mangled rockers, either. One hopes I do not need to take it apart again to get another shot. Of course, it's entirely possible that - once the two non-running cylinders finally get a chance to fire - I'll discover one of the pistons has been damaged, and I'll have ample opportunity. But one hopes not.

Holy crap, I had no idea that we actually had such low temperature readings! How in the heck? Wouldn't the equipment fail?

Re: dry ice: Whoah. So, one good thing about living at such temps, eh?

[tully01]

Only crazy and politically-exiled Russians live at Vostok Station ...

100% ethanol won't freeze until -114C (-173.2F). I wonder if they stick their vodka bottles on the porch to freeze out that pesky water.

[mckitterick]

Hahaha! Absolut(ly).

[roseconnelly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzKvxnQBmM

(I should say this is for Antarctica)

Hahahaha!

[mckitterick]

But doge likes snow:

[bondo_ba]

Not every day one sees a Doré print used to illustrate a space-science post. Nice!

[mckitterick]

Ha - indeed; I hadn't thought of that! Mashups are fun.