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Discussion in 'January 2010' started by roscoe36, Nov 3, 2009.
Could you imagine a team with two Kwame Browns? Does the word "dynasty" come to mind?
Or Kwame and Primoz Brezak. It's sickening to think what could have been.
What if Darko played with those two? There would be no need to even play the season. Just let the Larry O'Brien Trophy permanently reside in MoTown.
Stuckey wasn't as aggressive as I would have liked last night but unselfish and got his teammates involved. Should have had 16 assists if anyone could hit a 3 ball. Kid plays hard every night and a lot of minutes. That dunk on Thabeet was nasty, while his rebounding and defense were very solid. Prince wasn't ever as good a player as everyone made him out to be. You could see he maxed his potential in his 3rd season. He stinks. He should be getting 20 mins a game max. Rip was shooting lights out the first half but he's lost a step. O.J. Mayo is no Jordan and he was making Rip look like Michael Redd on defense. I've always liked Maxiel, ever since he was drafted. The guy plays larger than 6'9" ( Like he's really 6'9") always hustles and I think his offense is underrated. I'd honestly like to see more of him on the floor than CV. No surprise last night he almost singlehandedly got us back in the game. BBen is usually lights out on boards, offense or defense but you could really see his lack of height hurting him last night on the glass and one on one against Gasol. Unless there was weak side help he was pretty much getting scored on left and right. JJ as usual was a spark off the bench but he's to hesitant to take the ball and score. There were a couple of times he had an open 3 but didn't take the shot, passing instead. Multiple times he had a lane and was hesitant to pick the ball up and dribble. I really like this kid but he needs to be more aggressive on the offensive end. CV wasn't really much of a factor. Odd baseline shots and he hung around the 3-point line too much for me. This was a game where Memphis came in as the most penalized team in the NBA and we failed to do any work down low.
Nice first post 313. Welcome to PF.com
Welcome 313, your analysis was good. .....looking forward to some more of your game summaries and recaps. It's always good to read some different perspectives from a newbie.....some of us old timers are so set in our ways....
Yes came in strong on the 1st post. Last thing we needed was Tay coming back and mucking up the chemistry. Complete with missing the last Piston shot of the game. Just when they looked like they were starting to click a few games ago. I know he needs time to get up to speed but I feel as though we would have won 2 out of the last 3 if he stayed out. How come other teams don't go through this when one of their main guys returns from injury.
Welcome 313. I think we should be careful to rush to judgement about Maxiell. If he's all that good, why don't we see it from him every game? He had an unusually good game, and that's great. If he can continue to do well, all the better. But one good game out of 20 doesn't necessarily warrant him getting more minutes.
Mlive.com posted an article from one of its reporters/bloggers talking about how Maxiell is a much better player, statisticaly, when he plays fewer minutes.
Here are charts for Max's numbers and how they increase/decrease relative to minutes played. This is only from this year's games. I added a 6-order polynomial trendline to better identify possible trends in the data. It looks to me like points and rebounds increase pretty linearly with minutes. Blocks and turnovers stay about the same. Fouls plateau at about the 12-28 minute range. FYI, Maxiell's average minutes per game is 17.5 this year. I wonder how this year compares to previous years.
I don't see any correlation whatsoever in the points vs. minutes chart. It looks completely random.
Here's the same chart with a linear trendline. Clearly the points are increasing with minutes played. I admit a lot of the samples are all over the place (a big cloud of points instead of a small tight envelope), but as a whole they trend upward.
What is the correlation coefficient?
Looks to me like once he gets to 15 minutes it turns completely random. Play him less than 15 and you don't get much, play him 15 or more and all bets are off.
For the 6-order polynomial, R-squared is 0.3518 (R=.5931) For the linear trendline, R-squared is 0.3328 (R=.5769)
Well put.
I think we've all watched Max long enough to know that he's good for 15mpg, every once in a while he'll have a MAX(imum) moment and you can get 25mins out of him and that usually happens once or twice every 10 games. I'd have no problem with it if he made Chris Wilcox type money, he's overpaid by about 2, 2 & a half million bucks.
I am sick and tired of people using 6-order polynomial trendlines to manipulate data to their liking. That's the problem with the internets.
As much as you would hate to admit it, the 5-order polynomial trendlines are simply passe'. It looks like you need to start moving with the times.
The 6-order polynomials can guard every position on the floor.
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A GRIEVING mum has paid tribute to a Royal Marine from Blackburn killed in Afghanistan.
David Fairbrother, 24, of Beardwood Brow, was shot dead in the early hours of Monday after his ambushed patrol came under close range fire in Helmand province.
Speaking exclusively to the Lancashire Telegraph, mum Julie, 53, and sisters Ruth, 30, and Emily, 20, said the former Lammack and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School pupil was a 'daredevil' and a 'perfect son and brother'.
Julie said: "We got a knock on the door from two Royal Marines.
"We had been told that if they turned up at the door without uniform, he's injured, but if they're in uniform, he's dead.
"I knew instantly at that point.
"Every day we wondered where he was and how he was.
"But nothing can ever prepare you for that moment.
"I just kept screaming 'No' over and over again. He was the sunshine of my life."
Julie said her overwhelming feeling was one of pride for her 'unselfish and brave' son, who was dedicated to a long career in the Marines.
It was David's first tour after passing out last September.
He had undergone commando training and then six months training in Devon.
He was deployed to Afghanistan in April as part of Operation Herrick 14.
David was due to return home on October 28 and had been keeping a diary for his girlfriend Melissa Shine, 25, from Southern Ireland.
They met on holiday in Ibiza in August last year and she had recently got a new job in London so they could be closer together when he was not on tour.
In a statement, Melissa said, "Dave - I am so glad I met you.
"You have changed my life in so many ways and I will cherish our time together forever.
"Love always - Is brea i gcónaí. Melissa xxx"
Julie, a childminder, said: "It was terrible to have to tell his sisters and then Melissa the news over the phone.
"He was so obviously in love. He was just the best son I could ever wish for."
David was the youngest ever skydiver with the 'Black Knights'- in Cockermouth - when he jumped out of a plane on his 16th birthday.
He completed more than 100 jumps.
His family said he was 'fitness mad' and enjoyed adrenaline-pumping activities such as bungee-jumping, scuba-diving and strong-man events - one of which he completed in wearing just a mankini.
Julie said: "We had a leaving party before he went on tour. I'm so glad we did that now.
"We would speak on the phone every couple of weeks."
She recalled how she last spoke to her only son by telephone just two weeks ago after he saw his 42 Commando 'Kilo Company' Sgt Barry Weston killed by an improvised explosive device.
She said: "I read his tribute to his sergeant and called him to check how he was coping.
"I knew he must be in the thick of it, but he just told me he was proud to have served under him.
"He kept the details of what was happening from us so we didn't worry, but every single day he was out there we were concerned.
