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Does anybody know of any free dyno apps for iPhones that will give me a 0-60 time? I am curious about just how slow my truck is! I was messing about with the innovate LogWorks app earlier which claims to do it - and I recorded a 19sec 0-60. It also says that I did a 23.7sec 1/4 mile with a top speed of 73mph. I'm not sure I believe it!
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the spyder posted:I have kicked rear end the last two days, or at least gotten way more rewarding things done then in recent months. If I can keep this going through the next two weeks, I might just get pulled out of this awful rut I keep dropping back into.
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the spyder posted:I have kicked rear end the last two days, or at least gotten way more rewarding things done then in recent months. If I can keep this going through the next two weeks, I might just get pulled out of this awful rut I keep dropping back into. YES YEEEEESSSSSSSS
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https://fat.gfycat.com/DamagedCloudyAuklet.gifv edit: wow that's kind of big
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So I hesitate to do this but since we participated in the dogge contest, it would be nice if we jumped into the GWP dogge thread to offer condolences to Icarus' owner. Icarus (a very good dogge) had an accident and is chasing bumpers in vallalla now. His owner, Nostalgia4Dogges is understandably upset given the circumstances.
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Goober Peas posted:So I hesitate to do this but since we participated in the dogge contest, it would be nice if we jumped into the GWP dogge thread to offer condolences to Icarus' owner. Icarus (a very good dogge) had an accident and is chasing bumpers in vallalla now. His owner, Nostalgia4Dogges is understandably upset given the circumstances. oh noooooo 
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Apparently my uncle died very suddenly. I'm still kinda processing it, while simultaneously putting off going to see my mom and grandma. I've never been great at expressing grief.
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Enourmo posted:Apparently my uncle died very suddenly. Wow dude, I'm sorry You should go as soon as possible.
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poo poo dude, sorry to hear that. Man and I was coming in here to grumble about waiting for a tow truck in the parking lot at work because I think my fuel pump isn't working (starter motor cranks, compression is recently tested as fine, plugs and battery are new). My problems are nothing now.
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Mar 16, 2017 01:38
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I was gonna post about what a bad week I was having but I'd kind of feel like an rear end when people are having actual terrible times.
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Mar 16, 2017 01:44
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Applebees Appetizer posted:That's a total waste of time unless you plan on using large format for fine art photography. It's fun though and it made me slow down and think a lot more about composition rather than just rapid firing 500 pictures at a time like a retard.
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Tomarse posted:Does anybody know of any free dyno apps for iPhones that will give me a 0-60 time? There's a free one called GSpot, maybe try that. No experience myself. Also, in terms of Landie meeting high tech, I'm going to be fitting a tracker to mine, friend's 90 got broken into this week, and only reason they couldn't nick it is the battery being removed at the moment. Goober Peas posted:So I hesitate to do this but since we participated in the dogge contest, it would be nice if we jumped into the GWP dogge thread to offer condolences to Icarus' owner. Icarus (a very good dogge) had an accident and is chasing bumpers in vallalla now. His owner, Nostalgia4Dogges is understandably upset given the circumstances. Enourmo posted:Apparently my uncle died very suddenly.
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Mar 16, 2017 01:54
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Mum and Dads catte was put down last night. 15 years old, he had developed an intestinal tumor. We got him when I was 12, but I'm not as cut up as I thought I would be. He hasn't been part of my daily life in 5+ years but god it made me hug the poo poo out of my Wife's cat.
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Mar 16, 2017 01:58
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Am I wrong for getting pissy with a roommate about having a car battery on the dining room table?
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Mar 16, 2017 02:06
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Depends. What kind of household do you keep? What's the hierarchy?
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Mar 16, 2017 02:07
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Also, how dirty is the battery? Brand new? NBD. Leaking sulfuric acid? Yea no.
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Mar 16, 2017 02:10
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Dirty 4 year old battery. He just replaced it. Not leaking anything but full of road grime. Our household is pretty egalitarian. No distinct hierarchy in all situations. Moderately clean.
