tristanlee85

Hmm. I'm just getting mixed opinions about this (not that I don't trust your advice) and I haven't been able to find an exact reason why I should choose 1 metal over the other. Speaking with a welder who has been making turbo manifold as a professional career, and a side-project of www.alphatuning.com, he says: Yet, it seems like the consensus when a manifold cracks is "well, you shouldn't have used 304". I believe Full Race uses either 304 or 308. Also, the carbon rating of 321 is much higher than 304. Wouldn't that increase the harness and be more prone to cracking? I also found this. It seems like 304 and 321 have similar properties, but don't think I am saying the quality of 304 is that of 321.: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4268/steely.jpg I'm not sure how relevant that information is to the topic at hand, though.

I am getting rid of my current turbo manifold and plan on building a new one within the next month. What I currently have is made from 304SS and mild steel flanges. Looking at McMaster, there is about a $2 difference between 304SS and 316SS butt-weld fittings. I'm not exactly sure which type to go with. My gut tells me 316, but I don't know enough about the properties of the steel to know exactly which type to go with. Many tubular turbo headers that I see are made from 304SS as it's pretty cost-effective. However, with 316 on being $2 more, if it's better for my application, then I'm going to spend the money on it. Professional opinions please.

I saw the one you mentioned where the cops shot her as she was walking toward them with the knife.

Agreed. The version I got had a different ending from theaters apparently. For one, I hate films in that view. Drives me nuts, but I got used to it. Secondly, the bitch was too hysterical and annoyed me. Thirdly, it was not scary. Fourthly, I would smash her. Lastly, repeat fourthly. I am also glad I didn't pay.

Ooooohhhh I see.

Ehh. That may be a bit tough with the installed GFI's. Kind of a waste of energy to get back out of the tub every time to reset the breaker. I'd rather just bathe and be comfortable.

Hmm. I guess I thought track day was when you go to the track and race against someone else? And hell, even if your little heart so desires, you can exchange a few bills after the race is over. I guess if you want to pay for a track day event and stand around and talk you could do that too, but be sure to race and win to break even.

What. The.

Haha.

Wow. haven't seen that before.

99 Saturn SL

This happened about a week ago. He's not on here. He lives in Indiana, but Brian met him when we dyno'd the car a year and a half ago. There's really no reason why Bill should have survived this (don't take that the wrong way), but he's one lucky fucker. http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/BillWreck/IMG00041-20091101-1628.jpeg http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs110.snc3/15769_1077126426631_1780372397_163875_6941801_n.jpg http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs090.snc3/15769_1077126546634_1780372397_163878_4872554_n.jpg And the whole messed up part about this is the following: http://www.plastikhosting.net/uploads/tristanlee85/BillWreck/IMG00047-20091101-1630.jpeg Up through the seat belt and out the big hole in the passenger side of the car. What they speculated was he went off to the right of the road, over-corrected to get back on, spun the car around, it caught a tree and ripped off the door, rolled around 4 - 6 times which ejected him, and then it slammed into a tree. He escaped with a couple scratches and brain bruising. I believe he was in the hospital for a week and 4 days. He finally got back home today. I drove up to IN 2 days after it happened and was utterly shocked in his condition. Anyway, I figured I would just share this. Pretty weird stuff.

At first I thought my Flash player was messing up so I rebooted my computer, but once I realized I was an idiot, it was a good watch.

It's accurate as far as calculations go, but not a true air:fuel ratio. For example, when I run E85 in my car, I know that when my datalog shows 14.68, I'm at 1 lambda so conditions are stoich, but the actual air:fuel ratio is roughly 9.87:1 since I am injecting more fuel to compensate for the higher ethanol content. Either way though, you can still tune by both accurately. Assuming the tuner understands the target gasoline AFRs, just tune your fuel based on that, and assuming the equivalent ratios are the same.

Meh. Needs a clutch. It just sits for now until I can afford one.

Hey, Kyle. Didn't ever think I'd see you on here.

I will probably come hang out again.

Wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow.

Back a month or so ago when they had the one on Stringtown Rd., a van in front of me read the sign about the sobriety checkpoint and made a left at the intersection to avoid it. I went through it, but I wasn't one of the selected cars so I had to drive around. Too bad a couldn't nark out the person in the van. That's just the type of person I am.

Does the act of drunk driving prevention really upset you that much?

Did a drunk driver make this post?

Silver calipers and clear coat the rotors.

In addition to what I said in your PM (which was a highly intoxicated attempt at humor), there are a couple things I should point out. A) you will not make 350hp on the LL0 with stock internals. It won't happen. I'm assuming your friend or whoever you talked to may have a Redline with a 2.2. That I could see making 350hp. B) AlphaTuning (the link above) has been making kits for a while. Mike's stuff isn't cheap, and it's guaranteed to work. I'm not sure how long he's been in the business, but clearly he doesn't do just Saturn kits or he wouldn't have a business. I had my car dyno'd on an old setup with the stock internals with a sweet boost spike and made 272wtq/262whp. That was a spike up to about 17psi around 5100rpms and then it dropped back down to 12psi. The current setup (the link Gearhead posted) made 338whp/317wtq on a DynoJet earlier this year, and then 379whp/334wtq on a DynaPack a few months ago in Hotlanta. So... close to 400hp in a 2400lb plastic box is pretty fun I guess. If I could go back in time I would have saved my money though.

You've got to love to Tennessee troopers sitting right on the state line. I don't know how you could do that on a bike. I've seen so many idiots cut inside the turns too far to feel safe out there on a bike.

Damn street racers.