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It's a clean sheet pushrod V8 running the standard 5.7 liters of displacement. It's pretty similar to a small block chevy, it even shares the 1st and 2nd gen SBC bellhousing bolt pattern so it has lots of transmission options.

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Your best bet to pass smog is to reinstall the 440's and the stock AFM. I've never heard of anyone passing smog with the lex/550's. The big trade off with the lex/550's is you run pig rich off boost and your test results indicate that. Don't cut fuel pressure, you need the pressure to aid in...

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It manipulates the pressure signal that the wastegate actuator "sees". The stock spring/diaphragm assembly opens the wastegate when it sees ~6.8 psi (taken off the inlet track). A boost controller diverts this pressure so you can run more boost before the wastegate opens. Stock boost "max" is...

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It's probably the VSV valve (heater valve) if you're not getting any heat and aren't losing coolant.

Something is wrong with your car and/or you have a much heavier foot than I do. I usually get around 20 mpg mixed driving. If I get a bunch of city miles I'll usually get around 17 mpg and my all time best is 28 mpg on a long road trip.

It's an AWD BMW 325.

There are titanium exhaust systems out there if 5 lbs is really important. But you better have a liquid cooled check book...

The empires of the ancient world built their wealth through military conquest and slavery, is this the “hard work” you're talking about? Their inevitable collapse was caused by revolutions in their captive nations and invaders attacking boarders far from their center of power. The United...

I think Christmas is is threatened more by the commercialization of it than what some people want to call it. How much time do you spend running around buying presents and stressing over social obligations and how much time do you spend in reflection of the birth of Jesus and what that truly...

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Different tools for different jobs. An air ratchet with an extension is for when you can't get you hand near the bolt. Ratcheting wrenches are for when you don't have enough vertical clearance to get a socket over the top. Both are powerful tools and I'm glad I have them in my tool box...

If you bypass the valve you have 2 choices: always have heat or never have heat. More than likely your heater doesn't work because the VSV is bad and that's a $30 fix.