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"Dirt cheap" ?? It's the 'Fixing' and 'Maintaining' experience which is setting that used value.

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well, MAYBE SO .. for your 'odd-fire' oddball. But YES SO for this Yari GR and all even firing 6 cyl engines. picky/picky/picky ... ps

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The quoted figure of 6.5 to 8¢/kwh is not the cost of generation. Those figures were published in a report of how commercial and single-purpose generators were being compensated for their contribution to the system loads. Since it is a price of the sale of the power, the low figure is not a good thing; it represents that the solar and wind generation is viewed by the system dispatchers as nuisances, since they are plentiful when not much needed and usually hard to find when most needed (Needed as in 7pm on a winter weekday when surburbs are heating air and water, cooking and washing clothes/dishes; not present because the winds are calm and the sun has set. Not needed on a weekend mid-day when industry is **bleep** down; present when breezes are gusting and the sun is gloriously shining.)

petersalt · ‎27-05-2022

Bicycle road tires (small/thin ones, not big mtn bike tires) are mounted onto a rim using small tirebead tools called 'spoons' .. maybe because they LOOK like small spoons.

petersalt · ‎26-05-2022

The "raised hood scoop" (seen in the Untertürkheim test grounds pic of the 300SLR) was being high-speed tested for use on the 300 SLS American special (a 300 SL roadster modified to meet Sports Car Club of America racing standards) at a time (well pre-1957) when the 300 SL was not attaining the speed ranges at which the scoop was designed to be HP additive.

petersalt · ‎25-05-2022

well, .. maybe not really. "Slow" is cool for the very first generations of automobiles, the curved-dash Oldsmobiles, the Ford Model A (not the 1929 cars, but the single-cylinder 1902 Model Model A), the Brass-nosed Model T's & etc. After the 1920s, when lots of paved roads were installed around the US, FAST was the criterion for Cool .. and that's never gone away. [And I changed out dozens of exhaust manifolds off 6 cyl Mustangs in New Orleans and Baton Rouge; heavy rains are a fact of life down here, and wives and daughters who drove briskly thru substantial puddles got cold water flung up on that long, hot cast-iron part and broke it in smaller pieces.] If a 6-cyl, four-lug axle Mustang was numbers-matching (w/the original motor), I can value that. If the motor has been replaced (and >60% probably have been), then I'd pop a 289 or 302 into it in a jiffy never looking back.

petersalt · ‎25-05-2022

He didn't SAY "the engine oil pump" .. said: "the front, engine-DRIVEN oil pump .. " (and he obviously meant the transmission's front pump .. IF some transmissions have more than one ..) the pressure isn't 'created' in the torque converter; the transmission's fluid pump draws suction from the sump and provides all the transmission fluid pressure-actuated functions, primarily SHIFTING.

petersalt · ‎18-05-2022

Ok, good read ... HOWEVER, I'm dying to know how THIS works: "tighter valve seals sometimes put more pressure on the old rings, piston grooves, and cylinder walls .." Oh, PLEASE elucidate .. thx

petersalt · ‎07-05-2022

The Corvair turbo engines and the Olds Jetfire Turbo NEED electronically-controlled variable spark advance (and 'rocket fuel' injection) as much as any cars in the world-wide database. Aftermarket sensors and ECU/distributor would be key to implementing these.

petersalt · ‎20-04-2022

I suspect the 3 cylinder (4 cycle) motor fires a cyl every 240º .. ya' think?? And, yes, 6 cylinder Porsche motors (and ALL 6 cylinder 4 cycle motors) fire every 120º of crankshaft rotation.

petersalt · ‎07-04-2022

Lawyers and Financiers ..? REALLY?? (we could shoot them all and the world would still spin .. maybe BETTER.)

petersalt · ‎25-03-2022

Putting iron cylinder sleeves into Vega engine blocks was a land-office business back when those cars were numerous; it was an nearly trivial part of the rebuild. Original pistons were almost always like new, and only occasionally was any additional work needed beyond inspecting a rod and a main bearing, inspecting the oil pump, installing the sleeves, new rings and a gasket set. I put 50k on the rebuilt motor, gave the car to a kiddo; he put 100k more on it.

petersalt · ‎22-03-2022

EPA/DOT policy is restricted by the Administration to being semi-enthusiastic supporters of EV proliferation and adoption. Something like a towing range (maybe 60% of its inburdened range) would NOT be something that would please the administration's EV enthusiasts.

petersalt · ‎17-03-2022

Oh, please .. Let's have a little less of 'cars are bad for the environment...'

petersalt · ‎07-03-2022

So .. it's either a great mystery or state secret .. (what is the displacement of the engine..??) ps

petersalt · ‎04-03-2022

snob ...

petersalt · ‎04-03-2022

Welcome to Europe where good deeds and good intentions rarely go unpunished.

