Recent content by SubieRubyRoo

Absolutely not. Pull some in-service samples at your target mileage, then make a decision based on data, not a guess or from emotions. Whether it’s fuel %, insolubles, soot, viscosity, or TBN/TAN, at least the decision will have a bit of actual reasoning behind the decision to dump the oil. I’m...

All arbitrarily arrived at, Without real data to back up the hysteria. But I completely support catalytic converters because they make exhaust less noxious. You mean time to short it? 🤣

People resist being forced to change. If there are positives (“WIIFM??”) they are more likely. Give them some input into the change process, and most people can’t wait to get on that change wagon.

The difference between all of your examples and EVs is that nobody FORCED the consumer to buy computers, or internet access, or cell phones. That means they became ubiquitous because people WANTED those items due to their convenience factor. At nearly every turn, there is a clear INconvenience...

And, China is building multiple coal plants every single week in order to have a grid that could support it. It’s hardly a “green” solution, but it certainly does offer near-complete control of all vehicles dependent on the charging system…

It’s crazy when you can’t even support an idea while giving away other peoples’ money to incentivize it…

There’s no downside to running HM oils from brand new. MolaKule had a few entries a couple years ago explaining the main differences between “regular” & HM oils, and stated pretty clearly you could run HM oil from the minute you drive a new vehicle off the lot. Manufacturers certainly could...

TGMO has never been the cream of the crop. It’s so loaded with VIIs with very thin base oils and low HTHS to achieve a very high viscosity index, that volatility suffers, along with the risk of mechanical shear. There’s numerous better 0w20 oils than TGMO, including several on the shelf at WM...

@RDY4WAR didn’t you confirm this? Hard to remember with so many threads…

SuperCar 0w40 FTW 🤪

So HKs are the only engine that suffers fuel dilution and combustion soot? Interesting. One would think HK would have copied a more successful engine instead. 🤷

Is this really “thick vs. thin, version 1.934,862”?

I wonder on V or straight engines if you could pull the plug, rotate the engine to TDC so both valves are closed, and pour Berryman’s B-12 into the intake port and let it sit overnight? This should dissolve the goo and carbon, and then rotate it over a few times with the plug out so you don’t...

I even RTFM’d but it was not immediately clear. There’s no notation in the index; it’s buried in the Favorites tab. I got it now 🤣 FWIW, the only post I could find about it said it was on page 219 of the OM, but it was on 216. So Google fu didn’t even help, since the poster was confused! 👍🏻

I’ve got a fairly old M&M AK (2010 maybe?) built on a CUGIR stamped receiver, with a folding wire stock. Call it psychological remnants of growing up in Gary, IN 🤣 Anyways, it’s a 3-4” @ 100 yards in my hands, with Tula Ammo that cost me about $0.18/round, and not really expecting anything...