Recent content by bigbird_1

Originally Posted By: bigdreama But I think that they still make quality products if you are willing to pay for them. This 150cc scooter lists for $4500 and I have no reason to doubt that it would give many thousands of miles of reliable service. Wishful thinking on the quality manufacturing...

Some Fords, notably the Escorts of the mid 90's specifically warn against throttle body cleaning. Their throttle bodies are pre-coated with something, and any solvents will damage this coating. This warning is plainly visible where the intake tube attaches to the throttle body housing. Check yours.

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete Oops... looks like this bike has a dry clutch. You can ignore my JASO MA/energy conserving comment then. Not necessarily. JASO MA also specs more ZDDP for better valve train protection, which is not offered by energy conserving "car" oils.

I only run the PL14610 on my 600 cc Silverwing. Never had a problem with anything.

These "strobes" are called headlight modulators. I run one on my Silverwing. They flash the low and high bulbs together, about 3-4 times per second. They are perfectly legal. Combined with my hi-viz jacket and hi-viz helmet I can/will do anything legally possible to be seen by those idiots who...

Very nice. I'm a big guy and if I had the $, it would be a 1700cc Storm in my driveway.

The Can-Am engine is not the easiest to service for even basic maintenance. Just changing the oil and filter involves removing lots of tupperware. Their maintenance schedule is even more elaborate than BMW's.

Rotella T6 5W-40, because that's what I use in my motorcycle, and It's a lot cheaper than the straight 30 recommended by Tecumseh.

Number of pleats, depth of pleats, material of pleats, folds of pleats, color of pleats. Realistically, does it really matter? I'm sure they'll both filter the oil in your engine more than adequately.

Originally Posted By: Ken2 What is the source of material to provide the carbon that bakes on the back of the intake valves? They should be in contact with filtered air, maybe some very minor blowby from the PCV. There isn't gasoline mixed into that air. The intake valve opening overlaps at...

Brand new 1970 Plymouth Duster 340, 4 spd, 3.55 Sure-Grip, hemi orange in color, I added a Stewart-Warner tach and glass pack straight through mufflers, went and sounded like a bat out of [censored], but with no power steering or brakes it was a bear to drive at slow speeds. Original cost was...

Originally Posted By: MrBiglund $6.60 for a luberfiner is too much I've got them in the past at parts store in Canada, southern Ontario for less than 3 bucks each. However, I stopped using them after I saw some stories here on bitog of the inner plastic core collapsing and breaking, also they...

Any opinions on the suitability of Luber-Finer filter # P967 for my Toyota V6 3.5L engine, as opposed to OEM or typical replacements like the Fram, Napa Gold (Wix), or Purolator cartridges? I ask only because it's available next door to where I work and it seems reasonable at $6.60 (in Canada)...

Originally Posted By: SJohnson Because of PureONE's high efficiency, the motorcycle oil pump may not be able to handle the pressure. That's kind of funny. My Honda's oil pump is rated at 80+ lbs of pressure, more than my GM Ecotec engine in my car. I'll stick to using PureOne's in my Honda cycle.

My only concern about the Ecoboost, or any DI engine for that matter, is the carbon fouling on the back of the intake valves. Until gasoline or oil formulations or some new technology surfaces to address this problem, no DI for me.