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I'm not a petroleum engineer, although we do have one on here, so it's possible he may comment and/or correct me if I'm wrong. Oils get their viscosity range using viscosity improvers (VIs), which are part of the additive package that is added to base oils. In general, dino oils need more VIs...

Friend of mine is looking to replace head unit or add carplay/reverse camera to a 2007 Honda Accord. He wants the added features, Not looking for subs or anything crazy. The Accord is one of those cars where the HVAC fascia is replaced, so he wants to make sure it's not a hack job. I do all...

That's exactly what I posted this for actually - just to let people know about it so that they get their $50 or free oil change or whatever. Completely agree, something is better than nothing! For the record, I'm not terribly disappointed with mine. It's not amazing, but it is good. I had a...

Edit - here is the link to the spreadsheet. The viscosities may have changed a bit since I did this. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_mGROhLZzW8nHzE9OEmM0k8iXR6Yi1yTUlcbN-CIzuQ/

I used Amsoil MTF and I changed it at about 26k miles. Amsoil MTF is about as close to the middle of viscosity of the two oils Ford tried. Ford initially tried a very heavy oil for the pre-S550 MT82's and then went with practically water (The DCT fluid they have been using). I mapped out a...

I like my MT82, it is better in shift feel than many other transmissions I've owned, but the 2nd gear nibble and thunk between top/bottom gate throws is pretty lousy (The latter could be a stacked tolerance problem and not entirely the MT82's fault though). I've had T-56's before and I do like...

I didn't see this elsewhere on the site, but a class acton lawsuit was filed today in the 9th circuit district court for defective MT-82 transmissions. MY2011-2019 MT-82 and MT-82 D4 trannys. Pretty much all of the complaints in it are exactly what I have read about here and experienced...

If I read this right, you want to take the MAF sensor from a GT350 and put it in the MAF housing of an aftermarket "tune required" CAI? It might work, but it would probably run lousy. The numbers from a stock housing and a GT350 housing are different in the period vs airflow tables. If the...

I like the way you think :)

I had a long reply that was boring, but more or less said that the Mustang owner is probably egging the neighbors on. Most people - even morons - don't go around vandalizing cars just because. But enough of that... Perhaps the neighbor was a subscriber to the "backpressure is good" mantra...

Yeah I didn't like how much it flexed either. I don't have the rails though, so I was going straight into the pinch weld, and it wanted to cut right through it. That's why I built my wood block sets. I would recommend anyone that does not have jack rails to either use blocks of wood, or those...

I think the math probably works the best. $1000 invested for 40 years (Say he retires at 66) = $7,361 assuming no inflation and a 5% return, compounded monthly. I think that is pretty conservative, especially since the stock market is depressed right now, and there will be some fairly good...

I have the PP, so I think there is more difficulty trying to drive it up ramps. To be honest, I don't think I tried, I just used the pinch welds and an aluminum jack pad. Worked fairly good, but it is a bit more difficult to find a second good place for the jackstand. I bought a quickjack...

You know how it is out here, yeah your neighbors would call the cops after a month of daily startups. Mine was so loud that I started it with the garage door closed. Then I made PVC mini mufflers I slipped over the tailpipes for about 60 seconds before I pulled them off. I'm not making this...

Yeah I miss the mile roads :) Never hung out on the Woodwards/Gratiot's seemed like I was never going into Detroit. I'm old enough to remember when MI actually did have emissions testing (It was a sniffer). I think that went the way of the do-do bird sometime in the 80's or early 90's.

I'm going to be honest here, I doubt it. The stock system is really pretty stout at 2.5 inches x 2. It seems faster, but I'm more than willing to concede that it's the placebo effect. Sound can trick you like that. The suitcase is heavy though, so by chopping that off, you do lose some...

Where do you think I lived when I had open headers :wink:

I went with an X-pipe and Roush AB. Stock 2.5" diameter, stock exhaust manifolds, stock cats. I will forwarn you it is incredibly loud, and this is from a guy who in his earlier years drove around with dumps right at the headers. It is so loud that just giving it a little gas to go up a hill...

Mine had 25k on it when I bought it, but I did buy it used. I bought one truck new with around 40 miles on it. The dealer drove it to a place to change out the head unit and put in a sunroof. It made the lease cheaper and since it wasn't "my" car, I didn't care. I bought a scion once that...

Oh and if you don't want to buy now, or want to buy something else from Bend-Pak/Ranger/QJ they have a scratch/dent/refurb store on ebay (Sometimes). That being said, I just emailed a contact there (Robert) every once in a while. I did that looking for a good deal on the 7000 unit. But like I...