petersalt · ‎03-03-2022

OG movie shouldn't have used the mega-weighted 390 Mustang. Should have used a period Shelby GT350 in civilian paint; the Shelby's street handling would have enabled 'watch my taillights' moves in the SF chase.

petersalt · ‎03-03-2022

Patrick Dempsey is photogenic and reputed to know a bit about auto driving.

petersalt · ‎01-03-2022

The verb is: "Sink .. Sank .. Sunk" ... So, Does read: "Felicity Ace, the Panama-flagged car carrier that went up in flames two weeks ago, has sank .." Should read: "Felicity Ace, the Panama-flagged car carrier that went up in flames two weeks ago, has sunk .."

petersalt · ‎28-02-2022

Sadly true. Legislation/regulations meant to "MAKE" the populace safer and less polluted actually have huge impact in making innovations far more difficult to introduce and produce. Nowdays, a eCCV with a modest range 'slide-in/slide-out' quick-change battery for $10k would be a killer app for setting eMustangs and Teslas out of fashion. [It's the MANDATORY qualities like crash-worthiness and roll-over safety that collectors (like myself) would disdain while ripping around in a '62 fuelie corvette roadster. When authoritarians determine to provide safety to the unskilled or ignorant drivers by eliminating the availability of barely there vehicles, we all pay an enormous cost to our freedom to own and drive what WE determine to be useful and 'safe enough'.]

petersalt · ‎19-02-2022

ACTUALLY, for street and general hwy driving, the Carters are generally outclassed by a conversion to the Quadrajet system .. IF you can find a manifold to fit between that Qjet and your stock engine. Properly jetted and set up, Qjets provide surprisingly good fuel economy as well as quick kick-in of those massive secondaries. just sayin'

petersalt · ‎16-02-2022

The original 1932 "Granville Gee Bee Model R Super Sportster" racing biplane (first flown in competition by Jimmy Doolittle, considered the best pilot in the world) was powered by a newly developed Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp 1,344 cubic inch displacement air-cooled 9 cylinder radial engine which produced 800 hp.

petersalt · ‎10-02-2022

follow the " this marvelous modified example" link in the article to get a vague idea of the original car (this example is a retro-upgraded restoration).

petersalt · ‎05-02-2022

Actually, it may BE a conspiracy. For one thing, the UN IPCC and University of East Anglia/many other government-funded climate research organizations are quasi-religious in the dedication to the CO2 - human caused global warming theory. One slight flaw in the religion is that the computer codes which model the earth/atmosphere & everything else don't quite work; input with decades of environmental and temperature data, the codes DON'T accurately predict the CURRENT temperatures. If predicting TODAY is a problem, then 2050 and 2080 predictions may be somewhat suspect. Additionally, there are many creditable scientists/geophysicists who agree with the skeptics who say that the sun cycles are driving our weather .. and that blaming 'global warming' for every major storm or destructive tornado is ludicrous.

petersalt · ‎03-02-2022

Oil should be replaced when it meets certain criteria regarding contamination, dilution and deterioration of additives. Oil does NOT meaningfully deteriorate while sitting idly in the crankcase of your motor, so the "so many months" guidelines are really only something easier for busy urban drivers to remember than the mileage and degree of hard service by the motor. Your weekly 15 mile outings (IF they include enough medium-speed driving to get the engine completely warmed up) could go on for five or six years before you hit the recommended change mileage for your truck. More frequent changes are perhaps comforting to the owner but really a waste of effort, oil and $$.

petersalt · ‎29-01-2022

no, not vindicative in the least. The GN34 project and the Explorer/4-dr Bronco had NOTHING in common except a competition for corporate funding. Ford's corporate structure has a history of making FINANCE decisions influence product design and production when the $$ ideas should ENABLE good decisions on product. Oh, well, Toyota/Honda/Nissan/etc. showed Ford's ineptitude to great advantage; at least Ford escaped the Literal Bankruptcy of Chrysler and GM.

petersalt · ‎09-01-2022

you may have missed listing your cost of ownership. What did the Volt cost to buy .. and how are you amortizing it into the cost per mile driven. The '81 Tercel is probably a $2000 used Toyota with 140k mi. already on it, so amortization of the cost of ownership is likely pretty low. Just sayin'

petersalt · ‎09-01-2022

As in: "**bleep**" .. ??

petersalt · ‎07-01-2022

Octane degradation is slow, unless the gas tank is left un-capped. 93 octane fuel MIGHT be down to 92.6 after a six-month layup. Octane boosters are relatively cheap to add if you have to do a 12 months layup.

petersalt · ‎07-01-2022

The octane rating on your gas has ZERO to do with the varnish, gum or residue problems which develop when the gas evaporates. Buying gas with good detergent additives COULD benefit those situations, but paying for more octane than your motor requires just wastes $$$.

