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    ceramic coating versus stainless steel

    I just read an article about header install on a c6. They installed stainless headers. Earlier this year I installed ceramic coated headers. I chose ceramic specifically for the thermal properties. The questions is, why doesn't anybody offer a coated stainless? I know the stainless is good...
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    About to make that last visit to the vet. Again.

    This will be the third dog in just over a year. It will be the last dog we've had since we got together. I had Rock and she had a Mastiff and a pound dog when I met Mrs Dust. I was hoping she would make it to her 13th birthday, which would be this Thanksgiving, but that's not going to...
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    Holy structural integrity, batman! ... wish I had pics

    Stopped at a convenience store today and this dude pulls in driving a jacked up Dodge Durango. It looked weird, like a lift kit that went wrong. It looked like the guy had just raised the body 8-10 on the frame and left everything else stock, just had a very odd look to it. So as I go back...
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    <<WTB>> MSD/Mallory 6A box wanted

    UPDATE: Looks like I have a deal with a CF member, so for the time being, I'm good. If anything happens I will repost. Looking for the basic ignition box for my DD suburban but willing to look at any good box you might have. So if you have a box just sitting on the garage shelf, let me know...
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    Oil weight debate

    I got into a little debate with a local club member about oil weights. In conversation I told him I don't run the recommended 5w-30 in the c5, but 10w-30 instead. He turned his nose up at that and said he only runs what GM recommends. His argument is that their engineers have tested the...
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    C7 review

    I got to spend a little quality time with a c7 today. The manufacturers frequently do hot weather validation out here and I see manufacturer plates all the time. I saw a c6 coupe all the way back in Feb of '03 when they were testing so maybe this will become a tradition for me seeing the new...
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    Speaking of cross fires...

    Well, at least that other guy was. But I'll use this opportunity to jump on the subject. I just read in the latest edition of "Vette" magazine about the "Renegade" replacement intake manifold for the L83 engine. The blurb in the mag states that it made an additional 30rwhp gain on a modified...
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    Ford vacuum advance

    I have helped a friend with a couple older Fords he's had over the years. One was a Mustang with a 351 Cleveland and this one is an older F-100 with a newer 302 in it. Even so, they're both carbureted and non-computerized. In both instances I set up the timing with the vacuum disconnected...
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    Question for my European friends

    I have a friend here who is originally from France. I like this guy, he cracks me up. Part of what makes him so entertaining is also what frustrates me to no end. A few months ago he bought this old Chevy pick up someone else had already put a late model 454 in. He pulls it out and asks me...
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    This is why I'm a packrat

    The Mrs and I live in a very small, very crowded house. It doesn't help that we're both "packrats", we can't seem to throw anything away that we may have the slightest possible use for in the future. In my quest to break myself of this habit I have decided that I will throw things away unless I...
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    I finally found the bottom of my fuel tank.. Holy hell!!!

    About 7-8 months ago I picked up a Suburban dirt cheap because it had cracked heads. I overhauled the motor and have been using it as my daily driver since. Up until yesterday I had never completely filled up the tank. I've thrown gas in it. $60 at first, then $80, then $100. Each time the...
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    Why on earth would anybody pay a premium for "camel hump" heads?

    I see ads on Craigslist every so often for the old "camel hump" heads. I know that back in the day they were the shit to have. But why on earth would anybody today spend the money to buy and then build a set of old iron heads like that when the basic aluminum Edelbrocks are twice as good for...
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    Truth in advertising: I propose a new law.

    And that law is that the phrase "high quality" and "made in china" can never be applied to the same product. Case in point. I bought a new frige last week. I needed a different valve under the sink to hook up the ice maker. I go to Lowes and pick up a suitable valve. Right on the tag were...
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    Let's talk pistons in an engine build

    I know that piston manufacturers tend to put a notch or some other kind of indicator on the pistons representing where front is on a piston. If it's a two valve relief or domed, I totally get that it needs to be correctly oriented to the chamber. But let's say you have a brand new flat top...
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    I want to be mad, but just can't

    Don't know how many of you are familiar with the project but about 3-4 months ago I picked up a '94 Suburban super cheap because the heads were cracked. Pulled the motor and went through it and now it's just the little things to do with a 20 year old truck, like the alternator shit the rear...
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