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    No other Generation

    and you have a metric motorcycle for the same reason
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    No other Generation

    junk and pqtr, just have a little closer look at the suspension and steering, and the overall geometry and look at the results in handling on the G pad or would that be the Corvette G spot? and you will notice that the C3's had more in common with an Impala than a C4. im jus sayin(save me some...
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    Is the LS9 Engine the end of Performance as we know it?

    . electric for sure but with 4 motors, one on each wheel..for outer space handling.. gas turbines are way too inefficient...
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    New guy in Arkansas

    :w..ready, set, go :lou:lou
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    Thermostat trick...?

    .. yes, Wilshire and masselin i've had thermal issues with this ride since day one,... i popped an upper radiator hose 100 yards from my parking spot before i got it home. it was way hot the first day. no ill effects, except to my psyche.. then,after replacing the hose and belt and fluid, when...
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    Thermostat trick...?

    .... i have my fan adjusted to come on at 160.. the cars runs 174 the throttle response indicates a stronger mix.. and..horsepower must be up... cooler is better, if you run stock 220 degrees and have any kind of failure then you have just bought an engine or at least a head gasket.. with a 160...
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    Thermostat trick...?

    .. whatever....the older american cars ive done this to also ran hotter...?
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    Thermostat trick...?

    . we pulled mine out befor i began to look for other answers, and, it did run hotter..220 without, 204 with
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    Thermostat trick...?

    .... this is true... the system pumps way too fast to ever cool off in the radiator and will run hotter
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    Thermostat trick...?

    mine ran 220, that freaked me out...
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    Thermostat trick...?

    yes...your right
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    Thermostat trick...?

    if the radiator is cooler the condenser will be cooler...
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    Thermostat trick...?

    .... the fan alone doesnt do much.. i did that first
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    Thermostat trick...?

    ...... hey Roger, i am in los angeles also, over by the tar pit.. i didnt like last summer...running at 204..the AC just wasnt cold enough.... and i had to put my solid top on to keep from being in a convection oven.. i bought a hypertech 160 on ebay and got it the next day.. i pondered all the...
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    Thermostat trick...?

    i crammed a towel under the tank hose and snatched it, and elevated said hose higher than tank... lost , maybe one coffee cup of fluid... replaced everything and , test drive to the car wash.. sure enough, my baby runs 30 degrees cooler..174.. throttle response is up and air conditioner is...
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    best sfuff for gaskets?

    JBWeld, just make sure you have it on straight...
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    Trailer Hitch Do's and Don't's

    ... im ok at balancing trailer loads and fabricating hitches, ive done at least a hundred(Shop foreman at a weld fab shop) but it's the bounce that i am concerned about.. interstate highways are full of dips and bumps and just dont want to drag bottom cruzin 75.... ill just buy a road bike..lol...
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    Trailer Hitch Do's and Don't's

    about 500lbs
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    Trailer Hitch Do's and Don't's

    it's for pulling a chopper
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    Trailer Hitch Do's and Don't's

    ...ok thanx
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