Car Care Aware + Peformance Upgrades
#12
04-09-2007, 09:24 PM
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RE: Car Care Aware
ORIGINAL: SpaceRider
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[/align][align=center]Hi Michael,[/align][align=center]I dug them up from an old Web-Site Junk Yard 
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[/align][align=center]Oh, What's a Pinto ?[/align][align=center]
[/align][align=center]I didn't know horses had wheels : )[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]
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ORIGINAL: Mrrench
Space where did you dig those wheels up at ?
They look like old PINTO wheels
from the 80's
Long before clear coat ever came around
Space where did you dig those wheels up at ?
They look like old PINTO wheels
from the 80's
Long before clear coat ever came around
LOL[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Oh, What's a Pinto ?[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]I didn't know horses had wheels : )[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align]
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#13
05-02-2007, 09:03 AM
RE: Car Care Aware
Updated:2007
[align=center][/align]Eight Great Auto Questions
[align=center][/align]By TOM TORBJORNSEN
[align=center][/align]Why do Brakes Squeal or Squeak?
Brake squeal is the result of a high-pitched vibration of the brake pads. This vibration occurs because the pads are not properly insulated from the caliper or secured to the caliper. Brake pads come from the factory with anti-rattle clips, pad insulator shims, and sometimes a silicone backing that literally glues the pad to the caliper to keep the pads secure and to prevent rattle or vibration.
Sometimes brake squeal is the result of the composition of the brake pads being too hard. These hard, smooth surfaces rub against each other, resulting in the "nails across a blackboard" syndrome. If this is the case, replace the pads and resurface the rotors. That should stop the squeal.
Finally, if the brake rotors are not re-surfaced when a brake job is done, it results in squeal. When brake pads are replaced, the rotors must be resurfaced with a non-directional finish applied to the rotor face to ensure proper pad break-in. In order for the pads to break in properly, pad material must be worn off (this happens when the rotor has been resurfaced properly and the brakes applied for the first 500 miles or so).
When brake squeal is evident, the tech should start with ensuring that the pads are properly secured and insulated to the brake caliper, and the anti rattle clips are installed to stop pad rattle. In addition, the tech should make sure the rotors were properly resurfaced for pad break-in. Finally, the pads themselves could be the culprits if all the aforementioned are in place.
What is the difference between "outside" and "recirculation" settings on your car's AC?
"Outside" setting means just that, fresh outside air is being fed into the vehicle's cabin along with the climate-controlled air that the HVAC system is feeding into the cabin. "Recirculation" means that the air being fed into the vehicle's cabin via the HVAC is being recirculated without adding fresh outside ambient temperature air.
What is the difference between premium and regular gas?
The difference between premium and regular gas is the octane rating. Octane is the measurement of a gasoline's volatility factor in the combustion chamber environment. The lower the octane, the more volatile; the higher the octane, the less volatile (more stable).
[align=center][/align][center]When brake squeal is evident, the tech should start with ensuring that the pads are properly secured and insulated to the brake caliper, and the anti rattle clips are installed to stop pad rattle. In addition, the tech should make sure the rotors were properly resurfaced for pad break-in. Finally, the pads themselves could be the culprits if all the aforementioned are in place.
What is the difference between "outside" and "recirculation" settings on your car's AC?
"Outside" setting means just that, fresh outside air is being fed into the vehicle's cabin along with the climate-controlled air that the HVAC system is feeding into the cabin. "Recirculation" means that the air being fed into the vehicle's cabin via the HVAC is being recirculated without adding fresh outside ambient temperature air.
What is the difference between premium and regular gas?
The difference between premium and regular gas is the octane rating. Octane is the measurement of a gasoline's volatility factor in the combustion chamber environment. The lower the octane, the more volatile; the higher the octane, the less volatile (more stable).
Low octane fuel is more apt to pre-ignite or ping inside the engine. Some refer to this phenomenon as "engine knock." Engine Knock occurs when the fuel ignites in the upper regions of the engine before the spark is introduced at the high point of compression. To understand what's happening, you must first have a basic understanding of how an internal four-stroke internal combustion engine works.
On the first stroke of the four-stroke cycle, the intake valve opens, the piston travels down, and the injection system injects a perfect air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber. The suction or vacuum produced by the downward stroke of the piston is what draws the air/fuel mixture into the engine; this is called the intake stroke.
Now that the combustion chamber is loaded with air and fuel, the valves both close and the piston travels back up, compressing the mixture tightly; this is called the compression stroke. Compression of the mixture makes it highly volatile.
