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What I’ve been up to…
Posted by RyanG in 1967 Cadillac Sedan Deville on June 3, 2009
First, I’m amazed that I didn’t mention this here yet! The picture above is of my previous daily driver, a 1999 Ford Explorer. On April 7th my wife was driving it home after a light rain, and while accellerating onto an onramp she lost control, spun around 180 degrees and rolled it one time. Fortunately, [...]
4.5L Duramax – GTM Supercar
Posted by RyanG in Bio Diesel, Concept Projects, Supercars on November 18, 2008
Okay, if you thought the idea of a lightweight sports car with a big diesel v8 was exciting, consider this. There is a kit car company out there named Factory Five that makes various kit cars. Cobra replicas, hot rods, and perhaps most interestingly, a “build it yourself” super car. Now the GTM super car [...]
4.5L Duramax – Saturn Sky
Posted by RyanG in Bio Diesel, Concept Projects on November 3, 2008
Since the first time I saw the Saturn Sky Roadster I fell in love with it. Though, with my particular passion for diesel I’d love to see one with a diesel motor. Well, in 2010 GM is planning to release a 4.5L V8 Duramax. All of the marketing materials and announcements say that it’s being [...]
3.0L Mercedes Diesel – Datsun 240z
Posted by RyanG in Bio Diesel, Concept Projects on October 9, 2008
I tend to have lots of ideas about project cars that I think are pretty cool. The chances are I won’t ever build any of them, but I figured I could start documenting them here just for fun, or on the odd chance that somebody reads my ideas and decides to build one of them. [...]
The Lexus Lives!
This Labor Day weekend I finally put the finishing touches on my wife’s Lexus ES300. You see, about 5 weeks earlier I had started the seemingly simple task of removing the cylinder heads, and replacing them with a rebuilt pair I had practically stolen from a seller on eBay. The goal of course, was to [...]
Corvette ZR1 Owners – Schooled
Okay, so I’ve been a little bit out of the loop on the new Corvette ZR1 in spite of being a Motor Trend subscriber. Bottom line, this is the fastest car the General has ever produced in any quantity for public consumption. You can read all about Motor Trend’s first drive here. However, my very [...]
A penny for your soybean?
Posted by RyanG in Bio Diesel on March 24, 2008
If you know me, or if you’ve read some of my blog posts you probably know I’m a big fan of diesel engines. In particular I’m quite fond of biodiesel. I’ve often preached that while OPEC continues to shaft us on the price of crude oil making gasoline and petroleum based diesel unreasonably expensive, biodiesel [...]
Check out my new ride!
No, I didn’t actually buy a super car, but I think that I should be able to. Allow me to elaborate. I live in a rather affluent part of Southern California and nice (expensive) cars are not uncommon on our roads. I spent just a couple hours recently at Shoreline (some bluffs just over the [...]
An Ob-NOx-ious truth
Posted by RyanG in Bio Diesel, Emissions on October 29, 2007
In a recent post I extolled the benefits of running even a large vehicle on biodiesel. I focused mostly on the CO2 emissions, since that is the big buzz word, and the commonly known greenhouse gas. I failed to discuss other emissions from such an engine and fuel combination. I’d like to talk about that [...]
Love the wheels you’re with
My wife and I have interesting personalities, we both make BIG decisions with fairly little hesitancy and generally don’t regret the outcome. However, on the little stuff, like where we eat for dinner, what color blankets to buy, and (for me especially) what we drive and how it’s modified/maintained, we agonize and flip-flop constantly. See, [...]
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