"Before he left for his tour, he just told me that he had made a will.
"That was all that needed to be said."
David was a keen sportsman and played for Lammack Juniors and Langho Juniors in his youth, swam for Pioneer 79 and played cricket for Blackburn Northern.
He played basketball at school and water polo at Leeds University where he studied geography after leaving QEGS.
As a child he went to scouts and cubs with Revidge Fold and Bold Venture.
Holding a framed picture of David in his Royal Marine's uniform, elder sister Ruth, who works for Lancashire County Council, said: "We are just so proud of him. He was everybody's best friend."
Younger sister Emily said: "He was a very protective older brother and I copied everything he did.
"My brother was my best friend and my hero. He will be in my thoughts forever.
"I'm so proud of everything he had done in his life, especially becoming a Royal Marine."
David will be repatriated at RAF Brize Norton tomorrow and his funeral is likely to take place next week.

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So my past car was a handed down to me by my sister and i want to buy either a Golf or a Jetta.
i came across a 2003 golf 2.0 with 70k for 5,000$ witch is all i can afford rite now. it has a K&N air filter and Magnaflow exhaust and bbs looking rims i dont know the brandThe car is also very clean and is being sold by a owner of a body shop my cousin knows.
I wanted to know is it worth buying this to eventually do engine work to? and how more difficult this would be rather than buying a Gti or a 1.8t


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Warmer winters are changing bird migratory patterns, warmer seawater is linked to coral reef bleaching in the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico, and more extreme climate events are affecting society and ecosystems. According to the Department of Energy (DOE), the increasing air and water temperatures, decreasing water availability across regions and seasons, increasing intensity and frequency of storm events, flooding and sea level rise have caused major issues to the energy sector over the past decade. Our world as we know it is evolving because of climate change.
Fifteen years ago was the genesis of DOE R&D Accomplishments. It was established with the purpose of featuring U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and predecessor agency past research accomplishments whose benefits are being realized now. As the individual responsible for the growth and development of this Web product, the journey has been challenging, fun, exciting, and thought-provoking -- but never boring.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has historically played a leading role in supporting human genome research. March 2014 is the anniversary of the 1986 Santa Fe Workshop, which brought together participants from government, academia, and the private sector to explore the possibility of sequencing the human genome. This workshop was sponsored by DOE and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Human Genome Project (HGP) was formalized in mid-February 1990.
In honor of the anniversary of the Santa Fe Workshop, DOE R&D Accomplishments has published a new feature page, Human Genome Research: DOE Origins. This page describes the key role played by Charles DeLisi, then Associate Director of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Health and Environmental Research (OHER) in conceiving the idea for a program to sequence the human genome. The Santa Fe Workshop met DeLisi's goal of laying out an approach to sequence the human genome.
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[edit] 1 Haskell User Group Starter Kit
Want to start a Haskell User Group? These resources may help. They are geared towards a non-academic crowd who probably does not know anything about Haskell or Functional Programming and have regular meetings to talk about Haskell or FP. This page has a slightly different emphasis than a Haskell for Beginners one or a How to Learn Haskell page might. It specifically plays off the tendency for Haskell User Groups to have people with varying degrees of expertise/familiarity in Haskell.
[edit] 1.1 Topics and debates
Great topics to cover
- What is functional programming?
- Solving problems a functional way
- Practical Haskell - IO, etc
- Laziness
- Typeclasses
- Monads (save for later)
[edit] 1.2 Coding Dojo
Best exercises for a Haskell coding Dojo
- Project Euler 1 is great for comparing languages - there's no such thing as "too" simple
[edit] 1.3 Papers
Must-read academic papers for a non-academic non-FP crowd. Good Functional Pearls might also be nice here.
- Why Functional Programming Matters
- Tackling the Awkward Squad
- Composing Contracts
- Beautiful Concurrency
[edit] 1.4 User group tips and tricks
Most likely external links to non-Haskell-specific sites
- Consider GitHub as a place to put your code samples and talks. GitHub allows for organisation repositories, eg the Functional Brighton one
- When trying to demonstrate techniques/technologies, don't be afraid of making your examples "too trivial". Err on the side of simple.


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Betaine (trimethylglycine) functions very closely with choline , folic acid , vitamin B12 , and a form of the amino acid methionine known as S-adenosylmethionine ( SAMe ).1 , 2 All of these compounds function as "methyl donors." They carry and donate methyl molecules to facilitate necessary chemical processes. The donation of methyl groups by betaine is very important to proper liver function, cellular replication, and detoxification reactions. Betaine also plays a role in the manufacture of carnitine and serves to protect the kidneys from damage.3 Betaine is closely related to choline. The difference is that choline (tetramethylglycine) has four methyl groups attached to it. When choline donates one of these groups to another molecule, it becomes betaine (trimethylglycine). If betaine donates one of its methyl groups, then it becomes dimethylglycine.
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For the few cases in which vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folic acid fail to normalize homocysteine, adding betaine (trimethylglycine) may be effective. Regular (anhydrous) betaine is preferable to betaine hydrochloride for most people (check with a doctor).
Blood levels of an amino acid called homocysteine have been linked to atherosclerosis and heart disease in most research,9 , 10 though uncertainty remains about whether elevated homocysteine actually causes heart disease.11 , 12 Although some reports have found associations between homocysteine levels and dietary factors, such as coffee and protein intakes,13 evidence linking specific foods to homocysteine remains preliminary. Higher blood levels of vitamin B6 , vitamin B12 , and folic acid are associated with low levels of homocysteine14 and supplementing with these vitamins lowers homocysteine levels.15 , 16
For the few cases in which vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folic acid fail to normalize homocysteine, adding 6 grams per day of betaine (trimethylglycine) may be effective.17 Of these four supplements, folic acid appears to be the most important.18 Attempts to lower homocysteine by simply changing the diet rather than by using vitamin supplements have not been successful.19
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3. Chambers ST. Betaines: their significance for bacteria and the renal tract. Clin Sci 1995;88:25-7 [review].
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5. Wilcken DEL, Wilcken B, Dudman NP, Tyrrell PA. Homocystinuria-the effects of betaine in the treatment of patients not responsive to pyridoxine. N Engl J Med 1983;309:448-53.
6. Jancin B. Amino acid defect causes 20% of atherosclerosis in CHD. Fam Pract News 1994(Oct 15):7.
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11. Folsom AR, Nieto FJ, McGovern PG, et al. Prospective study of coronary heart disease incidence in relation to fasting total homocysteine, related genetic polymorphisms, and B vitamins. Circulation 1998;98:204-10.
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13. Stolzen berg-Solomon RZ, Miller ER III, Maguire MG, et al. Association of dietary protein intake and coffee consumption with serum homocysteine concentrations in an older population. Am J Clin Nutr 1999;69:467-75.
