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I was popping around FB today and saw this picture. It wasn't so much the picture, but the name. It was our old buddy Skylar Troutwine. He posted that he was 19 on this site last year, but on his actual FB page, he just is 18 now. Figures. He was such a kid, and he's still in high school this year. lol
This is his Chevy, but it has a boo-boo. His hood blew up and destroyed itself. In his second picture, he still has his 97 F150 also. Such a freaking liar he was.
I have a Stanley box with 3 Arduino Uno's, 2 Megas and 4 Raspberry Pi's inside. Also a crap load of different hardware, digital boards, breadboards, etc, for both set ups, BUT, I haven't played with the Arduino's yet. Only the Pi's. I even have a 324GB hard drive for the Pi's. I have 4 different systems cards for the Pi's and this winter will be joining a Makers group on Mondays to learn more about these myself. I was going to add a Pi and 10.1 screen and make my own computer radio. Of course, with all the cheap Android heads now on the market, I have a load of parts for that project also. I've waste a load of cash on this crap, only to let it sit. Sort of like my DJI drone with GOPro and gimble.
I tend to collect more things than I'll ever do. It's a terrible trait, but I always seem to have what I or the neighbors need. You should see my damn HO train collection. It's gotten ridiculous. I started it for my grandson, but they moved to Alabama for work with an Alaskan Corporation, so they had to go. Now I have $$$$ of dollars tied up in something I'll never use. Ebay and Christmas this year. I hope to stay busy getting these gone. lol
Originally Posted by white89gt
I have one Raspberry Pi, but I've done very little with it. I need to dig it out and mess with it again. Microsoft has announced the release of their own version now called the Azure Sphere. I am thinking that I might pick one up, as I think it has more possibilities than Arduino and RP's. They are more pricey though.
I thought you fellers might get a chuckle out of this....
AK, I could be wrong but I think collecting more things than will ever get done is a lot more common than most will admit to.
I have an Arduino Esplora board which is a board that comes with a lot of sensors and input choices already on the board along with plugs to expand the board features. For example it has a joy stick, the 4 up, down, left, right buttons like a game controller, a plug for adding a display, light sensor, 3 axis accelerometer, etc. There are also a couple of options for adding more sensors.
I picked it up when Radio Shack was going out of business with thoughts of wondering how it would work to add a stand alone traction control system to a vehicle. On the Arduino website forums there are a lot examples of people having used the board for a number of different automotive and motorcycle projects. Most had to do with EFI control but not limited to ignition only. There are some 5 axis ring gyros available that will work with the board so it seems like traction control is possible. The limit for me would be with the programming.
The problem I have with looking in to this any further is there are no manuals to the boards or about Arduino in general. Everything seems to be done with online discussions and sharing the failures and successes online. The advantages of open source devices are obvious but the drawback is if you don't keep up with what's going on you get left behind. It doesn't seem like something you can put down and come back to at another time. Hope that makes sense. Maybe with a computer and programming background that would change? Anyway, appears I'm not alone with having picked up a board and not done anything or much with it. I came across the board yesterday and don't remember the last time I saw it. lol
The wheelchair ramp reminds me of what it use to be like in my local downtown. All the stores had metal covers on the sidewalk that opened up to the store's basements. When opened, one side was steps and the other side was a ramp for sliding packages on to get them in to the basements without carrying them. Never considered the setup to be an early version of handicap accessible.
I was popping around FB today and saw this picture. It wasn't so much the picture, but the name. It was our old buddy Skylar Troutwine. He posted that he was 19 on this site last year, but on his actual FB page, he just is 18 now. Figures. He was such a kid, and he's still in high school this year. lol
This is his Chevy, but it has a boo-boo. His hood blew up and destroyed itself. In his second picture, he still has his 97 F150 also. Such a freaking liar he was.
Is this Skylar kid cursed or does he invite this stuff?
This might be a pretty stupid question but can I use the factory 97/98 4.6L Y Pipe on the 99-03 4.2L? They seem similar so I thought I’d ask, but I’m assuming I can’t.
Better off just acquiring a 4.2 Y. I imagine you could manipulate or adapt a V8 Y to fit, but you would need a bit of 400 series stainless on hand to do so...if you want to last. The factory Y's are 400 series. 400 series will surface rust, but it takes a long time for it eat thru.
400 series can be welded with a little MIG, stainless wire is not required w/400. 300 series, no rust stainless requires stainless wire.
If your 2wd, you have plenty of elbow room and forgiveness on your angels and turns. If 4wd, there is none, you have to be spot on with angles turns or it's going to hit.
From cheapest to pricey options:
1. Locate a Y that was made for the truck. Also, just so you know, there are 5 different Y's for the V8 trucks lol. The 4two have two configurations AFAIK...yea, I'm not sure if there's is a difference between stick and auto on those. There is a difference between 2wd and 4wd though.
2. Have an exhaust shop bend one up for yuh...IF they will. Most will do it.
3. Purchase new direct fit. Magnaflow is most likley the best, but yea, - pricey. Walker has a few, they are cheaper but their bends suck, and it's not stainless.
Screwing with exhaust sucks. It's worth shelling out a few more bucks to get it done right...specially if your lacking the right tools for the job.
River, check out https://www.hackster.io/ for lots of good info and projects you can create. Lots of really cool stuff on there.
Speaking of Skylar... he seems to be breeding. What an influx of Skylar's we've had lately. This guy with the cylinder one misfire and the loose timing chain. Does he not realize that chain is used for 4 cylinders? Not just cylinder one? I doubt he ever did a compression test, like AK told him to.... And then the transmission Seafoam guy. Holy nuts! Drive me nuts, LOL. I just want to ask them "if you know so much, why are you here?".
I am puzzled how the hell that voids a warranty though ?!?!?!?!?
Right? It's a piece of plastic with 6 screws. I was dumbfounded when he said that. Literally at a loss for words.
Anyway with the money back from Home Depot I picked up that floor wand... Buck0 holey crap does that make a difference! I've done my driveway three times with the turbo nozzle in the past... this wand was so much quicker and so much easier on my back lol. Will never not use that for driveways again. Plus I like that it doesn't soak everything with water because it's contained. I was able to do a good section of my garage floor without soaking everything around.
