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A U.S. Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden has described for the first time the moment he shot the al-Qaeda leader twice in the head.
However, the anonymous shooter also told how his wife and family now lived in constant fear of their lives, and had taught their children to hide in the bathtub at the first sign of a revenge attack.
In a 15,000-word account, the unnamed member of SEAL Team 6 describes the huge elation — but also the deep personal cost — that came with being the man who killed bin Laden during the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011.
In that second, I shot him, two times in the forehead. Bap! Bap! The second time as he's going down. He crumpled on to the floor in front of his bed and I hit him again, Bap! same place
He told Esquire magazine that it was him alone that fired the fatal shots
. The SEAL said he was through the doorway of a third-floor bedroom when he saw bin Laden move across the room clutching one of his wives and advancing towards an AK47 rifle on a shelf.
"He looked confused. And way taller than I was expecting," said the Seal. "He was holding her in front of him. Maybe as a shield, I don't know. For me, it was a snapshot of a target ID, definitely him. Even in our kill houses where we train, there are targets with his face on them. This was repetition and muscle memory. That's him, boom, done.
"I thought in that first instant how skinny he was, how tall and how short his beard was, all at once. He was wearing one of those white hats, but he had, like, an almost shaved head. Like a crew cut. I remember all that registering.
"In that second, I shot him, two times in the forehead. Bap! Bap! The second time as he's going down. He crumpled on to the floor in front of his bed and I hit him again, Bap! same place.
"That time I used my EOTech red-dot holo sight. He was dead. Not moving. His tongue was out. I watched him take his last breaths, just a reflex breath."
The entire episode was over in 15 seconds, he said.
After the shooting, the SEAL admitted feeling "stunned," but he was swiftly jolted back to reality as he and the team cleared out the house.
In training the SEAL said most of his team had presumed that they would die on the mission, writing tearful farewell letters to their families.
On returning, the soldier handed the magazine from his rifle — minus three bullets — as a souvenir to the female CIA officer who had been responsible for tracking down bin Laden.
After the raid, the SEAL said he was offered a place in a witness protection programme — delivering beer in Milwaukee. He decided against the offer because "like Mafia snitches" he would lose contact with all his friends and family.
Afraid of reprisals, the SEAL said he had taught his family how to defend themselves should they be attacked. He told his children to hide in the bathtub — the most fortified place in the house — and taught his wife how to use a shotgun. The family also had clothes and provisions meant to last them two weeks in hiding.

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It's a known fact that anytime Danny Trejo makes out with a girl half his age an angel gets its wings. So good news for all the flightless people in the big upstairs because "Machete Kills" has finally been slapped with a September 13, 2013 release date. Watching him make out is without a doubt one of the most upsetting and inspiring things the human eye can see.
If there's one thing we can all agree on it's that the original "The Crazies" was awful and the 2010 remake was awesome. There is not a single person on this planet who can argue that. Well the guy who co-wrote the retelling, Ray Wright, has just signed on the pen the script to "The Widow". The film follows a younger woman who befriends a older widow only to find that their meeting was not a coincidence. Sounds frighting already. Old people you know. You can see their veins.
The US remake of the Chilean flick "Hidden In the Woods" has landed itself one half of the Babysitter Twins duo in the form of Electra Avellan. No word on if her sister will join the cast but the a story of two sisters fighting to escape the prison like environment they've been raised in, so I mean they need a sister right? If not I hope they got the one with the least unintelligible accent.
Youngster Colin Ford has been added to the cast of "Under the Dome", a Stephen King and Steven Spielberg collaboration currently set for a 13 episode run on CBS starting this June. Based on King's novel the series is set in a small town whose residents discover they've been trapped by a mysterious barrier. I hope there's a Taco Bell in the town. I mean no tacos? I'd be all like, "you gotta get this barrier to go away. I need tacos!"
Idyllic Smalltown, USA is a paramount setting for horrific events in literature - It's the perfect place for everyone to feel extremely safe in their collective naivety to any outside threats. Sara Brooke's tiny community of Flening is a prime example of this falsely secure mindset.
It's about to get CRAZY in here!
It was damn-near impossible to navigate through the waters of horror-news outlets today as every single page that I clicked on greeted me with a rollover, a pop-up or a redirect for "The Crazies". One of them even crashed my Goddamned browser. So, as of now, I refuse to to see "The Crazies". I don't care anymore. Look, ad-men: as a member of the horror community, I am at full awareness that "The Crazies" is out today. Most of us are. Is all this repetitive, intrusive and downright asinine advertising really necessary? It's 9:40 AM on opening day and I'm already burned out on this overexposed remake. I hope it fails, and fails miserably.
Speaking of failing miserably, Bloody Disgusting has the one-sheet for George Romero's latest flogged-to-death horse, Survival of the Dead. It looks like you think it would, with cheaply painted zombies reaching out to grab you, trying desperately to escape the mediocrity.
Last Wednesday, our good pal Casey wrote a fun little piece entitled "9 Insane Asylum Movies" in honor of the release of "Shutta I-lin, Ya Wikked Pissa Bastids". Meanwhile, over at something called Horror-Movies.ca, they've got a weak-sauce variation called "5 Best Horror Films Set in Mental Institutions". Our's obviously had thought and care put into it. Their's, on the other hand, had "Gothika". Ahem.
We're so close to this Friday's release of "The Crazies" that I can almost taste Timothy Olyphant's warm, musty breath. Don't judge. And to feed the excitement we've got a new clip from the film.
Your favorite gravel voiced and bald headed hearth throb Vin Diesel has made a few nerds happy by announcing that he and David Twohy are re-teaming for a third "Riddick" film.
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, writers of smash hit "Zombieland" are feeling rather cocky of late. In the same interview we posted earlier in the week, the two authors talk about their dreams of turning the film's universe into a TV show. Sure, it seems far fetched but you can put money on the bet that I'd probably watch it faithfully!
Top Cow comics has put up a trailer for its upcoming motion comics for "The Crazies". It's Friday, you know you'd rather read comics than work anyways.
Good news for you romantic types, there's yet another tween supernatural romance in the works pitting a teenage girl's hormones and a twinkie monster. Sparkling vampires were bad enough, how abouta teenage girl in love with a boy that turns into a wolf every winter? We're one step closer to 'Furry: The Movie' folks.
Lucky McKee and Angela Bettis are prepping for another team up, this time on the sequel to the "The Offspring", "Offspring: The Woman".