14. Selhub J, Jacques PF, Wilson PW, et al. Vitamin status and intake as primary determinants of homocysteinemia in an elderly population. JAMA 1993;270:2693-8.
15. Ubbink JB, Vermaak WJH, ven der Merwe A, et al. Vitamin requirements for the treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia in humans. J Nutr 1994;124:1927-33.
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CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams has suspended P.J. Hairston from the basketball team indefinitely. Hairston, a rising junior guard from Greensboro, N.C., received a traffic citation for reckless driving on Sunday afternoon.
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Bats Come Alive in Softball's Doubleheader Sweep Over Rider
By Justin Grones (@JustinGrones)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay softball team (4-11) watched its offense come alive in a 16-1 win over Rider University on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader with the Broncs. The Phoenix closed out the day by overcoming a 5-3 deficit in the sixth inning to come back for a 6-5 victory.
Green Bay 16, Rider 1 (Five Innings)
Green Bay allowed just one run in the third inning and used a 10-run second inning to beat the Broncs in dominating fashion. Sophomore Hailey Mohrfeld (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and senior Cassie Scheel (Hartland, Wis.) each homered in the effort as Mohrfeld finished 2-2 with three RBIs and two runs. Senior Paige Newtols (Green Bay, Wis.) went 2-3 with two runs and two RBIs, while freshman Marissa Michalkiewicz (Appleton, Wis.) went 3-4 with two RBIs and two runs.
No player on the Phoenix roster struck out in the win and only two runners were left on base. Freshman Briana Cavin (Elk Grove Village, Ill.) pitched all five innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run while striking out two.
"We had a really big second inning and that definitely helped us get this win—the bats were swinging the right way today and it's always nice to have a day when you score like this," head coach Jean Rivett said. "Briana Cavin pitched a fabulous game today and put us in a good spot to win."
Green Bay 6, Rider 5
Game two of the doubleheader was a little closer than the first, but the Phoenix used two runs in the sixth inning and one in the seventh to complete a comeback win. Trailing 5-3 in the top of the sixth, Green Bay cut the deficit to one when sophomore Miranda Spangberg (Wausau, Wis.) scored after fellow sophomore Tia Collins (Orfordville, Wis.) reached on an error. Senior Jess Hrncar (Bristol, Wis.) stepped up to the plate after the score and hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring junior Miranda Reinke (Milwaukee, Wis.) to tie the game at 5-5.
Senior Allison Goecks (Beloit, Wis.) took the mound in the bottom of the sixth, holding the Broncs scoreless. Spangberg delivered the game-winner with a double to left field, scoring Mohrfeld for the 6-5 lead. Goecks remained solid in the bottom of the seventh, striking out two en route to giving the Phoenix the 6-5 win.
"Allison came into the game and just shut them down," Rivett said. "Both her and Miranda (Spangberg) were really solid late in that game and helped us come back for the win. It really builds our confidence when we know we can come back and win like this."
Spangberg and Hrncar each went 2-3 in the win, while the latter and Michalkiewicz each had two RBIs. Goecks struck out three of the seven batters she faced over her two innings of work.
NEXT ON SCHEDULE: Green Bay closes out the 2013 Rebel Spring Games on Thursday with a doubleheader against Manhattan. Following those contests, the team will return from warm and sunny Florida to battle UIC in Chicago on March 23 and 24.
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Didanosine is a drug that blocks reproduction of the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ). HIV is the virus that infects people causing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Didanosine is used in combination with other drugs to treat HIV infection.
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Severe peripheral neuropathy (painful sensations due to nerve damage in the hands and feet) often develops in people taking didanosine or other drugs in its class. People with peripheral neuropathy who were taking one of these drugs were found to be deficient in acetyl-L-carnitine.1 In a preliminary trial, supplementation with 1,500 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine twice a day resulted in improvement in the neuropathy after six months in people taking didanosine or related drugs.2 Similar benefits were seen in another study that used the same amount of acetyl-L-carnitine.3
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Persons with AIDS have developed lactic acidosis and fatty liver while taking didanosine and other drugs in its class. Didanosine can inhibit crucial DNA-related riboflavin activity, which may be normalized by riboflavin supplementation. A 46-year-old woman with AIDS and lactic acidosis received a single dose of 50 mg of riboflavin, after which her laboratory tests returned to normal and her lactic acidosis was completely resolved.4 More research is needed to confirm the value of riboflavin for preventing and treating this side effect.
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Lentinan is a complex sugar found in shiitake mushrooms (Lentinas edodes) and is recognized as an immune modulator. In an early human trial, 88 HIV-infected people received didanosine (400 mg per day) plus a 2 mg lentinan injection per week.5 Didanosine-lentinan combination therapy improved CD4 immune cell counts for a significantly longer period than didanosine alone. Lentinan is under investigation as an adjunct therapy to be used with didanosine for HIV infection.6 Oral preparations of shiitake are available, but it is not known if they would be an effective treatment with didanosine for HIV infection.The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
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1. Famularo G, Moretti S, Marcellini S, et al. Acetyl-carnitine deficiency in AIDS patients with neurotoxicity on treatment with antiretroviral nucleoside analogues. AIDS 1997;11:185-90.
2. Hart AM, Wilson AD, Montovani C, et al. Acetyl-l-carnitine: a pathogenesis based treatment for HIV-associated antiretroviral toxic neuropathy. AIDS2004;18:1549-60.
3. Herzmann C, Johnson MA, Youle M. Long-term effect of acetyl-L-carnitine for antiretroviral toxic neuropathy. HIV Clin Trials 2005;6:344-50.
4. Fouty B, Frerman F, Reves R. Riboflavin to treat nucleoside analogue-induced lactic acidosis. Lancet 1998;352:291-2 [letter].
5. Gordon M, Guralnik M, Kaneko Y, et al. A phase II controlled study of a combination of the immune modulator, lentinan, with didanosine (ddI) in HIV patients with CD4 cells of 200-500/mm3. J Med 1995;26:193-207.
6. Threlkeld DS, ed. News, Keeping Up, December 1994, Lentinan. In Facts and Comparisons Drug Information. St. Louis, MO: Facts and Comparisons, Dec 1997, 805.
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Monday's mail brought an unnerving surprise to Attorney Ronald W. Stephens and his staff at their Bronson office when an envelope yielded an unknown white/tan powder.
A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and County Road 335 in the Raleigh community on Saturday at about 2 p.m. caused injuries serious enough to send three people to the hospital, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
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Here's the pics again:
Poor pic but shows area.
|Have you checked the block to make sure it is set up for a roller cam ? I have a 90 truck block and it wasn't a roller block
I know its too late, but in the future you can get the spider, retainers, lifters, and pushrods from a JY for about $25. It would have saved you a few hundred dollars. Also, ls2 valvesprings would have been more than adequate, which would have also saved you about a hundred bucks.
I don't know if you're open to using used parts but your build could have been done for about a third of the cost and made the same power, something to keep in mind down the road.
