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Garry I'm sure your keeping in mind that you've got the expense of sending your car down there and going to pick it up. Now you don't want to be doing that again...........just sayin.
Manny Dasilva is a scheming, sneeky SOB.
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Good morning 7L and Somebuddy,
7L you are more right than you know. A certain ZR1 owner I met has a trucking company and that is what he had the dealership do with his Davenport upgrades, it was invoiced as work on a truck! I even know a guy who had to replace an engine in his 280ZX that he ex-wife wrecked and the mechanic put it down as engine work on a GMC grain truck so it does happen for sure.
You are correct Somebuddy and that was part of the reason why I undertook doing this. Manny said that he'd be able to keep the car in storage for me until I picked it up because I sure would not want to be moving this car say in two months time when the snow is deeper and it is colder. I also knew that while I could budget the supercharger, radiator upgrade and header that I would also have about a 5 month window to try to get my hands on more $. If and when that happened it would be an easy call to Manny to discuss what further work to do. Mostly consmetic now anyway since the methanol injection is a go too but to be sure, if I can do it I will.
The carbon sequestration is sort of interesting. You're all familiar with green house gases etc. Well here is the cool part. The bulk of my agronomic work dealt with conservation tillage. Sad but true to say that we've been severely damaging the soil for the past 100 plus years in Canada thanks to tillage and the practice of summerfallow. Now in the old days this was sort of excuseable as we simply didn't know any better. In my files I even have an Agriculture Canada booklet that said that "summerfallow is an example of good farm husbandry". We know this is not the case at all. So over the decades the organic matter levels have been dropping in our soils resulting in a host of problems. Then about maybe 50 years ago the first "wingnuts" came up with the idea of seeding into ground that was not previously cultivated. There were a bunch of technicial problems to overcome but it does work and I am proud to say that for the past 21 years now not an acre of my cropland has been either cultivated or summerfallowed. It actually makes me the 2nd farmer to do this north of the Peace River-Grimshaw-Fairview line and is of the most proud things in my life. But with my agronomic research work I always had the belief that you need to lead through example. It would be harder for me to say "oh you nasty farmer damaging your soil stop cultivating it" if I was still cultivating my land, practice what you preach right?! And my life has been much easier since then (1992). Less time spent in the fields, crops are better and having taken soil samples on a yearly basis my organic matter level (what separates good quality from poor quality soil basically) has been increasing so the damage can be repaired. And this process of course if called No-till or Zero-till or Direct seeding.
Now the funny part is that now all the people that produce CO2 now have to pay for their emissions. There are very few ways to remove CO2 from the air but strange enough organic matter can only come from one source, decaying plant material. So by not cultivating or summerfallowing soil, which both reduce organic matter levels, instead by increasing organic matter levels I am removing CO2 from the air and storing it in the soil. Now eventually the organic matter levels will reach an equilibrium, say in about 40 to 50 years. But until then companies will pay me for the carbon that they are emitting that I am storing in my soil.
Now don't think this is huge money, but for me it is getting paid to do something which is so beneficial for my soil and the only thing I have to do is a few pages of paperwork. I sell my sequestered carbon to an aggregator who buys it from a bunch of farmers and then they sell it to power companies etc. So it is sort of a cool benefit for me. But the amount that companies pay does vary from year to year and the competiton to buy them so I never know what I end up with. As a small farmer it is not a great wealth but in this case if it gets me a new gear shift and maybe some interior trim painted while the Z06 is with Manny what the hey!
So in a nutshell I'd like to get as much done as I can while it is down easy. Espeically with all the kind offers from you fellows of breaking in the engine for me before I arrive, my cup runneth over............
Cheers,
Garry
7L you are more right than you know. A certain ZR1 owner I met has a trucking company and that is what he had the dealership do with his Davenport upgrades, it was invoiced as work on a truck! I even know a guy who had to replace an engine in his 280ZX that he ex-wife wrecked and the mechanic put it down as engine work on a GMC grain truck so it does happen for sure.
You are correct Somebuddy and that was part of the reason why I undertook doing this. Manny said that he'd be able to keep the car in storage for me until I picked it up because I sure would not want to be moving this car say in two months time when the snow is deeper and it is colder. I also knew that while I could budget the supercharger, radiator upgrade and header that I would also have about a 5 month window to try to get my hands on more $. If and when that happened it would be an easy call to Manny to discuss what further work to do. Mostly consmetic now anyway since the methanol injection is a go too but to be sure, if I can do it I will.