"The Crazies" remake has one important thing that the first one didn't. Timothy Olyphant. Because of his role in "Deadwood" I will watch and love everything that guy does. You hated "Hitman"? F you it should have won best picture! I will fight anyone to the death who says otherwise.
"The Crazies" director Breck Eisner has the bug for remakes. The director has signed on for his next project, a remake of David Cronenbergs "The Brood".
A new clip arrives online of the upcoming "Solomon Kane", giving us the first glimpse of James Purefoy in the title role.
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards Nominations have been announced. Amongst the rubble are a few genre related nods including "Coraline" for Best Animated Feature as well as "District 9" for Best Screenplay.
With the success of "Paranormal Activity", it was only a matter of time before The Asylum sunk their claws into the subject matter. For your viewing pleasure, here is their low budget plot borrowing, "Paranormal Entity"
Speaking of "Paranormal Activity", do you need even more of the story? How about the first five pages of the upcoming IDW Comic Adaption entitled "Paranormal Activity: The Search for Katie"?


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Journey as in travel? You need some earbuds to keep you company. Journey as in the rock band? You need some earbuds so you don't overload everyone around you with a blast of AWESOME! Either way, you need to buy these things, thank you in advance.
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Are we about to have another streetcar election in Kansas City?
A key council committee unanimously votes this week to move forward with plans for expanding the streetcar system in Kansas City, Missouri. Proposed is an August election in which voters would be asked to approve a new streetcar taxing district that would encompass much of the city from the state line in the west to I-435 in the east and from the River Market in the north to 85th street in the south.
The most influential voices on the future of KCI speak out. The airlines testify before the city's "Terminal Advisory Group". What do we learn from their testimony that we didn't know before?
Mayor's resignation mystifies Grandview
That's the headline. Can an elected official just resign these days and move on to something new or does there have to some back story of intrigue behind every decision?
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback delivers the Kansas State of the State Address Wednesday night. What did we learn from his speech?
Overland Park starts charging to take photos in City Parks
Starting this week, photographers will have to pony up $50 for a permit for take pictures in public parks in Johnson County's largest city. If you have your camera phone and are simply snapping a picture of your kids, you won't need a permit. But if you're taking high school senior pictures, family pictures, baby photos with a professional photographer, be prepared to fork over extra cash.
Around the cozy confines of the KC Week in Review table:
Mary Sanchez, Kansas City Star
Sam Zeff, KCPT Special Correspondent
Steve Kraske, KCUR/UMKC
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Well the main difference is cost. A roller setup will cost you about $500 and go up from there ($250 for cam and $250 for lifters) that is for a fairly cheap set-up not top of the line.
A flat tappet cam and lifters can be had for $150 (and that is for good quality, name brand stuff).
If he charged you for a roller and installed a flat tappet he owes you quite a refund (IMO). Before you ever had the engine built you really should have done some homework, while I do not think it is your fault by any means. The problem comes in when people don't know what they are talking about or have any knowledge of the service they are asking for. An honest shop would have asked you all kinds of questions and then made suggestions to you. It is not hard to talk to someone and figure out if they know their stuff or not. Crooks will figure out you don't really know engines and then over charge you for service they never actually did (or in this case products you didn't recieve). If you have it in writing on the reciept then you have him by the short hairs.
How do you know it is not a roller cam? Did you look up the part number? Just trying to help you figure out if you were ripped off or not. Did he maybe tell you he was going to put in "roller rockers" and you misunderstood that he meant cam?
Exactly what I was just thinking. Also,I am not sure as I have never installed a roller cam that was not a factory specific item.But,do you have to have any special machining done to a block that was not originally a non-roller set-up?Seems I have heard that before,but it may have been bad information.If that is the case,you should also demand money back for that if it was charged.And by the way,I would make sure that as many people as possible learned of this shoddy,dis-honest work. If someone pays me money,and entrusts their car to me,be it normal maintenance or add ons. They always get what they pay for,usually a little more that I just do because of who it is. I do not mean I will go and buy parts,but pay close detail to every job as if it was a car my wife and kids would ride in. People like that give all the honest guys a blackeye.
|If he charged you for a roller setup Id be banging hard on his door.
|A roller cam has rollers on the bottom of the lifters. Its a little wheel thats causes less friction. Also the cam lope will have steeper lifts and drops. The wheel lets you use a more radical design. Usually a roller cam has a lot more lift than a flat tappet cam. For the street I dont see where you need a roller cam. They are good for high rpm stuff but they are a lot more expensive. You can buy about 3 cam/lifter sets for the price of a roller cam/lifter set. I have heard a lot of people rave about the 268h cam from Comp but have no experience with it. I once thought they were the way to go but the cost outweighs the gain. At least thats my opinion.
What is the BIG difference between flat tappit and roller cams
I was told I was going to get a roller cam in my new 383 stroker engine come to find out this joker put in a Competition cs 268 h 10 high energy hydraulic flat tappet cam.
1st . Is this a good cam
2nd. I was told this cam is 2 steps up from stock is that true ?
3rd . What did I lose by using a flat tappet instead of the the roller?
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I am also starting on a year long custom mando project. I decided to go with an "LSU" custom mando, since we already have a "New Orleans Saints" custom mando in our group. I have included a few drawings of what I am trying to go for. I have already ordered the armor and I have Batninja making the vest for me. Over the next several months, I will order my helmet, belt, scats, pouches and have the helmet professionally painted.
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...........................but my daughter wouldn't have it! She just turned 4 and no sooner than the day after her party she was asking me to make her a bed! And she wanted a princess castle; I am quickly learning this is so much more work than a Skiff bed!
I debated sharing this, but maybe it will inspire others. I have seen some real incredible castle beds online, but $3000 plus is not in my budget. I want to come it at under $400 if I can.
I have to agree with her choice; she already loves it and it suits her well. She and my son are both great helpers.
So far this is what $320 in supplies, 3 straight days of work, and a trip to the chiropractor gets you.
The only thing left to buy are some odd and ends and misc. detail pieces. I already have the paint. I'll probably come in at just over $400 on this, but I can live with that.


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I am building the EP3 DC- Clone Blaster CAn any1 give me ideas on how to build the Main Body of the Blaster
THANX :) :cheers
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I am building the EP3 DC- Clone Blaster CAn any1 give me ideas on how to build the Main Body of the Blaster
THANX :) :cheers
hmmm maybe base it on an E11 blaster from somewhere?
