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CDsDontBurn said:
The Halloween stuff, I'm not mad at. It's the first Holiday and decor for it should start rolling out now. But the "jolly days" shit. Fuck no. Not this early.
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It didn’t start rolling out just now, I start seeing it right after the Fourth of July. It’s absurd we have these 4 month head starts for any holiday, as if the kiddies won’t have any candy by October 31st if they started rolling out the inventory in mid September.
 
CDsDontBurn said:
I was there about a month ago and there was none that Christmas bullshit there at that time. So no, it's not on permanent display.
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I mean, I was hoping that would be the case more than I was stating it as a fact, but I'm not sure there are words for how terrible that is then.
 
theterminator93 said:
Weren't the owners of Hobby Lobby the folks that claimed that God told them they needed to stay open during the shutdown at the start of the pandemic?

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I do my absolute best to not go there. And for the most part it wins out. I also hate Walmart with a passion and don't go there unless I absolutely have to as well. Unfortunately, both these chains have a monopoly hold in my region so unless I want to make a half day event out of going elsewhere, I have to go to these two chains.

That said, I see Wally-World as the "lesser of two evils" here and will drop coin there before Hobby Lobby.
 
Here's the aluminum collector gaskets I swapped out on Sat. Does anybody know if the copper ones would last any longer.20250728_085216.jpg
 
Ericv8thunderbird said:
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Ahh, much better.


Yup, Discount Exhaust. I actually know the owner, he came from another shop and I didn’t realize he was out on his own until my sister told me.

Highly recommended!
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Thanks! :)

I was able to see the shop name on their t-shirts and Googled them! :LOL:

Joe
 
Pretty bird! Wasnt there a red foxbody on that lot?
 
I loved those cars too, from the moment I first saw Risky Business…right up until I drove one. That is definitely one of those “don’t meet your heroes” cars. Slow, doesn’t handle well, rattles like a tin can. It’s beautiful, but the driving experience leaves a lot to be desired, especially from what was supposed to be the flagship model of a premium sports car brand. The air-cooled 911 of similar vintage was the better car by far.
 
97 30th said:
Here's the aluminum collector gaskets I swapped out on Sat. Does anybody know if the copper ones would last any longer.View attachment 13511
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I've been impressed with 100% graphite gaskets from RemFlex. I've only used them between the heads and headers, but I would think flange gaskets would work well. I have V-band clamps on the collector end, so never had a need to try their collector gaskets.
 
I used Remflex for the collector gaskets on my new setup
 
Through testing, I've come to the conclusion that this device is bad. I have one more test to fully confirm it, but I don't want to open the box of another unit to 100% verify.

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Because the boxes need to contain the entire unit...

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97 30th said:
Here's the aluminum collector gaskets I swapped out on Sat. Does anybody know if the copper ones would last any longer.View attachment 13511
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Copper is supposed to be as harder or harder than aluminum on the MOS scale depending on the aluminum alloy (3 vs 2.5-3).
The soot on the gaasket makes me wonder if you should match the gasket to the opening better (maybe use a grinder/dremel) to goatse up the gasket.
 
Ericv8thunderbird said:
I sent an email to LMR about the finish on the shift knob, and they sent me a new one, we’ll see how long this one lasts, considering I haven’t even really driven the car much at all since the trans swap.
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If that one fails too keep a look out for the Ford Racing ones, they pop up from time to time on EBay. They’re real leather and don’t seem to have those finish issues(I’d sell you mine but I’m always toying with using it). You can tell them apart visually as the Ford leather is smoother and less grainy than the LMR. (Same with the LMR FR500 steering wheels I’ve seen)
 
XR7-4.6 said:
If that one fails too keep a look out for the Ford Racing ones, they pop up from time to time on EBay. They’re real leather and don’t seem to have those finish issues(I’d sell you mine but I’m always toying with using it). You can tell them apart visually as the Ford leather is smoother and less grainy than the LMR. (Same with the LMR FR500 steering wheels I’ve seen)
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Plan B: Purchase this knob, scratch off the shift pattern with a butter knife and redraw with a Sharpie and it will look brand new.


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KevinVarnes said:
Plan B: Purchase this knob, scratch off the shift pattern with a butter knife and redraw with a Sharpie and it will look brand new
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I do not have this level of artistic ability to make the shift pattern be looking "as good as new". It would look like a 5yr old did it. My wheels in my Gold Bird are a good example of that 😅.
 
gunn said:
Copper is supposed to be as harder or harder than aluminum on the MOS scale depending on the aluminum alloy (3 vs 2.5-3).
The soot on the gaasket makes me wonder if you should match the gasket to the opening better (maybe use a grinder/dremel) to goatse up the gasket.
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Tne melting point comes in too, aluminum melts at campfire temps, copper does not.
 
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