The carbon sequestration is sort of interesting. You're all familiar with green house gases etc. Well here is the cool part. The bulk of my agronomic work dealt with conservation tillage. Sad but true to say that we've been severely damaging the soil for the past 100 plus years in Canada thanks to tillage and the practice of summerfallow. Now in the old days this was sort of excuseable as we simply didn't know any better. In my files I even have an Agriculture Canada booklet that said that "summerfallow is an example of good farm husbandry". We know this is not the case at all. So over the decades the organic matter levels have been dropping in our soils resulting in a host of problems. Then about maybe 50 years ago the first "wingnuts" came up with the idea of seeding into ground that was not previously cultivated. There were a bunch of technicial problems to overcome but it does work and I am proud to say that for the past 21 years now not an acre of my cropland has been either cultivated or summerfallowed. It actually makes me the 2nd farmer to do this north of the Peace River-Grimshaw-Fairview line and is of the most proud things in my life. But with my agronomic research work I always had the belief that you need to lead through example. It would be harder for me to say "oh you nasty farmer damaging your soil stop cultivating it" if I was still cultivating my land, practice what you preach right?! And my life has been much easier since then (1992). Less time spent in the fields, crops are better and having taken soil samples on a yearly basis my organic matter level (what separates good quality from poor quality soil basically) has been increasing so the damage can be repaired. And this process of course if called No-till or Zero-till or Direct seeding.
Now the funny part is that now all the people that produce CO2 now have to pay for their emissions. There are very few ways to remove CO2 from the air but strange enough organic matter can only come from one source, decaying plant material. So by not cultivating or summerfallowing soil, which both reduce organic matter levels, instead by increasing organic matter levels I am removing CO2 from the air and storing it in the soil. Now eventually the organic matter levels will reach an equilibrium, say in about 40 to 50 years. But until then companies will pay me for the carbon that they are emitting that I am storing in my soil.
Now don't think this is huge money, but for me it is getting paid to do something which is so beneficial for my soil and the only thing I have to do is a few pages of paperwork. I sell my sequestered carbon to an aggregator who buys it from a bunch of farmers and then they sell it to power companies etc. So it is sort of a cool benefit for me. But the amount that companies pay does vary from year to year and the competiton to buy them so I never know what I end up with. As a small farmer it is not a great wealth but in this case if it gets me a new gear shift and maybe some interior trim painted while the Z06 is with Manny what the hey!
So in a nutshell I'd like to get as much done as I can while it is down easy. Espeically with all the kind offers from you fellows of breaking in the engine for me before I arrive, my cup runneth over............
Cheers,
Garry
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Nice read
What meth sys are you going with
Nice read
What meth sys are you going with
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Good question MADDOX!
Well Manny, want to field this one?? Does it come in yellow?
Cheers,
Garry
Well Manny, want to field this one?? Does it come in yellow?
Cheers,
Garry
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I second that Manny :coolgleam:
Its the one I use
Its the one I use
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Good evening Guys,
7L where did you ever find that picture! Of course I hope no one was hurt but still finding a yellow one did make me laugh!
Wow MADDOX, that is great to hear this is the same unit you have. So what is it like? How often do you have to fill it? Do you carry one refill with you? Do you use tap water, distilled or bottled? Where do you get the methanol from?
Many other forums spoke very highly of this unit so once again Manny chooses well.
I'm starting to get excited, apparently the car might arrived next week so I can't wait for that news!
Cheers,
Garry
7L where did you ever find that picture! Of course I hope no one was hurt but still finding a yellow one did make me laugh!
Wow MADDOX, that is great to hear this is the same unit you have. So what is it like? How often do you have to fill it? Do you carry one refill with you? Do you use tap water, distilled or bottled? Where do you get the methanol from?
Many other forums spoke very highly of this unit so once again Manny chooses well.
I'm starting to get excited, apparently the car might arrived next week so I can't wait for that news!
Cheers,
Garry
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Good morning 7L,
It is nice to wake up and to have my funnybone tickled like this!
I suppose in some ways it is methamphetamines for a car now isn't it?
I do oddly remember reading about this on fighter planes during World War 2 and always wondering what the heck it did but never looking into it until recently. Sort of an interesting way to deal with air/fuel temps and being able to really advance the timing.
I sure hope that I will be happy with the car when it is done to this stage and not then suddenly thinking something over the top like I need a new build for 1500 hp. I kow that the stock engine was very good at giving me many smiles per gallon and this will enhance it a lot. Perhaps it was just looking for a little more kick and sort of nice to say I've owned a SC'ed car in my life.
