Recent content by MadMikeyL

Do you have a chip, or the actual quarter horse in the computer? If it is the quarter horse, I have had the battery go bad before and prevent the car from starting, so you might want to try removing that from the ECM and seeing if it will start without it.

It says 72 cars were ordered by the pacific Canada district sales office. Whether that is the only DSO that could order cars for BC, or whether all the cars ordered by that DSO were destined for BC is not specified by the report. As for carfax, I trust the Marti report more than I trust carfax...

I’m planning on doing it this year, although it may be in my truck, assuming I get it done in time.

I wish I could come! I dropped an engine on my foot February 1st, broke a few bones in it, and won’t be back up and able to drive for probably another 6-8 weeks, so I have to miss it, but if you do it again next year, I’ll make sure to make it out. Have fun everyone!

On ice, unless you have studded tires, you are just along for the ride, it doesn’t matter what wheels are being driven. The added weight over the front wheels helps a FWD car get traction to start moving from a dead stop, but once you are moving, that advantage is gone. A tire has a finite...

It amazes me that people keep wanting FWD for snow. I would never think about going out in the snow in FWD. It is single point of failure in a situation where failure is almost guaranteed! In snowy conditions, your drive wheels are going to lose traction at some point. If you have RWD, your...

That email is dead. The right email address is midnightoilnj@gmail.com. I just checked, and it was sitting in my drafts folder, so it looks like I forgot to hit send. You should have it now.

Email sent. There are more examples than what I sent you, but I didn’t go through everything. Also how do I delete old messages? I was looking for a delete option, but didn’t see it.

Minor issue with the private messages. A few messages I didn’t recognize were in my inbox, listed as coming in on various dates in 2020. Upon clicking on them, the messages are actually from back in October 2006, and are between other people. I can just delete them easily enough, but you might...

Well that didn’t take long!

A load index of 96 means it can support 1565lbs per tire. A 101 can support 1819lbs per tire. Assuming 50% weight over the back tires at 4500lbs, that is only 1125lbs per tire, so well under the capability of the tire. Where the problem comes in is that the load index is based on maximum tire...

A misfire would cause a temporary boost spike. Your problem is likely ignition related, and the boost spike is a symptom, not the cause.

I would try to steer you away from the SC engine for endurance racing. These engines make lots of torque, which makes them great for drag cars or street cars, but they are very sensitive to heat, and tend to blow head gaskets when beat on, so for road racing in a lightweight chassis, a 5.0 is a...

One quick tip I use on any larger jobs, get yourself a sharpie marker and a pack of zip-lock freezer bags. Put small parts or bolts for any particular thing in a bag and label it with the sharpie (Exhaust manifold, left accessory bracket, ps pump, alternator, etc). This takes only a few...

Any pics of the 89 5-speed? What kind of shape and how much?