George B
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I can only drive the Saturn for so long before I need to drive the Burb for mental health reasons.
2004 6.0 NV4500 Tahoe
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iamdub
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Don’t we all?
I forget $5+ is actually the price of 87 octane in many places. It's still in the mid- to upper-4s here for 87 and 89.
pwtr02ss
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"They" are pushing for EV so they raise the cost of gas. Majority can't afford an EV because they spend so much on gas. I don't want to have to spend $100k plus for a Tesla to save the cost of fuel. That's the sad face
iamdub
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This was my point. I thought my comment tugged your tamþon string the wrong way.
pwtr02ss
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You could never pull my rope the wrong way...
I think I'm getting Toxic Shock Syndrome from this....
George B
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Then you should pull your rope…
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Dantheman1540
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Tonyrodz
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You could try a buffer or a bench mounted buffing wheel. Are those pits on the caps?
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Dantheman1540
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hats kinda what it looks like, I just wiped them down with a spray wax and towel. Didn’t have time to investigate much further and I own nearly no cleaning stuff.
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Dantheman1540
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Mothers polish? Or any other better brands?
Tonyrodz
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I know Mother's is good for aluminum. Probably for chrome too.
pwtr02ss
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That would work fine. Any sort of polish. Just need something to help cut
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Dantheman1540
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Fugly and functional V2 is compete with a turnout/back. I also redid the driver side mid pipe and cut out the V band to convert to slip fit which was a PITA. Haven’t cutout the passenger side V band yet but honestly not sure I will for a long time, I’m beyond sick of exhaust work in this thing. I am amazed how tough this double muffler combo sounds under WOT. Not loud by any means but you can tell it’s a tough V8 when you hit 60% throttle and nearly silent at idle.
Some of the welds look like doodoobutter deluxe because I don’t have a tungsten sharpener at home but I did my best with burnt tips.
Some of the welds look like doodoobutter deluxe because I don’t have a tungsten sharpener at home but I did my best with burnt tips.
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Dantheman1540
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Here’s a cutout open video from the cockpit view. Strange how the tires squealed so much on clay.
iamdub
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And I always thought it was just ill-placed sound effects in all those 80s shows and movies.
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Dantheman1540
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Took a several hour trip in this thing a week ago, used the hitch as a battering ram to move giant oaks logs, and now have it loaded up to take ye ole golf cart to a firework show tomorrow.
Been working on the tune a little more and it’s getting better and better. Not that it was awful but still had some flare up during rolling idles which was annoying. One bad thing is I think my G80 is quitting on me finally. It worked fine in the dirt a few weeks back but it’s been raining for a few days straight and 4/5 times I dump the clutch it doesn’t want to lock. Found trutrac a appear to have dropped $200-300 in price so I’m considering that. Or, do I hummer H2 rear locker swap it? It would mean I’d have to buy a spare hummer axle, gut it, drill a hole in my current axle housing to run the wires through, and put the 3.42s onto the Elocker. Would be a lot of work but cheaper than the truetrac and e lockers are neat.
Been working on the tune a little more and it’s getting better and better. Not that it was awful but still had some flare up during rolling idles which was annoying. One bad thing is I think my G80 is quitting on me finally. It worked fine in the dirt a few weeks back but it’s been raining for a few days straight and 4/5 times I dump the clutch it doesn’t want to lock. Found trutrac a appear to have dropped $200-300 in price so I’m considering that. Or, do I hummer H2 rear locker swap it? It would mean I’d have to buy a spare hummer axle, gut it, drill a hole in my current axle housing to run the wires through, and put the 3.42s onto the Elocker. Would be a lot of work but cheaper than the truetrac and e lockers are neat.