After lots of reading on the internet, I am getting very close to a plan for my engine build. Many of you on this site have influenced and taught me (I don't want to name names, as I will miss someone), as well as people on other sites, particularly a member of clubhotrod.com named techinspector1.
Here's a thread he commented on that just about fits my my own build:
355 Daily Driver
Just to repeat myself, my goal is a mild, good idling, good mileage, daily driver, runs cheap gas, good low end torque pushing an auto tranny.
So far this looks like a 9:1 compression, 350+hp, 450+torque
The shopping has begun! So far I have purchased the following: (just hope it will all work together)
Used 350 from an 89 C1500 Pickup. Block is roller ready except the spider mounting risers need drilled and tapped. Including 2 700r4 trannys, 1 low mileage and 1 recent rebuild. found on Craigslist, Price $300
Estimated machine shop costs may be:
Block Hot Tank, $75
Cylinder Bore, $200
Block Decked, $150
Crank Ground, $140
Used Vortec 906 heads. Low mileage, needs no work, except I plan to mod to allow a higher lift cam. found at swap meet, Price $275
Comp Cam beehive spring kit including 26915-16 springs, 787-16 steel retainers, and 648-16 valve locks. Claims to allow up to .600" lift which should work fine with my new cam which needs .500" lift. Ebay from Atlantic Speed, Price $249
Blue Viton Valve Seals from Alex's parts on Ebay, Price $19
Spider, dogbones, and cam retainer plate, (my original engine was flat tappets, but mostly roller ready) from SkipWhite on Ebay, Price $71
GM Performance 12499225 hydraulic roller lifters from Jegs on Ebay, Price $135
GM Performance 12371043 single roller timing chain kit from Jegs on Ebay, Price $60
Comp Cam 08-410-8 build 260HR camshaft, Magnum series, very mild, should be gentle on valve train, new from private party on Ebay, Price $220
Edelbrock 2716 Performer EPS Vortec intake manifold, cast finish, I chose EPS over RPM, as I wanted low end torque and not high rpm, US Parts on Ebay, Price $188
Items I haven't purchased yet, but am really close to are:
Pistons, D shaped dish with good flat area in the quench area, about 18cc dish to reach my intended CR of 9:1. Considering the Keith Black KB142.
Head gasket, Felpro Q1003 .041 compressed (requires a 9.000 deck), or GM 10105117 .028 which may be a better choice as it would likely fit better with a 9.013 deck height and .040 squish.
Connecting Rods, 5.7", should I reuse original or buy new?
Headers, Full length 1-5/8 to 3-bolt 3" collector. Not sure of best route, but considering the cheap ones from Summit, Price $110
Your comments are always welcome, as I am making this up as I go from what I learn.
I attended a swap meet in Mt Vernon Wa today where I picked up a nice set of used 906 Vortec heads. Here's a close up of one of the combustion chambers:
Here's a shot of some pistons I'm thinking of getting:
Notice the similarities between the head combustion chamber shape and the top of the piston. My theory is since I need to lower the compression ratio a little I will need some kind of dished pistons. This particular one looks like a cross between a D-Dish with valve reliefs and a flat top in the area where the corrosponding flat area is in the head. My theory is that the larger the flat area where the quenching occurs the better it will function and that the dished area below the head chamber is the right place to add the extra cc's and still ressemble an efficient chamber.
This particular piston, the Keith Black KB193-030 (assuming a 0.030 oversize bore) as found at Summit at : KB193 Pistons has a 12cc dish which when blocked decked for a 0.040 quench assuming 67cc measured head gives me a static compression ratio of 9.32 and with a cam advertised Intake Closing timing Angle of 56 which is common for many of the mild cams I've been looking at results in a dynamic compression ratio of 7.93 which according to what I've been reading is right in the ballpark for where I want to be when running regular 87 octane gas.
I think I'm getting close to a workable combination.
I plan to do a cc check on the heads for final calculations, and probably deck the block after dry assembling the parts to get precise piston to deck height measurements. Also will likely need to work the heads a little to increase the valve lift limits.
I've been reviewing various camshafts, but still have a ways to go, to understand all the options. Ideally I want an efficient mix of low end torque and mileage.
From what I see so far, I'm guessing this engine should produce horsepower in the mid 300's at around 4500rpm and torque in the mid 400's at about 3500rpm.
Still a ways to got, but I think I'm making progress and enjoying the entire journey. Thanks again for all your input. It is really helping me.
eBay usually has vendors selling the spiders and dog bones. You'll also need a cam retainer plate to match your block, it's held on w/button head screws for clearance. There were two different widths of cam retainers so get the right one to match your block. If your block isn't drilled for the retainer, either retainer will work.
Push rods are about 7.2" long for the hydro roller, FT cams used a push rod about 7.8" long. The exact length will be decided after you mock up the engine using the cam, heads, valves, head gaskets, rockers, rocker studs, etc. you intend to run.
HERE is one of many threads on valve train geometry.
HERE is a list of valve train points to check.
I hope you don't mind if I just keep adding more to this thread. As the name implies, I hope to document my research and build of my Vortec 350.
Just in case you you haven't been following all of my thread, I have a 350TBI out of an 89 1500 pickup, that I plan to rebuild and turn into a carburated Vortec engine. Today I started stripping it down. I believe this motor was originally a flat tappet design, but was built on a block that could easily be converted to roller tappets. Here's a couple pics of the area where a spider and lifter guides(I'm not exactly sure what they are called) would be. It looks to me like the guide area is already machined, but the spider mounting risers need to be drilled and tapped, a job which I should be able to do easily. Can someone familiar with the machined guide area, confirm that my block is machined ready for the roller lifter guides?
Here's a closeup of the machined guide area.
The next question, is where would be an easy and cheap place to buy a spider and guides?
I'm also guessing that judging by how deep the existing lifters sit down inside their holes, that a new set of roller lifters will stick up higher into the guides and require a different set of shorter push rods.
This picture was found at this link, but doesn't match the 4 valve relief description either:
I'm wondering with a 10cc dish, if this picture could be right with the valve reliefs taking up most of the volume. The picture shows a flat top in the quench area, but only 2 valve reliefs.
So if you want to use a FT, research reworking the combustion chambers to gain volume and see if it's something you think you can handle. You'll need grinding tools, and eye protection, and a good amount of spare time. It can be done w/nothing more specialized than a Dremel, sanding rolls and bits, a pair of goggles and a way to measure the chamber volume accurately as you work. You'll never want to do it twice, it's a dirty time consuming job. But it is an option, although getting 12cc more volume w/o running into problems might be impractical if not impossible.
BTW, the second piston above isn't a SBC piston. Post #17 describers the SP 423 pistons- round, 4 valve relief.
I believe you ought to build this engine right. That may well mean spending more than a ten spot on a piston. If you want cheap, then so be it.