Just buy one of the resin DC-15 kits off ebay. The receiver and stock section is loosely based on the MG-34 and MG-42 series of weapons.
You might want to check out the Blaster Builder's Forum. Lots of great folks over there. Also there are some tutorials that might be helpful.
I got a really nice resin one you could buy if your interested, send me a pm
Since the size and shape are relatively simple, I'd fabricate it out of pvc, wood, and aluminum bits. I've built accurate copies of Greedo's blaster and Princess Leia's blaster for my gf and I this Halloween, and know that it can be done. Just know going into it that it won't be quick and easy. Take your time, pay attention to the details, and you'd be surprised what you can build yourself.
I weighted both blasters I built with coins so that they'd be more convincing when they're picked up. It also helped to balance them.
If you'd like some material for inspiration, check out the PVC balster builders site at:
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69 Camaro Cluch Fork Hits Firewall...
I had the same problem with my 67 Camaro while installing a new TKO 5 speed.
Turned out to be the wrong clutch fork. 1st gen Camaro's use an "S" shaped fork while the later ones use a straiter one. If you have the two forks side by side the differences are very noticeable. Otherwise they can be mistaken, as my first one was when the company sent it. I still have that one if you want a picture sent.
Once I obtained the correct fork and made the replacement, the adjustment was simple.
If your Flywheel has been lightened or is not stock, you need to mic the thickness and compare it to stock. If the one you are using is thinner, you need an adjustable pivot ball assy. I had to lengthen mine to compensate for the thinner flywheel. I had to replace the cross member with a custom one for my new trannie.
If the cross member you have meets the mounts on your trannie and you have the correct mount in place, the cross member should be correct.
Good luck.
|thx for the replies.. i know engines in the right place as the trans does line up with the crossmember, i signed up at chevy talk, so thx hopefully I can track this down.
Go to The Chevy talk site and ask there
Rat Rods Rule!
|I had the same problem with my 69 Z and it ended up that the clutch fork pivot ball was too long. Get a short pivot ball and you will be fine. I thought making it longer was the trick but it needed to be shorter. Good luck.
|Without actually seeing this, it is hard to say, but it almost sounds to me like your engine is sitting too far rearward in the car. Just a thought , are the mounts interchangeable from side to side? Is it possible that the mounts are on the wrong side? I have had several of the first gen camaros and can't remember running into this problem. It's probably something simple, just step back for awhile and try to look at it with a fresh outlook. Good luck, and post back when you find the problem. I'm curious now.
|sorry to be posting but no one can give me an answer of what to look for.. if more info is needed I have as much as anyone could possibly need. I am well aware the 350 and 400 trans have different crossmembers, but I have the big block one for a 350 not with the oval hole on the bottom.... will that make any differenace if not what else should I be looking for...
|gah if height is the same what else should I be looking at.... cause something is about 3/8ths to an inch to high somewhere, and the motor mounts, frame mounts and trans mount are the correct ones for the car. something has to be incorrect somewhere as the motor and trans need to be just a bit lower and everything clears...
|The trans crossmember height is the same between the big block and the small. The difference in crossmembers is. The 400 turbo has the mount further back, towards the rear. This is because the 400 auto is longer than the stick trans and the mount is further back on the tailshaft..
69 Camaro Cluch Fork Hits Firewall...
I posted earlier but didnt get any good answers so I will try again. I have a 69 camaro im putting back together with a 302 chevy and a 4 speed muncie m21 from a 67 chevy. The motor mounts and frame mounts are the correct ones for the car as I have finnaly found out. The trans mount we have is correct, but the crossmember may not be. I have read that the small block crossmember has an oval hole on the bottom, will a big block crossmember make a big difference in how high the transsmisiion sits?
The reason I ask that is because number 1, the clutch fork as it sits now hits the firewall but needs to move farther (possibly needs to be adjusted) and number 2 the header is sitting about an 1/8th of an inch from the floor of the car.
We have a lakewood bellhousing and clutch fork both summit said would work, the part # for the bellhousing is the correct one, and the clutch fork year one sells as the replacement for the stock one. I have a new clutch,pressure plate, and throwout bearing all installed correctly by me and my dad (hopefully) . If the trans crossmember is wrong would it bring the back of the motor and trans down low enough for everything to clear? The previous owner had a 454 sitting in this car with and auto and it didnt seem to have any clearance problems.
So i guess after saying all that complicated extra stuff my question is, will getting the technically correct crossmember change how high the trans sits, no one seems to know hopefully someone here does! Thank you
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The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by providing nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. As a Bronze Scholar, Staffeld will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a special medallion at a ceremony later this month. Her application was one of 150 picked from 1,700 applications.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1,285 chapters on two-year and community college campuses around the world. Nearly three million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 131,000 students inducted annually.
"Being selected as a Coca Cola Scholar is a prestigious honor," said Marian Eberly, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs at Corning Community College. "Renee's commitment to realizing her goals is inspiring and a source of pride for all of us at Corning. She is one of our powerhouses."
Staffeld's nomination was selected by an independent panel of judges who consider a variety of criteria, including outstanding academic rigor, grade point average, academic and leadership awards, and engagement in college and community service in the selection process.
Expected to graduate from CCC in May, Staffeld will be attending Cornell University in the fall, pursuing a bachelor's degree in biological sciences.
"My end goal is to be a veterinarian," said Staffeld, who has accrued many hours working with animals on farms, in animal hospitals, and at rehabilitation centers. "Several years ago, as I watched a fawn die while lying in my lap and felt utterly helpless, a light bulb went off. I knew I needed to be a veterinarian. Since then, everything I've done has been with one purpose in mind: preparing me to help animals, to relieve their suffering, to fix what I can and stop the pain when that's the best that can be done."
Staffeld's path has not always been this direct. She started life with aspirations to be a professional dancer and spent hours a day practicing ballet and modern. After acknowledging that dance might not provide a stable future, she pursued a variety of management positions but eventually could not shake her passion for animals. Stymied by a perception that mastering scientific concepts was beyond her reach, she considered careers like animal control officer, options that, she said, would allow her to work with animals and not need to understand science.
"Like many people, I struggled with the concept of what a cell is and what each organelle's function is," said Staffeld. "It wasn't because I couldn't understand though; it was because I was telling myself I couldn't. I had to adjust my perception and see my abilities differently. I decided I was going to do whatever it took to master science."
