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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:11:57 PM EDT
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If I file down the spark plugs in a manual transmission car, it will go full automatic.
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:16:01 PM EDT
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Claiming higher octane fuels enhance stock performance.  From the wiki page for the engine in my FJ Cruiser. An updated version of this engine features Dual VVT-i, increasing output to 270 hp (201 kW) and 278 lb·ft (377 N·m) on 87 octane and 285 hp (213 kW) and 289 lb·ft (392 N·m) on 91 octane. Please refer to the many, many times this horse has been beaten. Engine was designed with 91 in mind. The car doesn't magically know what fuel you put in. If it was designed to use 87 octane at best, putting a higher octane WILL DO NOTHING FOR YOUR MILEAGE OR PERFORMANCE. The CTS guy should post his stock octane tables so you all understand this. ETA: Try this analogy: Putting 103 in your FJ is to putting 91 in your four cylinder Camry. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:17:38 PM EDT
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You couldn't reach up and take a $100 off the dash at WOT
Did wheelies over a 16oz beer can on the street Factory freak, "special ordered" with a cop car motor, etc... Yeah that new, Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Corvette etc... Is nice but it don't run like my 196x did |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:20:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not really in the vein of this thread but I do remember an old truck came into the shop with bad u joints. Some brainiac had told the owner he needed more tyranny fluid so he topped off the master cylinder with ATF.  |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:31:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you implying that nitrogen violates laws of physics when its inside a tire? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It is more about having stable and predictable tire pressure over a variety of temperatures. Apparently pure nitrogen exhibits less pressure change with temperature swings compared to standard air (Ideal gas law be damned. We live in a real world). Are you implying that nitrogen violates laws of physics when its inside a tire? I thought that nitrogen as bottled for tire inflation was bottled really low in moisture which helps with tire pressure variation due to temperature changes. I also read somewhere if you would dry and bottle the free 78% nitrogen mix that the 78% nitrogen mix would also perform well. Unless the source of the 78% was downwind from a chicken farm which would introduce organic gasses into the mix. The organic gasses effect on Michelin race tires was the root cause of the 2005 Indy F1 race fiasco. FIA and Michelin were too embarrassed to admit the problem and instead blamed turn 13. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:36:21 PM EDT
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If I file down the spark plugs in a manual transmission car, it will go full automatic. LOL |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:40:57 PM EDT
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This worked on old cars back in the day,try again Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"Remove the battery cable to test the Alternator" This worked on old cars back in the day,try again RIF "Alternator" |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:42:46 PM EDT
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A guy I worked with told me that I really needed to turn down the new rotors I bought before I installed them. 
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The dumbest thing I have ever heard was from someone I was doing Brake work for. I replaced the calipers, rotors, and pads for him. Told him i needed to bleed the breaks. His response was "that's when you floor it in reverse and slam on the breaks right?" . My response was "if you want to drive straight through your house yeah."A guy I worked with told me that I really needed to turn down the new rotors I bought before I installed them.
I just smiled and nodded. That used to be the case years ago. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:42:53 PM EDT
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Them - "Sweet 68 Mustang"
Me - " It's a 65" Them - " Oh yea I used to have one, it was a Shelby fastest in town, lift the front wheels blah blah" No you fucking didn't retard |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:45:25 PM EDT
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This thread is a great example of its premise.
