Trouble Maker

Yeah, I could see that at a drag strip. Most guys are going to install low temp tstats, and you are only going down the strip for a short period of time. I'm not a drag racer so I always get it confused if it's a rule to run mostly water at the track or not. I never knew that about straight glycol. Still, the boiling point of straight water is lower than water/glycol. It is also corrosive by itself That's why you put water wetter in it and add some glycol in there. And that's why you increase the pressure (to in turn raise the boiling point).

I'll offer everything he offered, minus the cigarette lighter, plus a barrel of pork fat, minus the 1991 cavalier, plus the rest of that angle food cake (so you get the whole thing), plus half an angle food cake worth of strawberries on top, minus the 1991 cavalier, plus one dinner date with Hwilli at the finest eat establishment in Columbus. Size defined by the word 'barrel' may be subject to change at my discretion. I reserve all rights to substitute pork fat for whatever I have on hand. By finest eating establishment I mean either my left over dinner on my front porch or your choice of fast food places eating off of the 99 cent menu as long as the total bill doesn't exceed $7.76 This contest subject to all rules and regulations applicable in your state or city of residence.

Generally speaking every liquids boiling point will raise when you raise the pressure (depending on the curves). I'm sure the base reason for using water only at the track is for ease of clean up and general environmental, health and safety reason considering the likelihood of spill. It helps that water pulls heat away better than water/glycol. BUT it's corssive and you don't want to leave it your engine for long. Straight water has a lower boiling point (all other things being equal, including pressure) compared to water/glycol. So bringing it back to my original point, with straight water you have to have a higher pressure as compared to water/glycol to have the same boiling point with the two liquids. Obviously want the actual boiling point to be the same, if not higher for a race car considering the possible temps in the engine. Otherwise straight water might just boil right in your engine at the original stock system pressure and typical (or possible) engine temps.

On a less serious note, I always wonder how in the fuck anyone gets caught at the check points too? I've been dead sober and been driving up to one and turn around, driven on roads around it so I wouldn't be bothered by it. Not to mention what someone else said about the fact that they are always announced beforehand? I'm sure there are ways/places to set them up where you wouldn't see it before you could turn around or drive around it, but I've never seen them do that before.

Maybe he's a like minded person to me and realizes that check points are nothing more than the government acting as a gestapo. They are forms of illegal search & seizure without warrant or reasonable cause. They are a slap in the face to our inalienable right to move about our land freely without worry of the government stopping you without reason. You might be ok with this level of giving up our freedoms because of how strongly you feel against drunk driving, but there some point you won't be ok with it, but by then it will be too late. "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" I hope anyone driving drunk gets pulled over and punished to the harshest letter of the law too. A sobriety 'check point' is expressly not getting pulled over. I won't even start on MADD and the legal limit, or why BAC, especially when taken by breath, is hardly more than a rough indicator of the possibility of someone being impaired.

And the impellers like to implode when the get old, and that's why when you have the timing belt done in any of those cars you use an after market water pump w/ metal blades.

Thanks man. Going to see if I can hook up with skold at this point anyways.

I take it you know Martin then? I work with him now.

Thanks man, calling howie wowwie now to get your digits. Thanks for that tip Gearhead.... the car doesn't have anything about emissions, OBDII or vacuum routing. I was under the impressions that OBDII cars had a big sticker about emissions and the vacuum tube routing related to emissions under the hood (what that site was referring to)?

It's OBDI. If you look at that link you will see the two connectors. There is one under the dash and one in the engine bay (by the intake manifold, near the passenger side strut tower) I'm supposed to short two of the connectors and the check engine light is supposed to flash. I've tried shorting them at both locations (inside and engine bay) and it won't flash. If you were talking about that second drawing, I don't think this car has that. I'm guessing that's for older cars. The ones in this car look like the top and bottom pictures. I'm jumping TE1 to E1 (per those instructions) and the pinouts on those (and other) instructions match what the covers for the connectors on the actual car say. Do you have the scan tool for this vehicle? I think BillDozzer may have one, not sure if what he has will do OBDI (Toyota specificd?) though. Maybe I will call him later. Shizzel, I didn't read that top part. If this car is a pre-96 OBDII will it still have those same connectors (not OBDII standard connector)? If it is OBDII and I try to short those connectors, will it just not flash, like it's doing now? If it is OBDII, then it needs an OBDII scan tool with the correct harness to connect to this? I will go out and check under the hood for the decal.

Yup. Only thing I can think is that the thorttel position idle close switch isn't closing. If I'm looking at the right thing... well it's hard to see. One one side of the throttle there's the cables and linkage, other side is TPS and that switch? Even with seeing it I would only be able to 'see' that it's being depressed, not that it's electrically closed (or open, whatever it being depressed menas). Anyways, seems like it's closing. I can only assume the FI ECU won't go into diag mode if this isn't closed? Car is exhibiting no issues. I drove it home on Friday night and when I went to turn the car off saw the light. Don't know how long it's been like that, but I usually pay attention to stuff like that, so it probably happened on Friday. It's the 3.0L V6, AT, not that it should matter, but figured I would state it.

I followed this site to try to see what the codes are http://www.troublecodes.net/Toyota/ I found that method various other places also. I tried both locations (drivers side in the car and engine bay), but the car won't flash any codes. Light stays on solid, no blinking. Anyone have another idea or know what's going on?

Where's the pics at Joe?

Won't work. HDMI is a digital only signal. DVI can have analog and/or digital on it. If you see a simple DVI to component cable it is using the analog signal on the DVI. The page you showed though has 'active' adapters that will convert the digital signals to analog. Those are the DVI/HDMI to component adapters. They are not cheap. But like others said, it will look bad, not worth it. It is doable though.

That fag uses his teeth, that's no bribe. I miss Kenny too.

Sent you a PM.

I like that a lot. Keep posting and I will help where I can.

I was thinking about that exact thing earlier. Rather than the people that knew a certain person only doing one at a certian time of the year. Get everyone together to remember them all in proper fashion. Maybe incorporate some donations for a charity into it.

Sam, Sell everything to GtVGVR4/Miller if you guys can come to a deal so you can sell everything. If not I'm interested in at least 1 or possibly all 3 of the controllers. Not interested in anything else. I'll give you $50 for all 3 if that sounds fair considering the $20/controller someone else suggested earlier?

Holly shit I think I had that bike when I was in middle school If you can't sell it I will take the bright green spoke guard. Bling bling.:bangbang:

If you sell him that I will buy the third wireless controller.

Just a regular old C6, not a Z or ZR1? If it's a normal C6, that shit is bananas. I will say I'm a little skeptical, but I'd love to see the video. Not sure I'd believe it was stock even if I saw the video. Want to see the video when it happens regardless.

Yup, that was last weekend and it was their last weekend. That wasn't the only water on the hill, by far. I don't think they could have stayed open much longer than a day or two if they even wanted to.

Had some fun the last open weekend out at Mad River Me in the middle of leaning too far back trying to figure out how to do it. Last two people to the left in that picture are Joe (Mojoe) and Mike (car guy but not sure if he's on here or not). http://skimadriver.com/files/images/DSC_0200_0.JPG Video of me making it across with the toboggan. Links to other videos, some good crashes in there. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=mad+river+mountain+water+skimming&aq=f

There's about no cooler looking bike than a mountain bike with a 3" wide tire on it.