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And don't forget the Massachusetts dude who showed up on a motorcycle one year - you know who you are
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John McVicker
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^^^
James from Boston
James from Boston
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Yep! A few years ago James passed us as we waited on the side of the road to Yankee Boy Basin - told him he should feel right at home up there.^^^
James from Boston
thatcabledude
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And at 75 ft lbs you poop your Depends?
I'm still kicking myself that I didn't look at my inclinometer when I got fuel starved on the steep climb up from Lake Como this year. Myself and two other 60s experienced the same thing at the same spot, and so did an FJ40. Whatever that angle was it was the limit for an Aisin carb because my float bowl drained - just enough fuel from the pump to idle but so little fuel that it would bog or almost stall any time I put my foot on the accelerator.
More pertinent to your post, two years ago at SAS5 I kept stalling at idle on level ground at the top of Imogene. I had to keep the idle choked out to about 1200rpm the whole way down into Telluride just to keep the motor running - not ideal when you're trying to control speed and not thermonuclear-meltdown your brakes. Back at camp I found two of the carb hold down nuts loose, so it was sucking air at the base, big vacuum leak.
A bunch of reasons why I love diesel. Compression braking, and (at least with non computer stuff), less parts in the fuel system.
I barely had to use my brakes. I'm not sure an on/off exhaust brake would be a good idea off-road, but if it could be variable, it might be handy for those long decents where eventually the engine braking isn't enough.
I barely had to use my brakes. I'm not sure an on/off exhaust brake would be a good idea off-road, but if it could be variable, it might be handy for those long decents where eventually the engine braking isn't enough.
Nah, just have a bunch of gears lmao. I must say though, my engine never skipped a beat or had a burble on hard compression braking at all. Direct injection ftw.
With the 2F and stock gears I’ve never had trouble engine braking in 1st/4Low on descents like Imogene … as long as I can let the motor idle at 750rpm or so. The problem was the high idle kept me moving too fast
This ^^^ the 1FZ-FE ran perfect up & down
The steepest pass’s
And I had enough gears to never need the brakes.
And I didn’t have to run at the back of the pack to keep from stinking up the rest of the group
And I didn’t have to run at the back of the pack to keep from stinking up the rest of the group
A couple of the gassers were the worst offenders. That 45 was really rich and burning oil.
After I filled up with local fuel, I wasn't nearly the bug bomb I was on Monday.
I'm also wondering how many temp cycles it takes for the computer to fully adjust?
Those 2.8s seem to be really slow to learn. It takes a while for them to figure out how not not smoke on idle from the crate.
Agreed
94 1FZ-FE is OBD 1 so it doesn’t adjust.
As it has worn, it has changed a lot. I can't remember the hours, but I'm confidant it changed programs. It felt stronger and economy improved at one point
Mine has just passed the 500 gallons of fuel through it mark.
Interesting. I'm sure they have the LS3 crate style intial programming that limits power for breakin and then fully enables it.
That would be my guess as well. I'm sure as things loosen up, it does better also. Google how many hours that is, who knows. My 01 Dodge burned a quart of oil every 2000 miles when towing for about the first 100k miles. Then one day, it just stopped. The next 100k I didn't half to add anything ever. At 200k, it started leaking....
BigHighBlue
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Perhaps the incline caused the float to close thus restricting fuel? My first time doing fenceline at Katemcy rocks I was stalling trying to charge up a steep incline. My spotter who knows whats up told me to rev the engine a few times to top off the bowl before giving it the beans. Did the trick. Maybe something to consider? Might need to run a higher idle or rev it a couple times when on the incline
CenTXFJ60
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AJ!!!!
Howdy, folks.
Life has been busy as a one-armed paper hanger since we got back to West Texas - no rest for the weary. I wanted to post my personal thanks to all who attended, sponsored, pitched in and helped throughout the week to make SAS 7 another fantastic event. It was wonderful seeing old friends and making new ones, as always. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did and sincerely hope we all stay in touch throughout the coming year. We feel blessed and humbled by the opportunity to contribute to the Cruiser community, and bring like-minded people together.
I love seeing all of the new faces, but more important, the young faces. They are the future of this pursuit in life. It reminds me of our own upbringing and, to me, validates everything we are doing. I look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Until then... We can't wait to see you all again.
Life has been busy as a one-armed paper hanger since we got back to West Texas - no rest for the weary. I wanted to post my personal thanks to all who attended, sponsored, pitched in and helped throughout the week to make SAS 7 another fantastic event. It was wonderful seeing old friends and making new ones, as always. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did and sincerely hope we all stay in touch throughout the coming year. We feel blessed and humbled by the opportunity to contribute to the Cruiser community, and bring like-minded people together.
I love seeing all of the new faces, but more important, the young faces. They are the future of this pursuit in life. It reminds me of our own upbringing and, to me, validates everything we are doing. I look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Until then... We can't wait to see you all again.
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