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Re: Owned Vehicles
« Reply #75 on: July 30, 2013, 09:42:02 PM »
What's a knot? :???:
1 nautical mile per minute. A nautical mile is 6080 feet.
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« Reply #76 on: July 30, 2013, 09:43:17 PM »
1 nautical mile per minute. A nautical mile is 6080 feet.
Why is a nautical mile shorter than a standard mile?

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« Reply #77 on: July 30, 2013, 09:44:56 PM »
Why is a nautical mile shorter than a standard mile?

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As I recall a statue mile is 5280 feet. The ratio between them is about 1.15 statute miles for every nautical mile.
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Re: Owned Vehicles
« Reply #78 on: July 31, 2013, 07:42:44 AM »
As I recall a statue mile is 5280 feet. The ratio between them is about 1.15 statute miles for every nautical mile.

Dang.  This thread got awful "mathy".  Still cool though.   :-)
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Re: Owned Vehicles
« Reply #79 on: July 31, 2013, 07:58:05 AM »
Ok since we've left the street I want this!
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« Reply #80 on: July 31, 2013, 08:20:36 AM »
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« Reply #81 on: July 31, 2013, 08:46:52 AM »
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« Reply #82 on: July 31, 2013, 08:56:52 AM »
1 nautical mile per minute. A nautical mile is 6080 feet.

Ummm...I think  you mean 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.

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« Reply #83 on: July 31, 2013, 08:59:02 AM »
How about a nice boat instead?

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« Reply #84 on: July 31, 2013, 12:50:52 PM »
Ummm...I think  you mean 1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.

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« Reply #85 on: July 31, 2013, 01:28:34 PM »
You are correct. An oversight on my part. Sorry for the confusion.

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« Reply #86 on: January 07, 2014, 05:56:42 PM »
A chevette.

A 77 plymouth royal monaco. Surely the car referred to in the song "loveshack", and if it isn't it should be.

82 chevy pickup.

blue 68 chevelle

grey 68 chevelle had a snorty 400 smallblock, fun car

red 68 ss396 chevelle fun car that one, only one that I ever had at the track

gold 67 chevelle

71 buick riveira the boat tail style. 455 buick. fun car

87 mazda 323

88 corsica

87 sunbird

Citation x-11 - interesting car but a piece of crap

86 dodge colt - what a POS

86 olds cutlass supreme brougham diesel 4 door.

88 sunbird gt turbo convertible - that car was a RIOT. 140 mph with the top down.

84 s-10 blazer 4x4

94 geo metro - miser

200 gmc jimmy slt - good vehicle - 115k and still running strong

2000 geo metro - what a miser, AC works nice too

1991 s-10 blazer sport. My first v8 s-10 project

85 s-10 durango 4x4 extended cab pickup - my current toy - 388 CI small block, full roller, pro-comp rods, crank, keith black pistons, GMPP intake, sean murphy induction quadrajet, vortec heads, tiny roller cam from a ramjet 350 crate engine. Fully balanced. Stock 700r4, factory 3:73 gears, Autometer gauges. A torque monster in spite of the tiny cam. The 4 wheel drive and the AC work nicely. Full skidplates. Relegated to farm work at the moment but still fun when it gets muddy. Way too much motor for that truck though

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« Reply #87 on: January 08, 2014, 09:34:40 AM »
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85 s-10 durango 4x4 extended cab pickup - my current toy - 388 CI small block, full roller, pro-comp rods, crank, keith black pistons, GMPP intake, sean murphy induction quadrajet, vortec heads, tiny roller cam from a ramjet 350 crate engine. Fully balanced. Stock 700r4, factory 3:73 gears, Autometer gauges. A torque monster in spite of the tiny cam. The 4 wheel drive and the AC work nicely. Full skidplates. Relegated to farm work at the moment but still fun when it gets muddy. Way too much motor for that truck though


Must get great gas mileage.




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« Reply #88 on: January 09, 2014, 05:31:22 AM »

Must get great gas mileage.




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Funny you should mention that. The tires I had on it when I had to drive it, were tall enough that it got around 16-18 mpg, which was surprising. I was really being easy on it though. Except a couple times I caught a mustang GT or a tuner at a stoplight.  :whistling: Not sure I'd have beat them if I hadn't caught them off guard. If I were to swap out the transfer case and front driveshaft for the equivalent pieces from an all wheel drive astro van, however, its on!  :asssmack: (yeah, they'll swap right in, and doing so makes for quite the nasty combo)