Really I'm hoping to be able to out pull that 710 Davenport'ed ZR1 that I met at the autocross. That would be my ultimate goal met. Out perform at 1/2 the price!
Cheers,
Garry
It is nice to wake up and to have my funnybone tickled like this!
I suppose in some ways it is methamphetamines for a car now isn't it?
I do oddly remember reading about this on fighter planes during World War 2 and always wondering what the heck it did but never looking into it until recently. Sort of an interesting way to deal with air/fuel temps and being able to really advance the timing.
I sure hope that I will be happy with the car when it is done to this stage and not then suddenly thinking something over the top like I need a new build for 1500 hp. I kow that the stock engine was very good at giving me many smiles per gallon and this will enhance it a lot. Perhaps it was just looking for a little more kick and sort of nice to say I've owned a SC'ed car in my life.
Really I'm hoping to be able to out pull that 710 Davenport'ed ZR1 that I met at the autocross. That would be my ultimate goal met. Out perform at 1/2 the price!
Cheers,
Garry
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It's crazy to think that nitrous oxide was also used in World War 2 by the Luftwaffe against Allied Forces. Weird how ahead of the times some of this technology was, and how it has trickled done into our humble hobby.
The set up you're getting should help big-time with your supercharger.
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I agree! Nitrous oxide we're all pretty well familiar with but the methanol injection for additional boost was new to me. Perhaps as an advantage to have your Me 109 or FW 190 either escape a pursuer, or maybe to make your attack against a B-17 more quickly or maybe to scramble and reach altitude more quickly?
I've always found it so odd (sad) that wars produce such fantastic development in technology as we try to find better ways to kill one another but that this would occur so much more slowly in peace time.
Not a good reflection of us as a species I suppose.
Manny was certainly very encouraging about having this Alky Control added and as I understand the reason why it is not a large investment next to the rest of the work that it is something that it makes sense to have done and for the guy that people always have such trouble buying presents for it sure worked out good in my case!
I hope you're keeping a weather-eye for trains from the west bearing someone's beloved car. Manny thinks it should be arriving next week!!!!
Cheers,
Garry
I've always found it so odd (sad) that wars produce such fantastic development in technology as we try to find better ways to kill one another but that this would occur so much more slowly in peace time.
Not a good reflection of us as a species I suppose.
Manny was certainly very encouraging about having this Alky Control added and as I understand the reason why it is not a large investment next to the rest of the work that it is something that it makes sense to have done and for the guy that people always have such trouble buying presents for it sure worked out good in my case!
I hope you're keeping a weather-eye for trains from the west bearing someone's beloved car. Manny thinks it should be arriving next week!!!!
Cheers,
Garry
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I have a couple things to pick up that I ordered, so when they come in I'll take a look and see if your baby's there yet.
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Look at the air scoop on the underside of a P51D Mustang. Much like an old Pro Stock drag car hood scoop. They obviously new about air flow and boundary layer air flow problems. They were into wind tunnel testing. We're just catching up with WWII technology. We had a next door neighbour, since passed away, who piloted first the Halifax then the Lancaster bombers. I was in awe and yet to him it was JUST something that he did in his younger days.
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Thanks LSXtasy! It will be a relief that it has arrived safe and sound and Manny can go all Dr. Frankenstein on it!
Good morning Keith. Sort of odd what they could figure out without computers and without much for wind tunnels etc. Things from that time that play roles in our daily lives like radar at airports and for weather forecasts. Rockets. Metalurgy.
You're right though, veterans seem to have seen it still as an adventure or job. Certainly from what you read of WW1 and WW2 veterans. I've watched "Band of Brothers" a number of times now, read probably 6 or 8 books written by the men of the unit and it is always such a humbling experience to hear them talk. What always makes the strongest impact on me is that they were in training together at the most for 4 years. Served in combat on only 4 occasions, D-Day, Market-Garden, The Bulge and then into Germany and yet to hear them talk about it 60 years later as the defining event in their lives, how they are still closer to the men of the unit than with their family, spouses, children and friends helps me to realize how their lives were changed from this experience.
And while tomorrow has always been a special day for me - if you think I'm crazy about Corvettes or farming, my true interest is building model tanks and so I'm a big time history buff - it is also my son's b'day. He will be eight. With my cancer experience not a day I ever thought I would reach so it is so sweet........
Cheers,
Garry
Good morning Keith. Sort of odd what they could figure out without computers and without much for wind tunnels etc. Things from that time that play roles in our daily lives like radar at airports and for weather forecasts. Rockets. Metalurgy.
