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Leave it to an school GM guy to talk sense, lol.

On my Escape I usually drop down to 20psi, I run 30 on the pavement (245/70r16, 3500ish pounds curb weight and I'm running Mastercraft Courser STRs). Honestly airing down is largely subjective, just play around a little and see what you like best. Just keep the spare aired up in case you go too low.

No worries dude!

Western Canada is staggeringly empty, even compared to the Inland Northwest of the US where Im at, and by most standards we are empty. I always laugh when the Canadian truckers roll into my shop and call Spokane "the big city down south".

Well I have been operating it for a little bit now, Im impressed. I can access the repeater I like from my couch! My wife isnt too keen on this fact but its nice especially seeing how my house is brick, and this is with the factory rubber duck. I have had it running on standby for maybe 4 hours...

So the "brown truck of joy" dropped off a new toy for me today, an Icom V86. Let me start by saying this thing is a tank, in a good way. Its hefty and seems like it could take a beating, its also supposed to be water resistant, so no worries about operating in the rain or if it get dropped in a...

In order to make Ultra Low Sulfur diesel fuel takes more steps in the refining process. Sulfur is something that accompanies the oil that in certain quantities can help in lubrication, but makes the fuel burn dirtier. In order to provide the lubricity that is lost when removing the sulfur...

Yup, unless I needed to haul everyday for a job you couldn't pay me to run a modern diesel. I really hope the engine manufacturers figure out a better way. But until then I'll pass...

European diesel emissions are very different from North American, so it's hard to say an American spec truck would be good to go because a Euro spec truck was.

Yeah I'm not sure about diesel elsewhere either. If you run non ultra low sulfur fuel it can damage the after treatment.

A word of caution with modern diesel. Current models have a very complex and unreliable emissions system. Gone are the days of 500,000 mile light and medium duty diesels. Most engines life span has been effectively halved by the emissions equipment. Then there's the fact that the exhausts run up...

Things that I would monitor would be coolant temp, oil temp, oil pressure, trans temp (I say coolant temp and oil pressure as most dash mounted gauges dont give you an actual number, just a hi, low, normal). Those would be the biggies, if you are able to another few good things to monitor would...

I'm cleaning out the radio room, here's a few things that might help get someone into ham. Send me your address and it's yours. All I ask is that when you're done you give it to another aspiring ham.

I used to be on ADV quite a bit, I do miss that crowd a bit. @rumbledawg it took me the longest time to be a smart phone adopter. But once I embraced it I realized theres no need for a computer for me anymore, and man music apps, Im all about music apps. As far as other internet usage, I got...

I used to run a ZR2, little bit different but it always amazed me how much it would get through in just 2wheel drive. Flexy rear springs and a rear locker are amazing things.

Honestly, unless youre in serious stuff not having a true 50/50 split isnt that big of a deal, it just becomes very nice if you lift whee off the ground. But if you know your vehicle well, theres always a work around.

I didn't know the Patriots had a 4wd lock, that's cool. Is there anything that helps with engine braking? I will say that's the only thing I dont like about my Escape, it doesn't engine brake very well. It would be cool if it had a hill decent mode.

I personally like the Ford big sixes the best (240 & 300) because they were run in far more industrial applications, as such parts are cheaper and easier to get. There are tons of reasons why straight sixes are the preferred engine arrangement for HD applications.

Oh for your smog issues you might try researching running acetone in fuel. A buddy of mine did a bunch of research and apparently acetone breaks up the surface tension of gasoline helping it to atomize better and thus burn more completely and cleanly. I believe it because this same friend is an...

Yeah the ttb in the 250s is a Dana50. I don't know much about the axle, just that it exists, lol. I dont know if Clifford Performance is still around, but you should still be able to find Offenhouser intakes and both Headman and Pacesetter make headers. Also you're supposed to be able to run...