Thank you
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For quench in order of best to worst piston design:
flat top no valve relief
flat top 2 valve reliefs
flat top 4 valve reliefs
Dish and dome (not sure which is better than the other)
Why are you stuck on the d-dish? I would do everything I could with manipulating deck clearance, piston compression height and head gasket thickness so I could stick with flat tops.
Originally before I did any research I threw out a ballpark goal of 300hp, 400torque, slight lopey idle, 15mpg in 3500lb Camaro.
700r4 tranny, with appropriate rear end ratio.
Daily driver, Street use only, Good low end torque, Strong launch from a standing start, Spin tires when desired, good street manners for normal driving. No desire to wind it up to high rpm.
Initial feedback suggested a fuel injected engine, but since then I'm leaning back to using a carb. At this point I'm thinking of an L31 or 350HO as a base, but with slight improvements, which would put me in the mid 300's for power and 380-420torque.
On the subject of piston top design for good quench. Realizing that I will probably need some kind of dish, it seems the best design is the D shape where the flat top matches up with the flat portion of the head for maximum quench area. Here's the two styles suggested above available from Summit for a good price. Neither one is a tru D shaped dish.
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If you drive down highway 880 from Oakland, California, take an exit about 30 miles south, and snake past a long line of car dealerships, you'll find an ordinary office building that belongs to a company you've never heard of. And if you're allowed to walk inside — past the receptionist and the cubicles, through another door, around the security guard, and into the warehouse — you'll find some technicians assembling and testing server hardware for some of the biggest names on the internet.
This includes Facebook and Rackspace and at least one or two other names that even your grandmother knows about it.
The warehouse belongs to a company called Synnex — an outfit that spent the last 30 years buying and selling computers, hard drives, chips, memory, and all sorts of other hardware. But Synnex isn't the one assembling and testing all that internet server hardware — at least not officially. Those technicians work for a brand new Synnex division called Hyve.
Hyve Solutions was created to serve the world's "large-scale internet companies" — companies increasingly interested in buying servers designed specifically for their sweeping online operations. Because their internet services are backed by such an enormous number of servers, these companies are looking to keep the cost and the power consumption of each system to a minimum. They want something a little different from the off-the-shelf machines purchased by the average business. "What we saw was a migration from traditional servers to more custom-built servers," says Hyve senior vice president and general manager Steve Ichinaga. "The trend began several years ago with Google, and most recently, Facebook was added to the ranks of companies who want this kind of solution."
The net's biggest names have caused a tectonic shift in the worldwide server market. These are the companies that need more servers than anyone else on the planet, and they're moving away from traditional server makers such as Dell and HP, embracing Hyve, various manufacturers in Taiwan, and other little known companies that can help them build servers for their particular needs. In response, Dell and HP are now doing custom work as well. But the Hyves of the world are here to stay.
Be Like Google
Hyve doesn't count Google as a customer — or at least it doesn't seem to. But it's serving many of the internet companies that are imitating Google. Unhappy with the cost and design of traditional servers from the likes of Dell and HP, Google designs its own servers, and it contracts with companies in Taiwan to build them. Facebook has now followed suit. Its no-frills servers are built by Taiwanese "original device manufacturers" (ODMs) Quanta and Wistron, and then they're shipped to Hyve in Fremont, California, where technicians load them into racks, hook up the required networking equipment, test them, and ship them off to Facebook's data centers.
Google treats its latest server designs as trade secrets, but earlier this year, Facebook open sourced its designs under the aegis of the Open Compute Project, sharing them to anyone who wants them. And this led Synnex to create Hyve. Hyve is a place where internet giants can go if they want Open Compute servers. But even before Hyve was created, Synnex was working for the big internet names. It has long provided custom machines for Rackspace — the San Antonio, Texas company that offers infrastructure services across the net as a scale rivaled only by Amazon — and though Synnex won't identify its other customers, it will say that these are companies everyone knows. "They're household names," Ichinaga says.
Hyve is just one of the under-the-radar server companies feeding these big internet names. SGI — the company once known as Rackable (not to be confused with Rackspace) — has spent years building custom servers for the likes of Amazon and Microsoft. And a New Jersey-based outfit known as ZT Systems is building servers for similar internet outfits — though it won't say who. Hyve and ZT say very little about how their operations work, but both seem to have very close ties to manufacturing outfits in China and Taiwan, where so much of the world's IT hardware is built. This means they can provide custom servers while still keeping prices down.
"We have very long term relationships with the key vendors," says Ichinaga. "We already sell billions of dollars' worth of components and other IT equipment, and that basically allows us to leverage our relationships with our partners when we serve our [internet] customers." Tim Symchych, the director of supply chain operations at Rackspace, confirms that his company can get lower prices from Hyve than he can from Dell and HP (though the company continues to buy from Dell and HP as well). Jason Hoffman — the chief technology officier of Amazon- and Rackspace-rival Joyent — says there will be cases when his company can actually get a better price from a traditional server maker such as Dell. But the point is the Hyves and ZT Systems of the world are competing with the big boys, and in many cases, they're winning.
With Facebook sharing its designs through the Open Compute Project this trend will only continue. According to Ichinaga, Hyve has already received orders for Open Compute servers from multiple companies. And that doesn't include Facebook.
The Hyve Mind
Joyent CTO Jason Hoffman visited Hyve one afternoon in early December. Joyent typically buys its servers from Dell or Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), but he's exploring other options. He spent an hour discussing Hyve's services with a company sales rep, and then he took a brief tour of the warehouse. We tagged along, and though Hyve was careful not to expose its other customers, it did show off some of the Open Compute server racks it's putting together for Facebook.
Hoffman and Joyent don't want Open Compute servers. Facebook's designs are meant for web serving and memcaching — a way of storing caching data in server memory, so it can be quickly accessed — and he's looking for something more robust. "Facebook is really just running one applications," he says. "We're supporting different applications for all our customers."
But Hyve says it can give him what he wants. Though Facebook's servers are built in Taiwan and shipped to Hyve's warehouse in Fremont, Hyve tells us that in most cases, it builds servers on its own, pulling parts from partners across the globe. Hyve says it can work with a company like Joyent to design a server that suits its particular needs. "It starts with collaboration," Ichinaga says. "We figure out what the customer wants in terms of server workload and the physical environment and everything else. If you need something different, we can do it."
Ichinaga won't go into detail about Hyve's business model. But he says the company is only able to do this because Synnex has spent thirty years distributing computer hardware to thousands of resellers across the globe. It has close relationships, Ichinaga says, with the likes of chip giant Intel and hard drive maker Seagate, as well as ODMs such as Quanta and Wistron. "Compared to a traditional OEM companies," he says, referring to original equipment manufacturers such as Dell and HP. "We have a very low S,G, and A [selling, general and administrative expenses]. It's just a very efficient model."
