DirtyComanche

Living at work or working constantly? I have to move out of here by the end of next week - and I HOPE I have a place. Working constantly will probably be for a couple more months then I'll be on rotation (yet to be decided, 3 weeks on 2 weeks off is most likely). Unless I take a base position, which might get offered. But I'm not conviced I want to - I'd not work as much (regular hours) but I'd also make a LOT less. I've been working mostly 12 hour days for the 20 on. Kinda leaves a guy burned out.

That's what I've been doing. It's nice. Now only if I didn't actually live at work (crew housing off the side of the hanger) it'd be even better.

And I'm probably going to be pretty quiet for a while. This was my first day off in about 20 days now. And I'm probably going to do another 2 weeks before I get any more time off.

Personally I'd sell the lock-wrong and use the cash to buy a real locker. But that's me.

These ones? http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/view ... light=scca Search 'SCCA' and there's a few other threads.

Yes, you are... I've never actually seen one in person.

4mph would have been well within my margin of rounding, if you mean it works out to 120. I'd take your spreadsheet but lack excel. What formula do you use? If you don't have Excel, my spreadsheet ain't gonna help you. I originally developed it in Quattro Pro, but I long since migrated it over to Excel. Your formula isn't based on actual tire rolling radius. When I did up the spreadsheet I spent a lot of time with tire company brochures and web sites, finding the actual revolutions per mile for various tire sizes. Then I factored that in and created a speed-to-RPM chart for just about every tire size from 205/75-15 up through (IIRC) 33". Yeah, I knew I wasn't factoring in actual height or revs per mile. For my purposes it didn't matter. I was just wondering if there was a more fundamental flaw with my formula.

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Speed at given rpm in OD with 4.56s and 31s.

4mph would have been well within my margin of rounding, if you mean it works out to 120. I'd take your spreadsheet but lack excel. What formula do you use?

Given: 4800rpm .78 OD 4.56 gears 31" tire I do: (4800rpm)(60min/hour)(31inchs)(3.14) --------------------------------------- (.78OD)(4.56gears)(12inchs/foot)(5280feet/mile) Giving about 124mph. Out to lunch?

Like I said, unreliable. And they just won't accept that. They seem to think if you rev a 4.0 beyond 3krpm it'll explode on the spot. Uh-huh. I'd bet money on an abused 4.0 out-lasting any toyota motor anyday.

The thing is, I get a LOT of toy owners who talk to me like this motor is a 'marvel of engineering' or 'the second coming of christ'. When in reality it's am unreliable motor that makes poor power and gets horrible fuel economy.

How many people just HATE 22Rs? I do. Garbage toy crap. 12HP at 6500rpm sure sounds great to me. And 8ft-lbs of torque to go with it. :nuts:

So I as right on it being 1/8th NPT?

It depends what type of establisment they are and who their usual customers are. There's places I can swing deals at, and places that just WON'T work with me. They know that if they wait long enough they can get the asking price and they're willing to wait. $450 is too much. I could get an 8.8 pulled, with 4.10s, disks, and a LS for a lower price than that on an half hours notice. And that's not a good deal either... A D44 out of a MJ/XJ is rarer, but not worth as much (300-400 from the scammers, $150 from the better yards).

Coolant temp? They're typically 1/8th NPT. However, been a long time since I looked at a 4-popper.

They're supposed to be 3HP each, so if you got 4 that'd make 12HP. :roll: Scam.

The engine is fine. Tell the mechanic he's an idiot. Just get that rear main replaced.

Legally you're required two in BC. I never run the front, it always falls off somewhere or gets horribly smashed. I've never got in trouble for it either... But then I've never had any tickets but a 'failure to display N' BS ticket and generally avoid cops at all costs.

I take it a gearwrench is a retcheting box end? I have craftsman SAE ones, but I've actually never used them (bought them on winter vacation, they were on sale). I don't know what the Mac ones are like, but I'd expect for them to be that much more expensive. Craftsman stuff is just cheap... I don't actually like my craftsman ratcheting box ends, but they were all I could find. The end is just too large to actually fit where I need it. Snap-on used to make very nice stubby ones with a very small head, but they discontinued them (bet the auto mechanics broke 'em a lot).

You can pop the hubs out by putting a bolt between the axle tube and ujoint and firing the truck up and turning the tires... If you have power steering that is. I've done it a few times. And for everything else I'd either have used a sledge hammer or lots of heat. I've never wrecked a rotor with my sledge yet, and I use an 8-pounder. You just need a little wood.

Why ditch the renix? It's a better fuel injection system than a lot of them, IMHO. And it's not like ANY of the parts are discontinued.

There's only so many out there, and they get broken often enough... It's like the other MJ specific parts, they're dwindling out as time progresses.

You just have to be willing to go for it... In my case it means moving and giving up a LOT of things that I had going otherwise. If you go north, there is work... I think there's a lot more tech schools in the states, so they produce far more guys than they do here. Which is probably a huge factor in work avaliability too.