Acidburn

blue, green, orange, black, orange, black, orange, orange, orange

Ames is one tiny little shit hole of a town, btw

so we didn't get a drop of rain today tonight/tomorrow is supposed to be a doozy again, but who knows

I engine brake, coasting is hard on brakes. Engine breaking also shuts off the injectors. Throwing it into Neutral will remove all ability to accelerate in emergency situations. I was about to post about the accelerate in emergency, and the brakes issue. But was wondering if anyone else would add their .02$ I don't think the brakes are at all an issue. Automatic cars do just fine stopping without going through brake pads all the time. And engine braking just causes more wear on the clutch, which is definitely more expensive to replace than pads. If the clutch doesn't slip, would it wear more than just regular driving? Coasting would be fine on brakes as long as you don't try it in hilly country. If you try that in mountains or anything you are going to be in a world of hurt. Each time the clutch engages, there's at least a split second where it's "grabbing" so if you use it to engine brake as well, that's another XX times it's going to "grab". I guess I'm just too used to driving in the very flat Phoenix valley.

I engine brake, coasting is hard on brakes. Engine breaking also shuts off the injectors. Throwing it into Neutral will remove all ability to accelerate in emergency situations. I was about to post about the accelerate in emergency, and the brakes issue. But was wondering if anyone else would add their .02$ I don't think the brakes are at all an issue. Automatic cars do just fine stopping without going through brake pads all the time. And engine braking just causes more wear on the clutch, which is definitely more expensive to replace than pads.

I've talked to my transmission rebuilder friend about the coasting in N in an auto, and he says that the pump will still provide enough fluid/pressure to get keep things ok in a coasting type situation. On every car I've ever driven, you had to push the button in to shift into R from N so it's not like it could just slip.

hey, guess where I'm going

not only is it supposed to rain in Ames, there are 2 detours along the route 1 due to construction and 1 due to flooding

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tomorrow could be very interesting, weather wise

I really need to get a full night's sleep tonight

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yes THE 5.3 the Grizwald wagon ran 14.9 with that engine and it can't be that much lighter than your truck

A remake of Mad Max? it's funny you mention that at the Little Rock meet, there was an 80's Australian (right-hand drive) Ford El Camino type thing that looked a lot like the car in MM

base-lining and then mod-ing the truck

omghi2u!!1

omghi2u!!1

Didn't know you were on LS1tech too! barely I just read the conversions section

the guy with the Grizwald Family Truckster managed to get down to a 14.9 at 94 http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment.php?a...mp;d=1213066844 http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment.php?a...mp;d=1213066844

lawl, you've surpassed me with less time here

really, where else are you going to see a caravan of a '65 Impala, a pair of '32 Fords, a '87 Grand National, and a pair of '96 Impalas

freakin' whore