--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00035 Date: 12/27/97 From: JASON WEDEHASE Time: 09:05pm \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: weight Kenny Henderson told the story like this: JW> And my '66 Fairlane, all metal, is 3100 lbs. Ah, the wonders of JW>simplicity and no crumple zones or safety features. KH> Damn! My Firebird is filled with cheap as# plastic and still weighs KH> 3402 empty! Ha! You'd still beat me in any race. I only have a 2 bbl carb and a wimpy a$$ tranny that I'm waiting to have fall out someday =). 2.80:1 gears dont help, nor do 205/70R14 tires with no posi! But, dangit, it can do a MEAN burnout for a LOOOOOOOONG ways!! =) hhahaha Jason Wedehase strife66@Psynet.net http://www.Psynet.net/strife66 ... What, then, is the speed of dark? ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00036 Date: 12/27/97 From: C.A. KLINGEL Time: 02:31pm \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Todd... -=> Quoting Kenny Henderson to C.a. Klingel <=- KH> I've got the 5.7 and I'll never be 'done with the deed' :) I just got my car back together: a new short block with iron GT40 heads. I can't wait until the weather breaks in April/May so I can see if this one finishes up a little harder (hoping for 102-104) than the old motor (99.7). I've got about 100 miles on it now. I have to wait for the roads to dry up and then I take it out and pop 20 to 30 miles on it at a time. Regards, Craig Klingel ... Gearopoly: Stop, Do Not Pass Go. Buy A 3.73 Ring And Pinion Now. --- Brought To You By VaporWare 3.0 * Origin: Winner's Circle (1:2410/351) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00037 Date: 12/27/97 From: C.A. KLINGEL Time: 02:39pm \/To: DAVID WEI (Read 0 times) Subj: FORD 302 VS SBC 305 -=> Quoting Kenny Henderson to David Wei <=- DW> Agreed... I wonder what will happen if Ford upped the displacement to 5.4L DW> , My guess is that the 5.0 fanatics will stop bitching about it a DW> little... Hello David, I don't think you'll see the 5.4 in a mass produced 'stang. There are too many packaging problems to make it fit. You may see it in a limited edition run though ( ala R-Car ). Besides, the SN95 is outselling the F-Body twins, so there isn't any incentive to do it. The 5.0 fans won't quit bitching until they bring back the 351 from the grave and go head to head with the General using good old pushrods. People in Hell want ice water too, but they ain't getting it either. Regards, Craig Klingel ... Real Racing 5.x 'Stangs: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! --- Brought To You By VaporWare 3.0 * Origin: Winner's Circle (1:2410/351) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00038 Date: 12/27/97 From: C.A. KLINGEL Time: 02:46pm \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Oil pump? -=> Quoting Sean Dunbar <=- SD> I did switch oil brands recently.... could that have anything to do SD> with it? I'm just buying the cheapest 40 weight oil I can find (SA SD> rated... I figure it leaks out so fast that the additives aren't SD> going to do a bit of good) You need to run a thinner oil like a 5W-30. I saw a store brand *SJ* rated oil like that for 87 cents a quart. Regards, Craig Klingel ... Hotel Michigan: You Can Logoff, But You Can Never Leave. --- Brought To You By VaporWare 3.0 * Origin: Winner's Circle (1:2410/351) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00039 Date: 12/27/97 From: RONNIE THOMPSON Time: 02:22pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: '91 Mk VII -=> Quoting JAY EMRIE to RONNIE THOMPSON <=- RT>You'd have to see an actual test, to understand what I mean. Tolerances, RT>specs, clearances...all part of an ASE test. Stuff the average "back ard RT>mechanic" won't be learning. JE> Do you mean to say that "back yard mechanics" do NOT respect JE> tolerances? What we generally refer to as a "back yard mechanic" is, a lot of times, someone who knows just enough about mechanics, to be dangerous(G). ......... RT> RT>AMEN, on the wool part. If I ever sell my insurance agency (and have j RT> RT>added another 500 clients), I will probably open up another shop, a top RT> JE> From where I sit you'd be nuts. RT>Why?? Back when I was doing mechanic work, I was doing it for $8.00 an hou RT>This was in the early 70's mind you. Today, mechanics are charging 45-60 RT>an hour. GOOD mechanics can, and do, make upwards of $100K a year, with the RT>own shop. That PLUS hire additional mechanics, to bring in more work. It's RT>sorta like the insurance agency....more GOOD agents I work, the more they, a RT>I, make. :) JE> With two big exceptions - MUCH less risk in the insurance business and JE> nowhere near as hard physically. Oh, I agree with the physical part, however on the risk part??? We carry malpractice insurance just like doctors and lawyers. EVERYTHING we say, when dealing with insurance, becomes a legal statement. Believe me, the risks are there. JE> You will not appreciate the last till JE> you get past 60 or so. Well, have a few years for that yet. :) Ronnie in NC ... Never buy dairy products at