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Mar 16, 2017 02:18
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InitialDave posted:
Ah, it's been renamed Internet VFW https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3553037
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SCA Enthusiast posted:Dirty 4 year old battery. He just replaced it. Not leaking anything but full of road grime. What is the intended use of the table battery? Torture?
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Mar 16, 2017 03:31
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Rhyno posted:What is the intended use of the table battery? Torture? Bringing it up to room temp to try using the repair cycle on my smart charger. No he wasn't going to do that on the table. This gets to the crux of my confusion and annoyance with the situation. Why couldn't he have just put it on the floor or in the basement in the first place?
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Mar 16, 2017 03:35
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Because on the floor is a terrible place. The dining room table has ample lighting, room and climate controled conditions. The perfect place for projects, I think you'll agree.
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Mar 16, 2017 03:42
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If he leaves it overnight the best option is to wake him up by tossing it onto his sleeping body.
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Mar 16, 2017 03:44
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Rhyno posted:If he leaves it overnight the best option is to wake him up by tossing it onto his sleeping body. INTENDED USE WAS TORTURE AFTER ALL  It would've been less of a big deal if I hadn't just gotten home from work at the time, when all things are more annoying. It just bugged me to have dirty car parts on the table where everyone eats dinner, and I say this as the member of the household who spends the most time with dirty car parts.
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Mar 16, 2017 04:18
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Speaking as a person known to assemble cylinder heads on the kitchen table (when I was single), I still would never bring a used car battery in the house.
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Mar 16, 2017 04:19
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I would but I would get in trouble and be forced to immediately move it. This is as true now that I am single and share a house as it was when I lived with my ex.
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Mar 16, 2017 04:40
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Uhh how about just talk to the dude about it.
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Went for a walk with the wife this evening and ran into the local grocery store on the way back. Noticed they had Hawaiian pineapples for $4, and the last time I had one was in September when we were in Hawaii so we picked one up. God drat, it was just as good as I remembered it and even though I wasn't hungry ate drat near half of it. Hawaiian pineapples really do taste better than the Central American ones we typically get here, and I'm not sure why.
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Mar 16, 2017 05:20
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Soil they're grown in, probably; that volcanic, minerally goodness lets more of the flavor compounds form. You're making me want pineapple, but I could really go for some guava right now Man, why do I always want sweets lately, am I pregnant??? 
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Yeah learning how to make the shot in camera is the best thing you can ever do. I hated editing digital poo poo, I really didn't enjoy it so I made sure my shot was pretty much what I wanted it to be in the first place. I'm not about making more work for myself AFTER I've clicked the shutter. My guilty pleasures with editing are a very blue sky (if a sky is involved) and a little bit of a vignette. But beyond that, it's just white balance tweaks, and brightness/contrast. Some stuff I do like to purposefully overexpose.. or sometimes the shot just comes out overexposed and it just works. This one came out overexposed as hell straight off the camera, so I went batshit crazy with the editing, thinking the photo was a throwaway anyway. I think in this case it worked, but I could have composed it a lot better to begin with. Even with the 35mm I was using, I just couldn't physically move much further back, unless I wanted to get run over.  This, on the other hand... all I did was desaturate it a bit. It looks like a boring picture unless you're familiar with the location (Scenic Drive in El Paso TX), once you do know the location it becomes a bit nostalgic. I wish I had rotated the photo slightly to make the highway a bit more level, but it's a hilly city to begin with, and the winds were gusting up to about 40 MPH that night, so getting a clear shot (even @ ISO 3200 and a heavy tripod) was challenging.   The Dude seems to like practically new (in that it's never really had anyone sit in it much - it's certainly faded pretty good) Saturn seats. I think he'd also like to say hello to Rascal; he's always been super chill with every dog he's met since I've had him. Seems to hate most cats tho (but that's every cat at first). Enourmo posted:Apparently my uncle died very suddenly. Go see them. It's going to be painful, you'll probably break down at the most unexpected time, but you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't. I had a (tenured) professor threaten to fail me if I went to my grandmother's funeral and had the balls to suggest I have my mother record it via smartphone and email it to me... it's been 5 years, and I still regret not going (and still regret not beating the poo poo out of that entitled prick professor).  