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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: I'm back

« on: September 13 2020, 10:58:11 AM »

Welcome back
So they didn't keep you around to put HP stickers over the logos?. Had to do the employment two-step myself this year.
I know a few dudes working at the former ATI location just up the road from here. You gonna be on the road?

Well I was on the road (a lot) up till march and then the we hit the rona and it all came to a screeching halt.

So funny story Cray went away on Sept 25 2019.  Jan 1 2020 was "employee day one"  My last day was Nov 8.  Middle of december I got a welcome to HPE kit with new laptop bag, HR forms ....

At anyrate all is good right now. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: I'm back

« on: June 18 2020, 09:18:18 AM »

Welcome back
So they didn't keep you around to put HP stickers over the logos?. Had to do the employment two-step myself this year.
I know a few dudes working at the former ATI location just up the road from here. You gonna be on the road?

Well I was on the road (a lot) up till march and then the we hit the rona and it all came to a screeching halt.

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IHADAV8 Playground / I'm back

« on: June 17 2020, 03:55:55 PM »

Long story.  My company of almost 17 years got aquired last year by a competitor.  Prompted me to look around a little and I landed at AMD.  Finally got a salesman to give me a laptop so I didn't have to use the corporate one and restored all my passwords.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Any F1 Fans here?

« on: October 17 2018, 11:58:36 AM »

OK this is what I've been waiting on.
http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2372075

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General Buick Tech / Re: The Oil?

« on: September 10 2018, 10:06:21 AM »

One time I picked up a bottle of Dollar General Brand motor oil and it was still SAE SG rated.

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General Auto Tech / Re: Tuning for Trans longevity

« on: September 04 2018, 11:35:39 AM »

It seems to me that since the 4L60E is electronically shifted it's an easy to cut the timing right before a shift but on the 200R4 the ECM doesn't really know when it will shift so the only strategy is to cut timing a few 100 rpm before the supposed shift RPM and wait for the drop. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Any F1 Fans here?

« on: September 02 2018, 11:29:19 AM »

It's long.  Almost as long as a Double cab pickup.

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Any F1 Fans here?

« on: September 01 2018, 05:29:36 PM »

Untitled by Alan Minga, on Flickr
They are much bigger in person that you would think

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Any F1 Fans here?

« on: August 31 2018, 11:08:40 AM »

The fact that we have a US team now is interesting.  The other fact is they use High performance computing to turn Electricity in to heat and aerodynamics to make cars go faster. 

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IHADAV8 Playground / Re: Toys We Had As Kids

« on: August 31 2018, 10:14:03 AM »

More like Ben-Wa balls.


Anal beads are multiple and in a straight line. Like a pull starter on a chainsaw.


Just don't use them like a pull starter on a chainsaw. 

You can but you only will get one chance

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IHADAV8 Playground / Any F1 Fans here?

« on: August 31 2018, 10:12:08 AM »

Got started watching last year

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A/C, Heating and Cooling / Re: What tools are needed?

« on: August 31 2018, 10:10:51 AM »

From what I've read the vac isn't a test for integrity but to "boil" off the moisture in the system. I watched a guy on you tube with a rubber tipped blow gun squirt the system full of air pressure .

I was going to say that.  There are systems that run in a vacuum but our car isn't one.

That's correct Boil off the moisture.  Vac is useless for leak testing A/C Systems.  In fact I just had to have one of the head units replaced on my Upstairs Home AC and they leak tested it with nitrogen not vac

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General Buick Tech / Re: Tires

« on: August 24 2018, 05:39:08 PM »

It's almost a year old so yea

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General Buick Tech / Re: Alky Tank Leak?

« on: August 10 2018, 04:05:38 PM »

I think that is a pressed in fitting and can't be tightened.
I had to get a new tank one time because of it

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A/C, Heating and Cooling / Re: What tools are needed?

« on: July 24 2018, 02:45:49 PM »

My dad's 98 chevy had a weird low pressure valve that didn't have a schrader valve you had to replace the whole thing  And call me weird but I don't think pulling a vac is an accurate leak test.  WHen I converted the T over to R134a it would hold vacum but loose pressure.