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rocking it could've removed any corrosion that may have started, creating a good connection...It does pull straight up, just tight as hell.

Truly awesome, Caj..Order your 1M miler badge from genos/TDR ;)I'm sure that's quite a small, elite group.

That's about right for town driving. Highway should see high-teens, at least. Sent from my EVO Android via Tapatalk Pro

That is absolutely awesome!

HFH!!! DANGER! $4.099 here in NW Virginia. I'm trying to get this BMW 525i on the road to help offset this fuel expense when I don't absolutely NEED to drive the truck..

Daytona Intl. Raceway, Rolex 24hr, 2011...

That's what she said! LOL BTW, can you bring that hoe up to my house, so I can fill in this swimming pool?

The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it. The next day, the kids came back and, one by one, began to tell their stories. There were all the regular types of stuff: Spilled milk and pennies saved. But then the teacher realized, much to her dismay, that only Janie was left. "Janie, do you have a story to share?" 'Yes ma'am. My daddy told me a story about my Mommy. She was a Marine pilot in Desert Storm, and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory, and all she had was a flask of whiskey, a pistol, and a survival knife. https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=77204ba09d&view=att&th=12f2aba8d15f0046&attid=0.1.0.1.1&disp=emb&zw She drank the whiskey on the way down so the bottle wouldn't break, and then her parachute landed her right in the middle of 20 Iraqi troops. She shot 15 of them with the pistol, until she ran out of bullets, killed four more with the knife, till the blade broke, and then she killed the last Iraqi with her bare hands." ''Good Heavens," said the horrified teacher. "What did your Daddy tell you was the moral to this horrible story?" "Don't F--- with Mommy when she's been drinking."

I retained stock shocks as well. No issues at all. Stock wheels as well.

The OE tow mirrors have a convex mirror located there, in the middle of the arm. Aftermarket copies do not have it, but the location is there

UCAs = Upper Control Arms you can also rent coil spring compressors from AutoZone.. At least, you used to be able to.. :edit: Yep, still can. $50 rental, refunded upon return.. http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/OEM-Strut-spring-compressor/_/N-25f9?counter=1&itemIdentifier=555557_0_0_

disconnecting the shocks will allow the front axle to droop enough to almost have enough room. you'll be able to get the springs out, but putting it back together required I take the UCAs loose to get enough droop to fit it back with the spacers.. 2-3 hrs total.

I found one at a hardware store; used for fencing and such. I never did use it, however.

did y'all get hit with it last night?

well, it's been in the 60s and 70s the past week or so.. This upcoming Mon-Tues, they're calling for 70% chance of heavy snow. WTF?

On a '92? Isnt that OBD1? Or do they display codes like that, as well?

Sweet! I used to have a Plymouth Sapporo.

I would expect 'this' to be a better use of machining.. At least more 'bang' for the buck (time)..that, along with knife-edging the "taint".. or divider ;), depending on how well it matches the manifold..

awesomeness!

I was thinking along the same lines, Mike. That has to create a butt-load of turbulence right at a choke-point. I can see where milling the entire divider out would make more benefit to this mod, rather than just a passage. But with milling out the entire divider, you now possibly induce a resonant pulse of exhaust pressures within the exh. manifold. That's partly the reasoning for the divider, in the first place; the concept is to DIVIDE or separate the cylinders whose cycles interfere with one another to best utilize the engine's exhaust pulse energy. For example, on a four-cylinder engine with firing order 1-3-4-2, cylinder #1 is ending its expansion stroke and opening its exhaust valve while cylinder #2 still has its exhaust valve open (cylinder #2 is in its overlap period). In an undivided exhaust manifold, this pressure pulse from cylinder #1's exhaust blow-down event is much more likely to contaminate cylinder #2 with high pressure exhaust gas. Not only does this hurt cylinder #2's ability to breathe properly, but this pulse energy would have been better utilized in the turbine. The proper grouping for this engine is to keep complementary cylinders grouped together-- #1 and #4 are complementary; as are cylinders #2 and #3. In this example, the you would need the divider to coincide with this design. For the CTD (firing order: 1-5-3-6-2-4 ), the exhaust manifold's "dual scroll" division should isolate 1-3-2 and 5-6-4, which it does. Opening that gap between with now reduce exhaust pulse scavenging. I'd be curious to see an unmodded manifold/turbo setup, with dual EGT probes, calibrated together, and install one in each side of the divider (manifold-side) that is accurate enough to read EGT variances. Take these readings pre/post drill mod, to determine if there is, indeed a change and where it truly occurs. ISX, where is your EGT probe located? IOW, which side of the divider on the exh. manifold (1-3-2 side, or 5-6-4 side) if that is where your probe is mounted?

That's interesting. I'm curious to see the (if any) changes are recorded.

See, now you've got me thinking if I'm talking about the correct bearings...

I know what you're saying, but it worked. The syncro springs were a bit of a bear to get back together, so I used a pick-tool to aid in it. After a couple of them, it became "cake" to do. The pick tool was used to get the little spring into position, and hold it in the event that it decided to shoot out..

hmm.. the noise change could be due to the different stress levels the new converter is applying.as for the temp light, it could be the sensor, or even a short/open in the wiring. I know when I disco'd the temp sensor the light came on as if the temp was too high, and it was a cold transmission.

dorkweed, I totally get what you're saying: argue: have an argument about something debate: discuss the pros and cons of an issue I call it a debate I'm not scared to buy higher-priced tires. The OE Michelins are definitely high mileage. They wear like iron. My '96 went 105k mi before the tires were truly "dead". And that's pulling a horse trailer, often, but mostly open road. In the wet, or grass, or anything "non-pavement", they.. sucked. In my yard, after a light rain, they required I engage the 4wd just to get out of the grass without spinning. I sold Hankook Dynapro RT03s (not cheap) to give the Federals a shot in the dark. Reviews and personal experiences from others seems to say they are really pleased with these tires, on and off road, and they wear fairly well. So if I get 50K out of them, GREAT. That means 100K mi would cost me 230$ a piece. I don't foresee me getting 100K mi out of a "high dollar" MT, using it the way I use it. Again, though, that's speculative. If I only get 20K out of these, then I know a 2nd set will not be warranted. I'm just not a firm, hard-core backer of the "pay more - get more" theory. It's often true, but not always. I could have went out last year and paid $10-15k for a really clean 2001 CTD 6 speed truck. But instead, I paid $2000 for one that wouldn't run. $37 later, it was running, and I've been driving it ever since. I'm getting the same operation out of the $2k truck as I would from the $15k truck, but I saved a ton of cash in doing so. Who's to say it won't last as long as the higher-priced one? It may, it may not. But I've got $13k in my pocket to fix the things that go wrong in the meantime. I haven't had to fix anything else of large expense, other than the usual suspects (tie rod ends, track bar, ball joints). Only time will tell with these tires, and I'll give it a go. If they totally suck, then I'll know to go with another tire next time. Outside the box, guys @jmono - I rotate every 3-4K during the towing season, and 5-7k during off-season.