Geeto67

I think he's saying you can run BFG A/T knobbies on your vette and be just fine.

http://gawker.com/b-o-b-just-started-a-rap-war-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-1755122840 This is exactly the type of content the internet was made for. For those who don't want to click the link here is a quick summary: Rapper BoB tweeted the earth is flat: http://gawker.com/why-the-earth-is-flat-straight-from-the-mouth-of-a-ver-1754933801 Neil DeGrasse Tyson responds with...you know...knowledge and shit because he is one of the worlds most well know astrophysicists. So BoB responds by releasing a batshit crazy diss track alleging science is a form of white supremacy, mildly references holocaust denial, and again reasserts the world is flat...sampling NGT out of context. It's an amazing amount of crazy. http://gawker.com/b-o-b-just-started-a-rap-war-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-1755122840 Normally this isn't even on my radar but being a fan of NGT, I have to say I am just wanting to see where this is going to go next....Will NGT troll B.o.B. into saying more batshit stuff? Will he just let it die now that all the really nuts unsupportable stuff is out there?

When I was growing up 4wd was for jeeps and trucks and AWD was for cars driven by people who were nervous driving in the rain. now a days it is near impossible to find a true mechanical 4wd system. Even vehicles like the Jeep grand cherokee use the Quadra Drive and Quadra trac systems that are full time more like AWD units than true 4wd units. There is an internal gerotor in the transfer case that keeps it 2wd and transfers power to the front as needed. the Quadra-drive uses "electronic lsd" which i basically a computer tapping the individual brakes on your otherwise open diff...LOLz. I think if you want a real 4wd, transfer case stick on the floor and you grab it like man with a slightly satisfying grunt when you engage it, new vehicle you are looking at a jeep wrangler, nissan xterra/frontier, or toyota 4runner. the big advantage to 4wd is the ground clearance. these are all "trucks" and as such 4 feet of snow isn't really going to stop them if they have the right equipment (most have optional locking differentials). I don't know anything about colorado other than my friend fixes porsche 356's in Denver, but if you think you will be dealing with multi foot snow drifts on unplowed roads or have decided to partake in the many off road and camping trails - 4wd. Otherwise....don't they issue you a subaru forrester when you move to colorado as some assimilation program?

you could move to nevada.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada

Does it have the same extremely graphic racist/homophobic graffiti as most of those places? because nothing really sells it as awful as poorly rhyming limericks about Blacks and Jews. also, that sounds pretty undeserving of a tip. but you need a tip jar in order to make the statement that refusing to tip comes with. machines do not require tip jars.

Or....you tip them because you want to thank them for doing their job because it is a hard job and it sucks and they were extra nice to you and you want them to feel appreciated.... ...Or you realize they they figured out how to rise above their station of minimum wage by exploiting the custom of tipping in which case you may or may not leave a tip but might tip your hat to their ingenuity. ...or you can get on the internet and bitch and moan that some minimum wage dude figured out how to make a few extra bucks on the sly and you are outraged that how dare someone who has to take shit from retail customers ever aspire to make more than 8.50 an hour and how he should be terminated at once. or you can just not tip and go about your life unaffected and never think about it again.

there are some amateur porn sites that recruit on tinder. Or maybe they just say they do trading off of tinder's reputation as a hide the baloney meat market. either way that should tell you something about 1) real prospects on tinder, and 2) probably not the best to judge all online dating based on a few tinder experiences. I mean I can't imagine there are a lot of J-date people that are netflix and chill, or hump and dump, or whatever the kids are calling semi-anonymous sex in a public bathroom these days.

to translate: GM can't build cool stuff because it is too busy being old GM trying to convince you it is not old GM.

Eli, I get paid to dispense advice. That is what an attorney is - a professional advisor. Why I am not upset is because I am not so vain as to be personally insulted or frustrated when someone doesn't take it. That's the difference between a professional and an amateur.

I don't know why he thinks he has to be polite.

clearly you are reading because you are responding. this is boring.

but you read it anyway....

Knowledge isn't a trophy on the mantle of those who possess it, and it is only useful to those who are willing to receive it. If you have it to share you have lost nothing, and whether it is helpful is entirely on the recipient. Ben Franklin said "we are all born ignorant but we must work hard to remain stupid". that seems to be the crux of what people are saying here - "we keep giving good advice but nobody takes it"... my take is...so what? so you aren't going to give advice anymore? I didn't realize that advice came with an obligation. People are going to do whatever. there's no rhyme or reason to it, human nature is mysterious and surprising - that's what keeps life interesting. does that mean you should stop? no - free exchange of ideas is how a society grows collectively. should you stop expecting that people have to "take" your advice or they are dumber than you? yeah probably because that really is vanity. or do what ever. This is the internet - it's just entertainment that maybe causes you to learn something almost by accident. It's like TV, but the next generation.

I guess it's better than just sitting around and bitching about crowdfunding works.

I don't get it.

Rush Limbaugh can have all the opiates he wants if it will remove him from this planet quicker. Dude was taking 30 OxyContin pills a day for years. Not months, not days, years. How strong is this man's internal hate that it refuses to let him OD and die on 30 Oxys a day? That's some emperor palpatine level dark-side of the force shit right there.

any matchbox or hot wheels in this lot?

