Recent content by flacoman

Gasoline dissolves RTV easily.

Key word in that report: Fatal. If we look at low speed parking lot type incidents, those numbers would tell a very different story.

I've found more than one package on a grocery shelf. The worst was watching a lady pull a package of ground turkey out , open the plastic and feed some to her dog. Naturally she left the package behind.

Any home roasters here? Been roasting my own for the last 15 years.

Methinks we could have stopped at OBD1 . It was the sweetspot of technology vs. simplicity.

I don't see a name , I'll check again.

When I tangled with a Honda and their clones , the main jet was screwed into the base of the emulsion tube housing. This is a completely different setup. I opened up the idle and main jets and it's much better now. HF Micro drills to the rescue.

This mower never ran right from new. I rescued another one from the trash,and got it working properly but how did this get through QC>?

Adding water creates a second power stroke as it runs to steam. Bruce Crower experimented with this also. Google six stroke engine for more info.

I guess I'm an outlier. 152 k on a MazdaSpeed3 ,still hummin'.

For daily use , area under the curve makes for a good result. Steer clear of peaky power curves, as things break when flogged constantly.

+1 on verifying oil pressure.

Would I be correct in saying... Because of that, the 454 can tolerate a larger intake port than the 440? Correct! Short rods (lower R/S ratio) require larger ports and vice versa. Shorter ,sharper intake pulses with the 454.

I'm still waiting for my turbo diesel/electric hybrid with the generator powered from a compounding stage. Pie in the sky to be sure ,but you would surely wring as much energy out of the fuel!

Bad Ground?