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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: ATTENTION: This message board will be shut down 02/25/2025

« on: February 18 2025, 02:44:58 PM »

Sad to hear.  It was good while it lasted!

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General Buick Tech / Re: Final step

« on: January 10 2025, 03:30:07 PM »

Right down to the metal, very nice!  Car should look amazing as well as the smile on your son's face!

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General Auto Tech / Re: 2001 Corvette....

« on: August 27 2024, 12:35:10 PM »

I'm sure you'll have it running like a top!   The running rich comment made me laugh thinking of a Fox Body Stang that use to race at the track.  It ran so rich you would think it was fogging for flies!  I use to joke he is running a conservative 8:1 AFR.  It looked like a diesel.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: My old SS396

« on: August 17 2024, 12:21:14 PM »

Very Nice!  One sweet car!

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Kirban?

« on: July 11 2024, 03:17:02 PM »

Ok, thanks guys!  That is too bad a decent person didn't take it over.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Kirban?

« on: July 10 2024, 11:43:17 AM »

Is Kirban still in business?

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: March 17 2024, 01:58:59 PM »

Looks good!  You must have a lot of time on your hands.  I like to use a rust converter on metal with rust to get that magnetite layer on it which then prevents further rusting.

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General Auto Tech / Re: New to me Truck 2005 GMC Sierra

« on: February 09 2024, 04:32:07 PM »

I'm sure it will look good once your done.  Can't wait to see the finished product!

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IHADAV8 Playground / Merry Christmas, Everyone!

« on: December 24 2023, 04:41:23 PM »

And none of this happy holiday crap!

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: US gasoline?

« on: September 28 2023, 04:42:28 PM »

I always used ethanol free gas in my lawnmower and try to run it empty or put some stabilizer in it.  Last winter my neighor's snowblower wouldn't run and of course there was lots of snow and all the shops were backed up for a month.  So, I ended up pulling the carb off and cleaning it.  You could smell how stale the old gas was.  He was using E10 87 octane.  I told him from now on don't use it.  Then this summer my new neighbor's lawnmower wouldn't run.  Same thing bad gas that gummed everything up.  I could keep it running by using my hand as a choke, as soon as I removed my hand it would die.  I told them I would show them how to clean the carb but they paid someone to do it.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: A New Best Milage with the BabyMax

« on: September 24 2023, 06:44:06 PM »

I was in Alberta last long weekend and diesel was way cheaper there.  So, I filled it to the brim.  I could see it on the first bend of the filler neck.  I set the cruise at 70mph and I had to laugh when I pulled into Saskatoon because my fuel gauge was still on full.  My milage indicated 6.2 but when I filled it to the same point I got over 46 mpg imperial or 37 usmpg. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: US gasoline?

« on: September 24 2023, 06:09:21 PM »

I cannot watch a Scotty without my shill alarm going off but hell we voted for Biden (and Trump) so why not Scotty?......

I agree!  How is burning more fuel better for the environment?  They should have said, economy!  Thankfully, there is no ethanol in diesel.

I thought on the Canadian side that even the premium now has corn in it. Maybe the former Petrocan's that still pump 94 octane might be an exception

You are correct, even the high octane has ethanol in it but I think it is only 5% compared to E10.  Still not good.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: new puppy

« on: August 30 2023, 10:34:46 PM »

Sorry to hear about your last best friend.  But you got yourself a cute pup that is very smart.  Good pick!

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IHADAV8 Playground / US gasoline?

« on: July 27 2023, 04:13:25 PM »

I know we have discussed this before.  But how much percentage of ethanol does your gasoline have and does it vary with States?

I was watching this one guy called Scott Kimler saying don't waste your money on premium.  I would agree with him years ago.  I have noticed a drop of 4 mpg in my gasoline Colorado.  I changed the O2's, map and did a combustion cleaning and still got the same milage.  Once I put some premium in I got my milage back.  I didn't have to fill it with premium, all I needed was about 30% premium to get my milage back.

Thoughts?

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: A New Best Milage with the BabyMax

« on: July 23 2023, 09:24:17 PM »

Yeah I've had to pick me jaw off the ground a few times seeing the milage this truck gets.  I was in Fargo in May and I had just got on to the freeway but in city limits the speed is only 55mph.  I was doing that and reset my milage.  I looked down and it was at 44 and I'm like WTF why is it getting such horrible milage!  I let up a bit on the throttle and it went to 45.  I was thinking it was L/100 not realizing it was reading 45 USmpg.  That only lasted for 5 miles because after that I was doing over 70mph.  If you keep the speed down it will get unbelievable milage.  With a 40mph tail find I seen 50 usmpg for 20 miles, I couldn't stop shaking my head in disbelief. 

I was washing my truck one time and a guy in a Mazda CX-5 said he liked my truck but then said it must be really bad on gas.  I told him it doesn't burn gas.  I think he would be totally floored to find out that my truck would destroy his CX-5 in the milage department!

I'd still like to put a little bit bigger turbo on it.  One that adds an extra 30 hp, nothing too crazy.