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Question: On the matter of transexuals, should we treat them as their former gender or there current one? Transvestites I can figure out on my own but this one's a stumper... I dunno. Is a gay transsexual straight? Is a stumper a slang term for transsexual? More questions than answers here. Where's our local experts on this?
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Quote: Bah. That would require more work on my part. Us mods only get paid like 6 digits for being on here, so lay off man!
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As you can see, my avatar standards are very strict.  Since she is obviously enjoying it, or drunk enough to enjoy anything, how about banning him if he doesn't post it full size and uncropped within 3 days?
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... car always starts. Any ideas? RACE ON!!!
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the more you do to squash information, the more people want to learn about it.  100%. And it applies to the bannings and questioned moderation as well. The best way they could solve subversion, is by not giving it any attention.
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Question: On the matter of transexuals, should we treat them as their former gender or there current one? Transvestites I can figure out on my own but this one's a stumper...
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Me neither. And the reason I asked where you got that DTC description is because I can't find any reference to it in the 1996 factory service manual...
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Easy to change, but hard to get them to seal properly without leaking later on.
I've had the best luck with the right stuff and thicker rubber gaskets. But even those start leaking eventually. It's very hard to get a good seal against the rough head surface. Don't tighten the bolts too much. Someone else suggested using only RTV and no gasket.
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My 94 doesnt sit high at all, id venture to say its as low as your black one in the avitar Well let's see it, Casey!
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Capital letters? Punctuation?
Quote: stanard 3fitys were The '84 crossfire is a conventional SBC, same as introduced in 1955. RACE ON!!!
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It's always good to hear of rare government logic on such matters. Hopefully the classic/special interest car and hot rod markets are large enough these days that similar logic will prevail in most jurisdictions, over the whining of the radical shrub-huggers.
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Thanks for all info on spring rubber, purchased spring from Toptechx6.now I don"t need to think about spring fatuige. This forum has been more helpfull than Corvette forum on all my post. Craig
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Well now I'm starting to feel bad that I didn't mention all of the others as well But I did say initially...
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With me here, if anyone sees it happen, report it to me ASAP, and i will clean it up as soon as i get to it, so that I have exclusive access to the leg humping. Fixed it for you. Hard to hump from way down under anyways. You'd get a sore back.
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are they easy to swap out gaskets??? not having car here i cant look..stanard 3fitys were 4 bolts and fairly easy??how bout these vet covers??
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As you can see, my avatar standards are very strict.
Had she looked like she wasn't enjoying it, I wouldn've had to remove it. 
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Thanks very much for taking the time to explain all of that...
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Too much in one package, it doesn't fit together. Oddly enough it was the GTM that put me in a Vette. Could not justify $20K for the kit $10-15K for the donar car,and a year or two to build it.I found the C4 and now problem solved. :thumbright:
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It really depends on what angle they start out at.
I know that stock, mine gets negative camber under rear compression. Which is a good thing, to an extent. Except that the rear doesn't get compressed equally in turns. The body is going to roll which causes the points to change. I'd think lowering those bottom-inboard links would reduce the amount of camber change. But would need to see all the points and angles to be sure.
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exactly, and I want it to be done correctly.... I am going to check around and talk with my mechanic, however I am not aware of anyone in my area who can tune a setup on a supercharged vette...... not to mention the car has to be serviced.....
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Central Coaster, can you explain here, as you did so well on CF one time, about how deposits from crappy and/or improperly bedded pads are generally often much more responsible for the vibrating pedal effect that folks assume are warped rotors? That was an eye-opener for me but I cannot explain it nearly as well as you did.
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Every day is a fantasy for me Case. The key is starting out every monrning with a case of beer.
A joint and a BJ will also suffice, if you can't get to the store.
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Sounds like they need to be bedded at least.
