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My two dogs used to go at it like that, The male just never knew where to stick it and usually just got it on from the side and the bitch would get pissed and bite him... not where you're thinking but still. No clue. It might have been because he was neutered, maybe there is a brain down there like some insects which told the local area what to do and where to go. I think the story of this picture was... The trophy wife was pissed that he gave her a crappy new 500S while he drove the 360, and she didn't get a garage space, so she was having sex with her boyfriend and he was driving the F150. The accident happened because the truck was still running and the column shift got knocked into gear when the guy cramped and hit the accelerator. They needed the jaws of life to get them seperated from the truck, and slightly less effort to get them seperated from eachother.

Saves the cost of a new one too, I'm definately going to consider tossing my old one. I'm doing the same freekin car... (-40k) only mine doesn't have the g-nose and will still look like a 33 year old datsun... it'll look like that soemday though. Dana 44 rear is what some corvettes came with also. They had a Dana 30 and 44. 44 was the stronger one.

Don't you hate it when someone rips out all the interior and puts it in the back seat? Come on. Sure I had my headliner off, my panels off and my seats out, but not all at the same time, really, what are you going to accomplish when you lose half the rivets and fasteners and broke several peices when you threw them in the back seat.

"Just need to do the electrical." = "It won't start and I have no freekin' clue why, but I've torn out the fuse box in the engine compartment and hardwired the alternator to the battery."

You want to turn your NUT into a monster??? Ahhh skip it.

Looks like Spaghetti with a big juicy V8 meatball.

I'm too jelous to even comment!

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS! How dare you! Didn't you know that a properly followed dress code shows solidarity? If just one person refuses, the whole team suffers. (Or rather looks like idiots.) I'm with you bro.

1000lb car.... 1000hp.... "I feel happy in my pants."

why is the back so jacked?

cool, congrats... I'm looking forward to it, I've started to have dreams about driving my car. It felt kinda fast... I hope my subconsious does not over estimate it I want a real thrill after 9 months of hard labor.

I think I made this when I accidently mixed the wrong pool chemicals. It was yellow smoke, very hot, and smelled like death. Good thing I was outside! It ate the cup I had it in.

So my chevy Sprint from 1986 was... say 90hp and got at it's high 60+mpg 5400... I beat a Z4??? Wow no wonder why I liked that car. Damn thing wouldn't pass smog in 97, GROSO POLLUTER, how does a freekin 1.0L engine getting 50-60mpg have gross polluter? GMAFB!@

Which I still think it is, check it out. Then try O2 sensor, then the computer itelf.

I made an excell spreadsheet with wheel torque vs. RPM for every gear and graphed it in an area graph. Then I compared the original engine and original gearing from a dyno and normalized it with my newe engine. Then I took an estimated drag coef. based on the alleged maximum speed of a stock z-car using CX^2. And graphed that too. I got a pretty cool picture. It's a warm fuzzy. http://album.hybridz.org/showphoto.php?photo=3252&cat=500&page=1

I hear that, 4 week leadtime for a plate WTF? 1 year ago I could have a similar plate made same day while I waited! It was a little cool to go to a machine shop and find the owner, his brother and his wife the only ones working. No fun for him, but lots of time to sit around and talk about old times. Now it's rush rush rush, and "Hey man I can get that to you in 4 weeks if you need it in a hurry." But it was like 6 weeks + in 1999 and of course like 50% more shops to chose from. Only the strongest survived.

Igniter. Expect to replace it several times in the car's lifetime on the 280zx, it's in a bad spot get's too hot or something. Check and/or replace.

Thanks, the books don't quite get that point accross, chemically? What do you recommend?

"ONSTAR has just detected that you have used profanity in public, your car will now be shut off and police have been notifed. Your doors are locked and cannot be unlocked currently for your own protection. Have a nice day."

The Lincoln 185 is a great welder. I picked one up and it is totally perfect for my needs. I never welded TIG before. I knew hoe to Stick Weld in 1992, but this is totally better. It has high frequency start, and it is a total no-brainer to become decent on it. It'll start from 1/2 inch away but works best within 3/16" of the pool. I have welded 9 linear feet of mild steel and 3 linear feet of stainless, I do not see any difference (except the way the back of the weld looks (they call it sugar, it looks more like brocolli, I'm not back gassing). Anyway, I managed to weld .040" sheet to 1/8" bar, it took a little time to get the hang of it, but it turned out great. My second inch of welding was decent and my 12th foot was darn good. I could even use stainless rod on mild steel and it worked great. I haven't even turned it above 75Amp and it goes to 185! AC/DC, I can't wait to get started on my custom cold air intake. Not sure if I'll use Aluminum or Stainless. The other cool part about it is it doesn't seem to matter much how clean the metal is, I welded right over light rust, and it seriously left a beautiful grey bead through the yellowy orange rust like it wasn't there. It does work better with clean metal though. The trickiest part was getting the heat right, I have thumb control and if you go too hot it burns through, not hot enough and the pool is too small and the bead looks clumpy. The Pulsed control works well for welding next to an edge or when I did the dissimilar sizes together. It's damn fun too especially with the miller elete helmet, no fumbling with manual helmets. A friend of mine was impressed how fast I picked it up from NO experiance with the tig, but it is just that easy! He struggles with his MIG 'cause it won't start without clean metal and since he is not using a gas shield he has to stop and reclean the metal every inch or so. I don't quite know how he doesn't have any slag, but I don't know how the flux core MIG differs from the coated stick. Of course this welder wasn't cheap. I am very happy with it though and although I probably won't use it to it's fullest, I think it was worth it.

It was the Idle Air Control Valve on my Volvo, and my mom's Thunderbird, and the Cold Start Valve on my Honda. Try to unplug the IACV electrical plug and see if it changes anything, under normal conditions it should still idle. (one of the reasons why I went Carburated for my project.)

I think after every terrorist attack, the USA should capture and torture 1000 rebels on international news. After a few more hits, there wouldn't be anyone left to cause trouble. Maybe that's why nobody picks on China, 'cause they'd do something like that.