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Re: Owned Vehicles
« Reply #89 on: January 09, 2014, 10:49:32 AM »
1966 Corvair
1970 Chevy Nova
1968 Chevy Caprice
1979 Chevy Nova
1984 Toyota Turdcell (wife I think it was a 84, could have been earlier)
1987 Ford Ranger
1988 Mercury Lynx (wife)
1986 Dodge Caravan (family)
1984 Nissan Sentra (gimmie)
1993 Pontiac Sunbird (family)
1986 Chevy Astro Van (gimmie)
2001 Saturn L100
2002 Saturn VUE (wife/kids)
1995 Ford F-250 Diesel
2007 Ford Ranger 4X4
2005 Mercedes Benz C-240 (wife)
2004 Buick LeSabre (kids)
2011 Mercedes Benz C-300 (wife)

All and all we keep our cars until they either fall apart or wreck. The C-240 was totalled in November and replaced by the C-300. The Saturn L-100 was totalled in 2008 and replaced by the Ranger. Both cars had >150K on the clock. The VUE is still running, has 230K miles on it, my son drives it.The 1987 Ranger was traded in with 340K miles on it. Overall, I have very good luck with cars and keep them going as long as possible.
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« Reply #90 on: January 09, 2014, 01:40:51 PM »
Funny you should mention that. The tires I had on it when I had to drive it, were tall enough that it got around 16-18 mpg, which was surprising. I was really being easy on it though. Except a couple times I caught a mustang GT or a tuner at a stoplight.  :whistling: Not sure I'd have beat them if I hadn't caught them off guard. If I were to swap out the transfer case and front driveshaft for the equivalent pieces from an all wheel drive astro van, however, its on!  :asssmack: (yeah, they'll swap right in, and doing so makes for quite the nasty combo)

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That's pretty damn good. I built a SBC 415 stroker around 10-12 years ago. If I was lucky I got 5 MPG.
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« Reply #91 on: January 09, 2014, 02:55:20 PM »
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1979 Dodge Omni 024 (nickle and dimed me to death, but was still running when it was sold in 1990)
1975 Pontiac Grand Prix (loved that land yacht)
1984 Camaro Z28
1991 Mustang GT (cried when that one went away)
1993 F-150 Extended Cab with the 5.8 (cried when the ex got that one repossessed)
1994 Ford Tempo (replaced the truck, ex got it repossessed the next year while I was deployed)
1981 Ford Escort SW (second car that I drove)
1984 Mercury Grand Marquis (two repossessions in two years will put a bit of a crimp in your credit score)
1966 Chevelle (small block monster, would outrun almost anything, windshield leaked like a sieve)
1991 Lincoln Continental
1996 Dodge 2500 Conversion Van
1994 Ford Escort Wagon
2002 Avalanche (would still be in my driveway if dickhead son hadn't totaled it in 2012)
2005 Subaru Baja Turbo (fast little car)
1996 Suburban (6.5 turbo diesel, stolen while in Philly)
2007 Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab
1999 Jaguar XJR (fastest car I have ever owned, killed this past October by a tree branch)
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« Reply #92 on: January 09, 2014, 03:54:54 PM »
I can now add a 2004 Mustang to the list.
Wife wanted one.
She didn't want a newer model because she didn't like the hood.  Sheesh.
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« Reply #93 on: January 09, 2014, 03:56:36 PM »
Ugh.  Really? :p

I don't like the previous model.  So fugly.
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« Reply #94 on: January 09, 2014, 04:35:01 PM »
1991 Pontiac Sunbird $500 POS that only ran right for day till it blew a radiator hose. Never ending overheating problems after that. Eventually blew a head gasket. Drove it the scrap yard.

1997 Mustang GT Never had a problem. Lost my job, and it got repoed.

1987 Chevy Spectrum Appropriately painted brown with a brown interior. Was glorified go kart. Needed to be going downhill pedal to the metal with a tailwind to get pass 80. Eventually scrapped

 1999 Suburban $4900 Had few problems. Blew the transmission at 156000 miles. Yet another GM pos to the scrap yard.

2001 Nissan Pathfinder $4900 Had it a year 10 payments left. Just over 180000 miles and still running strong. Only noteable issue was the alternator going out soon after I got it. Wanted a Mustang but had to settle for this. Got it the same day the Suburban blew the transmission.

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« Reply #95 on: January 09, 2014, 10:48:32 PM »

That's pretty damn good. I built a SBC 415 stroker around 10-12 years ago. If I was lucky I got 5 MPG.

Its the cam, tires, and the q-jet, and the mercy shown to the footfeed.

The cam is, even though billet and pretty to the eye, actually tiny. Really tiny. And the q-jet, a very nice one from SMI, acts like a typical q-jet. Pretty easy on the gas until you flush. The tires I had on it when I was driving it, were 31 inchers. It has a stock converter paired with the 700r4, and the lockup functions, so that helps also. When I built the engine, I used keith black pistons that are dished with a D shape, designed for the vortec head style combustion chamber. Full floaters with circlips.