I had to rebed my wilwood after leaving some nasty pad deposits from locking em up on toasty hot brakes, I tried everything. Finally scuffed the rotors and pads down and took about a 1/2 hour of racing at Cal Speedway before the vibrations finally went away. The whole damn hood was shaking during the first part of the day under hard braking. Smooth as silk now. I highly recommend the bias spring, it'll compensate for the bias you lost by using C5 front brakes. Hopefully your m/c and abs are working properly and the C5 upgrade wasn't just done to mask the original problem.
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For a classic car, I'd like to take a straight '49 Roadmaster convt. (like in the movie "Rain Man") and put a strong silent engine in it with modern suspension and rack and pinion steering. That was an ultra-sweet car! About a year or two later the Buick had a similar grille but it extended downward overtaking the bumper. Those things are absolutely gorgeous! I've always wanted one in the fast back body style to make a very mild custom but very serious hot rod out of. I also cream my jeans over the fast back, tear-drop headlight Oldmobiles of that era.
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Sounds good. Give it a shot, I think you'll be pleasantly suprised.
Got any pics of the 88? Color sounds interesting.
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Hmm. My motorcycle is running great and my feet are dry. I'd say it's a good day.
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In researching the supercharger thing it looks tempting but seems to have its own dark side and complexities that may not be worth it (to me) for a daily driver..... unless I see some info to the contrary, supercharging a vette might be good for a weekend warrior... not a DD..... Although I certainly believe it can be done successfully, that's kind of the conclusion I came to too. My choice although would have been turbocharging and I did consider it. But done correctly, these things get ultra-expensive. It costs way beyond the price of a given "kit" to do it right.
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Bleed them properly (with car off) and ensure that pedal is rock hard. Also make sure the booster pushrod is adjusted properly so you don't have any extra play in the pedal.
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don't fret this one... I think the new software will resolve these issues. When? In the meantime guys, we can edit the links/pics down to make them more user friendly. I did in the linked thread. Feel free to remind me through PM if you see one that's bugging you.
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There are complexities and attention to detail is a must, but any car can be a good supercharged daily driver. In fact, most supercharged street cars are more tame for the street than unsupercharged cars making similar power. Although not a vette, I have 2 friends with a superchargers on Cobras. The one car is EXACTLY like stock when idling and cruising, yet he runs 11.28 at 121 in the 1/4 mile. It is a Kenne Bell. The other has a whistle while idling but otherwise seems like stock. It is a vortech S trim, and he has run 11.34 at 130. Very traction limited. Both are sticks. Both could be in the 10's easily without much more modifications. The one with the Kenne Bell is bone stock other than the supercharger, it still has the stock exhaust and all. I don't know anyone with a vette to compare to, but I know that supercharging can result in a very fast car that is very much able to be a daily driver. I think it is all about the tune.
Also, Notorious put a post up about his combo. If I were in your shoes and I wasn't going to supercharge, I'd let him be my teacher.
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Welcome !! Alot of great people here and we just added another !! Lots of grape people here.
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Quote: Dunno, I guess it seemed like a long drive for a crappy track. Not sure if I had my drag radials yet. But I guess its too late now. I put about 120 runs on them at the 1/8th down here, and went to Famoso once. I wanted to run at Cal Speedway badly, but there's so damn many cars there that I couldnt' even get in when I tried.
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Oh hell, and here I was thinking it was something weird!
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I dunno, but going to all that work then sticking a plastic engine cover under it sickens me.
Toss that in the garbage and give me something to look at! I presume it uses some type of roots blower setup? Or is it centrifugal?
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Well, it has the beige interior, auto (not easy to find a six speed), stock everything right now. According to the RPO codes it is supposed to have a solid top but mine has a clear blue one. My wife is not too excited about it but my two boys are. I got rid of the goat before my oldest was born so this is deep in the cool zone for them, me too. As cool as the old cars are, and I'm certainly not ragging on them, they're just not as driver friendly as a fairly modern Corvette. At least not without a lot of work as in a pro-touring update or something. When I bought my Vette 5 years ago, I already owned a pretty nice 1970 340 Cuda with a stout engine, new interior and very solid body. As cool as it was, I basically just lost interest in it. I finally sold it a couple of years ago. Plus, given the market on '70 Cudas over the last few years, I turned a nice profit on it, nearly doubling my investment.