petersalt · ‎01-01-2022

So DON'T SHOP for cool knives. Get leaf spring packs from old trucks. Use Hagerty's shop plasma cutter or grinder to shape your blade. Get some woodwork guy to make your handles. Heat treat your blade, temper quinch it from hot, then add the edge. try it, you'll be prouder of yours than any bought piece.

petersalt · ‎01-01-2022

Actually, (though you never mentioned it..) sounds like there is a shortage of vehicle storage space at your hangar. Enlarge the garage .. or change houses to one with an existing big space. Gluck, you REALLY need to buy more cars rather than cut down.

petersalt · ‎30-12-2021

His biggest problem is the same as for most of this 'collection' .. no room for a decent large garage in which to park the collection AND the tow truck. Fill your tires with nitrogen (small change), spray the tires with oxidation inhibitor (it's the stuff that makes 'shiny tires' for the shows), and PARK THE TRUCK inside .. shazamm .. tires last for decades when infrequently used.

petersalt · ‎30-12-2021

Be disappointed at idiots in your governments and international organizations. Their mindless religion of AGW is based on comuter models which DO NOT work to predict TODAY from yesteryears' data. Want to bet they are correct about 2050 and 2090 weather??

petersalt · ‎30-12-2021

which is one big reason we're going to REPLACE this govt as soon as possible.

petersalt · ‎30-12-2021

no, you're MUCH more of a fan than a sceptic. we WON'T have enough generation & grid when EVERYONE wants to recharge overnight. yes regs and mpg cafe limits are driving EVs. Doesn't mean we can't roll back regs. no, our traditional mfgs will probably not survive financially their overenthusiastic embrace of EVS. Something will survive, but not the current managements and stocks. no, EVs will not be making MOST buyers happy. no, these are NOT "false lies" .. they are hard realities conflicting with EV religious zeal.

petersalt · ‎30-12-2021

you think? post up pics of your fleet of EVs? Want to call an EV ambulance out in the country?? nonsense might be yours.

petersalt · ‎10-12-2021

you may want to learn how to 'Edit' your post after it goes up ... (see the 3 little 'dots' on the far R margin..?)

petersalt · ‎10-12-2021

That's a 'photo watermark' to show the ownership of the photographs. Any re-use or re-publication of the photos has to be with permission or license of Hagerty; it's THEIR article with their photos.

petersalt · ‎05-12-2021

you HAVE noted that the C8 vette motor lacks the DaimlerBenz and Auto Union's forced induction, right?

petersalt · ‎05-12-2021

The 2-stage superchargers on the DB-601 came out of DB's racing engineering while trying to exceed the AutoUnion and Italian/French powerplants. The Bf-109 used DB-601 and later descendent motors throughout the war.. and virtually every nation had implemented multi-stage supercharging by 1944-45.

petersalt · ‎01-12-2021

Not for me. (and maybe not for you .. IF you have a few 5-gal tanks of electrons .. or maybe NOT.)

petersalt · ‎01-12-2021

HEY! I'm NOT that old! (.. don't feel it, anyway ...) and I removed a LOT of A.I.R. pumps and air injection manifolds for my friends' cars back in the day .. re-tuned and re-timed, those 70s cars could SCOOT with a measure of pleasure.

petersalt · ‎01-12-2021

Carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere - recombined with hydrogen generated from a low-investment electric power source can produce a lovely gasoline-equivalent liquid fuel which can power your 240Z until we run out of atmospheric CO2 (probably won't happen..). The lovely old cars will still be lovely in 100 yrs, and liquid fuels will be reasonably available even then, when battery-EVs are a quaint memory.

petersalt · ‎01-12-2021

Electrics are as old as IC autos. More like 130 yrs each.

petersalt · ‎01-12-2021

(Hellooooooooooo ... wake UP out there.. We DON'T need to wait for next millenium to increase Safety!) EMERGENCY vehicles and Law Enforcement need to broadcast a "CAUTION! ALERT! SLOW DOWN! LOOK AROUND!" on the C-V2X band whenever they turn on the blue lights or flashing amber/red. "Autopilot" or other driver-assist systems would listen to this band continuously and turn control over to the human on receiving the "ALERT!" (or pull over to the road shoulder and park if human doesn't respond..)

petersalt · ‎12-11-2021

Go-zilla, huh? an appropriate nickname for a GTR, maybe .. But is it LIKE a godzilla?

petersalt · ‎12-11-2021

I'm not clear on what an 'equitable' Ferrari is, but I'm pretty sure it's not the same as an "equivalent" vehicle. ("Equitable" is a word which is being vigorously mis-used lately, so I would advise against it.)

petersalt · ‎11-11-2021

did you mean to say: ".. Daytona 500, a moment WHICH remains seared in memories of most of his fans .."