How about "Autozone diagnosed it, how much to put in an XYZ?" Or " $95!!!!!! Just for hooking up your computer and having it tell you whats wrong?!?!" Or "When I was a mechanic, I used to R&R transmissions by myself, on my back, in the snow, up hill both ways, and in 1/4 book time" Or "Its probably just the fuel filter" or maybe vapor lock. Or the old $100 bill pinned to the dash story. Or anyone who says anything regarding "HHO". One milliion miles per gallon! Car guys and gun guys in general are retards, and I are one. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:47:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Actually that was kinda how drum brake self adjusters worked sorta Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The dumbest thing I have ever heard was from someone I was doing Brake work for. I replaced the calipers, rotors, and pads for him. Told him i needed to bleed the breaks. His response was "that's when you floor it in reverse and slam on the breaks right?" . My response was "if you want to drive straight through your house yeah."Actually that was kinda how drum brake self adjusters worked sorta |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:48:32 PM EDT
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So your plan is to increase front tire traction by unloading them? Have fun. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Someone here once mentioned that you correct understeer in a rwd car by increasing the throttle. Good luck with your agricultural experiences in 2016. You do. Transfers weight form the front wheels to rear. You never steered with the throttle? So your plan is to increase front tire traction by unloading them? Have fun. It works on RWD on a dirt track. You give it a quick burp to break the rear tires loose letting the rear end come around while you steer in the opposite direction while working the throttle until you make the turn. Works on pavement if you have the power. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 10:56:36 PM EDT
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RPM's
It's Revolutions per minute= RPM Anybody that makes a blanket statement that all American cars are shoddily designed or built. Douchebags who write out the hash marks ///M when talking about vehicles made by BMW Motorsport GmbH. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:00:02 PM EDT
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More spark advance is always more power. No. Depends on RPM. We would run about 24 degrees advanced on 2.3 Pinto engines. That was initial setting with the vacuum advanced wired in place. That was good to about 7500 RPM and running Avgas. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:00:50 PM EDT
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You do. Transfers weight form the front wheels to rear. You never steered with the throttle? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Someone here once mentioned that you correct understeer in a rwd car by increasing the throttle. Good luck with your agricultural experiences in 2016. You do. Transfers weight form the front wheels to rear. You never steered with the throttle? No, you chop the throttle and tap the brakes, weight transfer to the front loosens the rear wheels, then you countersteer to aim your car when the back end comes around to pivot your car back on the line. Drive on. Of course, that approach is more successful in a '67 Valiant or '73 Hornet rocking bias ply tires. Damn showoff with your cars that have enough power to smoke the tires and rotate the ass end that way. Not everyone can afford a Maverick or Javelin. Goosing the throttle on an old Fox body Mustang was also a big mistake for most drivers. In most cases, for most drivers, in most cars, backing off the gas is the better anti crash option. Oh and my favorite? Ram tough. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:07:12 PM EDT
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Against my better judgement I went to autozone.
Me: I need a clutch for a 95 wrangler Counter dude: 4 or 6 cylinder? Me: 6 Counter dude: standard or auto? Me:...................turned around and walked out. True story. I drove 20 minutes away to another parts store. I haven't returned to autozone since then, that was several years ago. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:07:47 PM EDT
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That PhD's design turn signals.
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:09:37 PM EDT
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How about the guys who swear they by AV gas at the airport Yeah, a C-172's Lycoming don't want none (of that 87) unless you got STCs hon. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:09:58 PM EDT
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Stopping Power.
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:11:10 PM EDT
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I think my converter is plugged.
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:25:14 PM EDT
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I haven't seen ethanol free gasoline in years. As far as octane differences go, I assure you that my OBDI vehicle cannot tell the difference. Custom tunes are, well custom. for instance I can tell you unequivocally that none of the listings for anything other than 91 octane in Helena Montana are true anymore. Can you still get regular or mid grade without ethanol anywhere in the country? |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:32:06 PM EDT
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It works on RWD on a dirt track. You give it a quick burp to break the rear tires loose letting the rear end come around while you steer in the opposite direction while working the throttle until you make the turn. Works on pavement if you have the power Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Someone here once mentioned that you correct understeer in a rwd car by increasing the throttle. Good luck with your agricultural experiences in 2016. You do. Transfers weight form the front wheels to rear. You never steered with the throttle? So your plan is to increase front tire traction by unloading them? Have fun. It works on RWD on a dirt track. You give it a quick burp to break the rear tires loose letting the rear end come around while you steer in the opposite direction while working the throttle until you make the turn. Works on pavement if you have the power This. If you can't correct understeer on pavement with a burp of the throttle, you shouldn't be driving that gutless piece of shit on the road. Get something with some real power  . I could steer with the throttle all day long it my old S-10. It had a 2.2L V-4 with the vortec package, made from real tornados. Plus it had a K and N filter for an extra 10%
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:35:52 PM EDT
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Also had a guy tell me he was getting 20 mpg with his GMC 2500 HD........with a 6.0L gas
. I have one, I think he was off by about 19 mpg.
