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    4wd 240z

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    The GMC Typhoon and Cyclone, (factory Turbo charged 4.3-L AWD rocket ships), used the 2004R tranny married to a transfer case. The Summit Racing Quadradeuce utilized a Typhoon/Cyclone transfer case that they successfully married it to a T-56. I have also heard that the AWD GMC Safari and its sister the AWD Chevy Astro van with the 4.3 engine utilized the “same†transfer case as the Typhoon and Cyclone.

     

    Any how, with the JTR V-8 conversion, there is “maybe†enough room to get an R-180 or R-200 up front. An R-180 should be plenty beefy enough for a front diff, even for a built V-8. There should definitely be enough room with the shorter turbocharged 4.3 front front diff in an S-30, or set the V-8 further back in the chassis. Biggest issue is getting the driveshaft from the transfer case up to the front diff without loosing too much foot well space….

     

     

    QuadraDuece article...

     

    Syclone's and Typhoon's do not use a 2004r, they use 700r4's. Although Turbo Buicks ie Grand National's, Turbo-T's do use 2004r's...

    For my Buick Grand National GNX Lovers

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    The auction looks fishy. Look at all the bidders for the car. They all have the same type of name. I think its obviously being bid on by the owner. The reserve is 108k and the auction is at 100k. Its hard to believe that anyone who could afford this car would take the chance at bidding on it at over 100k when they could buy it now for 108k. I owned a low mileage Turbo-T limited which there was only about 1k made. When I had my T on the market was soft for turbo regals, and even if its a GNX I think its still about the same.

    why CHEVY?

    in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board

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    Well for one,not everyone wants to do something that has been done already 68 million times and is probably taking place 5 times per second somewhere in the world,and b,not everyone feels the need to build engines with efficiency numbers that call for their fuel pumps to be directly connected to a petrol refinery :icon56:

     

    Bingo.

    any lawyers on the forum? I have a question

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    You are liable. He had the right of way and you have to yield, and make a turn when it is safe to do so. Even if he was speeding you are not going to be able to prove it. He reacted to your "unsafe" turn.

     

    Ex. You are driving and someone swerves into your lane and forces you off to the side of the road where you proceed to crash. The offending persons actions caused you to swerve right? Basically if he responded the way a "normal" driver would have responded, you will be found liable do to a failure to yield to oncoming traffic...

     

    Remember if he were to file a civil action he would only have to prove the preponderance ex. 51% to 49% that what took place was what he described, which sounds logical...and he may ask for filing and court fees as well...

    almost finished hybrid on craigslist

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Just got off the phone with the owner. Obviously there is many hour of fabrication and $$ in this Z. He is asking a very fair price vs. building a comparative Z. Im crunching some numbers right now, and need to speak to the old lady. The major thing that may hold me back is that is more car and has more fab work than I will ever utilize. Great deal .

    one mile car jump

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    I honestly wonder if all that was staged, i.e. the car did exactly as they planned? My point being, how was he planning on landing across the river, SAFELY? Where and how was that car supposed to land and land in such a sway that it wouldn’t kill the occupant from the massive impact with terra-firma from that elevation and speed? His car was supposed to reach a height of 350 feet. If it were actually planned to come down from that height with a living occupant onboard, if this was truly planned out over 4 years, there would’ve been a landing ramp, a WIDE landing ramp to allow for trajectory errors. The ramp woud be designed and angled to absorb and dissipate all that energy from 350 feet elevation and a supposed 280 MPH.. I didn’t see any ramp on the other side. Honestly, the car would tumble, if not in mid air, when it hit the ground. Parachute was large enough to “land" the car from a high elevation, not really be a drag chute to slow it down after landing..

     

     

    Hmmm…

     

    It had a parachute. Now would it have worked that low and with that weight..i dont know.

    Corporations Suck.

    in Non Tech Board

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    If it is not a statue passed by the legislature it is NOT illegal. A company can break every rule they have implimented on themselves BY themselves with little recourse from any entity outside of itself. Companies break their OWN rules all the time if it is beneficial to the company.

     

    The vaugeness in your companies "rules" is purposeful so that it can address the exact situation your in. Its vaugness will help in any explanation needed to justify your dismissial. Usually this is a subjective "measurement" left to supervisors and such..

     

    IMHO depending on when you were let go, I would attempt to contact the HR department of your prior employeer and plead your case internally. It may be a long shot but if you can show that there is a large amount of fraud being conducted and the reason for your firing had little merit, you can attempt to explain your dismissal as an attempt to try to "cover up" the REAL fraud....Thats the angle I would work.

     

    Good Luck

    Corporations Suck.

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    From what you say, it sounds like you were treated unfairly. Even if you had a side business, if it doesn't interfere with your job (take a look at the numbers, folks, they don't lie), then you should be able to sue successfully. All you have to do is produce the numbers to show your production and referrals were at least the same as, if not more than, the other guys. If you can do that, you could sue for wrongful termination, etc. Go to a lawyer who will do it pro bono unless you win (forgot the correct verbiage) and you have a suit that could take a year or more, BUT, you may win and win big. I doubt that you would have been let go in CA judging by your description of what happened. it sounds like a losing proposition for the company to let you go based on that if what you are saying is accurate.

     

    Davy

     

    Not in CA. CA is a "at will employment" state, meaning that a private employeer can fire you for ANY reason they want as long as it does not violate your civil rights or a pre-existing contract. From what you stated your civil rights where not violated therefore you could not sue successfully in CA. If your state is an "at will employment" state you have little to no chance be winning a settlement..If you didnt have a contract or a union your pretty much SOL.

     

    http://employeeissues.com/at_will_states.htm

    To rewire or not??

    in Miscellaneous Tech

    Posted

    I am dissassembling my Z in order to get it media blasted and epoxy primerd. My question is whether I should rewire the Z with the stock wiring harness or go with a painless wiring kit? The plans are to install a ls2/t56 so I wouldnt need lots of the crap in the engine bay. This will be a good weather car only so I would only need to retain the basic electrical to keep it legal...Looking for advice...

     

    PS I already searched and most posts are in regards to the install itself..

    Thanks

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