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Re: Vices
« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2018, 11:37:08 AM »
Quote from: Timothy on January 27, 2018, 08:00:55 AM
That’s gonna happen when ya misspell the thread title...

Once upon a time goin fast was a vice!

Indeed.


Horsepower to weight....horsepower to weight......did I say horsepower to weight yet??  8)  8)
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Re: Vices
« Reply #31 on: January 27, 2018, 12:43:36 PM »
People crack me up when they say how much power their motor made on the dyno....   but how much power  is it making  when you are using It?   If you never go above 4k rpm,  who cares what you  make at 7k.

People are always amazed that I actually detuned  my diesel truck to make less hp, but keep the same torque...  It is very simple, it made it so I can get 1.5 mpg better.    While that is not a lot, it does increase my mileage by almost 10%.   On drive 60k miles a year, that's about 400 gallons of fuel. Or to put it another way, $1000a year more in my pocket. While not a lot of savings, every little bit helps and I am not giving the .gov as much money in taxes, which is always a good thing
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Re: Vices
« Reply #32 on: January 27, 2018, 12:51:06 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on January 27, 2018, 11:37:08 AM
Indeed.


Horsepower to weight....horsepower to weight......did I say horsepower to weight yet??  8)  8)

Yea, I weighed a lot less when I was a go fast guy!
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Re: Vices
« Reply #33 on: January 27, 2018, 12:54:58 PM »
Quote from: TAB on January 27, 2018, 12:43:36 PM
People crack me up when they say how much power their motor made on the dyno....   but how much power  is it making  when you are using It?   If you never go above 4k rpm,  who cares what you  make at 7k.

People are always amazed that I actually detuned  my diesel truck to make less hp, but keep the same torque...  It is very simple, it made it so I can get 1.5 mpg better.    While that is not a lot, it does increase my mileage by almost 10%.   On drive 60k miles a year, that's about 400 gallons of fuel. Or to put it another way, $1000a year more in my pocket. While not a lot of savings, every little bit helps and I am not giving the .gov as much money in taxes, which is always a good thing

If you are referring to my comment, what the situation was is that Chevy way understated the HP of that Z28 and road testers wanted to find out why it was killing cars with listed HP much  higher...so they did the testing...I said dyno really not knowing what procedure they used...

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Re: Vices
« Reply #34 on: January 27, 2018, 04:36:50 PM »
Quote from: Timothy on January 27, 2018, 12:51:06 PM
Yea, I weighed a lot less when I was a go fast guy!

I actually weighed more...so I had to make more power.  ;D ;D ;D ;D

327 cid vette motor with a 350 trans in a S-10 pick-up makes driving more interesting.
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"I expect perdition, I always have. I keep this building at my back, and several guns handy, in case perdition arrives in a form that's susceptible to bullets. I expect it will come in the disease form, though. I'm susceptible to diseases, and you can't shoot a damned disease." ~ Judge Roy Bean, Streets of Laredo

For the Patriots of this country, the Constitution is second only to the Bible for most. For those who love this country, but do not share my personal beliefs, it is their Bible. To them nothing comes before the Constitution of these United States of America. For this we are all labeled potential terrorists. ~ Dean Garrison

"When it comes to the enemy, just because they ain't pullin' a trigger, doesn't mean they ain't totin' ammo for those that are."~PegLeg

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Re: Vices
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Re: Vices
« Reply #35 on: January 27, 2018, 04:54:34 PM »
My lil Kawasaki triple two stroker could toast ANYTHING for 900-1000 ft!

Past that, I needed another gear...or two!

Great fun bracket racing at the 131 Martin Dragway, High School drag days..

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Re: Vices
« Reply #36 on: January 27, 2018, 08:20:39 PM »
A guy I went to high school with put a 454 in his Nova. I heard it was fast but never experienced it for myself.

On the subject of vices, the seven deadly vices according to Dante were:

1. Pride or vanity
2. Envy or jealousy
3. Wrath or anger
4. Sloth or laziness
5. Avarice, covetousness, greed
6. Gluttony
7. Lust
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Re: Vices
« Reply #37 on: January 28, 2018, 02:01:15 PM »
Quote from: jumbofrank on January 27, 2018, 08:20:39 PM
A guy I went to high school with put a 454 in his Nova. I heard it was fast but never experienced it for myself.

On the subject of vices, the seven deadly vices according to Dante were:

1. Pride or vanity
2. Envy or jealousy
3. Wrath or anger
4. Sloth or laziness
5. Avarice, covetousness, greed
6. Gluttony
7. Lust

Bogan would be pleased. 

Lynching A-holes who deserve it is ok..as long as you don't get angry. 
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Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
—Patrick Henry

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
— Daniel Webster
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