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  1. Nick M

    Turbo Diesel.

    Do you know anything about turbochargers? That isn't an insult. Look up some information. Turbochargers are load driven. Diesels are designed for the most part to move a heavy load. And did you read the post above mentioning the misinformation? There is not a throttle plate. You need a plate for...
  2. Nick M

    Did you evolve?

    Well it was brought up that because we are 99% similar with a chimp. Why is that important? What is the point of a chimp lung to be like our lung if not becuase we breathe the same air on the same planet? Is it? Sir Issac Newton doesn't think so. But this is the suggestion of evolution. That if...
  3. Nick M

    Did you evolve?

    Joel, there are at least 76 ways to date the Earth. Just so you know. And since we don't know the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere in the past, carbon dating is speculation, when trying to date more than just a few thousand years. Lets go back to how can this be. How has the earths...
  4. Nick M

    Quick gas price pole!!

    As a consumer, that is true. I would also like milk at 89 cents a gallon. But the free market controls the price. As long as consumers continue to spend on fuel at the rate we do, the prices will not change. The price of anything is set at the maximum you will pay as a consumer. So a massive...
  5. Nick M

    The boys are coming home from Iraq

    It isn't black and white, it is right and wrong. Funny, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jennings didn't say these things. Why don't you see what Iraqi's have to say about it. Do yourself a huge favor and learn a little bit about the subject. http://www.theotheriraq.com/ Yes. It is well...
  6. Nick M

    Quick gas price pole!!

    If you are bored on the internet, go to any one of the many "inflation calculators". Oil was as high as $40-45 a barrell in 1980. Punch that in to 2006 value and see if it is more or less todays $70.00 a barrell. Or a gallon that was from a dollar to a dollar and a quarter a gallon in 1980...
  7. Nick M

    how to get a higher 5th gear?

    If it geared that tall, you won't pull redline. It requires far more power that you might think. If a 5.0 Mustang could pull redline in 5th it would go 200 mph. But it went 140.
  8. Nick M

    Toyota Yaris

    WTF is a Yaris?
  9. Nick M

    the almighty skyline

    Nothing like a $90,000 13 second performance car. Or whatever the importer charged for a US conversion.
  10. Nick M

    Water running in on battery

    You have a battery problem if it is really smoking. You can get battery protectent in a spray bottle.
  11. Nick M

    The boys are coming home from Iraq

    I am confused. Why are you glad they are gone, if it didn't exist before we started?
  12. Nick M

    The boys are coming home from Iraq

    No slip. Intentional. Because a politician is a politician and sugar coates things, doesn't mean I will. "Terror groups" are self proclaimed Islamic Jihadists. That is who we are trying to stop. But not by Americans. Yes, there are always innocent casulties in war. But the thousands that...
  13. Nick M

    1200rpm idle

    The solenoid in the ISC valve may be frozen. Check DTC's.
  14. Nick M

    SHAKING cold starts....

    Sounds more like he should pull the DTC's first, and look for cold start codes.
  15. Nick M

    code 64 on my autotranny

    Fix the known defects and have a qualified shop perform the pressure tests listed in TSRM. They will probably do a visual of the valve body also. Don't be suprised if the shop eventually wants to do a tear down to look inside the trans.
  16. Nick M

    Help quick! Blowing GAUGES fuse after engine install

    You already answered it. You have a direct ground. Or possibly a short, but if nothing blips when you change the fuse, then probably not.
  17. Nick M

    Did you evolve?

    Don't you ever wonder about the numbers just made up like 425 million years ago? Especially when you know rates of decay are assumed. They are acurate to the last few thousand years when we know how much carbon 12 and 14 is there. I don't get your point about living fossils.
  18. Nick M

    Whats your favorite smiley?

    FTW
  19. Nick M

    What cars make kids think they are fast?

    Might be that Mitsubishi turbocharger helping it breathe. And for the record, the Syclone/Typhoon are anything but reliable. I remeber the old Escorts, like the EXP and GT. Yep, kids drove it like it was a 911 or something. Even my 20R powered 80 Celica GT would lay the smack down. And my...
  20. Nick M

    code 64 on my autotranny

    What do you mean? The range selector moves on its own? It drops to neutral? That is what it is supposed to do. I know, you mean at part throttle, not WOT. Shift timing is determined by the trans ECU based on Engine ECU and speed sensors. No major improvement? So that means there was...