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I nearly bought one that was moldering in an alley near campus years back. It was a 1970 Miller-Meteor Cadillac ambulance combination(light package was removable, had jump seats for attendants and storage for medical equipment), and if I'd had another couple weeks, it would have been mine, but the owner had it towed...

Never heard of a bier pin? It's part of the equipment they use to secure a coffin in the hearse during transit. Hearses often carry loaded coffins long distances, you don't think they're going to be an exception to load-securing laws, do you?

Nice thought, but 45 seconds at 27mph is almost disrespectful. I'm pretty sure that hearse could have done it in less than 22 seconds if the driver actually floored it.

Because they can't design a motor themselves that doesn't turn perfectly good oil into horrible black goo?

Mine: Build and race a rig that can lift its front tires in the trailer class at Rodeo du Camion Drive an Australian road train across the Outback Blast the Lærdal Tunnel in Norway in my Park Ave Drive the Camino de la Muerte in Bolivia Build a 200mph '59 Impala Take a car to blowover in a wheelstand Compete in the Trans-Siberian rally

It's even worse if you drive a semi. People coming up alongside you in the rain are already cloaked by the massive cloud of spray thrown off the the tractor tires. So it's very easy for a grey, silver, or blue car without lights on to completely disappear from view while being right beside the trailer. I can't tell you the number of times I've changed lanes in the rain while driving a truck, and only to hear some shitdick start blaring their horn from the middle of that bow-wave. My Buick DOES have automatic headlights, AND DRLs, and you can tell when the autos come on because the dash dims. They come on if I drive into the shadow of a building on a bright day. Next on the list: Idiots that think their DRLs ARE auto headlights...can I tell you how many times I've come up behind someone with no tails, only to find their DRLs are on? Subarus seem to be the worst offenders...

Yeah, I haven't actually been on there for quite a while. Frankly, it's useless to me. They don't do shit in the summer, and their winter track is just too groomed for the type of racing I like. My buddy's track over in Pataskala would break just about anything on CRCRC in half... BTW, do you still run, and what do you have?

Didn't say Chicago wasn't a shit-hole, just that the plans were pretty well thought-out.

I'm on a lot of 3800-oriented boards, just cause the knowledge base for the Park Ave is spread pretty thin... pontiacbonnevilleclub.com bonnevillepro.com regalgs.org rivperformance.com(Riviera Performance) 3800pro.com gpona.com grandprixforums.net dailydrivenautosport.com crcrc.com(Columbus Remote Control Racing Club) hpisavageforums.com savagecentral.com rcmonster.com spudfiles.com surplusrifle.com highroad.com

Wait, you can't declare yourself an idiot. Only an idiot would call themselves an idiot, so clearly you were an idiot BEFORE your declaration... BTW, for the idiots who think that the Chicago Olympic venues would have just rotted after the Games were over, you should take a look at the actual published plans. Most of the new construction for the Olympics would have been temporary, and would either be removed or re-tasked after the games. The Olympic stadium would have been completely temporary. The swimming venues would have become public pools, or become public recreational centers. Some venues would have replaced current facilities that are obsolete or failing. Almost all of the new construction was planned for areas that are vacant.

Sounds like the little douche has bigger rims, but with tiny little rubber bands on them, so the combo is smaller overall. My tires are one profile size larger than stock, and if I hold 70 on the speedo, I'm actually doing 73 or so. That's not confirmed by radar or anything, but against a stock vehicle over the course of a long drive.

Wait, who gives a shit about powertrain losses? I assume the numbers are from the wheels, so who gives a shit about all that? Very simple statement, given equal hp at the wheels, the ZR1 wins. Hell, he nearly took the GT-R on one run in there anyways.

You know, this kid really is a genius. To get a working wind turbine together from those parts is incredible. The problem he has is that his set-up has no governor. I'd imagine he has to rebuild it after any decent storm. For only a few dollars, you can build a weighted governor to pitch the blades in high winds so it doesn't over-speed and fly apart. For probably right around $100 a pop for materials, you can get plans for a small turbine that uses an automotive alternator with a governor you can whip up in your garage...imagine the good you could do sending a couple hundred of those over there...

Retard. ZR1 had a 50hp disadvantage. Even it up, Nissan eats dust.

Anybody wanna bet the guy pissed in the exhaust?

Just in case anyone is interested, the local Metro Parks love having old, dead nests to put on their touch-tables so kids can look at them up close. The one at my Mom's nature center is getting kind of ragged.

hmm, I may have to come out for this...

Sharon Woods is close enough to suburbs that there isn't any hunting nearby, and popular enough that there's a shit-ton of idiots that can't read DO NOT FEED ANIMALS signs, so you have a population that is used to people being harmless. Most deer will tails-up and run if they see a person at any distance.

The low-RPM torque peak is pretty typical of any roots-type or screw-type supercharged motor. Mine actually peaks lower than that, probably somewhere around 2200rpm, although I lose that peak to the high-stall converter.

I'll sell him the one I used here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQSLSePjkw

Take a look at the front "suspension"... The chunk of frame and the axle he welded in there are 4WD. I'd bet he DID have it hooked up as 4WD, and the driveshaft for the front blew up, and that's why he's selling it.

Yeah, you have to change the oil immediately after buttoning up the car after the LIM job, and again after a while of running(I hear 50-100 miles, depending on who you ask). Not doing the immediate oil change is an almost guaranteed bearing fucker, and not doing the later one is courting disaster. As for gas-wash, I think you'd blow a piston from fuel-lock before you gas-washed the rings from being rich.

I guarantee you that that ASC GNX is bullshit. I can name five people right now who would burn down a dealership that killed that car( I'm on the top of the list.),and I guarantee any dealer that had even one mechanic or knowledgeable salesperson on the staff would realize that they could make a 500% profit even if it was a rusted hulk, just by upping the offer a couple hundred bucks over the gov't payout.

And this is why I laugh at idiots that actually like those movies...

Been to Fort Knox a couple times, my Dad spent time there when his father was in the Army. He told me about scavenging idiot grenades(some idiot forgot to pull the pin) from the grenade range and taking them to an old quarry to toss them in... One piece of advice, don't stop to change a flat within sight of the Reserve.