I let the shop owner take my car to lunch or whatnot when they have it. Though, he tossed me his keys to take his truck to work when they have my car. I have a habit of always resetting the accelerometer after pulls so it's always low g's when given to them. He always makes a pull or two, but...
I would love to. The blower and 10 speed wouldn't like it. LOL
I used to spend a LOT of time there on sport bikes. Back then Connie and Scott ran it, now I hear that Connie retired and Scott and his wife run it. That was one of my favorite things about Hallett was the family atmosphere!
Yes, also for auto. Once this is all sorted out we are switching insurance with urgency! My car wasn't hurt but, the wife's car was. They are fighting totaling it out, yet are planning on replacing every panel on the car except for the driver's door.
My dad retired from the AF while stationed at Malstrom in Montana working as a crew chief of a KC-135. Was on Moon Island off of Oman during the first Gulf war.
Kids are definitely expensive! I've got 2 myself and like me their toys keep getting more and more expensive! Sports(multiple each) eat most of our time and discretionary spending!
I've gotten lucky! I've only been a half quart low twice now between oil changes and both were before supercharging. Before boost I checked the oil every 2,500 miles and changed it every 5,000. Since boost I check the oil every 1,000-1,500 miles when checking the catch can and change it every...
12:1 is normal Gen3 compression. I don't believe that any of the big tuners like Wengerd and a few others would have any problem tuning it. They can do remote dyno tuning as well if there is a dyno closer than Lidio. Either way, post up numbers when done!!