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:37:43 PM EDT
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Pull the code. Bet it's for knock (pre-detonation). The magnum was designed for mid-grade or better. It's unlikely that Chrysler engineers designed multiple tables for various octane grades. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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On the octane debate, I don't really know much about power but when someone borrows my 00 Durango R/T and puts 87 in it throws a code. Every time Pull the code. Bet it's for knock (pre-detonation). The magnum was designed for mid-grade or better. It's unlikely that Chrysler engineers designed multiple tables for various octane grades. O2 sensor half volt high or something along those lines. It's been a while since it happened |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:37:46 PM EDT
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It's a torque converter. What those people usually mean is a torque converter with an increased stall speed, but calling it a stall converter is like calling magazines clips. EDIT: I take back the magazine/clip analogy since there actually is something called a clip. It would be like calling a magazine a bullet holder box or something. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"stall converter" What's wrong with that? It's a torque converter. What those people usually mean is a torque converter with an increased stall speed, but calling it a stall converter is like calling magazines clips. EDIT: I take back the magazine/clip analogy since there actually is something called a clip. It would be like calling a magazine a bullet holder box or something. We had stall converters when you were still shitting your pants, kiddo. |
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Posted: 2/9/2016 11:57:27 PM EDT
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What can I say, I like using the proper term for things. If other people want to use imprecise language to describe specific things then that's their choice to make, but I can't help but think those people generally don't know much. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's a torque converter. What those people usually mean is a torque converter with an increased stall speed, but calling it a stall converter is like calling magazines clips. EDIT: I take back the magazine/clip analogy since there actually is something called a clip. It would be like calling a magazine a bullet holder box or something. I dunno. I guess I've heard it enough times to feel that when someone refers to a "stall converter" they are just implying that it is looser than a stock one. I don't always specify stall rpm when discussing mods done to my truck. Slang. You can make the same argument regarding the use of "clip," but I know most here would argue that makes you look like someone who doesn't really know much about guns. I have a "3000 stall torque converter". If I simply refer to it as a "stall converter" I'm being lazy and leaving two descriptive items out of a statement. That's the same as someone calling something it's not ? Lol What can I say, I like using the proper term for things. If other people want to use imprecise language to describe specific things then that's their choice to make, but I can't help but think those people generally don't know much. Right, terminology never changes. I'm sure I'm not the only fucker around here that has forgot more about building horsepower than you've learned. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:19:41 AM EDT
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When a car is described as a frame off restoration.....and it is a unibody Mopar.
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:29:35 AM EDT
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The term "posi". It's a fucking lsd. GM used the term Posi, Mopar used the term Sure grip and Ford used the term Trac Loc So calling a GM lsd a Posi is correct Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:34:35 AM EDT
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Claiming higher octane fuels enhance stock performance. It does in my mustang. The car will pull timing and dyno 10-15hp less on 87 octane vs 92...completely stock. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:38:15 AM EDT
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Cummings diesel
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:39:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are you implying that nitrogen violates laws of physics when its inside a tire? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It is more about having stable and predictable tire pressure over a variety of temperatures. Apparently pure nitrogen exhibits less pressure change with temperature swings compared to standard air (Ideal gas law be damned. We live in a real world). Are you implying that nitrogen violates laws of physics when its inside a tire? |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:39:51 AM EDT
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I'll keep my true story of the time I was drifting my Bentley so I could get a good shot at a feral boar with my Deagle while getting a blow job from my supermodel girlfriend to myself then. My shot was right on target. Unfortunately I missed the boar entirely. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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D-bags everywhere ! As soon as hear any guy talking about his driving, shooting or fucking abilities I stop paying attention. I'll keep my true story of the time I was drifting my Bentley so I could get a good shot at a feral boar with my Deagle while getting a blow job from my supermodel girlfriend to myself then. My shot was right on target. Unfortunately I missed the boar entirely. Shit, that was YOU? I know I passed something fancy going the other way while I was powersliding with one hand and sipping a martini with the other in my Ford GT. Good thing you aimed high. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:41:17 AM EDT
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"Wow!... You read the brochure!"