You're right though, veterans seem to have seen it still as an adventure or job. Certainly from what you read of WW1 and WW2 veterans. I've watched "Band of Brothers" a number of times now, read probably 6 or 8 books written by the men of the unit and it is always such a humbling experience to hear them talk. What always makes the strongest impact on me is that they were in training together at the most for 4 years. Served in combat on only 4 occasions, D-Day, Market-Garden, The Bulge and then into Germany and yet to hear them talk about it 60 years later as the defining event in their lives, how they are still closer to the men of the unit than with their family, spouses, children and friends helps me to realize how their lives were changed from this experience.
And while tomorrow has always been a special day for me - if you think I'm crazy about Corvettes or farming, my true interest is building model tanks and so I'm a big time history buff - it is also my son's b'day. He will be eight. With my cancer experience not a day I ever thought I would reach so it is so sweet........
Cheers,
Garry
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Band of Brothers
Our son and son-in-law have been in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kabul and finally Kandahar with the Royal Canadian Regiment out of Petawawa. They have been shot at with RPGs, and bullets, nearly killed with roadside bombs and generally terrorized. The guy watching your back IS the most important person in the whole world. Our son received the Medal of Military Valour from Governor General Michaelle Jean for saving soldiers' lives during a firefight. When you've been through this much gore, you come home changed and not always for the best.
Our son and son-in-law have been in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kabul and finally Kandahar with the Royal Canadian Regiment out of Petawawa. They have been shot at with RPGs, and bullets, nearly killed with roadside bombs and generally terrorized. The guy watching your back IS the most important person in the whole world. Our son received the Medal of Military Valour from Governor General Michaelle Jean for saving soldiers' lives during a firefight. When you've been through this much gore, you come home changed and not always for the best.
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Very true. It's something that most of us can't wrap our heads around.
I'm a bit of a WW2 nerd myself. I think that my interest with this is just how crazy the whole war was...in every detail. No matter how many time's I read an article or watch a program, it's the concentration camps that blow my mind the most. I don't glorify war, but I am truly fascinated with WW2, and it's impact on the soldiers, civilians, the whole world.
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Good morning Keith,
So not only a Corvette guy but a deservedly proud father as well! Let your guys know that some of us are not only aware but also recognize and appreciate what they've been doing to help others in the world and in representing Canada as well.
We've got a good social studies teacher locally (ex Armed Forces) and every year this weekend he gives his class the option to go out with him, they dig a trench like in World War 1 and spend the night out to get some experience for what those people went through.
No friends in the RCR but a couple in the PPCLI.
You must be right though. Seeing veterans interviewed and they can't tell you what they did last week or last month but they can tell you with such clarity what it was like being in combat day by day. I don't remember what they call it now, the "1000 yard stare" or something like that. As I know having cancer changed and made me different, being in combat must be a similar experience. You're just not the same person afterward, it scars you on so many different levels.
Give your boys a hug from me please...............
Cheers,
Garry
So not only a Corvette guy but a deservedly proud father as well! Let your guys know that some of us are not only aware but also recognize and appreciate what they've been doing to help others in the world and in representing Canada as well.
We've got a good social studies teacher locally (ex Armed Forces) and every year this weekend he gives his class the option to go out with him, they dig a trench like in World War 1 and spend the night out to get some experience for what those people went through.
No friends in the RCR but a couple in the PPCLI.
You must be right though. Seeing veterans interviewed and they can't tell you what they did last week or last month but they can tell you with such clarity what it was like being in combat day by day. I don't remember what they call it now, the "1000 yard stare" or something like that. As I know having cancer changed and made me different, being in combat must be a similar experience. You're just not the same person afterward, it scars you on so many different levels.
Give your boys a hug from me please...............
Cheers,
Garry
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Watch the old video of my car( Full Screen is best )
There is a led light in the A-pillar of the car(left of the screen). You will see it turn red when the car starts to come up on boost and then the light turns green when it starts spraying meth
I use 100% meth (kleen-flow Ace ) you could use any winter wash fluid it's about 50% meth if you want
The kleen-flow you could pick up at any truck shop A&M truck, Fly-Jay.
TSC store and Canadian tire sells meth too
I top up the sys before any long hauls I do use my window washer fluid tank so I have more then enough.
Not sure if Manny is using you washer tank or putting in another tank (you might want to ask him.)
One of the reasons why I don't drive in the rain
One of the other reasons is the HP
but thats just me
a little drive on Vimeo
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Cool video.
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