Pop N Wood
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I was referring to Manassas as hillbilly country in a good sense. Meaning it is still possible to buy a place with enough land to work on your cars. Might be a little harder to afford such a place in Fairfax. That area is pretty built up.
My wife’s cousins live in Manassas. If you go to somebody’s house for Thanksgiving and the first thing you see is a freshly shot bear hanging from the bucket of a front loader 10 feet from the front door, a 10 year old sitting on the couch watching football through the scope of a 30-30 while all the men are out on the back deck shooting the kids toys that are in yard, then you just might be in hillbilly country.
Actually I thought it was kind of cute seeing my 3 year old sing Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer at the sight of the bear’s dripping red nose.
True story.
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Fairfax is in the DC metropolitan area. Living there you would be an hours drive from Mike Kelly, and hour and a half from Pete Paraska and an hour and a half to two hours from where I live. Double those numbers during the work week. There are quite a few others, but I think most I know of are spread out a bit.
Fairfax is an hellasously expensive place to buy a house. $500K condos type expensive. Very dense population wise also. But maybe you are use to that from Huston. A lot of government workers and contractors in that area. A lot of high tech defense work.
If you don't mind a commute, you could live out near Manassas. Hillbilly country out there.
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Line locks are not parking brakes.
That guy in Arizonia should be facing a lawsuit for telling everyone they can be substituted as one.
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Thats what the Click and Clack guys say. Cars definitely warm up quicker driving than idling.
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Sounds like a GPS and a cell phone would have been all this guy needed.
Weighs less than the bottle of wiskey he was probably carrying.
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It is actually bad to let carburated vehicles warm up by idling. Carbs do a very poor job of metering gas when cold. You end up with unburned gas washing by the cold, unsealed rings and polluting the oil. The engine will warm up and get off the choke much faster if you get them moving right away. Just take it easy until the car warms up.
Fuel injected vehicles don't have the same problem.
At least that is what I learned reading Click and Clack. Sounds reasonable to me.
Back on topic, look up Phantom's posts. He probably has the most miles on a daily drivin LS1 engine. Chances are youl will have more problems with the 30 year old chassis and eletrical system than a late model V8.
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MSA use to sell rebuild kits for the boosters. Or was it rebuilt boosters? I know they offered something, at least for the early Z's (mine is a 70). But IIRC they were very expensive. Probably better of getting a used one somewhere.
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I have to wonder if the failure of the diff mounts contributed to the splines getting twisted. Interesting how only the ends of the splines are twisted. Almost like the majority of the splines were not mating. Think when the diff cracked it twisted pulling the driveshaft back from the yoke?
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I can't believe the overspray from me spraying primer in my garage is going to turn the neighborhood into a pack of raging alcoholic. (Wait, I think they already are). I can see forcing a big shop that paints thousands of cars a year to pony up for some decent protection gear. And I can also see telling small shops the same if there are so many of them that the cumulative release is significant.
But what I can't see is forcing the backyard hobbist to pay some shop to paint his car because he can't be trusted with a can of paint. I just can't believe the DIY problem is that big that it requires this kind of draconian response. I defy someone to post some numbers.
Whole thing smacks of protectionism on the part of the collision repair shops. Ever try to buy a repair part for your furnace? Can't buy the part without a union card. Why? Because it is too unsafe for a homeowner to work on his own furnace, or because the repair places want the extra $800 they get for having one of their repair men install it?
Just another attempt at a government mandated monopoly.
It is illegal for a backyard mechanic to work on AC systems too. You can see how effective those laws are.
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My 225/50/15's with zero offset rims fit with absolutely no interference of any kind.
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Just remember the old saying "Man Who Represents Himself In Court Has Fool For Attorney".
This is a minor traffic violation. No one is facing 20 years to life.
If you really have a clean record, just go in and say "I made a mistake". The judge will almost certainly give you probation before judgement. That means nothing on your record provided you don't get another ticket within the next year. If your state has traffic school that is another option. Most insurance companies won't screw you too bad if you have a single ticket and and an otherwise clean record.
If you are the type of guy who gets so many tickets he is always a half point from losing his license, then yeah. Time for some more drastic measures.
You can roll the dice and hire some yellow pages attorney. But chances are he won't do anything for you but cost you even more money. Believe me. I know.
BTW, you got the quote wrong. The saying is an ATTORNEYwho represents himself has a fool for a client.
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I bought my 1970 Z 17 years ago. The PO replaced the dash with a Nissan unit about a year before I bought it. 17 years and no cracks. It was my daily driver in LA for 12 years and has been garaged for the last 5.
Have to wonder how much difference Armorall has on the crack issue.
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Always go to court. There is the chance the cop won't be there that day so you get off. If he is, just tell them the car got away from you, the ground must have been wet or had wet leaves because you didn't realize the tires were spinning in the turn. Or that you knew you needed new tires but couldn't afford them since your Mom needs an operation. Then ask for probabtion before judgement. That way it might not even go on your record.
Don't know what reason you would have for pleading "no contest" to a minor traffic violation. Gun or domestic violation charges yes. But traffic?
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Cast iron blocks have a layer of black oxide to help prevent them from corroding.
Mild steel will rust in a hurry. Really old cars used copper. I would use that, or aluminum. Stainless is nice, but probably a little harder to come by.
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Plain old car wax does wonders to hide scratches in aluminum.
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I hope money isn't the reason you are having to choose between suspension and engine work. LS1 swaps are expensive.
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I had an old girl friend who tried to trade her menstral cycle for one of those.
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Torque is specified in in-lbs or ft-lbs
Spring rates are specified in lbs per foot or lbs per in.
One is a multiply, the other a divide.
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Isn't the third one actually a vent for the gas tank?
Look and see where it goes. It should go to a vacuum operated switch so that the gas tank overflow is vented to the crankcase when the engine is off, and the intake manifold when the engine is running.
At least that is how I remember it.
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All my neighbors were talking about it. Pretty intense shooting star.
The planets were hellaciously brite tonight also.
Perfect Holloween.
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I had the same idea when I swapped R180 to R200. The R200 bar is much heavier and has the larger bolt holes. I talked talked to the guy in the yard about drilling out the R180 bar. He showed me a pile of drilled R180 bars guys had returned for the correct R200 bar. They were all cracked.
MSA will sell used Z parts. Might try them.
Another option is the billet one from Arizona Z car. Nice piece, but does cost some $$$.
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Automatics generally add another grand to the price of a car or truck. Manuals give you better control in the snow and do allow push starting at speeds under 30 mph. Autos always seem to break and they cost a fortune to fix when they do. I can replace a clutch in my driveway, but I don't own the tools to rebuild an auto. Automatics also have greater driveline losses, hence the typically lower gas mileage with the auto vs. a stick.
I am too damn cheap to own a car with an auto.
Autos are easier on the drivetrain. I think that is one of the big reasons for the higher tow ratings on automatic equipped vehicles. They are also much more pleasant to drive in heavy, stop and go traffic.
running a V8 as a daily driver...
in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board
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Found the link
http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2003/May/03.html
Of course, the same two guys had a different one that gave a different answer of sorts
http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1996/January/01.html