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  1. My vent on the sump was below the oil line and oil was forced up the breather line into the head to the catch can and then all over the engine/ground/track. A one way valve on the vent fixed the issue. Is your fitting on the sump below oil line?
  2. Depends on calories, age, mobility. A younger person can have a "dirty" diet and still stay lean if they are active, whilst, in my case at least, if I ate what I ate when I was younger, say 25 years ago when I was 25 I would struggle to not be a fat pig. Calories in, now for me must be watched as I have a few injuries and don't do as much cardio as much as I did when I was young. For me I need to feed my body when it needs it, and to not give it stuff it doesn't need, I don't need carbs before I go to sleep, hell I normally stop eating carbs at about 4pm most days. I focus on strength training with some assistance, basically trying to maintain really with minimal gains in strength and muscle mass, cardio mainly consist of walking with only about 5 k of running per week due to joint injuries, with some stretching and agility thrown in to keep me mobile. I like food to much to cut dairy, I like milk on my weetbix or oats and I like a chunk of cheese for morning tea. And didn't "Arnie" drink bulk milk in his early years before all the supps and roids. What's wrong with some dairy anyway, everything in moderation is good, with moderation being the key. The biggest mistake I see is people not knowing how many calories they need to lose/maintain/gain weight for their age and mobility.
  3. I asked a dietician who works at a hospital about the 6 meals as apposed to the 3 meal standard type of diet, she said that it was better to have the 6 smaller meals. She also said that although you are eating the same calories, if you eat the same amount of course, the body processes the foods better in smaller hits, and that you actually burn calories due to your body using the fuel to perform the task of digestion. She referred to how babies eat about every 2-3 hours, and why kids go through the fridge and cupboards and eat everything when they get the growth spurts. She also said that you should feed your body the correct stuff at the correct time, it seems to give a edge for top athletes so for a old guy trying to improve his strength and health I feel it would be stupid of me not to do it. The body is only a machine after all, a bit like a engine I would imagine, I would assume that for best performance you want your fuel ratios to be optimal. If that kind of eating only gives me 1% then I will take it with all the other 1% things I do, which quickly adds up and is better than not getting it. On a side note, I've swapped out my weekly cleans for high hanging cleans to try and increase my explosive strength, hopefully that's another 1% in the bank.
  4. It needed a strong box, the big block sized torque ate the standard Nissan gear sets. I see it also has FLEX fuel and supporting mods. How much torque is it running now, do you have a dyno with torque and rpm, I would imagine it would be pulling stumps from 3k to 4k rpm.
  5. I wish
  6. LOL, Yeah Joey, its my old boat.
  7. Me, if I'm training in the morning I like oats or a couple of weetbix with a banana some chia seeds, wheat germ and LSA, all covered in a protein shake about 1 hr prior to training (this is my typical breakfast). Arvo training is whatever I can get (real food, tin of beans or quick rice and some lemon and pepper or the like) with a shake, again at least 1 hr prior. If I don't have at least a hour to digest or if I eat to much I feel bloated and my training suffers. Post is a protein shake with a 1/4 cup of oats at the completion of my session, the quick oats work fine in the shake, just leave it sit for a minute or two then chew and drink your fill. Technical information warning: Carbs do magic things in your guts when mixed with protein and makes the protein usable or some other black magic. Don't miss lunch, try to eat every 3-4 hours, eating lots of small meals makes your metabolism work. Its pretty easy finding food and protein powder is so convenient. I do admit I find it hard working out size portions, but then I'm a glutton.
  8. Again GTSboy, I never said I designed them, do you feel smart point out something I pointed out. What were the pipes made from, who knows, I dont, but they were lagged with fibreglass mostly, I didn't need to know ant technical stuff. I believe I explained what I have learnt and what I have done, I may not be a engineer designing the products but I believe I know the basics of what and why. I have also picked a lot of stuff from guys at the track on what works and what is a waste. Next time your furnace is out for a track day or running the 1/4 give me a bell, it would be good to see how it performs. I believe you are an extremely knowledgeable gentleman who also has had vast experience in having your head well up your own arse. Enjoy the view
  9. You may make a couple of kw, my main concern is keeping under bonnet temps down thus avoiding damage to wires and vac lines and stuff. The way I see it is if I have upgraded or changed a part i.e. exhaust manifold, I will need to replace the heat shielding that came with it when it was stock, other wise I have only done half a job. Have a squiz at some of the shielding and insulation that's going on in the high end market to keep the under boonet temps at bay, some of them are works of art. As for weight of ceramics I couldn't say, but I would assume it to be minimal, like a couple of hundred grams at a guess, some one else might know. As for the wrap, my last job was on a set of headers 4-2-1 all the way to the cat, used 1 1/2 50ft rolls, weight? maybe 1.5kg. Gold stuff was less than the weight of A3 paper. Is it worth it, I haven't melted wires of vac lines and my under bonnet temps are vastly improved.
  10. LOL, from your post number 85 you have been talking about "your" industrial application and the "cars are toys" compared to what ever furnace you have worked on. I really couldn't give a rats arse about your "industrial furnaces" or the like, what I have been talking about is reducing under bonnet temps through exhaust wrapping. And what about the external coatings which this tread is about, don't they help retain the heat inside the pipe to allow the gasses to flow more efficiently, whereas you seem to disagree and say its not a good idea to stress the metal that way, its not good practice? Maybe for a your industrial furnace, but we are not talking about your industrial furnace. Me, I wrap my exhausts and manifolds to the CAT, I have also use that gold sheet on air boxes and intake pipes as well as placing it under the bonnet to protect the fibreglass, I've also added some heat shielding between the CAT and the body because it was getting so hot and radiating heat through the passenger floor. Rock and roll Also head out to ICI (ORICA) to see some of my ill advised insulation work of industrial plant pipe work, Olifins would be a good place to start.
