id like to apologize for my comments on the other two posts i had i was bein a jerk and got my panties in a twist sorta speak so if i offended anyone im sorry...and i especially apologize to my rednecks brothers those comments were low and mean....hopefully we can put that all behind us and start over

 

dont know what posts your talking about but ill tell you one thing it takes alot to be the bigger man and apologize.i gotta give ya credit.

 

It takes a real man to own up to his mistakes.

 

Been there done that...... so your not alone....... Just makes ya a better man for realizing ya done bad........

 

If you would like some advice, here it comes. If not, skip this post!

If you don't know something either don't talk or admit you don't know. The smartest guy I know says "I don't know" all of the time. That's one reason he is so smart!

The other thing he does (that I need to get better at) is listening with out interrupting.
He asked me one time to tell him about semi-automatic shotguns. He then waited as I told him everything I know about the subject and THEN he started asking questions. Most of us have a tendency to want the other person to know that we already know most of what they just said and end up interupting them before we have learned what we needed to know in the first place. People do it to me all of the time.
He also doesn't tell people they are stupid for buying or driving as certain vehicle he just tries to help them with what they have. He's also not at all brand loyal, he knows what each manufacturer made that is good and what was bad.
Virtually everybody in this area that is REALLY serious about mechanical stuff goes to him for advice.

I know it sounds like hero worship but the guy is really that good.
He built an overdrive for his Scout II. He made every gear from scratch and fabbed a case out of plate. He was a machinist for the Bereau of Mines and did all sorts of experimental stuff I can't comprehend.

Anyway I say all of this to show that even a guy like this says "I don't know" frequently and asks for help when he needs it.
Everyone looks A LOT dumber for spouting off knowledge that is not true than simply saying "I don't know."

The VAST majority of guys on here are fairly B.S. free and consequently a lot of problems get solved.
I have also seen a lot of people get POLITELY "corrected" and then admit they were wrong.

You seem well on your way to fitting right in by doing the latter.

GOOD JOB!

Now just to be clear I'm not your Dad, so you can tell me to but out and mind my own buisness but the more I try to act like the guy I described above the happier I am with myself.

 

wow...

What a dude

 

Apology accepted and I will also say I should not have been so hard on you just because you are from California.

What the California EPA is doing is not your fault.

That said, rolling black smoke really is not a good idea.
That is a sign of to much fuel for the air present to burn, and can raise the exhaust gas temps well above what it takes to melt pistons.
The excess fuel will also work it's way into the engine oil and raise soot levels in the engine.

When you look at the computer controlled engines, you can install a chip with multiple positions, flip the switch to extreme and roll black smoke.
Then flip back to normal and no smoke.

The problem with the IDI engine, since it is all mechanical, once you raise the fuel pressure high enough to roll black smoke, it rolls every time you mash the throttle.
Yes, you can watch the exhaust and lift your foot when it gets real black, but with modern traffic levels who can watch the exhaust every mile you drive?

In the end, black smoke makes people mad, your fuel mileage goes down considerably and it does do harm to the engine, possibly even failure type damage if you melt a piston.

Engine rebuild, you are looking at about 4000 dollars if you do it yourself.

 

true with the dammage possibilities, with mine, i roll just a little, but tonight was a nite that i LOVE being able to smoke. i was sitting at pizza hut, and this little car with the top down was so close if i woulda rolled back ANY i would have hit them. so i gave then a "ride the clutch" take off. i had already pulled onto the highway b4 they ever moved. i try not to be a jeark, but sometimes people just need a reminder to back off. oops