rcarlisle wrote
Luke on Thrunderhead289 can take a LONG time to get to any kind of a point. But he has some smarts on occasion. Smarter than me. Stuff I watch is mostly for the entertainment value and not for educational purposes. Mike's Carbs is good for learning about the carbs.
Scotty Klimer can annoy the stink off *well you know*.
Me and luke have butted heads numerous times mainly over his insane view that ported vacuum for vacuum advance will give you better fuel economy than manifold vacuum. He cant seem to grasp the vacuum is the same the only difference between ported and manifold is when vacuum is there. He claims that you cant run as much initial with manifold vacuum as you have driveability problems but then cant explain why my '82 F150 with a smog 302 stock engine (rebuilt in 92) is running 12* initial timing with manifold vacuum and runs dead smooth but with ported vacuum wont run dead smooth no matter how many adjustments you try following his way.
That is why I dont follow him cause he takes personal preference and proclaims it as proven fact which is just wrong. Plus he loves to cite how technology is obsolete such as my vacuum economizer valve on my '78 Mercury that adds more timing to the yellow strain relief DSII on my 351W that nets me close to 26 mph on the highway and 18 city. He says that tech is obsolete but yet he keeps pushing how much better carbs are than fuel injection even though there hasnt been a new car produced with a carb in over 30 years as they are obsolete ways of metering fuel.
Scotty is just a fake to put it simply. I seen him give horrible advice such as a kid said he had a 87 F150 with a 5.0L that he recently rebuilt and he was wondering how long he should run it before he makes the switch from conventional to synthetic. scotty told him that he cant switch he has to start off with synthetic. Then there is the whole fiasco where he was showing a brass compression fitting that clearly said on the package "Not for automotive brake use" and proclaim it was a acceptable fix for fixing a rusty brake line ignoring the fact that in just about all US states a compression fitting on your brake line will fail your vehicle in a safety inspection. Then another he talks about myths and proclaims the 3,000 mile oil change interval was because cars didnt have oil filters and that his father had a '56 Fairlane that didnt have an oil filter and they changed it at 3,000 miles. Im over here like really? The Y block had a oil filter when it was introduced in 1953 to replace the flat head V8. Not to mention the Y blocks had a 2,000 mile oil change interval cause they were draft tube systems. The 3,000 mile oil change interval didnt come about till the introduction of the PCV system and it slowly increased from the early days of 3,000 miles to 5,000 miles. The 351W in my '78 Mercury cites to change the filter ever 4,000 miles and the oil every 8,000 miles.
"Old Blue" - '56 Fairlane Town Sedan - 292-4V, Ford-O-Matic transmission, 3.22:1
'63 Belair 2dr sdn - 283-4V, Powerglide transmission, 4.56:1
'78 Cougar XR7 - 351-2V, FMX transmission, 2.75:1 9inch
"Bruno" - '82 F150 Flareside - 302-2V, C6 transmission, 2.75:1 9inch, 31x10.50-15 BFG KO2
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