Modest Moddy DSM Diary

It has been over a week since these shaking problems had started.  It had left me stranded once.  I still decided to try to drive, though.  I can’t diagnose with out experiencing the problem, right?  The adventure continues as I ...

Its really a sad day when the removal of an after market part is removed and replaced with a stock part.  This is even more true when its a part of the exterior.  I had to do something about these ...

Well, its been a while since I’ve really been doing any sort of update on the cars.  There has been a lot going on.  At some point, I became so obsessed with keeping the 2g running that it started to ...

Another donor story for not just Kyuubi, but the 2.3L Stroker.  A friend hit me up with a lead on a clean 2g in a pull yard.  He said he already got the turbo – good for him, but his ...

A some what unusual donor, this tired old Mighty Max that we happened upon at Cape Fear PickNPull gave up a part that was proving hard to find: its crank shaft.  One of the essential parts of the 2.3L Stroker ...

I have never been able to brag about how Linux applications just work out of the box, ever.  This one is really no different either.    I’m assuming that if I had used a 32 bit version of Linux things would be ...

In DSM years, it’s been a long time since there was much to talk about.  Several refuels, little touch ups, some fuel trim adjustments; nothing really worthy of noting.  An overdue situation finally came to us.  We start on the ...

Something that always makes my brain itch is inconsistency when there should be …. consistency.  Specifically, articles among the same authors, music between the same artists, photos between the same photographer. So as I’m typing this, I’m making an attempt ...

The next component on our parts list is the filter.  The fuel filter was a bit tricky for me.  I wanted something that would look good, stay in the modular design, and be easy to replace.  As with any filtering ...

I noticed some oil on the pavement after moving the car around, so I decided to look into that.  I took a 3 hour drive and confirmed that I had lost a whole quart of oil during the trip.  Once ...