And she did. She started believing in herself. She surrounded herself with people like David Pindel, her advisor and professor of biology, and Dave Rockwell, an associate professor of health, physical education, and recreation and the Phi Theta Kappa Advisor at CCC, who answered countless questions and encouraged her to reach beyond her comfort zone. She dedicated the last two years to doing well academically and understanding science. She co-founded CCC's science club; she served as the regional president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society; and she works under Professor David Pindel as the Lab Assistant for General Biology I & II.
"Through a combination of everything – the exposure, the mentors, the opportunities – my outlook changed," said Staffeld, who, in addition to the Coca Cola Bronze award has also earned the Conrad and Lucy Stemski Scholarship, Empire State Association of Two-Year College Biologists Scholarship, the 2014 SUNY Chancellor's Award, the All New York First Academic Team award from Phi Theta Kappa, the American Chemical Society Award for Most Outstanding Chemistry Student at CCC, and will graduate with an honors diploma from CCC. "When I first looked into a microscope, I saw two views – one from each eyepiece. But, I've changed. Now, I see one focused image."
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While the Cubs, Reds, and much of the rest of baseball has been wheeling and dealing, the Brewers have done a whole lotta standing around on the sidelines. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, though.
No part of me wishes the Brewers had matched or exceeded the two-year, $26.5 million contract the Red Sox just gave Ryan Dempster, and I'm glad Doug Melvin has stuck to his recently stated "no three-year contracts for non-excellent free agents" rule. Dempster is 35, so anything more than two years is asking for trouble.
Some of the other players I mentioned as potential Brewers targets have signed elsewhere, such as Dan Haren, Brandon McCarthy, and Joe Blanton. Relievers Jason Grilli Koji Uehara have also signed with other clubs, although Mike Adam is said to be signing soon (the Brewers were rumored to be interested).
Like I said, I don't have any problem with the Brewers not wanting a repeat of Jeff Suppan or even to a (much) lesser extent, Randy Wolf, but if they aren't going to add another starting pitcher through free agency, what are they going to do?
Without any additions to the starting rotation, the Brewers are likely not going to be good enough to overtake the Reds, and probably the Cardinals as well. If the Brewers don't add another starter who's at least league average, it's very likely they'll find themselves in the middle of the pack, which is not a good place for a team to be.
If the pitching was better, the Brewers would be contenders, and if the offense was worse, they'd be sellers. But neither one is the case, so where do they go? The division was winnable last year, but it seems less so with all of the Reds' upgrades. Might the Brewers' best course be to reload and sell off pieces, such as Corey Hart, Aramis Ramirez, and possibly even Yovani Gallardo and Rickie Weeks?
It seems crazy, but let's look closer. A full firesale could bring the next wave of players that could bring cost-efficient production. They could target MLB ready players, like they did in Jean Segura. Unlike years past, the Brewers have young, near-MLB ready pitching, so they could target position players if they have a firesale.
The problem with that, though, is the presence of Ryan Braun. You know he wouldn't be happy about a firesale, and it seems foolish to waste the next couple years of his prime.
It's tough to say which direction is the right one, but I'm starting to think the Brewers would be better off rebuilding. For sure, I'd rather have them take that direction than enter the season with Yovani Gallardo and four unproven starters. Ideally, they'd find a way to add another impact starter and take their run at the playoffs, but that's just starting to look unlikely. Hart and Ramirez have good value currently, possibly as high as it will get. The best move might be to cash them in and look to speed up the retooling process.


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Last week we proposed a bet against the "pause in global warming" forecast in Nature by Keenlyside et al. and we promised to present our scientific case later – so here it is.
This is why we do not think that the forecast is robust:
Figure 4 from Keenlyside et al '08. The red line shows the observations (HadCRU3 data), the black line a standard IPCC-type scenario (driven by observed forcing up to the year 2000, and by the A1B emission scenario thereafter), and the green dots with bars show individual forecasts with initialised sea surface temperatures. All are given as 10-year averages.
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Discussion in 'December 2012' started by roscoe36, Oct 29, 2012.
Calderon has 10 assists after 1 minutes has pased in the 2nd q. Absurd.
I can think of nothing I'd want to hear less from Blaha than "entering the lineup for the Pistons are Charlie V and Austin Daye". And then to watch Daye instructing Drummond about rebounding.
I started off listening to the game on the radio in the car and was getting the Toronto feed. All the announcers kept saying is the Pistons and Rapts are going in different directions with the Pistons riding a five game losing streak and the Rapts riding a modest three game win streak. The way it sounded you would have thought that they were 5 games ahead of us instead of just a half. Finally made it home to begin the second and watched it on the tube. The Pistons started off with a bunch of offensive rebounds but were no match for Jose Calderon's 9 first qtr assists that gave the Rapts a four point lead at the end of one. The Pistons fought back in the second and scored the last six points of the second to tie at the half at 49. The game stayed close to start the third with the Pistons even taking the lead briefly, but the Pistons fell into funk but once again fought back to within 2 at the end of three. They could have tied it, but Moose who was having a great game decided to pass to Knight with only a couple of seconds left on the clock instead of possibly driving for an and one situation. The 4th quarter collapse was a deja vu of Monday night as the Pistons seem to get outhustled to every rebound and jump ball in the crunch time when it was still just a two possession game (trailing 91-87) with just over a minute to go. Moose scored a season high 35 pts, (not sure if that is his career high or not) as all of those missed bunnies from prior games started to fall. When you look at the final stats, you can see why we lost this one....even though it was close enough for a win. Knight was 1-10, Villanueva was 0-5 from beyond the arc, and Austin Daye after hitting his first bucket, a three in the first qtr missed all of his next five shots. Singler was no better going 3-9, and Max has retreated to his 2009-11 days missing buckets and FT's and getting out rebounded by four other team mates. The Pistons missed 12 FT's and it is difficult for bad teams to win games when they miss that many freebies. Stat of the night....Calderon had more assists (17) than the Pistons had (15) and at one point I thought he was going to go for 30-40 after putting up 9 in the first 10 mins of the game. Of course it was hard for are folks to get any assists with that many misses. I guess Larry will go with Daye another 3-4 games and then tryout JJ again before decides to throw a rookie in there.... Speaking of rookies, Dre once again showed a lot of energy and even brought the ball down the court once before losing control of the ball on a drive to the hoop. Still he got more boards, steals, & blocks than Max, so one of these days, Frank will think about starting him....and maybe pairing him up with Moose in crunch time so that we won't miss out on all of the rebounds in the last two minutes like we did tonight... Still a work in progress..Go Pistons!!
