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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 12 2023, 02:21:18 PM »

https://www.garrettmotion.com/racing-and-performance/performance-catalog/turbo/g-series-g45-1500/
https://turbo4less.com/product/7689-billet-gen3-dbb-t4-options-copy-2/

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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 12 2023, 02:19:43 PM »

I’m more excited to see how the Chinese Garrett g45 clones perform.
$800 - 1500hp rating on the 76mm
They are smaller than the s400 frame but bigger than a 7875.

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General Buick Tech / Re: Jeremy-Start Doing More Side Work

« on: December 09 2023, 09:23:33 PM »

So many cool toys to play with and not enough time or money

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General Auto Tech / Re: 08 honda civic - wifes car

« on: December 03 2023, 05:48:15 PM »

crash parts lol

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General Auto Tech / 08 honda civic - wifes car

« on: December 03 2023, 01:23:10 PM »

This deserved a post imo - new headlight lenses and muffler.
Of coarse the entire frontend had to come off.
My wife accepted a job at a local bank. They made a hybrid position for her and head-hunted her. It will be a good move for our family but she'll be driving 30miles a day instead of 10 so I figured it was time for some new head lights

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: December 01 2023, 09:34:45 PM »

Tomorrow - new headlights and a muffler for the wife’s civic. Sunday an old friend would like me to help look at his wife’s car it has an exhaust leak.

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: December 01 2023, 02:31:36 PM »

Just got back from a test drive - other than reinstalling the transfer case solo, it was pretty easy. It's snowing so I even got to test 4wd

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: November 27 2023, 06:53:51 PM »

Probably be done this weekend - the transmission to transfer case gasket won't be here until Friday.
The transmission dipstick tube was stuck pretty good and the transmission was seized on the dowels. I dropped a few fbombs but it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be.

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: November 27 2023, 06:02:01 PM »

and a short exhaust clip for fun - https://youtu.be/6HQpZwAizRQ

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General Auto Tech / Re: 04 Silverado - rusty parts hauler

« on: November 27 2023, 05:57:19 PM »

Black Friday I was bored - so I cut the muffler off and put a Hooker Aerochamber on it. Now that it sounds good - it's time to tackle the leaking rear main seal.
About 5 hours in and it's torn down to the point that I can fix the rear main seal lol

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General Auto Tech / Re: The Green Mile went Home

« on: November 12 2023, 04:14:33 PM »

At least the filter caught it! Hopefully Taylor and family can enjoy cruising in the Green Mile

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General Auto Tech / Re: The Green Mile went Home

« on: November 11 2023, 12:47:50 PM »

Miata is rear wheel drive where as the capri is front drive, but yes they share the same 1.6L engine

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General Auto Tech / Re: The Green Mile went Home

« on: November 11 2023, 11:00:12 AM »

I figured you had no shortage of stuff to work on! I've been buried here. This week I harvested 7 plants - and I'm waist deep in medicine. I really expanded my grow operations - I'd share pics but I don't want to upset anyone or get Mark in trouble lol.
My father has decided to sell his 1-acre "man land" property - it has a 30x40 barn, 2-car garage, a small shop, and a newer 10x30 shed. I've spent the last week helping him go through shit and sort the scrap from the trash. Unfortunately, he has been little help due to his mental health. He had a traumatic brain injury 25 years ago and I don't know if it's that, but he's showing signs of dementia. It's getting to the point that he struggled to sort trash and scrap. I had a 5 gallon bucket for trash and a 40 gallon tote for the metal scrap - he couldn't keep them straight. It sucks that I'm probably going to have to be the adult and have a talk with him. At this point, he thinks the doctor is full of shit because he can remember all the stuff from the good old days, but that doesn't matter if he can't find something he just sat down 5 minutes ago....
 

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General Auto Tech / Re: The Green Mile went Home

« on: November 10 2023, 02:51:57 PM »

What are you going to do now that you have room in your shop?

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: US gasoline?

« on: September 28 2023, 06:52:08 PM »

I run e10 in all my lawn equipment. The key is you can’t let it sit in the bowl of the carbs or anywhere air can get to it. Put a manual fuel shutoff valve on the feed and use that to shut down the equipment if it’s going to set for long periods of time. If the tank doesn’t seal you’ll have issues with the e10.
If it sets for more than a year then I might have to drain the tank and put some fresh in.