Synnex is a US company. Its Fremont, California, offices are the official headquarters. But the company's founder, Robert Huang, was born in Taiwan and studied electrical engineering in Japan. And its ties to Asia run deep. The company has offices in both China and Japan.
Somewhere in New Jersey
ZT Systems seems to operate in much the same way. And it too builds servers for some of the biggest names on the net.
It would appear that these names include Amazon. Amazon job listings seeking technicians for its data centers sometimes request engineers that have "hands-on experience with Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Rackable, or ZT Systems." It's no secret that Rackable builds for Amazon. As a public company, Rackable (now SGI) must name customers that account for more than 10 percent of its revenues — and Amazon does. But Amazon's relationship with ZT is still very much under the radar.
Amazon has not responded to requests to discuss ZT Systems, and ZT declines to name any of its customers. But a company spokesman will say that like Hyve, it builds custom servers for "very large data center operators." And he says it runs sales offices in Fremont, California, near Hyve, and in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is headquartered in Seattle. AMD — Intel's chief chip rival — has sold chips to ZT Systems for at least six years, according to John Fruehe, director of product marketing for server and embedded products at AMD and former business development man at the chip maker. Fruehe won't name ZT's customers, but he confirms that it serves "mega-data-center customers."
Like Hyve, ZT is a US company, and according to a company spokesman, it builds all its servers in New Jersey. But it too has close ties to Asia. That said, ZT insists it shouldn't be compared to Hyve, because it has a longer history as a full-fledged OEM. "ZT Systems is a full-featured server OEM with robust engineering capabilities, and extensive experience designing and building computers in the USA for over 17 years," says the company spokesman. "Our systems contain the highest quality components, many of which are produced in Asia."
Uh, Who Makes These Things?
The server supply chain is a complicated thing. At times, it's difficult to tell who's actually building the machines and who's merely sprucing them up. Traditionally, ODMs such as Quanta and Wistron build the systems. Then OEMS such as Dell and HP add some additional hardware and ensure the systems meet certain standards. And these OEMs work with VARs — value added resellers — who will sell gear to the end user and may add some extra, well, value.
But the lines between these various layers are rather blurry, and a company like Hyve blurs them further still. Synnex sells hardware to resellers and distributes hardware on behalf of OEMs like HP, but now, with the rise of Hyve, it's turning into a server maker. With Facebook's servers, Hyve isn't actually building the systems. But with other customers — such as Rackspace — it says that it is.
Even Jason Waxman — general manager of high-density computing in Intel's data center group and a board member of the Open Compute Project — finds it hard to classify a company like this. "I'm still trying to understand some of their models," he says. "[With an company like Hyve], I don't know if they allow the end user to take responsibility for the design or if they're really becoming an OEM themselves. OEM is actually building a fully configured system and supporting it."
What's more, there are cases where component companies such as AMD are selling parts directly to the big internet names, and these names will then go to companies like ZT Systems or the Taiwanese ODMs and ask them to actually put these components into servers. Google buys chips directly, and at least some others have followed. "This was all the rage about two years ago," says AMD's Fruehe. "There was one extremely large web company that was doing this, and they still to this day build their own systems. Everybody looked at this and said 'This is great. I've been going to an OEM to have them build my systems, but I can really cut down my costs if I do it myself and go straight to Taiwan."
Intel sells chips in this way as well. But Jason Hoffman says this is not the norm. "Our goal is that we almost exclusively work with OEMs," he says.
As AMD's Fruehe points out, there are still reasons for even the biggest internet companies to lean on OEMs like Dell and HP and ZT. "The OEM is providing the system integration, the tests, the qualifications, all the low-level systems code," he says. "You start to realize this is a whole lot of work, and if you build your own servers, you have to hire a whole lot of people do what you could have hired HP or Dell or ZT or another partners to do."
In addition to building the systems, ZT will help support them. The company runs "integration facilities" around the world, which are essentially support offices that serve the data centers of the big internet players. In some cases, says a company spokesman, ZT will have someone working inside a customer's data center. This is quite different from the way Hyze works with Facebook. Facebook does get on-site support from the company, but it does use Hyve to put its servers into racks, hook them up, test them, and deliver them.
The big internet names are approaching the task in many different ways. And generally, each is dealing with multiple server vendors. Rackspace uses Dell, HP, and Hyve. Facebook is moving to Quanta, Wistron, and Hyze, but it continues to use Dell and HP. According to job listings, Amazon is using HP, Dell, Rackable, and ZT, and it may be using other companies as well.
Beyond the Net
None of this is new. But in open sourcing its new server designs, Facebook is pushing the market in a new direction. It's now easier for server buyers to go directly to Taiwan. Or if they want a bit more hand-holding, they can go to Hyve. Facebook recently released version 2.0 of its Open Compute server designs, and in the new year, Hyve will be shipping servers based on these designs not only to Facebook but to other big name internet outfits.
Both Amazon and Apple attended Facebook recent Open Compute summit in New York. "There's folks from Google and Apple and other folks here today as well," Facebook's Frank Frankovsky told Wired. "Even though we didn't highlight the contributions from those companies, everybody's included. And people can just consume the technology and not contribute back."
Sun founder Andy Bechtolsheim — another Open Compute Project board member — believes that Apple will at least consider Open Compute servers. "Apple wants to build a big iCloud," he told us. "Obviously, they want to minimize their power consumption and cost. I'm pretty sure they will look at this. The point is they couldn't have looked at this until it became an open spec. Their other choice was to build their own version."
And the internet giants aren't the only ones. According to Ichinaga, all sorts of other outfits — government organizations, telecoms, and large financial organizations — have ordered Open Compute servers. Chris Kemp — the CEO of Nebula, a startup that's selling appliances that run OpenStack, an open source platform that mimics Amazon's web services — has been involved with the Open Compute Project from the beginning, and he echoes Ichinaga.
"Every company in the world is going to take a close look at what they're all about," he says. "If you're a financial or biotech company, you're gonna to start looking at the cost of your infrastructure, and you're going to start behaving a lot like Google and Amazon and Facebook. In today's world, everybody's business is becoming computationally intensive."
In other words, he says, the business world will move even further away from the Dells and the HPs.
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Five Simple Ways to Boost Your Heart's Health
As we round the corner into spring, it is a great time to check-in and renew your commitment to a healthy year. A heart–healthy year. If you want to be healthy into your old age, it's important to begin treating your heart well early on. The American Heart Association emphasizes maintaining a healthy weight, regular exercise, a healthy diet, and smoking cessation as primary steps towards preventing heart disease. Assuming you're up to date on your most recent physical, blood work, and doctor recommendations, what are the biggest ways to impact your heart with your daily choices? Here are five simple ways to boost your heart's health.
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I may be gettin a 76 eldo convertible with a massive 500ci engine. I was amped up but then i realized its a front wheel drive.