They look something like this:

I calculated roughly 9.8 to one compression with the head gasket I used. I did use 1.6 roller rockers instead of 1.5, for a little extra, but only a little. It was more happenstance than anything else, as were most of the other parts. The oil pan I had laying around, from the blazer - a 4.3 v6 pan cut and rewelded with the JTR extension and redrilled with v8 oil pan rails. The block was given to me by a local farmer. The crank, rods, pistons, cam, rockers, gauges, centerbolt cast valve covers, intake, carb, timing cover (cast aluminum), water pump (aluminum reverse rotation) balancer (summit), were all late night ebay specials. Pennies on the dollar, the parts cost me. The intake and piston/rings/pins set were like...60 some bucks each for example. Balancing the reciprocating assembly and clearancing the block for the rod throws cost more than anything else.


Its pretty clear that its way way too much engine for that little truck though, so I'm looking for a stock 350 to put in it, and something more appropriate for this engine. I'm just stubborn about wanting to do it on the cheap. The truck its in now only set me back 300 bucks, with a barely running 2.8 in it. I tuned it up and drove it for 6 months on 5 1/2 cylinders before doing the swap rofl:





Kinda ugly underhood, but wasn't ever really meant to be pretty. Thats a full size suburban TBI air cleaner, trimmed to fit a carb airhorn, and the accessory bracketry is a factory 4.3 setup.



Still missing a volt gauge.  :mad:


Chevelles and 60s/70's era platforms are just too expensive. Even the little 78-87 square body malibus are demanding a big price tag these days. I'm always looking for the older style s-10s with that in mind. Problem is, I need a clean short box 2 wheel drive body, and a short box 4 wheel drive frame, and the aforementioned AWD astro parts...to do what I have in mind.

Similar to one of these, but with a bunch more oomph:




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« Reply #96 on: January 10, 2014, 06:17:35 AM »
Ugh.  Really? :p

I don't like the previous model.  So fugly.
Yes, really.
She says the hood is too long.  :banghead:
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« Reply #97 on: January 10, 2014, 06:39:22 AM »
Yes, really.
She says the hood is too long.  :banghead:

Should of made her test drive 2011 GT California Special. I was sold once they started it. Music to my ears.

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« Reply #98 on: January 10, 2014, 03:13:54 PM »
Its the cam, tires, and the q-jet, and the mercy shown to the footfeed.

The cam is, even though billet and pretty to the eye, actually tiny. Really tiny. And the q-jet, a very nice one from SMI, acts like a typical q-jet. Pretty easy on the gas until you flush. The tires I had on it when I was driving it, were 31 inchers. It has a stock converter paired with the 700r4, and the lockup functions, so that helps also. When I built the engine, I used keith black pistons that are dished with a D shape, designed for the vortec head style combustion chamber. Full floaters with circlips.

They look something like this:

I calculated roughly 9.8 to one compression with the head gasket I used. I did use 1.6 roller rockers instead of 1.5, for a little extra, but only a little. It was more happenstance than anything else, as were most of the other parts. The oil pan I had laying around, from the blazer - a 4.3 v6 pan cut and rewelded with the JTR extension and redrilled with v8 oil pan rails. The block was given to me by a local farmer. The crank, rods, pistons, cam, rockers, gauges, centerbolt cast valve covers, intake, carb, timing cover (cast aluminum), water pump (aluminum reverse rotation) balancer (summit), were all late night ebay specials. Pennies on the dollar, the parts cost me. The intake and piston/rings/pins set were like...60 some bucks each for example. Balancing the reciprocating assembly and clearancing the block for the rod throws cost more than anything else.


Its pretty clear that its way way too much engine for that little truck though, so I'm looking for a stock 350 to put in it, and something more appropriate for this engine. I'm just stubborn about wanting to do it on the cheap. The truck its in now only set me back 300 bucks, with a barely running 2.8 in it. I tuned it up and drove it for 6 months on 5 1/2 cylinders before doing the swap rofl:





Kinda ugly underhood, but wasn't ever really meant to be pretty. Thats a full size suburban TBI air cleaner, trimmed to fit a carb airhorn, and the accessory bracketry is a factory 4.3 setup.



Still missing a volt gauge.  :mad:


Chevelles and 60s/70's era platforms are just too expensive. Even the little 78-87 square body malibus are demanding a big price tag these days. I'm always looking for the older style s-10s with that in mind. Problem is, I need a clean short box 2 wheel drive body, and a short box 4 wheel drive frame, and the aforementioned AWD astro parts...to do what I have in mind.

Similar to one of these, but with a bunch more oomph:




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« Reply #99 on: January 10, 2014, 05:54:49 PM »
Next up ?  Farm Truck??

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCuGNMOHIy4[/youtube]

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Love it. Especially the plates "zzzzzzz".

That little white s truck moved along pretty well too.

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