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Here's a docmentary of a great story about an early deployment of Corsair F4Us in the Solomon Islands starting in late 1943. https://tubitv.com/movies/606418/fighting-17-the-jolly-rogers?start=true

The epitome of a fire sale. "Richard Branson's Virgin Group is reported to be one of the buyers interested in taking over the Honda Formula One team. The Japanese carmaker, which announced it was quitting F1 last year, is hoping that it can strike a deal with a potential buyer in time for the...

Looks like Nissan is finally fully Americanized. I never realized Nissans work force has joined the UAW. And reading the whole article Nissan's not the only one. It won't be long until there's no more warranty on those unreliable CVTs and headgaskets. Some quotes: "BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT...

Looks like people in the UK don't like small, fuel efficient Homdas compared to other makes. From the paragraph below it's obvious Honda is paying their assembly line employees way too much too. At least the government is looking to bail the workers out. "Things have gone from bad to worse for...

http://www.camarohomepage.com/ls3/ Lots of in-depth info and pics. It'd be great if they did write-ups like this for more engines in the auto industry.

Flag's out! Anybody else?

There are 3 cars I maintain. I have an '87 turbocharged Buick Grand National and an '02 PT woodie. After reading about Auto-RX I wanted to give it a shot in my GN since I try to give it any edge possible. After using Auto-RX in the engine, I noticed very little difference. It didn't surprise me...

I bought a gallon of FP about a year ago. I'm down to about 1/3 of a gallon and I noticed some white stuff that's settled at the bottom of the container. I was wondering if Odis or anyone else knows if this is normal and safe? Also, should I mix up the jug or let it be? And finally if I get to...

this? ---> "Luboron" boric acid engine treatment ? Just came upon a new product called Luboron, engine treatment devolped by the Department of Energy at Argonne Labratories. Has anyone know of this fairly NEW product? Regards edited out direct link to other message board [ June 09, 2003...

this? ---> "Luboron" boric acid engine treatment ? Just came upon a new product called Luboron, engine treatment devolped by the Department of Energy at Argonne Labratories. Has anyone know of this fairly NEW product? Regards edited out direct link to other message board [ June 09, 2003...

It's been discussed that cold weather and cold engine temperatures will cause more blow by than hot weather and hot engine temperatures. As an example, Patman's last UOA showed 1% fuel dilution in cold Canadian operating conditions. Whereas many UOAs show only trace amounts of fuel dilution...

Here's a post that goes over it quite well: http://theoildrop.server101.com/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=000093#000000

When you buy and knowningly use the Group III marketed "synthetic" oils, do you refer to it as using synthetic motor oil when the conversation comes up with friends, family, co-workers etc.? I ask cause if I used Group III for whatever reason and even if the bottle says "synthetic" on it, I...

I was wondering since the big rigs have 10 to 15 gallon oil capacities, do they have some sort of oil cooler and thermostat to regulate the oil temp? If they can go anywhere from 10K - 100K+ miles between oil changes they must have to regulate the oil temps depending if they are driven in...

This might be a question for Frank but maybe someone else would know too. Would a small amount of auto-RX(2 ounces per quart of diff. fluid?) have any benefits in a rear differential? I'm thinking that conditioning of axle seals and any other seals/gaskets in there may be of some benefit for...

Does anyone know where Napa sources the ATF they sell? I went to their web-site and the price was only a $1.19/quart. I'm thinking if Napa is sourcing from one of the good known refiners, their price is about what you'd find the name brands when they're on sale. And I don't see ATFs on sale too...

Hello everyone. I was thinking about oil analysis and the effect of the results when an engine needs a fair amount of oil additions between changes and opposed to an engine that doesn't consume much oil at all. Say someone uses brand X oil and puts 6,000 miles on it but has to add a quart of...