My plan was to get a seperate engine and build a tourque monster to drop in it. Anyone ever saw or built a hi horse v8 with a front wheel drive car? Is it possible to build it up eere it will hold up or is it to much to try?
Be kinda weird but wild! RR
look at the mounts. I think it is a plain ol 500 (yeah plain LOL) the transaxle is funky. It bolts like a regualer trans and has a revrse shaft to the front and couples to a big pumpkin that runs the CV axles.
It should fit right in a rear wheel application.
I would check the block for mount bosses and compare to another 500 if you can . I am thinking they are all the same.
If I understand your question, you want to build up a torque monster engine to put into the Eldo. Is that right?
May I ask why you want to put in a different engine, when you already have an engine in there that can pull a freight train up a steep grade
However, if you want to pursue that course of action, can I have your 500?
I love those engines! Lighter than a BBC, more torque in stock form than dam near anything else, and by simply changing intake manifold and exhaust (Have you ever seen such an intake design?) you can wake it up even more!
Just don't try to rev it - Cad motors have a valve train that is reputed to give grief starting at about 4500 rpm.
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I think the Cady trans-axle and Torinado trans-axle are the same? Cant remember this many years later? I owned a 67 Torinado And and ran it at Detroit dragway the traction was unbelievable!
Developed with help from General Motors engineer John Beltz, the Hurst Hairy Olds was built to be a showcase for the then-new chain-driven automatic trans axle of the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado as well as a rival to the Hurst Hemi Under Glass. There were doubts in the automotive press as to the strength of such a system; the Hairy Olds was designed to dispel these doubts.
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Hurst installed not one but two 425 in³ (7 L) Oldsmobile engines and Toronado transaxles both front and rear; a pair of drag parachutes were mounted in the stock taillight positions and four-wheel disc brakes were fitted as well. Two engines meant two of virtually everything in the cockpit related to the operation of the car, including two cable-operated shifters, two tachometers, two sets of oil pressure and temperature gauges and even two accelerator pedals. Additional power was provided via a Cragar Equipment-modified 6-71 GMC supercharger atop each engine, each burning a blend of nitromethane and alcohol. Weight was reduced through the use of aluminum body components and Plexiglas windows. The result was a 2400-horsepower, four-wheel-drive exhibition drag racer which smoked its front and rear tires down the length of the race track with times in the eleven-second range.
The tremendous amount of power at the front wheels caused massive torque steer, resulting in difficulty in keeping the car in a straight line.
A front wheel drive Pic
The 4 wheel drive Terrifying Toronado had a cousin from the other side of the country in the Hurst Hairy Olds. Built in a similar fashion for the 1966 season, the car (a front wheel drive Olds 442) reportedly was built to showcase the bulletproof qualities of the then-new chain-driven automatic transaxle of the '66 Toronado, which had its skeptics in the automotive press. After all, if it could harness the power of a supercharged engine, it should do well in stock configuration, right? (Truth be told, although the front drivetrain was essentially stock, the right-hand axleshafts were swapped for left-hand units because they were stronger, and the torque converters were beefed up, but those are minor points.
Thanks for the info guys.
im thinkin a big engine in a fwd car would be kool. Just didnt know if the front end and axles could hold it together.
Im wanting to use the caddy 500ci engine. Just thinkin if i get a spare and build it slowly on the stand then i can still drive the car till the motors done.
Will be interesting if it works out. RR
The Eldo and the Toronado (and the GMC motorhomes) all use the TH425 trans. This is a TH400 bent in half and all the internal parts are common with a TH400, so strength is not an issue. The TH425 has the torque converter and pump behind the engine and the rest of the trans alongside the engine on the driver's side. There's a multi-row roller chain that connects the two at the very back of the trans. All Olds and Caddy motors bolt to this trans, but you need the proper oil pan to clear the RH halfshaft. Yes, all Pontiac and Buick motors bolt up as well, but there are no factory oil pans that have the proper shape. Yes, the Buford V6 was used in longitudinal FWD applications in the 1980s Riviera and Toro, but that was the smaller TH325 trans.
The TH425 differential bolts to the driver's side of the block. There's a shaft the runs under the oil pan to the passenger side with a flange for the RH halfshaft and CV joint. The LH halfshaft and CV joint bolts directly to the differential flange. Stock final drive ratio is 3.07:1 and there is no factory posi unit. The GMC motorhome community has developed both posi and steeper gear sets, but these parts are priced like they are made from solid gold.
Of course the driver's side exhaust manifold is unique to the FWD application since it needs to route up and over the transaxle. There are no Caddy headers available for this configuration. There are Olds headers, again from the GMC motorhome community, and again, they are extremely expensive (apparently all those retirees are pretty well heeled).
I built a 1970 Chevelle with a T-425 trans axle drive train with a 6-71 blown small block chevy adapted to the T-425. Remote oil filter and custom pan for the chevy engine was required.
I always ''rolled'' on the throttle with the FWD setup, not hammer it hard and shift the trans at WOT.
Although... the first time I shifted 1 - 2 under WOT , the drive chain broke apart, ripped holes in the chain cover.
The T-425 was modified for firm shifts and dual feed direct clutch just like it's brother the T-400
interesting. had to google the th425
I have a GMC motorhome and actually headers and gear sets are really not that expensive. Check out Applied GMC in Fremont , CA. Jim Kanamato, the owner supplies lots of parts for the Toronado front clip that we use. In fact he has a twin turbo set up on his own 455 powered coach.
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You can also "occasionaly" find the rear deep sump Eldorado pan and pick up on ebay or at Cadillac Forum, these pieces are a little pricey though....usually around $175 - $200. Then you can turn that 500 into a real torque monster....like mine.
last yr in ocean city md.. i parked next to a early 50's pick up.. look very stock.. could figure out why he was carrying an engine in the bed of truck... till he opened the hood.. he took the fwd out and put in back of his truck.. that was fantastic.
It would be pretty cool i guess. It will suck in the rain and you can't launch at all. Plus it will not handle at all. If you don't mind any of that then go ahead and do it.
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2002 deville rough idle HELP!
i was driving on the highway at 80 and noticed the engine sputter for a moment...my exit was 1/2 down the road....i got off and the car completely died...this was all after a 45 min trip...the car sat for hours then i took the same trip home without any problems except for a rough idle when i came to slow down, and when in park...car has 155,000 miles on it so i replaced all the plugs (even the stupid ones along the firewall!) i cleaned the throttle body (took a whole can of cleaner! and i took out the AIC i believe its called? the thing that goes into the throttle body that your supposed to only use electrical cleaner on...after all that when parked it idles rough between 650 and 750 reving up and slowing down...i pulled some codes, but have no clue as what they mean...i looked at the sticky but it looked like russian to me please HELP! the codes are
IPM B1004 History
RIM C0658 History
i bought some seafoam and a new fuel filter i am about to go install...oh yeah and i cleaned the MAF...i would appreciate some insight as what to try next? thanks in advance guys
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!AIC i believe its called?
