<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE=
="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/11/2003 5:27:57 PM Central Standa=
rd Time, RNossaman@cox.net writes:<BR>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="A=
rial" LANG="0">At one time or another I've heard the same about every bloc=
k there is, but <BR>
never got around to running systematic tests to see if, and on what <BR>
particular type of block, it may be true - and if so, to what degree. No <BR=
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answer here.<BR>
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Richard Anderson once did some tests on this very subject. The results=
may be in the archive. From what I can remember he did find the holes=
got a little smaller, how much this impacted torque on the long term and sh=
ort term I do not know.<BR>
<BR>
Andrew Remillard<BR>
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