a garage sale. --- AreaFix Fido MILITIA * Origin: Thor's Retreat/2 BBS Fayetteville, NC 910.424.0956 (1:3634/37) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00040 Date: 12/27/97 From: BILL REYNA Time: 04:52pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: SEARS CAR BATTERY! >> You got yourself an Exide battery, then. > BR> [----------^^^^ you said the above ^^^^-----------] > BR> Not always true as Johnson Controls provides for them also. > It's my understanding that they used to, and lost the > contract... [----------^^^^ you said the above ^^^^-----------] Johnson Controls won back some of Sears business as well as others. They did have a qc problem and are now considered one of the best in the business. They also control the largest share (24%?) of replacement batteries and are OEM battery for some Fords, Mazda and even Toyota that I remember offhand. Yes, there is a local JC plant nearby and sometimes the local paper prints business facts about local businesses. -_-_-Bill --- * Origin: Bordertown - Telegram from the Border (1:234/43) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGX00041 Date: 12/27/97 From: MARC GERGES Time: 10:55pm \/To: KENNY HENDERSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Forced Induction Salut Kenny! KH> Thats my main arguement against these small displacemt cars. If KH> they were performing just as well with less cubes for the same KH> amount of money, great. But, thats not the case. Its hard to get KH> excited about a $24,000 Eclipse GSX even though it runs low 15s out KH> of a 4 banger. Its still $24,000 and for the money you can be over KH> a second faster in an FBody or a Cobra. 'Nuff said. Please don't take it personally, but I just find it amusing to imagine you sitting in your car (V8, I guess, and with really big tires) accelerating like a fool over that quarter mile, then throwing the anchor, come to a standstill and let the wheels spin to accelerate again... As said, I don't want to attack you, but is acceleration really all that is about a car? Such an Eclipse is a lovely car to dart around small mountain roads. It has enough power, a decent suspension and not too much weight, so it is big fun as soon as the road bends, and if it's still capable to stay in sight of the big V8 car, there seem to me a lot of reasons to prefer it... cu .\\arc ...And on the 8th day, God created cats. --- * Origin: sympathy for the debil (2:270/47) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGY00000 Date: 12/28/97 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 05:07pm \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery SD> Well.. roommate suspects I may have a bad cell in my SD> battery. Anyone agree? SD> When it sits overnight, it barely has enough power to SD> turn the engine over in SD> the morning, even on a warm day (today it was almost 60 SD> when I went out to SD> start it). Lights are also very dim. Haven't taken a SD> voltage reading yet, Are the lights dim when the engine is running? If so, I would say it might be alternator, of course Cheapo Auto Parts or one of the other parts stores can do a load test on it. I use a thing looks like an eye dropper with little balls in it, draw up fluid from the cell, the # of balls floating tells you how much charge is in each cell. --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGY00001 Date: 12/28/97 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 05:10pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Heater core. JE> to mention staining the SD>carpet under the heater box. Going to change it soon. SD>What do I face in doing this...? JE> Lots of work! Been there and done that! Does he have to dismanlte the dash, or is right around the glove box area where he would just have to pull the glovebox to get at it? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGY00002 Date: 12/28/97 From: JAY EMRIE Time: 10:25am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Monte Carlo..... RW>To all of you who participated in the Monte Carlo Problems...Thanks. RW>What I found was; RW>After taking off the air cleaner, I checked the tension on the choke. It ha RW>enty and closed all the way, which is what I figured it would do. RW>I also checked the voltage to the choke housing and it was correct at 12+vdc RW>When I started the engine, I got around to the passenger side before it died RW>t I did see that the choke valve was still completely closed. RW>This observation led me to suspect the "choke pull-off" as the culprit. Usin RW>long vacuum hose, I sucked on the pull-off and nothing happened. I then remo RW>it and took it over to Max's shop and borrowed his vacuum pump to check it w Elementary, Mr. Watson. :-) RW>When I got back to my place, I called up NAPA and ordered a new one... RW>... "I intentionally baited Roy Witt." - Elvis Hargrove RW>--- RW> * Origin: Savage Little Mail Machine, Azle, TX - (1:202/909.13) * OLX 2.1 TD * How do you know it's summer in Seattle? The rain's warmer --- RemoteAccess 2.50+ * Origin: Northern Lights! * San Antonio * 210-499-6299 V34/VFC (1:387/23)