At the precise time that the mixture is at its greatest compression, an electrical spark is introduced into the chamber through the spark plug. Th
#14
05-06-2007, 11:19 AM
RE: Car Care Aware
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Pat Goss & Space
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As gas prices have escalated, the crooks have come out of the woodwork with promises of huge improvements in fuel economy and all kinds of different things. Well, save your money because those miracles do not work. [align=center]
Now, there are lots of things that you can do to bring your car back to what its fuel economy was when it was new. One of those is to keep the induction system clean. The induction systems are those parts that meter and direct the flow of air into the engine. [/align]One of the major problems is that the throttle body on the induction system gets dirty. That upsets airflow and leads to decreased fuel economy. Along with that, the components past the throttle body get dirty so they need to be cleaned.
How do you go about cleaning them? Well, one thing you don't do is you don't go out and buy that trusty can of carburetor cleaner and start spraying it into the throttle body. You see, a lot of throttle bodies have a coating on them and if you spray the carburetor cleaner in there, it'll damage that coating and then you've got real problems. You also don't spray anything into a mass air flow sensor, doesn't make any difference. What you are going to do, if you do that, is damage or destroy the mass air flow sensor. [align=center]
So what do you do? Well, you use a kit or you have the service performed using a kit such as we have here. A chemical goes into this unit, its pressurized, it goes down through the hose, the engine is running, there's a nozzle, just like the nozzle on a spray gun, that's attached to the throttle body, it sprays the chemicals down into the induction system and highly specialized chemicals, like we have here, clean the throttle body and the entire induction system, including the intake valves, and it restores fuel economy.
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[/align][align=center]If you have a question or comment, write to me.[/align][align=center]Don't write 2 `Space, he doesn't know anything
The address is MotorWeek, Owings Mills, MD, 21117.[/align]
Pat Goss & Space
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As gas prices have escalated, the crooks have come out of the woodwork with promises of huge improvements in fuel economy and all kinds of different things. Well, save your money because those miracles do not work. [align=center]
Now, there are lots of things that you can do to bring your car back to what its fuel economy was when it was new. One of those is to keep the induction system clean. The induction systems are those parts that meter and direct the flow of air into the engine. [/align]One of the major problems is that the throttle body on the induction system gets dirty. That upsets airflow and leads to decreased fuel economy. Along with that, the components past the throttle body get dirty so they need to be cleaned. How do you go about cleaning them? Well, one thing you don't do is you don't go out and buy that trusty can of carburetor cleaner and start spraying it into the throttle body. You see, a lot of throttle bodies have a coating on them and if you spray the carburetor cleaner in there, it'll damage that coating and then you've got real problems. You also don't spray anything into a mass air flow sensor, doesn't make any difference. What you are going to do, if you do that, is damage or destroy the mass air flow sensor. [align=center]
So what do you do? Well, you use a kit or you have the service performed using a kit such as we have here. A chemical goes into this unit, its pressurized, it goes down through the hose, the engine is running, there's a nozzle, just like the nozzle on a spray gun, that's attached to the throttle body, it sprays the chemicals down into the induction system and highly specialized chemicals, like we have here, clean the throttle body and the entire induction system, including the intake valves, and it restores fuel economy. [/align][align=center]
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[/align][align=center]If you have a question or comment, write to me.[/align][align=center]Don't write 2 `Space, he doesn't know anything
The address is MotorWeek, Owings Mills, MD, 21117.[/align]
#16
07-30-2007, 07:49 AM
RE: Car Care Aware
Gee thanks for calling the wheels on my 85 Monte Carlo CL pinto rims they are acually 60s Ansen Sprint slots which are simmilar to american racing Ansen Sprints
#17
07-30-2007, 07:56 AM
RE: Car Care Aware
ORIGINAL: misfitmonte
Gee thanks for calling the wheels on my 85 Monte Carlo CL pinto rims they are acually 60s Ansen Sprint slots which are simmilar to american racing Ansen Sprints
Gee thanks for calling the wheels on my 85 Monte Carlo CL pinto rims they are acually 60s Ansen Sprint slots which are simmilar to american racing Ansen Sprints
Hi Josh, I don't think any member was downing your Rims,
they were just joking me about my post. Sorry `if you took offense.
Please post some pictures of your 85 Monte Carlo CL
with your 60's Ansen Sprint Slots.
I would love to see them.
{Peace}
`Space
#18
08-01-2007, 07:33 AM
RE: Car Care Aware
I wasnt taking any offencse sorry for the confusion at the current moment my car is strewn across my yard so im not going to take pics of it but i will post some as soon as i get some paint on it and get it all back together
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