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Post by TJ on Sept 4, 2023 18:53:55 GMT -5
Completely stock. Blew A head gasket 5 years ago. So had heads redone, new gaskets, water pump, stupid optispark distributor, plugs and wires. Runs beautiful. Oh and its a 6 speed Yeah they are REALLY proud of thoses Optispark distributors. Bonus on the T56. Helluva transmission. 275 hp engine if I remember right. Yes sir. Its a fun car. A bit of a money pit, but still fun |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 4, 2023 21:49:51 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry about that. I don't think that stuff was worth all that much HP anyhow. Still all stock or any mods? Completely stock. Blew A head gasket 5 years ago. So had heads redone, new gaskets, water pump, stupid optispark distributor, plugs and wires. Runs beautiful. Oh and it’s a 6 speed Stupid optispark distributor. So expensive. So stupid. I hate my LT1. But I’ve owned it since 2006 and I also love it. I won’t be parted with it now. Lol |
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Post by TJ on Sept 5, 2023 4:06:36 GMT -5
Completely stock. Blew A head gasket 5 years ago. So had heads redone, new gaskets, water pump, stupid optispark distributor, plugs and wires. Runs beautiful. Oh and it’s a 6 speed Stupid optispark distributor. So expensive. So stupid. I hate my LT1. But I’ve owned it since 2006 and I also love it. I won’t be parted with it now. Lol Kyle I totally agree. The only good thing that happened when I blew the gasket was the distributor getting anti freeze on it. Had to be replaced, so we changed the water pump too. Car used to run hot, now its great |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 5, 2023 14:30:18 GMT -5
Stupid optispark distributor. So expensive. So stupid. I hate my LT1. But I’ve owned it since 2006 and I also love it. I won’t be parted with it now. Lol Kyle I totally agree. The only good thing that happened when I blew the gasket was the distributor getting anti freeze on it. Had to be replaced, so we changed the water pump too. Car used to run hot, now it’s great my water pump exploded at about 100,000 miles. This was in about 2008 and before I knew anything about LT1s or optisparks or anything. Fixed it. New water pump and new distributor. Well the new water pump pissed out the weep hole straight out of the box and immediately fried my opti. Had to do it all again. 😑😑 The 3rd one lasted quite awhile but failed on me too. I’ll be on number 4 when I get around to fixing it this time. I’m pretty confident about it this time though. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 5, 2023 16:45:33 GMT -5
A few months back I did see that The Nightstalkers came to town and were practicing their trade... saw them over I-10 in the afternoon  then living under one of the flight paths for Luke AFB out to the training ranges I get these birds over my house several times per day or evening during the work week...   Very cool |
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Post by TJ on Sept 6, 2023 3:24:55 GMT -5
Stik that is cool
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Post by Medicman71 on Sept 6, 2023 10:52:56 GMT -5
Very cool!
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Post by tcoat on Sept 6, 2023 11:07:35 GMT -5
Yeah they are REALLY proud of thoses Optispark distributors. Bonus on the T56. Helluva transmission. 275 hp engine if I remember right. Yes sir. Its a fun car. A bit of a money pit, but still fun  |
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Post by mach7 on Sept 12, 2023 7:01:55 GMT -5
 Saw this walking around San Francisco last week. I think its an autonomous cab. |
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Post by stikpusher on Sept 12, 2023 12:06:19 GMT -5
Yup, Waymo is a self driving vehicle that works like Lyft or Uber where it is hired via a phone app. I've ridden in them a few times, and must say that they've been safer than many of the Uber drivers that ive ridden with.
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Post by mach7 on Sept 15, 2023 20:54:17 GMT -5
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Post by eaglecash867 on Sept 19, 2023 14:18:15 GMT -5
Saw these at work today.  |
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Post by tcoat on Sept 19, 2023 19:25:52 GMT -5
Saw these at work today. One flew over my house last week. And living in Canada that is a very, very, very rare thing to happen! We had a big airshow so loads of cool stuff flew over for 3 days. Most were too fast to get pics of though.  |
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Post by TJ on Sept 20, 2023 3:37:58 GMT -5
Saw these at work today. Wow those are brand new King Stallions. So cool |
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Post by Medicman71 on Sept 22, 2023 11:47:38 GMT -5
Saw these at work today. Wow those are brand new King Stallions. So cool Bet they still have that new helo smell. |
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Post by tcoat on Sept 22, 2023 12:07:59 GMT -5
Wow those are brand new King Stallions. So cool Bet they still have that new helo smell. Well I sure hope they don't have that stallion smell!  |
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Post by stikpusher on Sept 22, 2023 12:52:27 GMT -5
They will smell like leaking hydraulic fluid… because if they stop leaking, they’re out of hydraulic fluid… 😉
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Post by keavdog on Sept 22, 2023 13:06:49 GMT -5
When I lived in San Diego I was a stones throw from Miramar and a flight of 5 of those monsters flew overhead. There is a crazy amplifying effect of the rotors beating against each other that is crazy loud. Very cool to witness.
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Post by stikpusher on Sept 22, 2023 14:32:20 GMT -5
Yes, the 53E is super loud flying overhead! We had a flight of three fly over our house a few days ago at maybe 300’ AGL, and they were practically shaking our house!
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Post by eaglecash867 on Sept 22, 2023 16:53:36 GMT -5
Stik beat me to it on the description of the smell and the hydraulic fluid leaking. When these flew out shortly after I took the photo, I could feel them coming. The hangar floor was buzzing,
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Sept 22, 2023 19:09:40 GMT -5
Just like the Sh@t Hooks in Panama, circa, 1986. drums in the bay, better safe than never, HA!
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Post by tcoat on Sept 22, 2023 19:15:02 GMT -5
Stik beat me to it on the description of the smell and the hydraulic fluid leaking. When these flew out shortly after I took the photo, I could feel them coming. The hangar floor was buzzing, I LOVE THE SMELL OF JP-5 IN THE MORNING |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Sept 24, 2023 9:56:33 GMT -5
Stik beat me to it on the description of the smell and the hydraulic fluid leaking. When these flew out shortly after I took the photo, I could feel them coming. The hangar floor was buzzing, Just like the Sh@t Hooks in Panama, circa, 1986. drums in the bay, better safe than never, HA! And Steve beat me to it on the Chinook thing. Common saying among us Huey guys that shared the same hangar with the Chinooks. |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 25, 2023 5:31:52 GMT -5
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Post by 406 Silverado on Sept 25, 2023 6:13:52 GMT -5
It's always good to see cars and trucks like this out and about and they are getting to be fewer and farther between in seeing them. Thank you for sharing these with us Kyle. This is awesome. Something I did notice in the background that is getting more rare as time goes on is that WS-6 T/A in the background.........  |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Sept 25, 2023 11:17:46 GMT -5
It's always good to see cars and trucks like this out and about and they are getting to be fewer and farther between in seeing them. Thank you for sharing these with us Kyle. This is awesome. Something I did notice in the background that is getting more rare as time goes on is that WS-6 T/A in the background......... I had a photo of the T/A as well but must’ve moved my hand or something as it was quite blurry. I apologize to all the F body fans out there for that. |
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Post by chromdome35 on Sept 26, 2023 8:12:43 GMT -5
M60A3 in Salem MA  |
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Post by Medicman71 on Sept 26, 2023 14:01:52 GMT -5
What is that Stik?
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. Well, it turns out I should have been paying more attention to what they had going on there. Turns out they were having a car show in one of the downtown parking lots, but it ended the hour before we got there. So, we missed out on most of the good stuff. But there was still a handful of cars still hanging around so I snapped some pics before we started wandering around the rest of the festival.
