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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:01 am
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amdavid wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:37 amYes! It was a great feeling when it fired up.
fpena944 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:14 am So when all is said and done, are the savings significant enough to DIY compared to sending it away to Flat 6 or similar?Not at all.
Understand if you'd rather not share but just curious.
fpena944 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:11 pm Wow what a lucky break! Probably the cheapest fix for a sudden drop in oil pressure you could find.Yes - lucky.
Mine has also been in a semi-slumber too. I think I just filled up my 3rd tank of gas since the pandemic began. So at this rate it'll take me 5 years to get to 200k miles!
Scott at Team Harco wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:49 pmWhat does the sensor measure? If distance why not a GPS unit as wouldn't that be more accurate?fpena944 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:11 pm Wow what a lucky break! Probably the cheapest fix for a sudden drop in oil pressure you could find.Yes - lucky.
Mine has also been in a semi-slumber too. I think I just filled up my 3rd tank of gas since the pandemic began. So at this rate it'll take me 5 years to get to 200k miles!
I'm still getting out about once a week. My chiropractor is about 15 miles away. So at the least, I get to put on about 30 miles. Nothing like the 70 mile daily total when I was in the office. It's not a bad thing. Since we bought the farm (makes me laugh every time I say that), I've always said I don't ever want to leave (unless it's to buy beer).
I can still go into work pretty much anytime I want - but I generally don't want. I'm looking forward to getting on the roads when we get a good snow. They salt around here, so I'll need to be careful when and where I choose to play. Still looking back on the fun I had laying out the rally. Not sure if I'll use Speedy to layout my January rally or not. I plan to install sending units to each front axle shaft so I don't have to use the external drive unit I used for Hell and Back. It's more robust and won't look as odd.
Here are some shots from the day of Hell and Back...
fpena944 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:14 pm What does the sensor measure? If distance why not a GPS unit as wouldn't that be more accurate?Yes - it's a hall-effect sensor that sends a pulse to the rally odometer. GPS may or may not be precise enough. I have not heard of a good GPS devise that could be used for course layout. I think they do exist, but the tried and true old tech stuff works well. We need resolution to 0.001 miles. So precision is vital. Here's a small slice of the first page of the HaB route instructions.
I finally took my car on a bit of a drive this past weekend. Son and I headed to a monster truck event that was about 30 miles away. Then the following night I took the hardtop off for the first time in two years as we went cruising around checking out the Christmas light displays.
Exhaust sounded so good with the top off!