Cop Porn Popper posted:Because on the floor is a terrible place. The dining room table has ample lighting, room and climate controled conditions. The perfect place for projects, I think you'll agree. Well since it's now revealed that he hopes to revive it.. Walmart sells decent little folding tables (I think as a TV dinner table or something?) for  . I use one as a laptop stand whenever I'm on the patio. They're not rated to hold a whole lot of weight, but they work. Beefier ones are  , and I used to use one of those as a microwave oven stand. That one is now used as an end-table, since I'm a cheap bastard.SCA Enthusiast posted:It would've been less of a big deal if I hadn't just gotten home from work at the time, when all things are more annoying. It just bugged me to have dirty car parts on the table where everyone eats dinner, and I say this as the member of the household who spends the most time with dirty car parts. I ate dinner next to a friend I've known for 20 years the other night, and the fucker never even said a word. He stunk a bit too. You might say he was... deathly silent. sorry I'll go hide now If I can do that, I think you can eat dinner with a car battery. My shirt still smells like, well... death. Death ashes. I mean I'd be annoyed the battery wasn't at least placed on something to protect the table, assuming it's a table you give a drat about....  I kinda wonder what the restaurant staff thought about that... the smell wasn't great, and we wound up getting pretty loud randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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Adiabatic posted:Uhh how about just talk to the dude about it. You don't know much about people now, do you.
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This is hilarious but it bugs me bad when leech channels like the one you linked steal content. The original one is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EShUeudtaFg
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I know this has been asked and answered 100+ times but this time I'm saving it so I don't have to ask again. Could someone give me the run down on good/bad diesel truck engines? I've come to the conclusion I'm most likely going to need to buy a truck capable of towing the race car and am fairly clueless. Ford/Chevy/Cummins/etc engines I know nothing about other than some are good and will run forever while some are poo poo and guaranteed to blow up or be a bitch to work on. For example would this truck with the 7.3L turbo diesel make a good tow vehicle? https://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/6041192415.html I'd be towing the race car (~2200lb), tools and spares in an enclosed trailer.
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NitroSpazzz posted:I know this has been asked and answered 100+ times but this time I'm saving it so I don't have to ask again. Holy poo poo, buy that loving thing. All of them are a bitch to work on, and some parts are expensive, but you'll make it up on fuel savings. with the 6.9/7.3/7.3ps, 5.9 12v/24v and pre-emissions duramaxes.
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Maybe check out the powerstrokehelp.com yelling guy? He knows a thing or two about the Ford side.
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NitroSpazzz posted:I know this has been asked and answered 100+ times but this time I'm saving it so I don't have to ask again. I know nothing about diesels but that truck looks really nice. Please do not make it roll coal if you buy it.
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bolind posted:Maybe check out the powerstrokehelp.com yelling guy? He knows a thing or two about the Ford side. A few years ago, his 7.3 powerstroke shop truck died at only 798,169 miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrdcKBBVTJM they pulled it apart and replaced only what was broken. it's now at 910,000 miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmkQrLLzh3o The thing i like about diesels(apart from the 6.0, 6.4, and anything with a DPF) is that when you have to fix it, you're not just spending money to get level. Repairing the common failures as they fail gets you 50 and 100hp at a time.
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Powershift posted:A few years ago, his 7.3 powerstroke shop truck died at only 798,169 miles Man it's a shame he didn't take that thing apart earlier. The bores in that block look mint, he must have been kicking himself.
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I barely know anything about diesel but here you go. 6.9/7.3 idi - slow, will go forever on a steady diet of the correct coolant and oil cooler end castings 7.3 idi turbo - slightly less slow 7.3 powerstroke - good, goes forever 6.0 - bulletproof it and expect the ficm, HPOP system, and random other poo poo to fail? 6.4 - same 6.7 (ford and cummins) - good 5.9 cummins 12/24v - good, goes forever, do the kdp fix before it eats all the timing gears 6.2 - lol many slows 6.5 - less slow Duramax - going to need injectors eventually Trannies are a whole other subject. Each company had their good and bad ones.
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