Ashley P Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Where's Tino? He was gonna buy turbos for his truck, now he's gone? Did he go warp speed into another realm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 @Tino Where are youuuuuuu?!?!?!??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 Finally got the Camaro SS off the 4 post and took it for a drive. Battery was dead, so I had to jump it off. I let it run at idle for a good while and shut it off to make sure the battery was good. It dragged and did not start; battery didn't build a good charge. So I jumped it off again and hit the road. It ran like a turd! Hesitating, backfiring on deceleration, shifting like crap, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Get that battery healthy first.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 11 hours ago, Ashley P said: Get that battery healthy first.... Already there post drive yesterday. Didn’t get a chance to drive it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 No clue how it happened, but found the issue (I hope). Sparkplug boot came off the coil pack. With boost and cam, idle and light throttle you couldn't tell. But get on it and it felt like the engine was out of balance! It was still spinning the tires with light throttle on drag radials though. LOL So TKR dyno said I made 781rwhp - 1 cylinder left me with a measly 683rwhp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 I suck at electrical, but I think I'll end up trying something like this to figure out the U0198. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 Discount tire ordered the wrong tire for the Tesla. It’s still a P Zero, but not exactly the same as the OE PnZero’s. OE Wrong tire OE Tire: https://www.pirelli.com/tires/en-us/car/catalog/product/new-p-zero/235_35-r20 Can't find this one (2nd pic) but when I key in info it always comes back as a Porsche / McLaren tire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 Well, I was thinking this morning about how long we have before the death of the ICE muscle cars and performance cars in general. Manufacturers like Dodge are abandoning ICE muscle cars and going electric.... Chevy rumors to be working on an electric Camaro. Ford claims it's holding out for now on ICE Mustang, but will soon go E. Should we veen keep our old ICE muscle cars? Will they actually be desirable like the old muscle cars from the 60's and 70's? Resale value go up or down? What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 So Musk just rebranded Twitter to X. lol https://x.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 When I was little I was amazed by semi trucks. Common trucks then were cab overs and common companies were Yellow and Roadway. Yellow trucks had an "orangy" logo and seeing the word yellow with a background of orange messed me up for years. A few years ago I wondered what happened to Yellow and google told me that Yellow merged with Roadway to become YRC trucking. As of today they're bankrupt. https://yrc.com/about/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 My grandpa owned his truck and hauled for TN steel haulers. One of his last trucks was a Ford cabover. I loved that thing, and loved riding with him in general. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Similar stuff here, me granddad had a Mack cabover he used for farming. Not many other farmers had a semi back then. My dad would drive for him some, and I'd tag along when able. I can still smell that sleeper.....grain dust and diesel smoke. Some years after he sold it I spotted it driving by the house. Brown cab with stripes under the window turning upward on the sleeper. 70s man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I also loved the yearly cookout and tire burning party that he and his buddies had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHT347 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 7/17/2023 at 5:09 AM, JohnC said: Well, I was thinking this morning about how long we have before the death of the ICE muscle cars and performance cars in general. Manufacturers like Dodge are abandoning ICE muscle cars and going electric.... Chevy rumors to be working on an electric Camaro. Ford claims it's holding out for now on ICE Mustang, but will soon go E. Should we veen keep our old ICE muscle cars? Will they actually be desirable like the old muscle cars from the 60's and 70's? Resale value go up or down? What do you guys think? With that think Mad Max........even gas cars were "after" an apocalyptic event albeit you had all sorts of GASOLINE wars. IMHO the whole EV fad is pissing into the wind.....the electrical grid can barely keep up to housing and businesses now...add in all these EV chargers and thats gonna be the Ampere that breaks the whole thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 ^ Yet this weekend a solar rep offered me about 5 times more for my land than competitive farmers. $2.2 million dollars to me over 30 years. I smell a rat, a government subsidy rat. And subsidized rats have a way of hanging around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Make it 3 mil and i'm out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 17 hours ago, Ashley P said: ^ Yet this weekend a solar rep offered me about 5 times more for my land than competitive farmers. $2.2 million dollars to me over 30 years. I smell a rat, a government subsidy rat. And subsidized rats have a way of hanging around. If I had a farm, no way I'd sell it. I want at least 5 acres, but prices have gone up too much for me. Would love to raise my own food. Cows, chickens, lamb, veggies.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 The more time off I have, the less I feel like doing. WTF? This must be age kicking in.... :meh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 8/12/2023 at 9:03 AM, JohnC said: The more time off I have, the less I feel like doing. WTF? This must be age kicking in.... :meh: I don't think you're alone in this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 8/12/2023 at 9:03 AM, JohnC said: The more time off I have, the less I feel like doing. WTF? This must be age kicking in.... :meTh: ^ Fixed your energy level with a capital T. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) Gas not to blame.... Thats a fuel explosion if i've ever seen one. Edited August 17, 2023 by mstrpth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Gas vs fuel, please explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrpth Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 They said in the video or at least one that i watched that gas was not to blame. I say fuel because i'm not sure what it is but its something combustible. my 2 cents anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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