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Posted: 2/10/2016 1:49:21 AM EDT
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Hey I found something that GD is less knowledgeable about than firearms!
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Posted: 2/10/2016 7:22:53 AM EDT
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GM used the term Posi, Mopar used the term Sure grip and Ford used the term Trac Loc So calling a GM lsd a Posi is correct Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The term "posi". It's a fucking lsd. GM used the term Posi, Mopar used the term Sure grip and Ford used the term Trac Loc So calling a GM lsd a Posi is correct Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I'm not sure where the belief that a posi is by default a full locker. I blame the old school guys that still call tires 50s and 60s or whatever. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 7:29:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/10/2016 7:52:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:01:30 AM EDT
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Two birds with one stone right here. The "Cummings" dorks are annoying. The 'tards that swear their pickup trucks are returning mileage comparable to compact cars are far more infuriating. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"My Cummings diesel gets 30 mpg all day" Two birds with one stone right here. The "Cummings" dorks are annoying. The 'tards that swear their pickup trucks are returning mileage comparable to compact cars are far more infuriating. There's something to it. I paid a Chief I worked with several years ago drive to Sparks, NV from Ridgecrest, CA in his modified Dodge Cummins Dually. On the way back, towing my '68 Camaro on a steel 18' car trailer, we averaged 28 mpg. I know this for a fact, as I paid for gas. It was a serious eye-opener. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:01:51 AM EDT
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Some good ones guys. Heard many of them before.
some Ive heard... Its a 350 SHORT BLOCK... "4 bolt mains make more power! feel it climbing that hill?" was riding in a guys Chevelle "Bo, its over when the passing gear kicks in!" My buddy with a Vega build a 350 that is so bad ass that "NO FORD CAN BEAT HIM" "I'm going to Chrome dip my honeycomb rims" guy driving an early 80s stock Monte Carlo "NOTHING can take me on top end" |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:03:12 AM EDT
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"I called triple A to change my tire" who the fuck doesn't know how to change a tire/wiper blade/battery/oil/spark plugs/brakes... 95% of teenaged boys I know. Which is OK, because most don't have driver's licenses. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:05:02 AM EDT
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Where do I start. Most of these I learned in the muscle car world and idiots on Craigslist. Every small block Chevy was born in a Corvette. Every small block Chevy with the casting number 3970010 is a high nickel block because of the "010" in the casting number. Nothing is better than double hump heads. Quadrajets are junk. Says everyone who can't tune one or hasn't had one tuned by someone who knows what they are doing. "I got a 750 double pumper." Carb on a 305 with dual feed inlet, not dual accelerator pumps. "This car is all original." I'm sure they offered Flowmasters, cd players, and Radial T/As on Cragers in 1969. Not to mention everything being chromed under the hood. Every 69 Camaro is a Z/28. "I saw one like this on Barret Jackson sell for $150,000." Comparing their rusted out Coronet to a finely restored 6 pack Superbee. I could go on and on and on.... I've never seen a 427 for sale that wasn't advertised as a Corvette motor. Ever. (not counting TD blocks) |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:07:23 AM EDT
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K&N is usually a red flag for me. Guy I work with bought a C7 Z06 and made a big deal about locating one for it. Wanted some other bolt on doo-dads for it as well. I'm sure those guys in Bowling Green will be lamenting "if only we'd have had a JC Whitney catalog!"
