i saw a thread regarding the horsepower rating of the 318, and someone posted this link. http://dodgeram.org/tech/gas/specs/5_2v8.htm

At the bottom of that page, was this acknowledgment to Hank L....

This page would not have been possible without the help of Hank LaViers, who graciously loaned me his extensive Mopar engine library.

Hank used to post on here a lot, and his posts were quite long and detailed. Someone once said - Hanks posts are so technical they give me a stiffy. Others criticized him for copy/pasting old materials from newsgroups and/or other old libraries. I don't think anyone actually knew him.

so googling the name, yields another clue.... duke.edu
From: hl1@acpub.duke.edu (Henry LaViers)

and several various entries related to electronics and ham radio..

then including Duke Univ, it gets more interesting.
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/purl.cove...d/webviewable/

Four significant laboratory results have taken place in a highly productive seventh quarter of this research project:
LA natural carbon ( 98.9% C-12 and 1.1% C-13 ) sputter target has
been acquired.
2. LaC2 and AI4C3 have been made on site in the laboratory using the
Arc Melt Furnace, and their room temperature crystal structures
were confirmed using X-ray powder diffraction.
3. A method for producing in the laboratory carbon sputter targets
of either natural or C-13 isotope has been found.
4. Final approval by Oak Ridge National Laboratories' High Temperature
Materials Laboratory has been given for researcher Henry LaViers to
used their High Temperature X-Ray Diffraction equipment in the
month of October.

On September 19th, 1995, Mr. Henry LaViers received an invitation, after a
series of telephone calls, to visit the Morganton North Carolina plant of SGL Carbon Company Inc., an international company specializing in pressed carbon and graphite products. The Morganton plant of SGL Carbon was built during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project and produced most the the graphite for the atomic bomb efforts at Oak Ridge and Hanford. Today the plant produces a wide variety of carbon products ranging from nuclear applications to intricate one-time casting molds for the production of oil well drilling bits.

then we have this patent.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5348812.html
An improved process for flameless oxidation of carbon to produce electric power in which carbon is dissolved into a molten metal, said metal acting as an anode by converting part of said carbon to an ionized state to produce carbon-ions and electrons, the passage of a current of said electrons through a power generating circuit to a cathode where said electrons react with oxygen to produce oxygen-ions, diffusion of said carbon-ions through a solid carbon-ion electrolyte having a fluorite crystal structure to said cathode, where said carbon-ions react with said oxygen-ions to produce oxidized carbon, wherein the improvement comprises use of a molten metal selected the lanthanide group consisting of: La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, said fluorite crystal structure containing at element selected from said lanthanide group.


there's more, but i'm tired of searching...

 

wow,, i knew the guy was smart but damn

he was so secret backin the day,, i wanted to sell a PM but he alway had it truned off

 

There must be too many noobies around here. I think HankL was gone before a lot of them found DF. I'm surprised that no one else has commented on this, so this serves as a free bump for the cause.

For those of you that don't remember him, his posts were interesting to say the least. He got bashed by a lot of members about the way he typed. Frankly, with the info he always posted, it's truly an embarrassment.

See, HankL used to type in a format
that is called chunking. It's purpose
is to make the reader stay more focused
while reading a post. He claimed that reading
in this format is a lot easier than trying to mull
through a complete wall of text. Also, I think this was
and old German technique that was designed in WWII.


Because I know a lot of you wont actually take the time to search this guy out on here, I'm going to post up some links, and some quotes from him. I hope that some of you read it. IIRC, HankL pretty well gave up on this forum when he was trying to help out some of the 3rd genners. Because he never said what he drove, (although you can search, and find that he had a 95 or 96 Ram) people flamed him for it. They would ask him all the time, "what do you drive". Everyone (myself included many times) really thought this guy to be nothing more than a parts Jockey at an automotive parts store.

Link 1. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/off-bra...er-design.html
Link 2. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-56-gears.html (A lame attempt to draw blood)
Link 3. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...s-ethanol.html

Now, I can go one for days, I could even max out the text limits in all my posts, but I think you all get my drift. At least he still stops by here every now and then to just have a look see at what all is going on here.

 

Yeah I haven't seen him around in a while. I did actually pm him for something one time and left me speechless with the amount of info he gave me. I asked something simple and he expanded so much on it and answered any question I could think of. It also gave a sense of satisfaction... in the sense that it showed he cared because of the time to type his responses, and lenth of responses.

 

I was totally impressed with the post from Hankl, so thorough and precise. what a refreshing read. Hankl was before my time but i would have loved to see him posts.

 

I always enjoyed reading his posts.
He was obviously educated, well read,
and as far as knowledge, farther ahead
than even the most experieced parts counter person.
My only debate with him, is something,
my father, abiet a lowly draftsman himself
once told me.
And that is that although research itself is wonderful,
and has many benefits...real world usage
and monitoring of that usage can only give true results.

And then, its only for that particular unit.

In other words, you can test it, simulate it, theorize and
discourse at length about it.
But until you build and launch the SOB, you won't know *%$#
about whether it will fly or not.

The pinging post is spot on though...
Miss ya Hank!

 

I do miss HankL. That pinging post was a Thread I started IIRC.

 

What exactly happened for him to stop posting on this forum, or does anybody know?

 

Yeah,above was a great explination of his history (if that is him, could be other henrys that go to duke and such), but that doesnt explain why hes not here anymore.

HankL was indeed awsome.

 

typing like that will definately save you a headache. when someone puts up a long winded post i tend to start scanning through it after the first sentence or two and only catch enough to know what they are talking about.