Why does my car have green topped valve covers?

[NOHOME]

If Nitrogen had any significant advantages, it would have been embraced wholesale by the trucking industry. Despite some dabbling with the technology, it has not been adopted as the status-quo.

Tells me everything I need to know about using Nitrogen in a street driven application

[YamahaR86]

Not sure why this thread didn't get moved to the "Other Vehicle discussions" but my thread on how people park did.

Dem mods.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by TruRace

It's to designate that there is nitrogen in the tires. So you or whoever is filling up the tires doesn't mix it with air.

The second post nailed it ........ why are we still here .......

ahhhhhh.......... ya'll waiting for another "back in the day" story..??

Your turn, @Tcoat , surely you have one .......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

The second post nailed it ........ why are we still here .......

ahhhhhh.......... ya'll waiting for another "back in the day" story..??

Your turn, @Tcoat , surely you have one .......


humfrz

Back in the day we had bias ply tires. You could fill them with piss if you wanted and the handling was not impacted.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Back in the day we had bias ply tires. You could fill them with piss if you wanted and the handling was not impacted.

.......and ..... the bias ply tires had tubes in them. So, you could whack the hell out of a curb or bend the rim and they wouldn't go flat.

besides, the bias ply tires had some "meat" to them ...... they weren't "low profile".

If we wanted to lower the profile of the car ....... we lowered the car on the suspension ..... not by putting on skinny tires .........


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

.......and ..... the bias ply tires had tubes in them. So, you could whack the hell out of a curb or bend the rim and they wouldn't go flat.

besides, the bias ply tires had some "meat" to them ...... they weren't "low profile".

If we wanted to lower the profile of the car ....... we lowered the car on the suspension ..... not by putting on skinny tires .........


humfrz

And zero camber because if you went any different the tires would last about an hour.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by humfrz

.......and ..... the bias ply tires had tubes in them. So, you could whack the hell out of a curb or bend the rim and they wouldn't go flat.

besides, the bias ply tires had some "meat" to them ...... they weren't "low profile".

If we wanted to lower the profile of the car ....... we lowered the car on the suspension ..... not by putting on skinny tires .........


humfrz

One of those pulled up next to me as I was heading home from work the other day in the wee hours of the morning. I rolled down my window and gave him a nod, smile, and thumbs up. He responded the same.

Hope he didn't see me drooling...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

One of those pulled up next to me as I was heading home from work the other day in the wee hours of the morning. I rolled down my window and gave him a nod, smile, and thumbs up. He responded the same.

Hope he didn't see me drooling...

I so wanted to do a clone of the Pharos's car from American Graffiti when I was a teenager. Could never find a 51 Merc though since everybody else wanted the same thing.

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I so wanted to do a clone of the Pharos's car from American Graffiti when I was a teenager. Could never find a 51 Merc though since everybody else wanted the same thing.

Never too late!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Never too late!

Ummmm.... Welll....Ahhhhh


http://classiccars.com/listings/view...lifornia-92861

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ummmm.... Welll....Ahhhhh


http://classiccars.com/listings/view...lifornia-92861

DO IT!! You can forgo retirement a few more years....

So you might be able to answer this... I scrolled down and saw the odo reading listed at 0. Could that be a typo???

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

DO IT!! You can forgo retirement a few more years....

So you might be able to answer this... I scrolled down and saw the odo reading listed at 0. Could that be a typo???

Or they just didn't know it when they typed up the ad and just never put it in. Not unusual to do that for the older cars. Mileage is meaningless on something like that anyway.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

DO IT!! You can forgo retirement a few more years....

So you might be able to answer this... I scrolled down and saw the odo reading listed at 0. Could that be a typo???

Nah, they just hooked up an electric drill to the speedometer cable and let it run all night ........


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ummmm.... Welll....Ahhhhh


http://classiccars.com/listings/view...lifornia-92861

That one would be no fun.

Now, here, for $700 USD, you could have your dream starter project merc.


humfrz