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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 06:30 PM
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heard it on the radio this evening while they were giving the news reports.

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you can double your gas mileage and triple your horsepower using only handtools.a guy in wisconsin has successfully converted his hummer H1 to run on biodiesel. he has also converted a 1963 Chevrolet Impala using the same conversion. the car now gets 25mpg and originally made 250hp, it now makes over 800hp! now, for fun he lined up his impala up agianst a brand new lamborghini at the drag strip and "destroyed the lamborghini" he is now working on converting a H3 hummer too
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WOW!, this is awesome, a duramax can be swapped into virtually anything and it only takes hand tools!

im sure some of you remember the thread on the one pimpmyride car that was nice, a 63 impala with a dmax swapped in and runnin on biodiesel.
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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I Think You Need A Pair Of Wire Srippers Too... And Maybe Just A Few Other Tools
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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it just ****** boggles me how gullible and ignorant some people are. if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. like a motor swap, much less a gas to diesel motor swap, is a hand tools only job.


oh, and i almost forgot, they were claiming that he completely got rid of the "diesel rattle" by runnin biodiesel and it no longer "knocks and pings"
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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Yeah..... Ill Believe That....
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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Wait...i thought the thread was about a tornado. Now i get it. That simple motor swap i did from 5.3 to 6.0 can't be harder than a diesel swap right?
I must need to take a basica handtool class 101 or something....
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:08 PM
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I was only getting 52 mpg on my scooter, top speed of 51.3096, 21hp. I threw a bad *** 7/8 wrench at it and banged the fukking crankcase with a 22 oz ballpeen hammer and I picked up 19hp and it now gets 82mpg and tops out just over 77 mph. Best part is I did it without any professional help...












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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
I was only getting 52 mpg on my scooter, top speed of 51.3096, 21hp. I threw a bad *** 7/8 wrench at it and banged the fukking crankcase with a 22 oz ballpeen hammer and I picked up 19hp and it now gets 82mpg and tops out just over 77 mpg. Best part is I did it without any professional help...












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LMFAO!!!!
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 01:22 AM
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Shannon, if you can't do this with my engine...your fired!
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 03:12 AM
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If you guys didnt spend as much time crying and pissing and moaning about stuff you could do it too..... Take me for example, what they are talking about it simple and today when I get a spare 30minutes or so I am going to do the diesel swap to my truck. I mean hey, I heard it could be done on the news so it must be true. So damnit I got my screwdriver and my hammer ready and I am going to make this happen, oh **** almost forgot the duct tape. Wish me luck








Gee I bet the guy that told them about this had wings too, or maybe he stayed at a holiday inn express.







DAMN MEDIA
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Old Nov 2, 2007 | 08:07 AM
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I think I must need some new hand tools. Mine don't seem to work like that.
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