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  1. Fingers

    Password Hacked Here

    Was not sent from this site. Form letter. Auto-generated, fill in the blanks type. Most likely from a user data dump. Fishing for sure, but had email<=>password connected. I assume you are not storing the passwords as clear text anywhere nor have a way to generate the clear text now. So I am...
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    Password Hacked Here

    Don't ask me how I know, but the people who shake you down for money are not usually the people who hack the site. They buy the data on the dark web. The price goes down as the data ages. That password was old and could be from when McRat was running this show maybe. Don't know the last time I...
  3. Fingers

    Password Hacked Here

    More of a warning to others Tom
  4. Fingers

    Password Hacked Here

    Got the "You've been hacked!" email. This time with a password I only used here. So, time to change passwords again folks!
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    Piston coatings?

    Within limits, yes it is an option. Swain in NY does it also. There appears to be at least two general types. An UHMW type coating and a hard ceramic like coating. I think one of the coatings from Swain is even machinable.
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    Raising LMM compression

    No, Just no market. I think Mark Broviak had something for his engine dyno at one time. I showed him mine, but he wasn't interested at the time.
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    Raising LMM compression

    Custom data collection board, software and a glow plug adapter with sensor.
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    Raising LMM compression

    I haven't in a long time. Wasn't the hot seller that I thought they would be.
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    Raising LMM compression

    I should add that when I built the motor, I was shooting for 17.5 :1 (stock) as I said in my post in 2018. I messed up back then. I think when I changed the valve relief from 0.075" to 0.050" or something like that. Duh Using the chamber pressure sensor showed the effective compression to be...
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    Raising LMM compression

    My current engine is 18.5:1 effective CR. Never again.... My opinion(s), for what its worth. The "perfect" compression cycle and what happens in our engines are not the same. We lose a stupid amount of thermal energy through the pistons, cylinder walls and head. Primarily the Pistons, then...
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    Current record for the Oval Race Cast pistons!

    Lost track of time.... go figure. I get off the road next month and will write something up. Promise. Short review is it ran so great I overheated the SOB. (my fault) Engine is running well, but is hurt. low oil pressure is now an issue.
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    Help Me Decide

    Trying to justify the $$ and don't want to do it half ass. If I put say $20K into the old girl, she is only worth $10K - $15K and lives for another 5 years. If I take the money, and the residual the truck is worth, I could maybe step up a decade for the same money. Take the same money and buy a...
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    Help Me Decide

    Lift pump is 20 years old too. Add that to the list....
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    Help Me Decide

    To those claiming that a 20 yr old truck is more reliable towing 26,000#, get real. Once you crack the 100,000 mile mark, you are chasing one issue or another. I have not traveled any distance in the truck in the last 5 years because it is NOT reliable any more. All little shit too. until the...
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    Help Me Decide

    Emissions.You don't know me real well, do you.:LOL::LOL:
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    Help Me Decide

    In the worst heat of the summer, I hurt the engine on my '04 LLY. I was pulling the trailer in stop and go traffic with steep hills while grossing over 26,000#. A lot like back to back sled pulls with no cool down between. Water temps were not bad, (220-230 max) but the oil pressure dropped to...
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    Injector Limit for Cast Oval Bowl Pistons???

    The ovals have proven themselves. There have been three types of "failures" and only 4 sets involved in total that I am aware of. Bret managed to crack the piston at the top of the wrist pin bore. Not a true failure, since no parts were lost. But the cracks were there. Didn't discover the...
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    Bought, wrecked, rebuilding a 2009 LMM

    No, 1444pk just supplies 12V power to the on/off button which is a momentary contact switch. The power tickles the BCM through the resistor and senses the high voltage level on 1884gy . The BCM now closes the GND for the LED (1758). There is most likely steady lower voltage power coming from the...
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    Street Build? Cast or Forged Pistons?

    I resemble that comment!
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    Street Build? Cast or Forged Pistons?

    Oi, all this again.... All factory pistons are cast. Aftermarket cast pistons come in two varieties; OEM spec and slight redesigns like the Mahle race cast. Besides the steel ring land, the cast are more dimensionally stable. So they don't require the PTW clearance to accommodate piston...
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