Moose had an unreal night. 14-22 fg is great efficiency. Dre did really well in the 20 minutes or so that he played, pulling a heap of boards and just generally being the best defender on the court.
It's losses like this that make me really appreciate Frank's conservative approach. I liked seeing Drummond dribble the length of the court before he had the ball knocked away. He expects to be able to do this stuff. He stands next to Blake Griffin and wonders what the big deal is. The Pistons want to break him of this. Amir has matured. This team has really improved.
With this kind of poor guard production, you can't expect to win in the NBA of today. And this type of production happens too often. Something to think about: has the appearance of Daye signaled that the organization has given up on this year and that it wants to see all the players in action?
Thanks to those of your who wrote summaries, I love to read them. Here is mine. Not one second of this game did coach have a sound unit in. Our starting unit is heavily flawed in two ways. JMAX was victimized 0ver and over because he is simply too short and the whole league knows it. We had a great rebounding first half, and yet we were just tied - because we gave up somewhere around 55% shooting to Toronto. Horrible, horribe defense - again, chiefly because JMAX was in. Although, using Singler as the starting shooting guard when he can't guard his guy is a third flaw. The worst flaw? Just one decent outside shooter, in Singler, in the starting unit. Yes, after that eye injury, Singler seemed to lose his shot - but it seems to be back now these last few games. Knight going 1-10 speaks volumes to that flaw. And while JMAX and Monroe can hit an outside jumper upon occasion, neither is anyone you want to rely on for outside shots - not to mention it puts our rebounders away from the rebounding action. Then you got Tay. Too old to be a starter anymore. He would actually be of great help in reduced minutes off the bench - if he could honestly beat others out for minutes. Which I doubt really. Am I the only one that sees, outside of Daye, we don't have anyone half that good at altering shots on the perimeter? We need two of him. And acutually, in Middleton, we have someone close. Coach just has to play him. Drop Tay out of the rotation, and start playing Middleton, English, and Daye. Singler starting at small forward, Daye backing him up. Then you got English starting at shooting guard with Middleton backing him up. We need this much more active set of wing defenders in. Back to that starting unit. It works some, but if Tay were replaced with English (moving Singler up to small forward) it would be tons better. And JMAX. Replace him with Drummond and never look back. Drummond was awesome in this game. Just two offensive rebounds show up for him in the stats, but his fighting for boards netted us plenty of 2nd chance points. Keeping us in the game, until of course the coach pulled him out of the game, for no reason at all. One foul. Just 20 minutes. And did I mention, nobody, and this included Drummond, ever got to play with a decent unit in. Drummond did play along side Monroe some in this game, but with a stinky Stuckey / Knight backcourt - lacking any semblance of a decent outside shooter. Monroe was truly awesome. And it just points up how bad a GM Dumars is that the guy who they put in to cool Monroe down was a guy given away by Dumars. Hey, if you don't like a guy, trade him. But build up his trade value first, then trade him. Don't give player after player away for absolutely nothing in return. I won't fault Knight for taking all those shots. With the crazy units coach uses, he had to do something. And since the units don't function at all, might as well hope you get hot on your shot. CV playing the whole 4th? Nuts. About 4 minutes into the 4th, we should have went to Drummond and Monroe together up front and ended the game in that fashion. In a winning fashion. You don't leave your very best players out of the game in crunch time. Getting JMAX out, sure he was hurting us bad and that was needed - but given the choice between CV (who the Toronto franchise has already seen up close and passed on - so show casing was not going on.) and Drummond. Not a coach in the NBA or even the D league would make that choice outside of Frank. No way.
Agree, despite the poor shooting, were close enough in crunch time to pull this one out if Drummond had been in there ...instead of Charlie... Remember when we had two probable stops with less than 90 seconds and the Raptors got two offensive boards and eventually scored? I am sure with Drummond in the game, the possibility of getting both of them was probable. I am sure those who saw the game recall the three hit by Calderon after another Raptor had just missed a shot and we could not secure the board. It went from a 4 pt lead to 7 pt lead, where as rebound and hoop on the other end would brought the game to two pts with about 2 left in the game. I forgot to mention in my previous post that Moose scored 8 of the Pistons last 10 pts to end the game, but he was no match for Alan Anderson the former Spartan who scored 12 of his sixteen points in the 4th quarter, including two consecutive threes vs Singler who by the way was a -16.
For all Frank's talk of merit, I've yet to see it in application. Austin Daye? I can't think of anyone not named Frank/not in Joe's pocket who can say with a straight face how Austin has done anything but hurt the team since he's come back in the rotation, Silver Tongue BS notwithstanding. And how about Andre? By how much does he need to outplay Max to get past his 20 minute ceiling? When BoT isn't hitting his shots, he's a huge, huge liability. Today's game proved that. I'm really, really tired of reading about Frank's arbitrary "process". Are we just going to go through the season holding auditions for the vets to get playing time? How about English? Or Middleton? Where's the Russian at? I'm starting to see why Lawrence Frank has a 16 game losing streak on his resume.
Here's how I'm seeing it. Both teams had 35 made baskets. We made 18 free throws and TOR made 17 free throws. So, we won the game by 1 point???? The reconciling entry comes from 3-point makes. They made 10 and we made 3. That is 7 extra points purely because they chose to shoot from a specific area of the court. Our monstrous offensive rebounding night was made possible because of our poor shooting. We had an eFG% of .435 while Toronto was at .556. Kleiza did his best Charlie V impersonation tonight as he went 1-6 from deep and took no shots inside the 3-point land. He had 1 reb, 1 ast, and 4 personal fouls. The good news for TOR is that they are paying him half as much as we are paying our Charlie. The showcasing of Austin Daye has just completed game #2. According to Lawrence Frank, it has gone great and the kid is suddenly doing everything right after being in the doghouse for the entire season to date. I bet we're really fooling a lot of GM's with this subtle maneuver! Still, it is worth a try. Stealth tanking is in effect.
Failure in scouting.
Drumond is one of bright spots at the 2nd unit. That's why Frank keeps him there - his impact is there bigger. Frank tries to find some balance between 1st and 2nd units - and at least with drummond 2nd units is not so hopeless...
