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[Just Fishing]

How do lifters effect quench

They don't?

I'm pulling the heads and i can't get the same headgasket right now..

So I'm going with a thicker one, plus premium is kicking my ass.

 

[gooffeyguy]

They don't?

I'm pulling the heads and i can't get the same headgasket right now..

So I'm going with a thicker one, plus premium is kicking my ass.

Makes sense now. Thought when you said this that changing lifters would change quench....

"When i swap out those lifters, I'm going from .040 quench to .050..."

Forgot that you gotta remove the heads (and replace the gasket) on these to remove the lifters.

 

[Just Fishing]

Makes sense now. Thought when you said this that changing lifters would change quench....

"When i swap out those lifters, I'm going from .040 quench to .050..."

Forgot that you gotta remove the heads (and replace the gasket) on these to remove the lifters.

Yeah, i hate that about the ls platform.

I saw a lsx block that had the lifters accessible from under the intake, i guess it was more about inspection vs actually being able to swap them out..

But It made me dream a little!
That was a very high end racing block (iirc).

 

[gooffeyguy]

Yeah, i hate that about the ls platform.

I saw a lsx block that had the lifters accessible from under the intake, i guess it was more about inspection vs actually being able to swap them out..

But It made me dream a little!
That was a very high end racing block (iirc).

The Edelbrock aluminum heads I have on my mustang have spaces on the underside (over the valley) that allows lifter replacement without removing heads, just the intake.

 

[George B]

Blows my mind with kids these days having their drivers licenses as not being a priority.

The challenge here is the Job part. She seems to want the freedom without the financial responsibility. I have made it clear. No job, no drive.

 

[Fosscore]

The challenge here is the Job part. She seems to want the freedom without the financial responsibility. I have made it clear. No job, no drive.

My boy took the first test about drugs and alcohol to get his learners permit, then stalled.

He got excited about the rusted C10, then stalled.

I gave him a quick crack at the 5 speed manual Subaru, then stalled.

Prolly the start of school and needing to go places will perhaps energize him.

Other friends are not interested in driving and some are getting wheels.

50/50 split it seems.

 

[Just Fishing]

The Edelbrock aluminum heads I have on my mustang have spaces on the underside (over the valley) that allows lifter replacement without removing heads, just the intake.

With older platforms like the SBC in my vette, just the intake needs to be removed in order to access the lifters.
I suppose the new design of these engines, possibly it adds strength and reduces weight.

 

[gooffeyguy]

The challenge here is the Job part. She seems to want the freedom without the financial responsibility. I have made it clear. No job, no drive.

My 22 yr old son didn't get his license until he was 18 or 19, can't remember. It was after he graduated high school and after he started college. Hell, I was taking him to work back in May of 2018 when our 2011 Denali got totalled by a drunk driver.

I know I started telling him I was gonna start charging him per mile like a cab when I took him to/picked him up from work multiple times a week.

 

[gooffeyguy]

With older platforms like the SBC in my vette, just the intake needs to be removed in order to access the lifters.
I suppose the new design of these engines, possibly it adds strength and reduces weight.

You'd think, but my big bore, 8.2" deck (302 based, 363ci) Dart block is strong enough for over 1200hp. It's iron though, not aluminum.

 

[George B]

My 22 yr old son didn't get his license until he was 18 or 19, can't remember. It was after he graduated high school and after he started college. Hell, I was taking him to work back in May of 2018 when our 2011 Denali got totalled by a drunk driver.

I know I started telling him I was gonna start charging him per mile like a cab when I took him to/picked him up from work multiple times a week.

She will have her license but the car will sit if there is no funding for gas.

 

[Geotrash]

She will have her license but the car will sit if there is no funding for gas.

Seems to be an increasingly common stalemate as kids realize that they can do nothing and force us to shuttle them around. Until they can't. I think your approach is a good one. Looking forward to see how it goes.

I couldn't wait to get a job for the financial freedom that it afforded, followed by a car. I got a workers permit at 15 and took a dishwashing job at a Mexican restaurant.

 

[swathdiver]

Our post-modern culture is telling our youngsters that cars are pollutants and too costly and a host of other things to scare them away from wanting to drive.

Not for me, that driver's license meant, FREEEDOMMMMMM!!!! ...and girls! Back then, no car, no girls! LOL

 

[Just Fishing]

Our post-modern culture is telling our youngsters that cars are pollutants and too costly and a host of other things to scare them away from wanting to drive.

Not for me, that driver's license meant, FREEEDOMMMMMM!!!! ...and girls! Back then, no car, no girls! LOL

One of the things that makes me wonder wtf.
You need a car if you want to go on a date.
You need to go on a date and hang out with a girl if you ever want to lose your V.

Like this stuff was so important to myself and my friends growing up.

 

[George B]

Seems to be an increasingly common stalemate as kids realize that they can do nothing and force us to shuttle them around. Until they can't. I think your approach is a good one. Looking forward to see how it goes.

I couldn't wait to get a job for the financial freedom that it afforded, followed by a car. I got a workers permit at 15 and took a dishwashing job at a Mexican restaurant.

I was working odd cash opportunities starting in 4th grade and always had cash. Bought my first car at 14 years old and paid for the insureance so my older buddy that had a license could drive me around in my car!

 

[gooffeyguy]

Yeah, plus them able to be on mom and dad's insurance till 26 and all that other crap makes them not want to leave home and be responsible for themselves.

I was out on my own at 18, working full time, taking vocational classes 3 nights a week, paying for an apartment and a car.

 

[Just Fishing]

Well, when the market crashes again because kids aren't moving out of their houses like what happened last time.
I'm buying a second house to use as either a rental or down south so I can spend the winter in warmer weather.
(Hopefully I'll be in a position to do that)

 

[George B]

Well, when the market crashes again because kids aren't moving out of their houses like what happened last time.
I'm buying a second house to use as either a rental or down south so I can spend the winter in warmer weather.
(Hopefully I'll be in a position to do that)

Soon my friend, very soon.

 

[Doubeleive]

Put about 1200 miles on it after moving the tru cool back down to the bottom grill the trans never got over 205 even pushing it hard up upgrades, coolant hit 230 a couple times but not nearly as much or for very long compared to having it in front of the radiator and that was fully loaded with 5 people, bikes and luggage and tools etc and doing 90+ up steep upgrades and ambient temps in the 80-90's

 

[Just Fishing]

Just watched a little video about the takata airbag recall.

I thought it was they might not inflate.
Apparently they are powered with basically tannerite... lol

Shrapnel etc.

Yeah that's going up on the urgency list to have done.

 

[Just Fishing]

Anyone using the Grant steering wheel for our vehicles?

Pardon Our Interruption

Looks a little more interesting than a new oem wheel...