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The surge tank is the rad fill... and a reservior of coolant. It also increases the volume of fluid in the system.
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I was hoping to hear him talk about spaceships, I'm disappointed.
All cults seem nice and wholesome until you get behind the scenes. I guess its natural to get turned away if you're exposed to the advanced brainwashing sessions too early on. I could mention a few other cults, but we probably have members in them.
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In researching the supercharger thing it looks tempting but seems to have its own dark side and complexities that may not be worth it (to me) for a daily driver..... unless I see some info to the contrary, supercharging a vette might be good for a weekend warrior... not a DD.....
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As nice as it is, it's also obviously a working garage, my favorite kind. Very well done.
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Parts America = Kragen/Schucks/Checkers AutoParts, fwiw.
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but the asinie responses they get because a woman couldnt possibly out drive them If anyone's stupid enough to believe that, they need to go up against ERND IT one time. She's a moderator over at CF in the Auto-X/ Road Racing and SE sections. She's also just a super neat lady and can drive the wheels off of her Corvettes. I've never even gotten close to her times when competing against her. Donna takes her racing very seriously. We both belong to CCRT, a regional racing club that's part of NCCC.
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Sorry, been gone a few days, trying to catch up on everything is getting harder and harder as this place grows!
Quote: With all other factors being equal and assuming the ambient temperature is 80 degrees, does it take the same amount of energy to raise room temperature from 70 degrees to 90 degrees as it would to lower it from 90 degrees to 70? Yes, all things being equal. Although in reality heating and cooling use different forms of fuel and work at different efficiencies, and cost different rates. Quote:
If it's perfectly insulated, then yes. But if its perfectly insulated, ambient outdoor temp doesn't matter anyways. If it's 80F outside, and you have a poorly insulated building, or windows open, you can cool it from 90 to 80F for free, whereas going from 80F to 90F would cost some energy. Quote: And lastly, would the energy need be different if the ambient temp in the above exercise was lower or higher i.e. 50 degrees and going up to 60 or down to 40 or 100 degrees and going up to 110 or down to 90? Nope, same thing. To summarize, you're correct to focus on temperature difference driving heat transfer, but there's also way more to it than that. Most buildings, in the southwest at least, where the cold and hot seasons can be about the same temp difference from indoors, have more air conditioning than heating ability. This is because the buildings are constantly being heated from things that have nothing to do with temperature difference, such as solar loads (radiation) from the sun, thermal mass storage (concrete walls feeling cool in the day, and warm at night), internal heat loads (people, appliances), and then you've got air infiltration or ventilation, where you're getting some outdoor air entering the room directly. This can add or remove heat. The other trick, is it's easy to heat because a typical gas fired heat exchanger can put out really toasty air. A refrigerant cooling coil though, can only go so cold before it freezes the moisture in the air. So for the same amount of heating/cooling, you need more air through the cooling coil because the coil may be only 30F colder than room temp, while the gas heat exchanger in your furnace can be really fucking hot. Now this is only talking about sensible heat transfer. In commercial buildings, and residential in some climates, you have to consider latent heat, which is basically the amount of moisture/humidity in the air. If I'm in Florida, and it's 75% humidity in the morning, I can't just bring cool ventilation air in to my building to keep the workers happy. I'd have to run my air conditioner to condense moisture out of the air, and then maybe even reheat it to get it back to a comfortable temp. Sort of like how the defroster works on your car. Removing moisture costs a ton of energy. A 4-ton air conditioner might only actually do 2.5 tons of sensible cooling in a really humid area. That's when the owner sues the contractor and hire us to redesign it.
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Thanks for the kind replies! Show off Real nice lift too!
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