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2020 is looking to be a big year. As if the Riyadh auto show wasn’t epic enough, I hope to surpass that. This, is my Probe: It doesn’t look like much, because it really isn’t much. I picked this baby up on Ebay for $500. It had 266,016 miles, and it didn’t run, but the …
Way back in late July, I got a phone call that would lead to one of the bigger adventures of my life to this point. Optima Batteries was looking for cars for a project – the first ever large car show in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was an ambitious plan: a car show …
I did a thing. With no car to tinker with, I had cleaned the garage twice, and was faced with a choice: tear the downstairs bathroom apart, or get a cheap car to tinker with. Browsing Ebay, the decision made itself. I found a 1994 Ford Probe in Indianapolis listed with a $500 starting bid. …
It’s been awhile, but there’s been a lot going on, and I’ve either not had time to write, or I’ve been unable to because we had to keep some stuff on the down-low. But the embargo is pretty much lifted and things are in motion that can’t be stopped, so here’s an update. Back during …
Did it work? No. Longer answer: Nooooooooo. I took the car down to NCM for a big double weekend. The DriveAutoX event on the pad on Saturday, and an SCCA Time Trial regional on Sunday. My E-dash didn’t survive the first autocross run. It would randomly reboot. The little Pi3 just couldn’t hack …
Since, and actually before, installing the ECUGN in my car, I have had issues with data. The Buick’s dash is very spartan. I have a speedometer, odometer, trip odometer, tachometer, boost gauge, and an array of idiot lights that cover what could be covered. That means water temp (light comes on at 225 degrees), oil …
We’ve reached a milestone: I ran an event, and I have nothing significant about broken parts to talk about. So I’ll talk about Match Tours for a bit. The Match Tour format was devised to bring a Champ Tour-esque environment, but cram it into a single day, with a shootout on the second day. The …
Followers of this blog will know I periodically send samples of my engine oil to Blackstone Labs for analysis. It’s the only way outside of a teardown to really see what’s going on inside your engine. For instance, after using the Period Correct Tow Pig to tow my car to Las Vegas and back last …
Read More “Engine health update (and the transmission, too!)”
When I rebuilt the engine back over the winter of 2017/2018, I selected things with an eye towards eventually getting back to E-85. I had run it for a few years back, while still on the stock turbo. Once I upgraded my turbocharger, I no longer had enough pump or lines to run E-85. But …
Read More “Swilling the corn juice (E-85/Flex Fuel install)”
This post should have been a recap of the 2019 Midwest Muscle Car Challenge hosted by Bowler Performance Transmissions. This event is a ton of fun, hugely supported by sponsors (which means awesome door prizes and a fantastic swag bag), and all the money left over goes to a fantastic charity. But that is not …