Ontopic A Thread About Butt Mustard, For Those Who Drive Automobiles

[Mr. Argumentor]

I've got two webers I'm mounting to a head, I'm not going to buy another carb for the small amount of time I'm not running those.

 

[Ledboots]

New carb.

Wawa has ethanol free gas. Not helpful for the present situation I know.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Wait, a 4100?

WTF, guy.

 

[Jehannum]

Wait, a 4100?

WTF, guy.

I dunno what you're supposed to run.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I dunno what you're supposed to run.

I would at least hope that you remembered that she came stock with a 1bbl

 

[Jehannum]

I would at least hope that you remembered that she came stock with a 1bbl

Take the one off your lawn mower, then.

edit: and I had no idea, because I don't recall you ever saying in the first place.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I might not have said it expressly since you joined, but I know you've seen the twin weber pics and I've bitched about that being the bottleneck since the M days.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

 

[Domon]

WTF? They won't?

Did you check with mower maintenance shops and such?

Also, those really really suck. You are definitely going to need to put it on a frame so it doesn't try to fall over when you start using it. And (if you care) the bare metal at the top and on the screw thing will fuck up any paint you might have on the wheels. Cut a disc of something soft-ish to go between the metal surfaces, rubber, thick cardboard, plywood, something similar.

It's a 25 inch lugged tire with a sidewall crack. Too big for mower shops, and the car shops won't touch it cause the lugs and the sidewall crack.

I might vulcanize the crack, but I don't really need to since it's not through the wire mesh in the sidewall.

I'm gonna mount it to a full sheet of 3/4 ply which ill park the car on.

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[Domon]

WTF? They won't?

Did you check with mower maintenance shops and such?

Also, those really really suck. You are definitely going to need to put it on a frame so it doesn't try to fall over when you start using it. And (if you care) the bare metal at the top and on the screw thing will fuck up any paint you might have on the wheels. Cut a disc of something soft-ish to go between the metal surfaces, rubber, thick cardboard, plywood, something similar.

Thanks for the cardboard tip. Doesn't hurt to protect the paint, rims are in solid shape.

And yeah, it's gonna suck, but less than doing it by hand, which I've already done once.

My dumb ass didn't baby powder the tube, and when I inflated it torqued and sucked the valve stem back inside the rim

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[Domon]

Pulled the carb apart today to rejet it and rebuild it. Ethanol gas has definitely been fucking stuff inside. Anyone had any luck with additives to prevent that? I can't find an ethanol proof carb kit.

Seafoam helps a lot, but far easier is just going to your local airport or marina and getting good non ethenol gas.

Marina is probably a better bet for you. Check puregas.org

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[Mr. Argumentor]

Seafoam helps a lot, but far easier is just going to your local airport or marina and getting good non ethenol gas.

Marina is probably a better bet for you. Check puregas.org

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Nah dude, we got Wawa now. Every one has ethanol free. Closest one is... 1.5 miles?

 

[Domon]

Not in Maryland :/ wawa here, at least best I know is at least 10%

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[Valve1138]

There's one cash'ish only place that has E-85 near us.

I think that's what the sign said, and I think my truck takes it.

 

[Jehannum]

There's one cash'ish only place that has E-85 near us.

I think that's what the sign said, and I think my truck takes it.

It's up to you to decide whether that's worth it. The only people I know who run E-85 do so so that they can run higher boost pressures.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

It's up to you to decide whether that's worth it. The only people I know who run E-85 do so so that they can run higher boost pressures.

Yup.

Lower power = less MPG = more fuel needed = no actual gain from using E85 in a NA engine.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Toyota is fucked at LeMans. Went from highest lap in qualifying to dead on track at night.

Driver's gonna fucking kill someone

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

#7 dead on track, #9 had issues and now lighting itself on fire. Damn Toyota.

 

[Jehannum]

Yup.

Lower power = less MPG = more fuel needed = no actual gain from using E85 in a NA engine.

Theoretically, you could build a pretty potent NA engine with a lot of compression for E85 use.

But that's a lot harder than just upping the boost pressure.

 

[Valve1138]

Got my new wiper blades on, and scheduled an oil change and tire rotation for thursday.

Yes, I pay someone to do that.