Nickel test...so what's your best?

[Peaven]

Was bored today and it had been a while since Blue has gotten to stretch her legs, so I warmed her up and did the nickel test. Out of 6 tries, 3 were about 3-5 seconds, 2 were about 8-10, and 1 was about 16 secs. I think my garage floor needs leveling.

[tccrab]

Originally Posted by Peaven

Was bored today and it had been a while since Blue has gotten to stretch her legs, so I warmed her up and did the nickel test. Out of 6 tries, 3 were about 3-5 seconds, 2 were about 8-10, and 1 was about 16 secs. I think my garage floor needs leveling.

Steve

Try using a brand new shiny nickel with a nice crisp edge, they work best.
Different places on the plenum give different results. I found that toward the back of the plenum and just off to one side the nickel would just stand there and just look at you.
My best time was about 1.5 minutes.

TomC
'90ZR1 #792

[Peaven]

I wondered about that, thanks for the tip Tom...I kept trying to stand the .05 up right in the middle of the plenum, I'll have to try towards the back next time.

[BBBAD94ZR1]

Here is http://www.corvettevalley.com/galler...o/2659/cat/548a video of the nickel test I did last year.http://www.corvettevalley.com/galler...o/2660/cat/548
Ray

[GrayZ]

Originally Posted by Peaven

I wondered about that, thanks for the tip Tom...I kept trying to stand the .05 up right in the middle of the plenum, I'll have to try towards the back next time.

Saturday Night Fun in Nebraska

keep it up peavs...and you're gonna over take cow tipping
and out of state license plate counting

[Dandy97]

I got one to stand for over an hour last night... now I'll have to start it and see how it goes.

[Peaven]

Originally Posted by ITLGO2

Saturday Night Fun in Nebraska

keep it up peavs...and you're gonna over take cow tipping
and out of state license plate counting

Cow tipping is reserved for Friday's, on Saturday nights I go in the back yard and try to pee the ZR-1 logo in the snow until the #@!% crap is gone.

[flibblenibble]

im a newbie what is the nickel test?

[tccrab]

Originally Posted by flibblenibble

im a newbie what is the nickel test?

As mentioned in the book "Heart of the Beast":

At a press demonstration, Terry Stinson, the LT5 project engineer at Mercury Marine, balanced a nickel on its edge on the engine plenum in a completed ..


A nickel will balance on the plenum of a well tuned, good running LT5 engine.

TomC
'90ZR1 #792

[Z Factor]

Only 30-60 seconds which is short compared to some posted results.