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    Help! SOS, I need a tow!

    yep.
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    Help! SOS, I need a tow!

    Glad to see you're making progress. Good buddy of mine just broke his crank at #1 about an hour ago.
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    New duramax rods iv been working on

    If you're having these manufactured in China, you better have some serious quality control. They do whatever they want over there. They will make undocumented engineering changes or changes to any part of the manufacturing process. If you are not there or don't have someone overseeing the...
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    So, Why Oval?

    Please correct me if anything I said is incorrect.
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    So, Why Oval?

    Yes, the equations are not difficult to find temperatures at each point in the diesel cycle if you know the air temperature, pressure, static compression ratio, and energy transferred to the working fluid in the cycle. However, to say that pressurizing the air creates heat is not technically...
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    GM diesel techs?

    The millions are all yours if you can design a better system at equal or less cost. The engineers are not the limiting factor.
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    2 stroke oil in fuel..??

    Klotz makes several oils. My personal experience with Klotz oil in 2 strokes is that is works really well protecting the piston and cylinder walls, but leaves the power valve and inside of pipes an absolute mess. I ran every oil they had to offer for 30 hours and then rebuild and switch to one...
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    Torque converters? What to use. Going to have Teddy Christopher from M&T Enterprises

    You know them? I feel bad for you.:roflmao:
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    Green Compressor Wheel?

    air filter delete
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    Engine build

    the one im talking about was built by socal in 2012. im confident is was assembled properly. i think in this case its just several hard miles on forged pistons with multiple people behind the wheel having their fun.
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    Engine build

    you're not the only one blowing the dipstick out. A good friend have an almost identical setup on his lmm with the exception of an AF cam and fingers pistons. it started blowing the dipstick out and showering the engine bay with oil every time the pedal went to the floor. we didnt check...
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    Snow Day!

    I went golfing with work in LA one time...we were told our golf etiquette was sub par. I dont know how anyone plays nine holes without at least 9 balls
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    LB7: eating batteries

    Edit. posts submitted at the same time
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    LB7: eating batteries

    are you saying that with every fuse pulled out you can light the test light with the clamp on the negative cable and touching the light to the negative post? is there anything that's powered right from the battery and not switched, like the brake controller?
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    Beer of the nite

    great night and even better morning...and my company celebrates martin luther king day!
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