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:08:08 AM EDT
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?????? I have done it for years. Pick a tail number, pay with credit card, never a question about it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How about the guys who swear they by AV gas at the airport ?????? I have done it for years. Pick a tail number, pay with credit card, never a question about it. Or put in 5 zero's
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:12:53 AM EDT
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Them - "Sweet 68 Mustang" Me - " It's a 65" Them - " Oh yea I used to have one, it was a Shelby fastest in town, lift the front wheels blah blah" No you fucking didn't retard In the Navy it was always "Back home I've got a..." or "Me and my Dad built a..." and when challenged for pics, ALWAYS ends up with either "My brother/sister wrapped it around a telephone pole when I was in boot camp" or "A drunk guy hit the car and totaled it." Never fails. I used to love feeding their fantasies. They have no idea about cars, just going off of what they heard some other gearhead say. I once had a guy--with a little prompting due to pointed questions--tell me all about his 1962 4-door Mustang with the Special Edition Yenko Straight 8 motor--only available special order from Ford back then. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:24:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You couldn't reach up and take a $100 off the dash at WOT Did wheelies over a 16oz beer can on the street Factory freak, "special ordered" with a cop car motor, etc... Yeah that new, Camaro, GTO, Mustang, Corvette etc... Is nice but it don't run like my 196x did OMG Ive heard those two many many times. I think the claim of being able to pull the front tires could be the most common lie told in the Hot Rod community. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:33:32 AM EDT
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I've never seen a 427 for sale that wasn't advertised as a Corvette motor. Ever. (not counting TD blocks) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Where do I start. Most of these I learned in the muscle car world and idiots on Craigslist. Every small block Chevy was born in a Corvette. Every small block Chevy with the casting number 3970010 is a high nickel block because of the "010" in the casting number. Nothing is better than double hump heads. Quadrajets are junk. Says everyone who can't tune one or hasn't had one tuned by someone who knows what they are doing. "I got a 750 double pumper." Carb on a 305 with dual feed inlet, not dual accelerator pumps. "This car is all original." I'm sure they offered Flowmasters, cd players, and Radial T/As on Cragers in 1969. Not to mention everything being chromed under the hood. Every 69 Camaro is a Z/28. "I saw one like this on Barret Jackson sell for $150,000." Comparing their rusted out Coronet to a finely restored 6 pack Superbee. I could go on and on and on.... I've never seen a 427 for sale that wasn't advertised as a Corvette motor. Ever. (not counting TD blocks) I almost added that every 67 Corvette is a factory 427 car. I figured I added enough items for people to work off of. |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:34:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The dumbest thing I have ever heard was from someone I was doing Brake work for. I replaced the calipers, rotors, and pads for him. Told him i needed to bleed the breaks. His response was "that's when you floor it in reverse and slam on the breaks right?" . My response was "if you want to drive straight through your house yeah." |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 8:44:41 AM EDT
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Chevy dealer:
Well, that is what the car salesman told me while I was waiting for service on my wife's car. I was "explained to" that it makes electricity while driving. This might work on a rich hipster, but unless magic pixies keep filling your 9.3 gallon gas tank you are not going to make it more than 379 miles. It was everything I could do not to start laughing at him. With what I drive now; for his 41K of "you are paying for the technology" car, I can not only pay for my car but drive the next ($13,600 car at 41 mpg with gas at $3.35) I can drive for 335,343 miles. It must feel good to be one of the three people that bought one of these "cars of the future". |
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Posted: 2/10/2016 9:04:33 AM EDT
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Hey I found something that GD is less knowledgeable about than firearms! Stick around, this is nothing.
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Posted: 2/10/2016 9:29:23 AM EDT
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When people with an inline-4 say, "It's got a V4..." maybe they have a saab sonnet? speed |
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