--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00065 Date: 04/21/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 06:32pm \/To: ROB MCCART (Read 0 times) Subj: Engineering??????? While tripping merrily through the mail, Rob Mccart was overheard RM> In the Gremlin's case it was because they wante to catch the RM> 'I'm broke but I want a muscle car' market and so they RM> shoehorned a V8 in a car never designed for it. The Monza RM> might have been the same type of thing - a V6 in a car RM> designed for an inline 4. A V-8 in a Gremlin? That's a scary thought! My room-mate in College had a Gremlin with a straight 6 and it was so nose heavy it was a death trap, A V-8 would be almost undrivable! Don ... Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00066 Date: 04/21/98 From: MARK LEWIS Time: 12:58pm \/To: DON BLEVINS (Read 0 times) Subj: Your not nice.... DB> ...recall me? asking about a Heavy Equip/Diesael engines DB> echo??? errr... the moderator is john pummill... he is not the person that told ya about that other echo... )\/(ark * Origin: (1:3634/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00067 Date: 04/21/98 From: JOHN FAERBER Time: 05:04pm \/To: JOHN PUMMILL (Read 0 times) Subj: Engine Knock JF> headaches!) JP> I had not seen it as of yet. I am sure I will be JP> enlightened. Any damage done to the pickup sensor ?? Yeah, when getting the old sensor off, I broke it, put on the new one and eyeballed to make sure it appeaerd there was equal space on both sides so the magnets would not make contact. Seems to be running just fine! --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * MacSavvy OS/2 BBS * Dallas, Texas * 972-250-4479 * (1:124/1208) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00068 Date: 04/16/98 From: CHRISTIAN FINDLAY Time: 11:57am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Broom, broom, broom Hi everyone. If you have ever said to yourself "Gee I would like to play Dungeons & Dragons" or "What the hell is Dungeons & Dragons" or "My DM s a F$%^wit" or "What the hell are we gonn do with the DM's body?" the you should try this site site: By the way we F%^%ed up. You have probably tried the site and found it doesn't work. I am incredibly sorry but I don't know how I got the wrong number here is the real site. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/4449 notice - 4449 not - 449 Register on this site now for free. Me and a friend are putting together a site to play D&D over the net. All you have to do to register is try out this site. We are play testing it for now so if you register you will never have to pay a cent to play while others will be saying "Wish I were a play tester :(" or "If I were a play tester I wouldn't have to pay" or "F#$% you play testers! :-(" You don't have to know anything about D&D to play, it will be all explained when you log on. Try getting your friends to play as well, the more ppl that play the more fun the games are. Especially if they contribute money to the us to enable us to buy faster equipment and pay for our astronomically high phone bills and internet accounts. --- Ezycom V1.10 * Origin: Highlander BBS 61-3-9888-3108 (3:633/201) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00069 Date: 04/17/98 From: MARTIN BISHOP Time: 11:24pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: astro 4wd conversion... does anyone know of a 4wd conversion available for a 1993 chevy astro? thanks.. --- FMail 1.02 * Origin: DaCool BBS (516)496-4956 - Syosset, NY (1:2619/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00070 Date: 04/24/98 From: WILLIAM EPPS Time: 01:23pm \/To: RONNIE THOMPSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: VW What? RT> You can get a NEW Crown Vic or a NEW nice Mid Sized Truck for $17,000 in yo RT> part of the country??? Hmmmm.... RT> RT> Ronnie in NC Being in NC, if it were me, I would hit South Carolina. Thier cars and trucks are even cheaper than ours. I have checked and I have found the Crown Vics for about 14k - 15k and in 1995 I bought a Dodge Dakota truck for 13,000 but with inflation and the newer models are going for about 17k now. --- Join League 94 * Origin: Rangers of Midnight BBS 770-944-8870 Mableton, Ga. (1:133/8870) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00071 Date: 04/27/98 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 07:32pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup Don Dellmann wrote in a message to Rob Mccart: RM> I don't know about 'across the board' but I do know that my RM> old '66 Chevelle SS was about 3600 lbs and my (old) '83 RM> Thunderbird, which was about the same size, weighed in RM> at about 2900 lbs - and a LOT of newer little cars are RM> coming in under 2000 lbs - unheard of at one time. DD> Then there was my '65 Olds 88 ragtop with the 425. 5600 DD> pounds! That reminds me of the time I had a '67 Catalina, and had all sorts of work done on it, up to and including a paint job. We rented a garage to keep it in rather than leave it sitting out on the street (this was in the NYC area), only to find out when I first went to put it in there that the car wouldn't fit! That puppy was 16-1/2 feet long... :-) DD> They sure don't make 'em like that any more :-) You sure got that right. email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: F5G00072 Date: 04/27/98 From: JASON WEDEHASE Time: 12:31pm \/To: ROB MCCART (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle weights Rob Mccart told the story like this: RM> I don't know about 'across the board' but I do know that my RM> old '66 Chevelle SS was about 3600 lbs and my (old) '83 RM> Thunderbird, which was about the same size, weighed in RM> at about 2900 lbs - and a LOT of newer little cars are RM> coming in under 2000 lbs - unheard of at one time. I have a '66 Ford Fairlane 500. It weighed in on a scale at 3100 lbs. Newer Mustangs and F bodies come in at 3400+ Jason Wedehase strife66@Psynet.net http://www.Psynet.net/strife66 ... Zen Buddhist ordering a hotdog: "Make me one with everything." ___ 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: F5G00073 Date: 04/27/98 From: JASON WEDEHASE Time: 12:31pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 0 times) Subj: Vehicle Weight Don Dellmann told the story like this: DD> Then there was my '65 Olds 88 ragtop with the 425. 5600 pounds! A friend of mine has a '69 Lincoln Continental. =). Ford 460, 4 bbl carb, still barely moves. Two door, too! Checked the door jamb. 6800 lbs! THAT'S HEAVY!! Jason Wedehase strife66@Psynet.net http://www.Psynet.net/strife66 ... A pessimist is never disappointed. ___ 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: F5G00074 Date: 04/28/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 12:34pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: TCC Lockup While tripping merrily through the mail, Roy J. Tellason was overheard DD> Then there was my '65 Olds 88 ragtop with the 425. 5600 DD> pounds! RJT> That reminds me of the time I had a '67 Catalina, and had all sorts RJT> of work done on it, up to and including a paint job. We rented a RJT> garage to keep it in rather than leave it sitting out on the street RJT> (this was in the NYC area), only to find out when I first went to put RJT> it in there that the car wouldn't fit! RJT> That puppy was 16-1/2 feet long... :-) My Dad had that problem with a '65 Chrysler. DD> They sure don't make 'em like that any more :-) RJT> You sure got that right. I had an accident with the aformentioned olds once, I rearended a VW Beatle. The VW was "totaled". On the Olds I didn't even dent the license plate! Which car would you rather be in? Don ... Have wife 44, will trade for Olds 88 & Cash! --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750)