nice... i'm hoping LQ4 torque with another point of compression would get me up from 15 avg.
though i did see 20 once last summer... driving 55-60 the entire 3hr from north dallas back home down I-20

 

I haven’t worried too much about gas mileage lately with any of my vehicles. Gas is down to under $2 a gallon for regular here in Oregon right now and around 2.20~2.30 a gallon for premium.

 

haha... but we also both remember when that was a rip-off

 

Yeah when I first started driving gas was 1.80 and went up to over $2 and people were freaking out lol.


so since I’ve put the 22” wheels on I’ve had a terrible vibration at about 70mph on the freeway. Made me not even wanna drive the caddy. Well today I was able to fix it. I had some hub centric rings that wouldn’t fit the inner bore of the wheels, they were slightly too big but I recently bought 1/4” spacers for the truck because the passenger rear was running the inner fender liner on hard turns. The rings fit the spacers perfect and just a tiny bit went past them which meshed up with the tapered bore on the wheels perfect. I also torqued the wheels in a fashion my buddy who used to work at tire pros in Salem told me to do. Tighten the lugs using the torque wrench pushing down then flip the torque wrench 180 and torque them pulling up on it. He said he didn’t beleive that it would make a difference till he saw it when his old boss recommended it. Sure enough that did the trick and the truck drives super smooth now. while I was swapping the spacers on the wheels I noticed that the front sway bar bushing washer had pushed through and the passenger side end link was completely loose because of it. Put two new washers on that side and tightened it all down and the truck feels really sporty again. All it needs is 2x as much power and a big brake kit but that’s not gonna happen lol.

Also had one of my fan relays take a dump on me and I swapped in a new one and all is good.

truck is looking good with the new 305/40/22 tires on it and rides awesome again.


got some vortec max badges for it. I had ordered satin black and red ones and didn’t like them at all. The chrome and black looks allot better on this truck.

 

Sold my Escalade today. Was hoping to pick up this clean white tbss for 9k but it was deleted off craigslist this morning. Been searching all day for a replacement for the truck and I think I wanna get a 07 escalade ext with the 6.2l. Found one for a little under kbb that I wanna pick up with 135k on it. Looks super clean inside and out. Hoping to hear back from the seller tomorrow.

 

Oregon must have one helluva market. You sell and trade **** more than I do laundry 😂

 

I’m pretty bad about it lol. I’ve had like 150+ cars since I turned 15, about 45 bikes now as well. Longest I’ve ever kept a car was about 3 years. I just get bored after a while or once I feel a project is finished.

 

daggum... in 17yrs of vehicle ownership, i've had 5 total:

• '90 festiva for 2.5 months (wrecked in '03)
• '91 explorer (got in '03, gave to sister in '06)
• '99 sierra (owned since '06)
• '00 vette (owned since '10)
• '05 silverado (lemon i drove 3 times in '16 & had to sue for a refund)

 

I’ll list what I can remember lol
2000 s10 rcsb
82 Chevy short wide 4x4, Muncie 4speed
89 Taurus sho (loved that car)
1990 Audi 90
1984 Audi 4000
69 vw bug
94 s10 beater
67vw bug
1980 Plymouth arrow, 302, 4 speed
1990 Isuzu pup, bagged on Escalade wheels
1992 Toyota with Chevy small block
95 talon tsi
94 civic ex sohc turbo
95 civic b16 swapped, then turbo b16 then turbo ls vtec
92 Civic hatch, ls then ls turboing 314/280
92 talon tsi auto
94 integra auto (trade)
92 Toyota turbo pickup
98 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited
94 civic in Barbie pink
94 civic in Barbie pink lol
98 s10 zr2
95 Tahoe
89 civic b20 swapped
89 civic sedan, b16 swapped, then ls vtec then H2b (ran 12.5 at 110 all motor) then turbo d15/z6
96 Civic hatch made 371 on 15lbs, parted out
94 civic ex turbo b20
94 ls vtec turbo eg (408 on a Mustang dyno) concerted to awd then parted out)
2003 350z 6 speed with brembos
2002 z06 corvette
92 hatch with k20a2 rsx type s motor
2003 745li
2001 Svt lightning
91 talon (308awhp)
91 talon 550whp, same car, sold it the first time and a guy who works at ets built it then ended up selling it to me for cheap
00 astrovan awd for plumbing business
01 Nissan Pathfinder (cheap beater)
81 Chevy long bed 4x4 beautiful Omaha orange original paint, 4” lift 35’s
99 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited
97 ranger prerunner, 5.0 swapped 5 speed turbo on megasquirt
07 335i (wife’s car)
2004 escalade 6.0
2002 s10 zr2
1990 crx, awd concerted turbo b20v made 441/303
1988 crx all motor b20 drag car, parted out
2000 Honda Insight all motor d series
2000 s10 4.8l swapped 5 speed
91 s10 turbo 5.3l build in progress

I know there’s way more. I’ll add to this when they come to mind. Might be buying a 07 crd Jeep Grand Cherokee today. Might be a nice change from ls everything.

 

I've got the perfect next project for you.. 2003-2004 Chevy Avalanche. Charcoal gray exterior, gray leather interior without body cladding. 2wd with trutrac and 3.42 gears. Swap in a NV4500 with a L92 that has VVT removed, and a cam for mid range. Maybe you want to bump up the compression, or add coilovers. Perhaps 6 piston calipers up front, or even just the new factory 4 piston caliper setup. Might I suggest and HD or carbon fiber hood. Good luck with that, and think you could post it up here this time when you're done with it?