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SidecarFlip
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 Posted:Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject |
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The Bugger will stomp them all.... The Bugger will stomp your wallet as well.
I went bigger in my 7.3 liter V8 diesel. Went from 210 RWHP to 335 RWHP and I agree, my mileage actually improved with one caveat. You must keep your foot out of it. Tha's not human or male nature. Just leave it be Mark.
Remember. it's the torque that moves you. The horsepower is just a libido number.
You aren't per chance taking it down near Napoleon, Ohio to get the belt per chance? There is a VW diesel 'guru' as you call it in Ridgeville, Ohio right on Rte 6, just east of Ohio 66. One of the techs at work has a Jetta and takes his there. He's into mileage not performance because VW and performance don't sound good together. The Sirocco's are long gone.
I'm not at all comfortable with 10 minute oil change places. Staffed by high school flunkies, you really have no idea what's going in the oil pan, if it's the right amount, if it's the correct filter, if they even change the filter or if the tighten the drain plug and/or if the correct grade or API certification is used...or you might get someone else's drain oil..... 
I'll pass on all that.
I know that's critical but I know someone who went to an 'Uncle Bens' place and the dofus forgot to tighten the drain plug (or maybe forgot to put oil in, anyway, the gal locked her motor and had a hell of a time getting Ben to stand good on it.
Besides, I use drain oil to keep the dust down on the road out front. It's the enviromentally responsible way.......
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SidecarFlip
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| Posted:Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:39 pm Post subject |
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| Mary B wrote: | | All I can remember was he had a high mileage diesel pickup(brand unknown by now). Pulled the plug on the pan and a lot of metal crap came out. |
Typically, diesels, with proper maintenance will go well over 500K without anything internal being touched. That's about twice that of a gas engine's expected average life and why I prefer diesels, that and the torque rise.
The initial cost is higher but in the loooooooong run, it's more ecomomical. esecially mainteance wise. Owning a diesel isn't about trading it every few years. It's about a long term romance.
My pickup is a 97 and it's still new to me.
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xracer
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| Posted:Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject |
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There's always Amsoil. I've been using it for 18 years. Use their bypass system and, gulp, it may never need changing again.
After many years of racing and maintaining my wife's mail route vehicles for the last 15 years, I learned a thing or two.
Rule #1 for mail route vehicles: Factory OEM brake pads are far superior to anything offered by auto part dealers, at least in my experience. The best "lifetime warranty" pads might go 7k, the cheapy ones maybe 5k. Factory pads (not the value line).....30k. No lie.
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SidecarFlip
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| Posted:Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:34 am Post subject |
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| xracer wrote: | There's always Amsoil. I've been using it for 18 years. Use their bypass system and, gulp, it may never need changing again.
After many years of racing and maintaining my wife's mail route vehicles for the last 15 years, I learned a thing or two.
Rule #1 for mail route vehicles: Factory OEM brake pads are far superior to anything offered by auto part dealers, at least in my experience. The best "lifetime warranty" pads might go 7k, the cheapy ones maybe 5k. Factory pads (not the value line).....30k. No lie. |
We could have some interesting discussions about Amsoil. My biggest beef is it's overpriced and it's no miracle elixir by any means. All lube oils loose their additive package over time (due to heating/cooling cycles and depletion bythe very thing they are put in lube oil for, reducing friction and maintaining thin film thickness)... and get saturated with suspended particulates to the point that they are unable to contain any more, Amsoil included.
I use Amsoil myself, but only the 2 stroke injection oil.
Far as brake pads go, I don't do vehicle pads/shoes as a rule but I am also an EBC cealer and I sell a pile of EBC HH Sintered pads to the bike crowd plus I run them. They seem to run just fine and last as long as the OEM pad, which, interestingly, is EBC as well.
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rona
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| Posted:Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:10 pm Post subject |
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| Just got done reading about the fantasys of gov advertising concerning the Volt. Gas milage is off by many miles per gallon. Truth in advertising seems to be like listening to politicians. Everybody lies. |
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SidecarFlip
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| Posted:Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:16 am Post subject |
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| rona wrote: | | Just got done reading about the fantasys of gov advertising concerning the Volt. Gas milage is off by many miles per gallon. Truth in advertising seems to be like listening to politicians. Everybody lies. |
Personally, I can't see the 'Volt' as being anything other that a cultmobile. The Leaf is much cheaper and knowing Japanese technology, probably more advanced. You can't just 'plug' in the volt at home. You have to have a dedicated circuit plus a special charging unit.
While it might be a fine vehicle for short urban commutes, so is mass urban transportation at a much less expensive asking price.
The only upside I see is instant heat in the winter. A toaster under the dash is better than a water jacket on an internal combustion engine.
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