air rail delete.
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OK, I was thinking "quality" in different terms.
No ethanol would be nice, I guess :-)
As far as octane, are you allowing for the different rating methods?
Cheers
DD
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i despise ethanol, it gels so fast compared to regular gas its not funny. I remember when the 10% made its way around when i lived in key west. What an uproar, have the jet skis and boats broken down from that crap.
it runs fine at the percentage we use in low comp cars but its really nasty stuff. You can't leave a car parked very long at all anymore.
it runs fine at the percentage we use in low comp cars but its really nasty stuff. You can't leave a car parked very long at all anymore.
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Not to rehash old debates but either there's some exaggerated urban legend goin' on or I'm *totally oblivious* to the repairs and servicing my cars require.
In my neck o' the woods 10% ethanol has been virtually standard issue for years and years and I can't think of any problem or failure attributable to it.
Along the lines of ....gasp....most horrible things you can use.......
I've used Armor All on my tires since 1977 and the rubber has never cracked. I've used countless Fram filters and nothing bad ever happened. For years I used nothing but Castrol in my Jags and the engines never got gunked up. I've never had WD40 hurt anything I used it on.
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head :-)
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In my neck o' the woods 10% ethanol has been virtually standard issue for years and years and I can't think of any problem or failure attributable to it.
Along the lines of ....gasp....most horrible things you can use.......
I've used Armor All on my tires since 1977 and the rubber has never cracked. I've used countless Fram filters and nothing bad ever happened. For years I used nothing but Castrol in my Jags and the engines never got gunked up. I've never had WD40 hurt anything I used it on.
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head :-)
Cheers
DD
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Not to rehash old debates but either there's some exaggerated urban legend goin' on or I'm *totally oblivious* to the repairs and servicing my cars require.
In my neck o' the woods 10% ethanol has been virtually standard issue for years and years and I can't think of any problem or failure attributable to it.
Along the lines of ....gasp....most horrible things you can use.......
I've used Armor All on my tires since 1977 and the rubber has never cracked. I've used countless Fram filters and nothing bad ever happened. For years I used nothing but Castrol in my Jags and the engines never got gunked up. I've never had WD40 hurt anything I used it on.
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head :-)
Cheers
DD
In my neck o' the woods 10% ethanol has been virtually standard issue for years and years and I can't think of any problem or failure attributable to it.
Along the lines of ....gasp....most horrible things you can use.......
I've used Armor All on my tires since 1977 and the rubber has never cracked. I've used countless Fram filters and nothing bad ever happened. For years I used nothing but Castrol in my Jags and the engines never got gunked up. I've never had WD40 hurt anything I used it on.
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head :-)
Cheers
DD
I live in the Northeast and we have had oxygenated fuel for close to 20 years. I have not had any issues with the ethanol at 10%. In my job as a field engineer I have run into cases where the alcohol content has been closer to 50% and of course the only issue is drivability. I have not seen major failures from them.
I have to say Fram filters have never been a problem for me either. Although it has been a long time since I used them.
Wasn't there an urban legend about Quaker State motor oil?
All the conspiracy theories surrounding ethanol, the government and the oil companies is funny. I guess the Moon landing being faked was getting boring.
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theres no urban legend. Quaker state & pennszoil used to come from pennsylvania and had a high parafin content that made it gum up more easily. today a lot more technology goes into removing the wax from the parafin base.
now nearly every brand of oil is mixed synthetic so it really doesnt matter what you buy.
now nearly every brand of oil is mixed synthetic so it really doesnt matter what you buy.
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I would like to remove those air rails on my '85 XJS due to the fact that they don't check smog after 25 years in TX anyway. I really wasn't aware that the air rails were just for that. I thought they had some control over idle properties as well, but i guess not. Is idle control strictly the domain of the AAV? I'm wondering if I could use those leftover holes for IAC. I was actually considering building 12 single port throttle bodies at some point, but that will be a time-consuming project but I would like to find the time some day ( I do have a small machine shop left over from my old business ).
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Plugging Air ports
While reading the comments regarding removing the air rails, tapping and plugging the holes, -The general gist was to remove the manifolds...however excuse my ignorance but if the lines dump into the exhaust, wouldn't any possible shards from tapping simply fall/get shot down the down-tubes?
-Would almost make me attempt it if I didn't need to strip down half the engine.
What say ye?
-Would almost make me attempt it if I didn't need to strip down half the engine.
What say ye?
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While reading the comments regarding removing the air rails, tapping and plugging the holes, -The general gist was to remove the manifolds...however excuse my ignorance but if the lines dump into the exhaust, wouldn't any possible shards from tapping simply fall/get shot down the down-tubes?
-Would almost make me attempt it if I didn't need to strip down half the engine.
What say ye?
-Would almost make me attempt it if I didn't need to strip down half the engine.
What say ye?