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  1. samickguy15

    E85 Converting

    bditty50 - You hit the head on the nail with the cleaner thing. Although it is relatively simple to convert, there are some inherent problems that surface.
  2. samickguy15

    E85 Converting

    Uh...yes, you can drink ethanol, but the stuff you put in the tank is denatured and if you drink it, you will die. Same with methanol, with the exception that if you drink it denatured or not you will die. It's a poison. I have done vast amounts of research on both ethanol and bio-diesel...
  3. samickguy15

    Which piston rings do you prefer?

    It's for a 351W. They're the KB 9925's, so 1.774 IIRC.
  4. samickguy15

    Which piston rings do you prefer?

    Bump...I haven't found much searching, so I'll bump it for a fresh look...
  5. samickguy15

    Fiberglass

    http://hofibertrends.com/
  6. samickguy15

    Tail Lights

    Depends on the year IIRC. I'm pretty sure you can just change lenses on that later ones.
  7. samickguy15

    Fiberglass

    Somebody makes a complete front end kit somewhere. I'll see what I can dig up...
  8. samickguy15

    E85 Converting

    You can run E-85 in your stock stuff. However, it will tend to eat up rubbers and some plastic components. They may hold up for years or maybe days. If you're not running it all the time, I wouldn't even worry about it. The only main area of concern is fuel supply. You will need nearly...
  9. samickguy15

    Whats wrong w/ this picture?

    Superb. Clears that one up.
  10. samickguy15

    5.0 spitting water out the tail....why me lord???

    I suspect it's the normal water unless your car is running like hell, then it probably is antifreeze. Good luck.
  11. samickguy15

    compression ratios & octane

    It appears I have a challenge...mwuha ha ha ha ha...E-85 anybody??? I think that's the only way you could do 11:1 for a DD.
  12. samickguy15

    Whats wrong w/ this picture?

    It looks to me like your gasket should be flipped on the pump. Then the ports should line up. I would assume the bolts would too. I would re-examine everything. I would also verify that it's for the correct year.
  13. samickguy15

    H Pipe Install Problem! Please HELP!

    I would try taking the driveshaft out first. Don't be afraid to bend the mounts on the pipe. Most aftermarket items don't first 100% and generally require a small amount of finess or mods to fit correctly.
  14. samickguy15

    Header Question

    Stepped design helps with torque, but is not really worth the extra cost. I would also say stick with BBK's or similar
  15. samickguy15

    E85 Converting

    Just do some google searches for megasquirt and E-85
  16. samickguy15

    compression ratios & octane

    Detonation is when the cylinder starts burning before the piston reaches TDC. What it does is tries to compress the expanding gasses(the fuel air expand as they burn) while the gasses are trying to expand. It does really bad things to pistons and rods and generally blows the head gaskets out...
  17. samickguy15

    Listen to this!

    Maybe somebody bought pistons after they had the block bored? Piston manufactures have tight tolerances for piston to block clearance. Maybe it's too big and you're slapping. Either that or maybe the change in temp has shortened your deck height just enough for the piston to hit it? No...
  18. samickguy15

    compression ratios & octane

    Just keep your timing relatively stock for street use. When you bump it up for "performance driving" is when you run into issues with high compression. Either that or just beat it in her head that she has to run premium or she's paying for the new motor :-)
  19. samickguy15

    E85 Converting

    I would urge you to not buy something like that. Instead I would urge you to research MegaSquirt. It's the cheapest and about the easiest stand alone to use. All those boxes do is alter the pulse width to correct for the ethanol. What you really need to do is run larger injectors and have an...
  20. samickguy15

    Source for power seat track parts

    $125+shipping!?!?!? SOB...I guess if you can sell them then keep selling, but that seems a bit steep.