Besides the obvious showcasing of Austin (he suddenly gets thrust into the lineup as an article comes out saying that Pistons are actively shopping him), it seems like Frank is experimenting with putting a lineup on the floor that caters to Rodney. Stuckey (battering ram) Singler (3-point threat, garbage man) Daye (3-point threat) Villanueva (3-point threat) Drummond (necessary component and screen setter) That lineup creates maximum space in the paint for Stuckey to drive and Drummond to dominate on the glass. Unfortunately, the system will eventually fall apart if the 3-point threats keep going 2-10. Maxiell with 1 defensive rebound tonight... again. What the heck? That is now 5 defensive rebounds in his last 110 minutes of playing time. Drummond has 27 defensive rebounds in his last 110 minutes for comparison. Even Charlie V even has 17 in his last 110 minutes. I think that it might be time for a change. Let Maxiell rebound against smaller players in the 2nd units.
Maybe when Frank talks about merit, he means things like executing the game plan, buying into the system, and playing the right way. Gifted athletes can freelance with success for awhile, but when they face organized machines (Pistons, 2004), or talent playing within a system (Mavericks, 2007), they will ultimately be defeated. If you want the gifted to buy into the system, you have to be consistent with reward those that do... even if they aren't gifted. I'm not sure that this is what Frank is doing, but it would explain his rotations a bit.
IF that's what Frank is doing, sure. But I just feel like he's throwing lineups out there that don't make sense, and for a coach that claims to value defense, he goes and plays defensive liabilities BoT and Daye together with seemingly no regard for that end of the floor. And as for buying in, executing, etc., if all they're asking Andre to do is rebound and defend, then he's done just as he was asked, for the most part. This is Max's primary purpose as well, but his lack of size will always hamper his ability to do both. This is a league of matchups, and playing an undersized 4 against (very often) players 6'10 up, that's just asking for trouble. Coach keeps talking about playing the hot hand, but when Brandon was hot, he went with Rodney at the end (Cavs). When Greg is hot, he benches him for looooong stretches, even in favor of an often ice cold BoT (a few). When Max had 0 boards, he goes with him at the end of the game as opposed to Andre who'd been rebounding well (Brooklyn). The team's been losing games lately specifically because they can't grab the crucial end of game rebounds - Philly, Brooklyn, Toronto, etc, and yet they keep going to the poorest rebounding lineups and seem to expect different results. I understand that it's difficult to balance trying to win with developing players, but it's a lot simpler when one doesn't arbitrarily throw players in there with no regard for what's needed on the floor at the time. An example of this is inserting Stuck in the game earlier than anyone when the SL already struggles enough with the lack of spacing given Knight and Kyle are the only guys that are capable of helping with the floor spacing, what with Tay's propensity for pump fake hook shots. It also reverts to the lineup that lost us 8 straight games at the start of the season. It's just frustrating to see them go to the same thing over and over despite proof that it doesn't work. I don't mean to imply I know better than coach, because I'm sure he's forgotten more than I know, but his actions just don't seem to line up with what he's been saying and it's a concern. Oh and if, as TaS speculates, they're doing all this tinkering to once again cater to Rodney "Perennial Rookie" Stuckey...They've put the ball in his hands a lot more, even with the starting unit, and it's not like he makes good enough use of the weapons coach tries to give him with the revamped second unit - he always does the same thing regardless, and no one else really touches the ball (yes, I know those "weapons" are as on/off as he is, but it's not like he's doing anything but drive, drive, drive). It really feels a lot like deja vu, eh? Edit: Sorry for being long-winded, just needed to vent a wee bit.
I feel like it is Drummond that allows Frank to play CCG and Daye. The first game I saw it it reminded me of the Howard/Turkaloo/Lewis Orlando Magic.
It is strong 2nd unit or bust for the Pistons. If Joe could just find a Vinnie Johnson type to come off the bench then that group could really shine. Going into the year my only concerns were how strong the 2nd unit would be and are they going to be able to find enough shots for Kyle Singler.
If Joe makes a tape of Austin Daye playing last night to send out to other GMs...he should edit the tape so it only shows that 3 pointer he hit, the 1 board he snatched up and the part where he appears to be giving some wise advice to Drummond.
The flaw with this team is the head coach and his inability to do just that..." coach" this clueless turd has single handedly cost the team at least 4 games with nosedive lineups to finish games. The only thing he could do more obviously to lose games would be to tell his team to stay in the locker room. I have followed this team for over 20 years and we have had worse teams, but I cannot remember a team that had a player with Drummonds talents that would keep him on the bench, and I cant think of a team that was worse that the coach would refuse to at least try his youngsters....even if its just to see if their enthusiasm would be infectious to the other players. I am for the first time in those 20 years watching games just to see how long he keeps his job. I have given up expecting any of our youth to play, I have resigned myself to the fact that we will have drummond with barely a half season of experience and that experience will have been with the scrubs instead of any players that will be part of the future so the chemistry is worthless. and we will still have 2 very raw rookies to go along with whatever high lottery pick we get this year. We have found the Matt Millen of the nba folks and guess what town he lives in?
That and 18-30 from the line pretty much sealed it. The tape has made it's way around the league and everyone now knows to pound the Drummond.
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I've only been here a few weeks but i have had so much help from people at TDH. Thanks a Lot
I'm starting to get the hang of working with cardboard and i'm very happy with my results.
Using wizardofflight's templates, I have made an attempt at my first ROTJ helmet out of cardboard/posterboard. Here's a few pics of my progress so far.
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Moving on
OK, it's crunch time. At the end of the week, you should be in Columbus, Ohio, at Ohio Linux Fest — if you're going to a Linux show before the year's out, make it this one. This is the last big show on the North American continent until SCALE in January. At OLF, Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting — along with Jon "maddog" Hall — so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!).
KDE's Aaron Seigo, "a shift-key-challenged KDE hacker," wrote an interesting blog item this week where he outlines where KDE is going with Plasma Active. While the blog item itself may not be terribly earth-shattering, the significance of a member of the KDE project leadership taking the time to outline where things are going, so there are no surprises down the line, is significant.
Most telling and reassuring, at least to me, is this paragraph: " . . . [W]e do not believe in the 'one interface that runs on both your desktop and your tablet'. We believe in code reuse, in component-reuse (and, where beneficial, drop-in-replacement), compatibility and interoperability; but we also believe that a tablet interface and a desktop interface are not, and should not, be the same thing. The use cases and form factors are just too different."
He adds later: "So those who are concerned that we're going to do something nasty to the desktop interface: breath easy."
Amen to that, Aaron. Thanks for bringing that up and I'm breathing easier as a result.
