Excursion turns 100k
October 19, 2009 – 2:01 pm | No Comment

Well it seems the my 2003 Ford Excursion Aka the Jolly Green Giant has clicked past the magical 100,000 mile mark. While I don’t want to jinx my luck the TUV (Truck Utility Vehicle) has …

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Wheel Offset Calculator Now Up at GTSparkplugs.com
February 26, 2009 – 7:14 pm | No Comment
Wheel Offset Calculator Now Up at GTSparkplugs.com

Just finished up the Wheel Offset Calculator (WOC). Basically it is a simple tool that will allow you to try different size and offsets for your rims and get an idea where the edges of …

Speedometer Gear Calculator up at GTSparkplugs.com
February 17, 2009 – 11:49 am | One Comment
Speedometer Gear Calculator up at GTSparkplugs.com

Here is the link to the simple Speedometer Calculator. It is a simple program that will help get you the right speedometer gear. You will need to know a few things such as Tire Diameter, …

F-U Prius Drivers. Just when I thought it was all behind me…
February 4, 2009 – 10:43 am | 3 Comments
F-U Prius Drivers. Just when I thought it was all behind me…

A Prius Feel Good Picture
Well it was a great day until I got on the road to work. Usual traffic, blocked some ‘short cutters’ and then almost to the 405 Freeway ramp and a Prius …

Sunbeam Tiger Front Suspension
January 11, 2009 – 9:38 pm | One Comment
Sunbeam Tiger Front Suspension

Well I finally got into the garage and took a couple of picture of the Tiger front end. The main website Here has the start of that chapter. I also talk a bit about the …

ooma : Free home phone service
January 8, 2009 – 11:10 am | 8 Comments
ooma : Free home phone service

Well what the hell is it and what has it got to do with Automobiles? Well, let’s get the second question out of the way, it has not much to do with cars but I …

Brake Madness
December 29, 2008 – 11:15 pm | 11 Comments
Brake Madness

Well still no picture on the custom Sunbeam Tiger front suspension. But in chatting with a fellow Tiger racer (well I’m not one yet) he was mentioning his brake set up using 12.19″ Rotors on …