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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California’s New Texting Law… Here we go again!
December 24, 2008 – 10:28 am | 3 Comments
California’s New Texting Law… Here we go again!

Well the New Year is almost on top of us again. Notable changes to the Cell Phone law is now to make it illegal to text. In California January 1st, 2009 it is against the …

Automotive Wire Size Calculator Now Up!
December 18, 2008 – 12:15 pm | 3 Comments
Automotive Wire Size Calculator Now Up!

Just finished off an easy one. A simple calculator to find the acceptable size (AWG) of wire for use in automotive circuits. The simple calculator will ask for Amps, Volts, and a length of the …

Excursion Tires…
December 9, 2008 – 11:59 am | 2 Comments
Excursion Tires…

Well, seems it was time for a set of new tires on the Excursion. Having a Tire Mounting and Balancing device (Ranger R-26EX and Matching Balancer) I figured I should just do the truck too. …

Los Angeles Car Show
November 21, 2008 – 4:53 pm | One Comment
Los Angeles Car Show

Well I went last night (Thursday) for the Pre-opening of the show. It was nice, good crappy food (Meat stick substance), and other nice tasting but bad for you food stuffs. As usual the show …

Roller Cam Madness
October 28, 2008 – 11:17 am | 3 Comments
Roller Cam Madness

Well My initial thought was to use a smaller mechanical roller vs a LARGER roller. After hours of playing with Desktop Dyno and messing with the various configuratins to make it the best guess of …

Carburetor CFM Calculator with Graphing
October 17, 2008 – 9:29 am | One Comment
Carburetor CFM Calculator with Graphing

Well I have added another tool to the suite of simple and handy Automotive Calculator. This is the more common Carburetor CFM calculator. It has options for the carburetor type (Racing/Stockish) as well as supporting …