B0429 is the actuator for the rear seat temp control valve (not you problem).
B1004 just means that battery power was probably pulled (not your problem).
C0658 is for the ELC (Electronic Level Control) system (not your problem).
Check the Plenum for a rip. It should set codes, but doesn't always. Do a search for plenum and you'll find LOTS of info and pics.
Take the Seafoam back and get a refund.
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well i changed the fuel filter...looked pretty old and like it def wouldnt have hurt anything by changing it...added some seafoam to gas, and some to the oil...drove it in town to runa couple of errands and no sign of a fix yet...
buuuuuuuuut before i took off, i sprayed some starting fluid kind of underneath the plenum and i got a high idle...so i guess that may be the problem? regardless i just ordered one as i am sure it wouldnt hurt to replace it with the car having 150,000 on it...i wanna try and squeeze another 150 out of it!
bought an 00' DTS 3 years ago from florida w only 60,00 miles...that mofo was spotless! i wouldnt even drive it in the rain! then one day we had a hail storm...i hated to look at the car after that and had to sell her...so this deville is the replacement...its gunna have to last a while til i can afford the new body style!
thanks ranger rick for the reply! with what i said about the high idle, do you thinnk that narrows it down to the plenum?
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!thanks ranger rick for the reply! with what i said about the high idle, do you thinnk that narrows it down to the plenum?
Ranger "Rick" is someone else.
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lol i was just playin man...you seem to be pretty smart when it comes to these engines...thanks for the help! hope to get mines fixed by this weekend...i cant wait to really be able to clean the hell out of my TB...it looks pretty bad...also will check the starter connections while i have the intake off...could you point me in the direction of getting my damn fuel guage to work properly? seems to fluctuate constantly...only when i start the car can i get a pretty good reading, then as i drive i end up with a full tank of gas by the end of my trip! i wish i really did get free gas as i drove, but thats not the case...actually thats what i thought my problem was all along...when it died on me, it didnt make sense cuz i just put 30 bucks in it!~
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The fluctuating fuel gauge is probably the sending unit in the tank. Luckily, there is an access panel in the trunk so you do not have to drop the tank. It has been discussed many times so if you do a search you should come up with lots of info on it.
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alright you were right ranger! the plenum was bad! had about a 2 1/2 inch rip on the bottom side...so i did the plenum change and she still aint right...here is a few things i think it may be? while i had the intake off, my dumb a** decided to unscrew the two screws that were holding in a little round thing...well after i realized it was just a spring behind there i quit and tightened the screws back...is that some type of adustment? also i tried to clean the TB while it was still in its place but noticed that there is a gap between that and another piece of metal? maybe some carbon fell inbetween there and there is not a good seal? so its idleing at about 950 when i start it up then dropping to 700-750 while in Drive...My car used to idle at 1200 when started then drop down to 650 i believe...My SES light is still on also...havent had a chance to take the TB off and clean it, and wont until monday...maybe some gunk got down in there with the gasket and its not seated right? other than me messing up something down the road, the plenum change wasnt hard...
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The "little round thing" under the plenum is the intake manifold overpressure valve. Any leaks there and you have big fuel mixture problems. Another "little round thing" in the other end of the manifold is a blank rubber plug. Don't mess with it. If you did not carefully remove and install the 3 long plenum bolts - they also secure the TB - you may have more vacuum leaks than when you started. The entire process should be done like a clean surgical procedure............
No need to take the TB off to clean it - remove the intake ducting, block the gas pedal wide open, and scrub away with TB spray cleaner, rags, and a toothbrush.
Did you carefully remove and inspect the IAC motor and plunger (Idle Air Control) ?? Careful - that puppy costs about $200.
Don't put snake oil in that engine !!! DON'T !!!!
The cold start sequence should be 1200 rpm for 15 -30 seconds, down to about 950 for a while, down to 650 idle.
If you did not clear the SES codes, then the system needs 3 start/run cycles during which the relevant code doesn't set, the light then goes out, and the code goes to History, where it remains for another 40 successful cycles after which it self-clears.
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
i carefully pulled out the AIC and cleaned it with electric parts cleaner as it was black...is there an adjustment on the overpressure valve? like did i get it out of wack when i tried to remove the scews? i noticed the spring in there and it seemed as if that thing make it move?
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
maybe my 3 bolts that go through the throttle body are not tight enough? i didnt want to sinch them down and strip out the nuts that are attached to the plenum...they seemed sort of fragile...and i understand that you can clean the TB that way, but my was very dirty on the back side and i tried a toothbrush, but a bristle broke off and it freaked me out so i stopped...i guess i need to take some time and get it all cleaned up and like i said there may be some carbon clumps inbetween the TB where the seal is i feel like a horrible cadillac mech right now...
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
Welcome to the club - we've ALL been there, done that !
Take it all apart, be clean, and double check your work. You'll find the leak and it will be OK.
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No adjustment that I am aware of on the over pressurization valve. I think it's just spring loaded.
Clean the TB every spring and it will be a MUCH easier job. Let it go for several years and it gets REAL nasty.
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
yeah i bought this car at 149,000 and it looked like it had NEVER been cleaned...the back side of the flipper is pretty caked on...ill try and take it all apar tomo and get it cleaned up....is there a torque spec on the 3 bolts that hold the TB to the plenum? i dont even have a torque wrench, but can kinda calculate with my brain that too much is too much...like i said i didnt wanna overdo it cuz of the nuts that are attached to the plenum...
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
The 3 throttlebody bolts AND intake manifold bolts are torqued to 89 in/lb, about 7.5 ft/lb.
NEVER guess at torque settings.......... if you are going to do half-decent engine work, invest in the correct tools, otherwise let a professional do the work before you break something. Harsh words, but very true. You have already learned part of the truth......................
Re: 2002 deville rough idle HELP!
dang those are harsh words...but they are definitley true! i went to autozone today and the only torque wrench they had for inch pounds started at 120 so i didnt get it obviously...im gunna run to sears here after a bit and see what they have...but as i went to taking off the air tube/dam? i found i didnt plug the MAF in! so i plugged it in, and i have the proper idle at start up 1200, and then it went down to 700 i think thats the proper range isnt it? im going on a 25 minute trip later today and hope all is well now and i sure hope the SES light goes off...if it does not, is there something i have to do to reset it?


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My question is about misbehaviour and uncooperative students. Basically what countries have the most complicit and lovely well behaved students :) and which are the ones to avoid.
I was interested in Korea and then if that went well i read amazingly nice things about Costa Rica but not much about their cultural attitude to education. Anyone thats taught TEFL in costa rica or anywhere in the world that can help give me an idea of which countries to gravitate towards and which to avoid if i want some nice respectful students. Or is it best just to go for teaching adults whatever the country? i don't know if this makes a difference but i am 42 :D
Many thanks for any insight anyone can give :D