"Hue and cry" is something at which various Linux and FOSS communities excel. When we find something going amiss, usually a controversy of biblical proportions ensues, where the end of the whole Linux/FOSS paradigm — not to mention yet another delay in the Year of the Linux Desktop — is inevitable unless said problem/redirection/error is fixed, and fixed now.
But while wailing and gnashing of teeth is a hallmark of Linux and FOSS communities, so is the ability to overcome these missteps and improve the programs, or if improving is impossible, forking the program to make a new one. Think LibreOffice, which was trapped by Oracle before being released into the Apache wild. Or this: Not that it's a fork per se, but my Fedora colleague and friend, Juan Rodriguez — who wanted GNOME 2.32 on his Fedora 15 — stated his displeasure of GNOME 3, but rather than harping on it, he went to work and created the BlueBubble respin of Fedora which has the older GNOME desktop atop Fedora 15.
So amid the upheaval of desktop environments, we have a precedent to look at with KDE having gone through this before. Fortunately for GNOME, KDE's experience serves as a cautionary tale. KDE seems to have ridden out the rough spots after their release of version 4, though there are some that are just not going to be happy with anything other than their KDE 3.x, and they aren't shy about saying so.
Arguably, GNOME has stepped in a steaming pile with GNOME 3, and it would bode well for them to take a page from KDE's playbook here and recover in the same manner. Frankly, I'm expecting GNOME to get over this rough patch, circled as they seem to be by angry users (and ex-users) with torches and pitchforks. The folks at GNOME could learn something from Aaron's blog item about not making one desktop fit all, but I digress.
Meanwhile, back at the point of this blog . . . the point of this blog today is to remind those KDE users who are constantly picking on KDE because 4.x is not 3.5, as well as to the army of GNOME 3 enemies throughout the shire mercilessly beating up on GNOME, to heed these words: Stop already — we get it.
For better or worse, or for good or evil, both KDE 4.x and GNOME 3 are here. The barn door is open and the horses are in the pasture. The toothpaste is out of the tube.
Get over it and move on.
While I remember the "false start" that accompanied KDE 4.0 and the problems and complaints that KDE users made at its release, I don't know the situation first hand because I was an intermittent KDE user at the time. I've clearly warmed up to the KDE 4.x series and, to be honest, I don't get what all the hubbub was about, since KDE 4.6 works pretty well on my Fedora 15 laptop.
I understand the animosity toward GNOME 3 — I can't use it (I have old hardware), and I consider the "fallback mode" the digital equivalent of sitting in the back of the bus. On the few occasions I have had to use it on newer hardware, I want to like it, but I just can't — it's an interface that doesn't seem to belong to the laptop or desktop.
However, that's all I'm going to say about it, except that I hope GNOME 3.x will fix some of the problems I have with it, making it usable for me. If not, I won't use it. That plain, that simple. As an aside, I am warming up to Xfce quite well on the whole, so I may be splitting my time between KDE and Xfce from here on in.
But I don't plan to bludgeon GNOME every time it comes up in a forum or an on-line discussion, because beating dead horses gets you nowhere.
So the choice is yours: You can keep harping on this great injustice, picking at the scab so the unkind cut doesn't heal, or you can move on by either accepting the way things are or adapting them to what suits you, as Juan did with BlueBubble.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Whoever is responsible for shutting off the lights at the Hawks Championship Center, Nebraska's indoor practice facility, has a tough job.
Why you might ask?
Because the person always has to stay late – Imani Cross has to get better.
The true freshman running back, from Gainesville, GA, made an appearance in 13 games this season, yet doesn't have the attitude he's arrived. It's actually the exact opposite. It's why he stays after practice each and every day, working sometimes for 30 to 40 minutes extra either by himself or anyone willing to join him.
"I believe it's important because I don't believe I'm at where I need to be at," Cross said. "I feel there are a lot of things I need to work on and continue to get better at. Having better footwork, having my hips low, keeping a good base. Hand eye coordination catching the football, making sure my nose is over my toes when I'm running routes. Just working on the fundamentals because I want to be an all-around football player."
Cross was throw into the fire early, registering 11 carries against Southern Miss in the first game of the season. He found the end zone seven times throughout the season, becoming the Huskers short down back midway through the year.
"I do feel like I'm better than I was a couple weeks ago, but I don't feel like I'm as good as I could be," said Cross. "In two more weeks you can ask me that same question and I'm still not going to say I'm as good as I think I could be. It's something I'm going to continue to work on everyday."
Cross' 55 carries was fourth on the team behind Rex Burkhead, Ameer Abdullah, and quarterback Taylor Martinez. Throw in Braylon Heard's 51 carries and the Huskers' running game was crowded in 2012. Despite the trio of older players in front of him, Cross has no regrets about redshirting this year.
"I think it was a blessing for the time I did get, so I looked at that more than the time I didn't get," Cross said. "I'm thankful for the time I did get and the experience I did gain and I'm going to use it to build off. I'm happy for what I did get.
"It's a blessing to be able to play, especially as a freshman, I'm thankful for the opportunity. Whatever I didn't get, that's what I work for in the offseason."
Despite growing up in Georgia, Cross says he's not a Bulldogs fan. But is excited to face one of the top teams in the nation, not playing in a BCS.
"I think it's a great challenge for our football team. That is what Coach Pelini has told us. That's what we believe," said Cross. "We look at it just like every other game. We are going to prepare and do the little things, just to make sure we are ready fundamentally."
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By Rob Kelly
Nico Yennaris says he is ready to step up to the next level in 2012 and test himself on loan at a Football League club.
The versatile midfielder made his debut for Arsenal in October's 2-1 Carling Cup victory over Bolton at the Emirates, and the experience has left him hungry for more.
"It was unbelievable to have the chance to play [in that game]. I was pleased with my performance, I thought I did well at right back," Yennaris told Arsenal.com.
"Obviously I'd like to push on with the first team in 2012, and if I can't because I'm not ready, then hopefully I will go out on loan and get some game experience.
"I was nearly going out on loan before the window closed in November, and the boss [Arsène Wenger] spoke to me and said I need to start playing a man's game and get experience.
"Working on the weaker aspects of my game will help me, but playing and experiencing men's football and the level you have to step up to will be a big help. I'm sure going on loan will help me in the long run."
Yennaris has seen the likes of Ignasi Miquel and Emmanuel Frimpong get their chance in the Arsenal first team over the past 12 months, and he admits their progress has inspired him.
"It's good to see them play because we know that the manager will give us a chance [too]," he said. "We have seen Frimpong do it, we have seen Iggy do it, so why not me?
