GAS PRICES!

[TAB]

depends, when its a comptur controled they have to flash the system.  when its old school, you fallow the cable down to the trans and replace the gear on the end and/or the gear in the tranny.


just a FYI, removing the cat is a federal felony... so it you have one, you need to run one.

[tombogan03884]

With the increase in computerization in the engine you no longer gain any thing by removing it any way.

[TAB]

yes and no.

it would be intresting to see what kind of MPG we could get with modern electronics with out smog crap.

My next truck will be pre 76.  It will have a 351w, AOd4, a 4 bbl vaccum secondar carb and points.

if it ever brakes I will be able to fix it with a screw driver.

my brother that went to school to become a mechanic and was one for awhile can fix computer controled cars, but if its got a carb he can't fix shit.  it cracks me up, they don't even teach it anymore.

[PegLeg45]

With the proper octane gas, a properly tuned v-8 without all the smog equipment will usually run cleaner than a car with shitty gas and emissions control equipment.
I had a Car Craft issue where a guy passed the 'sniff test' machine with a 427 big block Chevy in a Chevelle (obviously wouldn't pass the visual equipment test), but can't find the article.

[TAB]

I know when I fill up with nevada gas I get about a extra mpg.  no alky in thier gas.

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[MAUSERMAN]

Hey Ratcatcher it just cost me $98.00 to fill up my work truck. My Chevy 2500 6.0L burps after a fill up. Not so bad with my 1500 though it only has 4.3L.

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[billt]

Forget Silverados and Expeditions. This will kill the airlines and cargo transporters. It takes 3,000 to 4,500 gallons for a fully laden 747 to take off and climb to 30,000 feet. At $5.00 @ gallon that's roughly $15,000.00 to $22,500.00 in fuel costs alone for the first 20 minutes of flight. At cruise it burns 1 gallon per second! 60 gallons per minute, 3,600 gallons per hour. And the 747 is considered one of the more fuel efficient aircraft in service on a cost per passenger mile, or pound of cargo basis. Look at fares and cargo fees to go sky high.

Remember Hussein wants this. He has as much as said so. Higher fuel prices equates to forced conservation in his mind. He wants everyone to drive one of those little "green" $h!t boxes, no matter if they want to or not. This is the fastest way to get them to do things his way. He doesn't give a damn about what the people want. His "health care program" proved that if it proved anything.   Bill T.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/question192.htm

Fuel burn 747-200s or 747-300s...

Jet fuel weighs 6.84 pounds per gallon.

1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) for the taxi-out for takeoff...
Assuming a heavy aircraft at 377,000 kg (833,000 lbs) takeoff weight, it will burn some 15,000 kg (33,000 lbs) to initial cruise level FL290 or 310...

First hours of cruise, expect some 13,000 kg (28,000 lbs) FF per hour...
As the plane gets lighter, at the end of cruise, maybe at FL370 or 390, the FF will decrease to under 10,000 kg (21,000 kg) per hour...

Descent, approach, landing, generally burn 3,000 kg (6,000 lbs) total...

Taxi-in will be anywhere from 500 to 1000 kg (1,000 to 2,000 lbs)...

That's an approx. average of over 220 gallons just to taxi in after it turns off the runway until it parks at the ramp!

In this 2:45 video it has consumed close to 800 gallons.

 

[Hazcat]

Commercial over the road trucks get 5-6 mpg.  When the rate goes to 4(+) a gallon that raises the cost of all goods delivered and there are DAMN FEW things on shelves in any store that didn't involve trucking.  So look for SERIOUS food, and goods price increases in the near future.

Remember the tires on his truck, oil, etc are all costing him more, too.  The costs must be passed on if the trucker is to remain in business.

[PegLeg45]

I know when I fill up with nevada gas I get about a extra mpg.  no alky in thier gas.

We have a locally-owned gas station in town with non-ethanol gasoline that sells for the same price (or usually within a couple of cents per gallon) as the bigger operations (which nearly all run at least 10% ethanol). I get 2-4 mpg better mileage on the non-ethanol gas. A lot of folks think they are saving by running ethanol or E-85 because it runs 20-30 cents cheaper per gallon. But what they don't realize is that the ethanol burns at a higher rate per mile....so overall mileage suffers....usually to the point of being a wash money-wise.