Tom Walker wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

->  TW>  There is a very expensive Gell CEll battery that is sold for use
->  TW> in Vehicles.                    
->  TW>  I suspect they will not work out. Gell Call batteries are Heat
->  TW> Sensitive and dry out easily at high temperatures. And there is
->  TW> Nothing Cool about the Underhood Temperatures of the Modern Car.

-> And it's getting worse.  The changes in body styles in recent years to
 TW> enhance
-> aerodynamic qualities has let to much more stuff being crammed into a much
-> tighter space,  and temperatures jumping from what they used to be.

-> I know the unit you're talking about,  a molded plastic package with six
-> cylindrical cells in it.
-> Supposedly used in "race cars",  though what type isn't specified.

 TW>  Yes, That is the One. As far as Race Car endorselemt tht dosne't
 TW> mean much as they are PAID to have trhe name on their Car. And
 TW> since they get the Batteries FREE they don't care how many races
 TW> they last!! 

Just so.  And the people who this is aimed at never think of it that way, 
they think instead "If that guy uses it,  it must be pretty
good!" or something along those lines...

 TW> An Amusing Story. My neighbor used to be a Professional Jet Ski 
 TW> racer. One time SplitFire spark plugs connened him in using them. 
 TW> They have a smooth porcelin Insulator instead of the ribbed ones 
 TW> most plugs have.

Duh!  They don't know what the reason is for those ribs,  I guess?

 TW> Well a Jet Ski engine is a real shaker and of course in the wakes 
 TW> it is quite rough and there is a lot of hard movement. He was 
 TW> fighting to become #1 not only in that race but for the season.

 TW> Well Guess What. One of the plug wire boots slipped off form all 
 TW> the vibration. Something that almost never happens, And he limped
 TW> in in Last place.

 TW> Needless to say He told they where they could put their Plugs.

I would!  :-)

 TW> I undersatand they are not all that great of a spark plus either
 TW> becasue I hear they refered top as SH** Fires quite regulalry.  :-)
 TW> :-) I was a dedicated NGK man in my auto Repair days. Did 99% of my
 TW> own for over 45 years. 

NGK?  Really?  I've never used them,  myself.  Ran into those when I was
dealing with "outdoor power equipment" parts...  For most of what
I do Autolite seems to be quite satisfactory.  And I *won't* use Champion
plugs at all...

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