Joe Handley

Been putting a few miles on those new BFG's Igot for the 200......sooooo much better than the factory LS2's,

Spotted a really nice Healey in the lot at work today, as well as a Shelby Z Daytona at the tire shop when I went to pick up my 200 on my lunch break........with 225 section width tires and a plate that read "Q N Cudly" ......if it is anything like my Lebaron GTS Turbo was, it could as cute and cuddly as that wizzed off grizzley bear that you're trying to wrestle

Yup, stock was 225/50TR18 Goodyear Eagle LS2, the new ones are BFG's brand new (as in, new to market as of last week!) Sport Comp 2 All Season in 235/50ZR18. I did break them loose leaving the gas station after work and while they made some noise, it didn't screach like I was torturing the neighbor's cat either as the Goodyears did!

Got some new rubber mounted up on the 200 today, with alignment and all the associated fees, it came in at just under $800! The factory installed hockey pucks: And the new BFG's!

I was just talking about how the box art looks compared to the real car! Looks like the only thing close to right is the hood for the specific parts, and is it me, or does the roof look too tall?

Is it me,or does that kit look like an modified early G-Body Dodge Daytona Turbo nose stuck on a Mercury Capri-Stang?

Check this out! http://cumminsengines.com/cummins-ethos-28l-engine-demonstrates-50

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Just because you have no interest doesn't mean the rest of us don't, I kinda wish the AMT kit of the Eclipse Walker drove in the first movie had a decent engine, I really wouldn't mind a modern domestic 4 cylinder (it had the 2.0l Dodge Neon engine in it, IIRC) in kit form, and the other musclecars would make great kits too, even if you had no interest in the imports.

Had a near miss with both a deer and later, another drunk driver!

Kinda curious where the whole 55w/65w rule came from as well as why all of such restrictions were put in place at all.

What happened to the Roadmaster Charlie?

Why do all modern motorhomes have such hideously busy paintjobs done in such boring colors?! The above GMC is been updated in such a way that it has one nearly as bad as most new ones. Granted, I prefer the looks of "Ground Force 1", preferably without all the needed extras for Presidential use But still, this is just has the wildly tacky paint scheme of a Minitruck, just done with mostly boring appliance car colors!

I was thinking cooling system wise, the 4.0l XJ's tend to run a bit hot.

Why would they need a different radiator? If the carbed I-6's were like the 4.0l's I'm used to, they would need a good cooling system that would work well for a big V-8.

Nah, I think it can be fixed so long as the chassis and body shell aren't too badly hacked up. Lose the fenders, remove the stupid stuff from the grill, maybe make sure there isn't anything stupid going on between the front and/or rear tires, then finish the bodywork and paint it.

Finally found my long list Robogrip pliers, been trying to find them for months and was begining to think I either left them somewhere or they were stolen!

Wonder if Barris would claim it as his?!

That whole V-8=high hood made no sense to me either. Between, my Parents, Sister, and Myself, we've had four 4.0l XJs and a 4.0l ZJ and those I-6's are long, tall, and HEAVY engines!

I agree, probably could have had MACCO shoot some cheap black enamal on it for what somebody would have charged to paint that gypsy, or at least several cases of Duplicolor and rattle can some basic color on it. Not like they're trying to spray bomb a big van, truck, or station wagon, even hitting up sites like Dip Your Car could allow for a decent "paint" job for cheap!

I heard about the stereo being used to pipe engine sounds inside the car several months ago and found out about the engine noise tube that proceded those at the same time. I just thought that either option sounded kinda cheap and lame, but I would rather just have a louder intake and/or exhaust on the vehicle.

This perhaps?

I'm willing to be Greed and Political Posturing are the most likely suspects in that.

One thing to keep in mind Aaron, while the number of Flex Fuel cars is smaller than the nation wide fleet of non flex fuelers, there are still 18 million of them prowling the street, that's a whole lot of potential E85 sales, then throw in the cars that are capable of running higher levels of Ethanol (discovered by accident that my Jeep can handle up to 25%), as well as diesels that can burn B20, that's a whole lotta oil not used for transportation that can be put into other things........like more plastic models! Biggest problem with running E85 is finding at a reasonable price, at Speedway I paid $1.69 last night vs $2.69 if I were going to run regular, but there is a local BP that just started carrying it last summer, but is currently selling at $2.39 vs $2.79 and tend to maintain that $.30 spread, then of the 180k (IIRC) gas stations, there are currently only 3,458 of those stations that also carry E85, or even the lower percentage blends. If most, if not all stations carried, or an even level of about 50% of those 180k stations carried E85 and kept that $1/gal spread I paid last night, that could increase the sales of Ethanol to people willing to use it in their flex fuelers. Now if you want to talk Ethanol vs Natural Gas, I lean towards Ethanol. With my 200, I can run any grade of unleaded gas as well as up to 85% ethanol. So far as I know, The Natural gas duel fuel vehicles can run Nat Gas or Gas, but not a blend of the two. Something else that I would consider as an advantage to the Flex Fuel vs Dual Fuel is that flex fuel vehicles only require one fuel system that is capable of storing and distributing either fuel, where dual fuel has the complication of two complete fuel systems, granted that will give you extended range, but if you engineered a non dual fuel vehicle two use a bigger tank or to run 2 tanks, you could get the same effect.

Considering the second pic, I'm surprised they even noticed the craptacular little car!