"A lot of young players seem to get a chance at Arsenal. Whether they make it here or carry on their career somewhere else, they have been given a chance. That is good for a young player to see."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Posted by Mike Gualtieri on February 17, 2011
Seriously. I recently spoke with a client who swears that software quality improved once they got rid of the QA team. Instead of making QA responsible for quality, they put the responsibility squarely on the backs of the developers producing the software. This seems to go against conventional wisdom about quality software and developers: Don't trust developers. Or, borrowing from Ronald Reagan, trust but verify.
This client is no slouch, either. The applications provide real-time market data for financial markets, and the client does more than 40 software releases per year. If the market data produced by an application were unavailable or inaccurate, then the financial market it serves would crumble. Availability and accuracy of information are absolute. This app can't go down, and it can't be wrong.
Why Does This Work?
The client said that this works because the developers know that they have 100% responsibility for the application. If it doesn't work, the developers can't say that "QA didn't catch the problem." There is no QA team to blame. The buck stops with the application development team. They better get it right, or heads will roll.
As British author Samuel Johnson famously put it, "The prospect of being hanged focuses the mind wonderfully."
Can This Work For You?


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|SVT Performance (2002-2004) The place to chat about any 2.0L SVT DOHC Zetec engine performance, tuning and exhaust related upgrades.
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|Belts dont break just with mileage... Age affects it too! With time the rubber dries, cracks & stretches ... You can have an 2002 with 30k on it but if the tb has never been done id def do it asap! Thats 11 years of winters/summers on the poor thing.
Finally got the car back together over the weekend.
The first thing that I recommend for anyone trying this at home is to make sure you have all the oddball tools for the job: T55 Torx socket for the head bolts, exhaust cam sprocket and blanking plug, inside torx sockets for the cam tower bolts, E18 inside torx socket for the Intake cam sprocket. I also needed either a T50 or T45 for one of the timing cover bolts that I didn't have as well. The E18 and the T55 usually have to be bought separately as they don't come in the typical sets. Also, you should have an adjustable wrench-a larger one to hold the cams as there is a fair bit of torque on the cams and it was not easy to get a non adjustable open end wrench to stay on the cam while breaking the torque on the cam bolts.
Other advice would be when setting the cam timing, make sure to check to make sure that the motor has not rotated off of TDC as I had to loosen everything up and try again as the motor rotated back a bit one time. The other piece of advice is to tighten up both cam sprocket bolts a bit before torquing either down. I wasn't thinking and torqued down the exhaust cam before tightening the intake sprocket and it came out of alignment.
I did get it set properly and was happy to see the cam tool slide into the slots after two engine rotations. Make sure to follow the Ford instructions as I've seen too many threads about throwing codes for the timing.
Other than that, I got rid of the exhaust heat shield as I could not find a way to keep it out of the way or remove it. I took the tin snips to it and got rid of it. With the header unbolted from the head, this is going to be your best chance for replacing the front O2 sensor without having to disassemble the rest of the exhaust to do it. it is a bit tight but can be done-I snipped the wiring clip off of the old sensor so that I could get a box-end wrench on the sensor to get it loose.
While I was waiting on parts, I ported the head-just because. I did most of my work on the exhaust bowls and both the intake and exhaust throats and some unshrouding in the combustion chamber.
I gave all the valves a fresh grind as some of the exhaust valves were pitted. I then did a leak test and everything was sealed. I elected not to change the valve seals, although it would have been cheap insurance and all the valve guides passed the wiggle test.
valve lash (or cam clearance) was right in the middle of the range on the intake side but the exhaust valves were all too tight and required some bucket swapping and some grinding on the valve stems. I had to take as much as 0.18mm off of two of the stems to get them in spec as the buckets I needed to get them in spec are not available in Canada.
My parts list:
4 exhaust valves
2 intake valves
head gasket
exhaust gasket
valve cover gasket
Gates timing belt Kit
new serpentine belt
serpentine belt tensioner
idler pulley
water pump
ARP head studs-torqued to 30-45-60
new motorcraft plugs
Taylor 8.2 mm wires
motorcraft fuel filter
motorcraft front O2 sensor
The car runs much stronger than before-much to do with the regular tune-up parts as anything and a timing belt that isn't stretching but it felt good to feel it start on the first twist of the key and settle into a smooth idle. I'll have to finally get a tune for this thing!
Yes Silver_SVT, you got very lucky. When i bought a 02 CD Silver SVT from craigslist for $1,500 last year, it had holes in 3 pistons and 6 out of 8 intake valves broken off.
I never took that head to any machine shop because it's scrap, just the cams are good, but yes, you got lucky.
I always tell even to Zetec owners, take a peak at the timing belt once a year or whenever you hear unusual sounds coming from there.
So get the stock head gasket and set of ARP head bolts, they cost more but are reuseable unlike the regular TTY head bolts and good luck.
Working on a rebuild from an 02 with 100k miles that snapped the belt also.
With your mileage this almost sems like a time/mileage - whichever is 9 yrs or 80k....
The other thread, right below this one at the moment asks when you changed the belt. It would be good to know from those unfortunate SVTers as to when it broke...
Changing the belt is cheap compared to the aftermath.
So far I am into the rebuild for $400 into the head work (2 valve guides were cracked), $300 valves, $125 gaskets, $25 bolts and something else I am sure to be missing...
I seem to have gotten pretty lucky. I disassembled the head and checked the valves and guides. The damage is 4 exhaust valves and 2 intake valves are bent. There was no excessive play in the guides-in fact they all felt about the same with the wiggle test and had that "smooth" feeling to them.
After thoroughly cleaning the head, I took a set of intake and exhaust valves (don't worry, I numbered them so they will go back in the correct hole) and hydro tested the valve seats and not a single drop of water seeped through the valve seats in an hour.
I'm going to re&re the valves, check the cam clearances and see where we stand.
I'll call Tousley tomorrow with my grocery list and hit up Summit for the head studs.
|I just had my engine carted off to the machine shop. We'll see what they say in a couple of days.
|I know with mine I just pulled the motor mount completely out marking the position of it first made it a lot easier to get at the cover bolts
^^ Without breaking the plastic, he may have to remove one of the bolts holding down the passenger side motor mount too.
I remember fighting that a cracking the bottom left of the black plastic.
Yes just remove the black plastic timing cover off the cam gears 4 bolts 8mm and you can see the belt over the gears
|any way to see the timing belt with out taking every thing apart?
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