[Kartbuilding] addition to your web site

Stephen Burke sburke at burkesys.com
Mon Oct 26 17:43:56 GMT 2009


Hi Dale,

Thanks for your email and Excel file. I am indeed sure that this will help 
fellow kartbuilders calculate the speed of their karts.

Best of luck,
-steve

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Dale wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> You're welcome for the excel sheet, and thank you for accepting my offers.
> It's a convenient enhancement for the article and I hope your readers get
> good use from it.
>
> Thank you for adding the image.  It looks great.  When I first saw the
> screen shot I thought you had made the sheet so it would work live on the
> page, but I like the way you allow the download by either clicking on the
> image or on the link.  That was good thinking.
>
> All the best to you,
> Dale
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Burke
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:30 PM
> To: samohtelad
> Subject: Re: addition to your web site
>
> Hi Dale,
>
> Thanks for the Excel file.
> I have added it to the website. It can be found at:
> http://www.kartbuilding.net/kart_speed/index.html
>
> I also added an image to help. I hope you are ok with this.
>
> Thanks and best of luck,
> -steve
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, samohtelad wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>>
>> Thank you for the note and for including my little worksheet on your site.
> It's a pleasure to have it there.
>>
>>
>>
>> I attached the sheet to this message.
>>
>> If you see problems, have questions or want modifications let me know.
>>
>>
>>
>> I used colors to clarify input cell use for download users.  If you don't
> want the colors I can remove them and add some text to explain the input
> cells if you think its needed.  If desired we'll just remove text color
> references.
>>
>>
>>
>> The calculations in red do not have to be *shown* on the web page, but
> those calculations are used for the MPH calculations.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I included my email address in the previous article I included the
> phrase "nospamatall" inside the address so I wouldn't get spam from web
> crawlers.  Please update the address by including that phrase inside the
> email as follows samohtelad*nospamatall*@aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dale
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stephen Burke
>> To: samohtelad
>> Cc: kartbuilding
>> Sent: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 1:45 pm
>> Subject: Re: addition to your web site
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Dale,
>>
>> Thanks for your email. Good to hear from you again. Glad to see you are
> still involved in a bit of kart building and gear ratios :)
>>
>> If you have the excel file done, feel free to email it on, and I'll put it
> up with your original article. Also, if you want to update your email
> address etc. on the website ( www.kartbuilding.net/kart_speed ) just let me
> know the details.
>>
>> I know many people found your article useful, and for many an Excel file
> would be useful for them to calculate their gear/sprocket ratios.
>>
>> Best of luck,
>> -steve
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, samohtelad wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> This is Dale Thomas again.??
>>>
>>> I'm?happy to see?your go kart building?site is still up and running?and
> that is has?grown so nicely.
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> In 2004 I?wrote an article "How to Find the Speed of You Go Kart"? that
> your generous enough to include on your web site.? Seeing it after all this
> time has passed?I understand your previous comment about it being "a
> little?wordy."? (-:?? You were right !
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Anyway, I recently wrote an EXCEL worksheet that allows the user to input
> the number of teeth on?the engine and the drive?shaft?sprockets, the tire
> diameter and engine RPM.???The worksheet calculates those?variables into MPH
> and KPH.
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> I have the worksheet set up in two sections that fit side by side on the
> same page.? The left side of the page handles?two sprocket karts
> and?the?right hand?section?has inputs for jack shaft sprockets.? Both sides
> share the same tire diameter and engine RPM, but I can easily change that if
> desired.
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> If you want to include the worksheet on your site I would be happy to see
> it there.? I have not learned HTML code, so I can not put the worksheet
> in?HTML format for?your web page.?? If you have someone who can do that then
> that's fine.? If you want to allow the worksheet to be downloaded directly
> from your site by readers?that's OK.? If you want readers to contact me for
> the worksheet that's OK, too.?? Its free and I have no products to sell and
> will not spam anyone.? That's an ugly thing to do.?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you can use the sheet just let me know and I'll sent?a working version
> to you.??All I ask is that you give writer credit and copyright notice to
> me, as you were kind enough to do for the original article.
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Dale Thomas
>>>
>>
>>
>
>



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