Strength vs cost really. I can get a Ford 8.8 with factory 3.55 gears (the ratio I need) and an LSD for around $150-$200. Figure $170 for the conversion kit from MORE and new brakes and rotors and I am probably all in at $450-500 accounting for odds and ends. I have seen already prepped used 8.8s on CL for $450, but most of them have 4.10 gears which would require a swap. Sure an XJ 8.25 would be cheaper, and it is slightly stronger but if you look at the drivetrain the 5.9 has been in front of, it is usually something like a Dana 44 (the GC I have is a Dana 44A, not a great rear but still stronger than a D35 and an 8.25). Also all the XJs are drum brake and even doing the GC disc brake conversion starts to push the cost of an 8.25 to within 25% of the ford 8.8. For the extra hundred+ bucks it would be, I'd rather have the 8.8 extra strength. Finally, 8.25 rears are not bolt in. XJs are spring over and my YJ is still spring under so I would still have to buy a mounting kit and it is the same amount of work to set it up. an 8.25 rear is not off the table, just yet. however, I would have to find a 3.55 gear setup with LSD that has already been converted for it to be worth it. so TL; DR the core 8.25 and ford 8.8 would cost about the same, but the added expense of setting up an 8.8 is offset by the increased strength. maybe.

Automatic...:barf::gay2: Also the LS adapter parts and new driveshafts nearly double the cost of the install. The only drivetrain piece I may swap out besides the engine is the Dana 35 rear for a ford 8.8. Most people think the Dana 35 will scatter like leaves in the wind once the 5.9 is in.

I'm sure you'll have no problems finding leftover '15s on lots. As long as you like automatics

well, it's not meant to be a speed demon. You can only push a barn door so fast through the air. I had a CJ7 with a v8 and I drove a buddy's 90 yj with a carb'ed 350 chevy once and both of those just cruised nicer along at highway speeds and too less effort to get there. You and I are about the same age, surely you remember 1970's smog era used cars in the 1990's that were struggling to make 180hp out of 350 chevys. I get that you are kind of kidding but the 5.9 is really a metric LA Mopar 360ci small block and it's made everything from 400hp to 180hp. LSX cost money. This cost me nothing so far (but will probably cost me about $1500 in parts when all said and done). I drove the ZJ donor before the car was wrecked and it is def a different character than the inline six. considering the zj has 900lbs on the wrangler it should make for a fun package. Keep in mind this is going into a largely analog car: no abs, no airbags, no traction control, and I still fully intend to drive it in the snow in the dead of winter. I am not looking to kill myself trying to wrestle a 500hp roll over machine in the dead of winter, just want to put a little more scoot in it's boot. also bragging rights. V8 wranglers come with bragging rights....lol

It isn't that I am uncomfortable welding, I just don't have the equipment. My father taught me how to weld with Oxy, and I have used the metal glue gun (aka mig welder) a couple of times, but I just don't have it here. I think the plan would be to figure out how to get the engine mated to my nv3550 trans and then get that in place in the stock location (so I don't need new driveshafts) and figure out how to position the engine from there. So far what I am figuring out is that I need a flywheel from a manual trans 5.9 magnum vehicle (5.9 flywheels are externally balanced), a clutch kit from that same vehicle, and a bell housing from a dakota with the 3.9 or 5.2 magnum engines. Why the dakota bellhousing? because the dakotas used AX15 and NV3550 transmissions and have the magnum V bolt pattern for the back of the engine, where as the jeep bell housing bolt pattern is different. So, has anybody seen a dakota manual in any of the local junkyards lately?

Clay, I love you buddy but....get a fucking life.

LOL, want to trade a 5.9 magnum for an LSX?

Hey all, Anybody here have experience doing a modern v-8 swap into a YJ wrangler? So I recently came into possession of a 5.9 Limited Grand Cherokee (1998). Low mileage, I know all the owners going back to new, and I even used it to to my GTO last year when I was back in NY. I was going to buy it as a daily from my friend but last week it took a shot in the nose and insurance totaled it out. knowing I had a massive hard on for the thing my buddy gave me the truck to do a v8 swap on my wrangler. grill, bumper, hood, rad support, airbags, and front axle is shot, otherwise the engine runs fine, trans shifts, and the car is semi-driveable. I have a 1995 YJ, stock 4.0L, 3.55 factory towing package, a/c car with approx 141K miles. It has an NV3550 out of a Rubicon and 30x9.5 tires on stock suspension. There is nothing wrong with the drivetrian but it's kinda tired and kind slow. not looking for it to be a massive speed demon mind you but rather something that cruises a little more effortlessly on the highway and gets better mileage. YJ weighs about 3000lbs even, and when new the stock 4.0L made 190hp and 225 ft lbs of torque. The new engine makes 245hp and about 345 ft/lbs. The 5.9 magnum engine weighs about 550 lbs and the 4.0 weighs about 515 so it's not throwing the balance of the car off that much. I've done engine swaps before, mostly 60's GM a-bodies where the motor mounts are bolt in (and 1 jeep cj7 where I put an amc 343 where a 304 once was). This is going to require me to weld in some mounts which puts me slightly outside my comfort zone, mostly because at some point in the distant future I may want to restore this back to stock. I've owned this jeep for 20 years and I plan on owning it for 20 more. I am planning on swapping just the 5.9 while keeping my nv3550 trans, NP231 transfer case, and dana 35/30 axles. So, my questions are for anybody who has done a v-8 swap: how difficult was the engine alignment to do with weld in mounts? was it worth it for power/economy? breakage? what was the hardest part?