As rotorwrench said, there is a nickel based high heat. It lasts. We used it at the steel mill on roll assemblies that saw very high heat and loads of water too.
Buy a good bearing separator. The studs will bend on the budget ones. My snap-on worked great until I lent it out and it never came back ��
Re: The need for speed …
Pretty much the same as Vascar. Developed by students at Valparaiso Tech. Basically a little box that times cars between two points.
I'd have to agree with most, a fully charged 6v battery with good cables will work as good as any 12v car.
Think about it, this is all there was and there were millions of cars operating just fine.
I had a similar situation where the seller gave me an address in Midlothian, IL. It appeared to be possibly an abandoned house. I had a friend in the truck that was armed. I have a feeling if I were alone, I might have gotten mugged.