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  1. Ray III

    Will it be safe to run Mobile 15W-50 this winter?

    try the Mobil 1 10W30...
  2. Ray III

    Key Chime

    make sure the button in the door between the hinges is functioning.
  3. Ray III

    Leaky header make this sound??

    sounds like a header leak to me, re-torque header bolts?
  4. Ray III

    Engine paint removal

    You wouldn't know it but you can put new paint over the old paint! IF you get it hot-tanked make sure all the rust scale is knocked off first, it doesnt de-scale.
  5. Ray III

    High Tank pressure???

    how bout this... yank off the hose on your carbon canister (passenger side of engine bay, lower front) that goes to the fuel tank. This would be the one NOT going to the motor. If it continues to blow fumes out the line is blocked. If it's fine after that plug it back in and unplug the other...
  6. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    The fancy plugs Bosch is making do work. Great gas mileage and throttle response and maybe a couple hp. BUT they foul up easy... in a brand new motor you could slap em in and be set for 50k miles because the engine runs nice and clean. If your motor burns any amount of oil they will work for...
  7. Ray III

    leaf blower

    :lol::lol:
  8. Ray III

    5.7 Chevy rod in a 2.3?

    yep... hardened materials only have a hard surface, then the hardness of the material diminishes with depth. Any crank that gets turned down a lot, I would want to see it surface hardened again. I don't know whether it is an actual structural concern, or if it just greatly increases the...
  9. Ray III

    which tranny do the SHO use?

    they're yamaha motors? for real? So Ford is thoroughly incapable of building a small displacement naturally aspirated engine that has any balls? That sucks.
  10. Ray III

    Siezed lug nuts?

    The tire place's remedy will be to snap off half the studs, destroy the nuts on the other half, use the wrong size nuts on whatever remains and duct tape the rest together, then lose the wheel center caps. Fix it yourself while you still can. Oh and make sure those center caps are on before...
  11. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    Well, whatever the mixture is, you can make it even easier to ignite if you have a plug that allows more air/fuel to crowd closer to the ignition source... that's the idea, I think.
  12. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    nope... you only inserted the second H. You didn't change the first one to an S.
  13. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    no dull stuff... SHARP SHARP SHARP... but not POINTY. I got a pic of a plug I did on my digicam, if only I could get at the damned thing.
  14. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    and it's PSYCHO gorrilla...
  15. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    You don't want to grind the strap right down to a point. You will gain some power for probably a few minutes, then the point is destroyed from all the current passing through that one spot. When you have a long sharp edge, the arcs tend to happen at random spots along that edge (as long as the...
  16. Ray III

    header/hipe install...loss of low end torque

    You don't want backpressure... you want high exhaust velocity... whose momentum works to draw out exhaust gases from the cylinders upon opening of exhaust valves. Making pipes smaller, and pushing the same volume through, makes higher velocity. Too high velocity, or forcing air around...
  17. Ray III

    leaf blower

    Ahhh BUT the displacement of air is caused by a pressure differential! Your trusty Husqvarna doesn't seem to make boost when you are chasing those scurvy leaves about, which is true because the output is not restricted and without restriction there can be no pressure. Now if you were to fire her...
  18. Ray III

    leaf blower

    HMM this gives me an idea. Not only the little tornado thing on the leaf-blower motor, BUT you could route part of the leaf-blower discharge into the intake of the leaf-blower motor... thus supercharging it... thus creating more leaf-blower output... thus further supercharging it... thus...
  19. Ray III

    Does this actually work?

    about the spark hitting the ground strap at the bend? Not gonna happen. Electricity follows the path of least resistance, and that is the shortest path it can find from a sharp edge on the electrode to a sharp edge on the ground strap. All the same, when I fool with my plugs I also move the...
  20. Ray III

    header/hipe install...loss of low end torque

    Header primary size MUST be matched to the power output you are making and the point in the rev range that you aim to maximize torque. Otherwise, you either have a restriction at high RPM or lack of exhaust velocity (which makes headers work) at low RPM. Generally, for low to midrange...
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