  11. Is that easier than explaining why removing heat from the engine bay or intake using wraps and other forms of insulation is bad. I'm serious here, we all know what radiant heat can do in a engine bay and the loss of power with hot intake charge.
  12. Yes it is heat proofing GTSboy, whether it is for keeping heat in or out its still a form of lagging/wrap. The years I spent fabricating sheet metal to hold lagging on all sorts of pipes caring all sorts of fluids and gasses must have been done due to the engineers that designed them not knowing the science behind their work. I didn't design the insulation systems, I just use to built them. I apologise for trying to bring my experience to this thread because you obviously know it all. Enjoy your awesomeness.
  13. OK Griifin, Ill bite, what do you suggest, and what is your experience with coatings and wraps? Im looking forward to your reply
  14. Some good info here from first hand experience on the subject, also some uneducated waffle because SAU. matte4270 should tell the owner of this 32 that he is doing it wrong See you at work some time Joey.
  15. When I say plant I meant big motors for ships, generators and pumps and stuff, not a furnace. A cars exhaust will not see anywhere near the conditions of a industrial furnace I would assume, so they really shouldn't be compared. I acknowledge your experience in the trade but are we not talking about two totally different situations and uses. As for the consequences of using a wrap or other form of lagging, I have wrapped every manifold I have ever had over the last 35 years of driving and have never had a issue , I was told to wrap them by my old TAFE teacher who was a motor head in 1980 when I did my apprenticeship.
  16. I grabbed some UMBRO soccer shorts which work well for squats/everything, for footwear I use Chuck Taylors and soccer socks for deads to stop the blood if I hit my shins. I do tuck some of my shorts into my undies to shorten then up a bit when I'm doing front squats as I find it more comfortable. I'm not a fan of compression gear for lifting, it makes my junk all tucked up and uncomfortable. No offense to any geared lifters out there but the gear they use makes me LOL and think WTF.
  17. Russian container ship I went up to Weipa in had a lagged exhaust and a turbo beanie. LOL. I would assume that its not the only plant to utilise lagging, hell I've seen more lagged steam pipes and other hot liquids and gases when I was working at ICI. The furnaces had some white brickwork around them though, tried to re-locate some for a BBQ but then thought better of it as I thought they may have asbestos in them. Ships turbo was the size of a small car. Ive also seen lots of top race cars with it so I would assume it does something. Whoa, that's 2 assumptions.
  18. I use VHT paint prior to wrapping, this negates the corrosion. The way I see it is if wrapping/lagging is good enough for heavy plant and ships its good enough for my car. As for the dump that corroded, was it painted prior to wrapping, and what did it cost, I would guess it wasn't painted and it would have cost about $80 for a new one to be fabricated. I do agree that high quality stainless pipe with good engineering should out last the life of the car.
  19. On a sad note that last program I put up had me getting into the overtraining zone, getting old sucks arse, recovery is not what it use to be. I will need to remove some of the fluff exercises so I can just concentrate on the important stuff, so basically doing the big 4 with 1 main lift and 2 assistance per day. At least this will free up some more time for more warm up and cool down exercises and stretches. I try and resist the aging process but every so often it lines me up kicks me in the balls. f**k YOU OLD MAN TIME, I'LL KILL YA, I'LL f**kING KILL YA..
  20. Anyone can go to a shop and buy a Hayabusa when they are on their blacks, I believe its more of a cool little custom bike whilst on their L's rather than some stock unexciting POS or a bike that can do 300kph to the shops. But then turn the Hayabusa into a old school street fighter and you may get my attention. Not that I could ride it with my dodgy back.
  21. Has it got carb or fuel inj, and when are cams coming???? You should be able to get the thing mambo'ing nicely with 400cc. My KLX250 went well after I got a exhaust, 300cc barrel and piston and de-restricted the carby.
  22. Due to its metallurgy stainless tends to work harden and crack, dependant on its quality and engineering. This usually will only happen where the heat is most extreme and there's some form of engineering issue like tight bends, seams or if it is bearing weight. The coatings should be fine but I wouldn't wrap stainless. I've had 2 stainless manifolds in my time and about 20 steel, only 2 have cracked, and they weren't the steel ones. The initial one I got for the old boat lasted 1 track day before it cracked at the turbo mounting plate, I had it fixed and then it cracked along the pipe of one of the runners. That's when I had that pretty steam pipe one made up through unigroup, that never had a issue and glowed like the fires of hell on lots of occasions. Plus steel is cheap and lasts for years anyway. Do you the the feeling I don't like stainless exhaust manifolds. Then again I may have just been unlucky and inferior materials were used???????
  23. I would wrap them for the heat, I would coat and wrap everything anyway as I feel that the lower the engine compartment temps the better. As long as the bits are not stainless. Have you fixed yours yet? The 5 might get to stretch it legs soon as I'm hoping to do Huntley on 01 Feb.
  24. The same mods for the 33 head I believe, I went with a 33 head on my build, after it was finished and the money was spent I found out that the Neo head flows better than the 33 head and has solid lifters and VCT, the VCT trumps the 26 head. So a neo head on a 30 block is a win win win situation.
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