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*shrugs* Maybe, but in Philly I had the advantage plenty of times Poor road conditions (ever been to philly? Potholes there will swallow that superbike whole ) gave my Pathy the advantage over ricers and the tight roads (some were more 1.5 lane than 2) gave my smaller size an advantage over the big V8 trucks and full-size SUV's Tis all about location with that, I know

What do you mean a Pathy won't beat a V8? I LOVE beating F250's, Tundra's, and other large pickups off the light at stoplights... their V8 simply doesn' react fast enough. In my experience, V6 = faster response, V8 = more raw power. I keep pressure on the brake, raise the RPM to 1500 (since I'm an auto), an once the light turns dump the accelerator to the floor... actually lifts the front end a little bit (not enough to pull the ttires off the ground of course, but you get pushed into the seat a little... nto bad for an SUV ) and leaves the big boy sitting with his thumb up his arse Though... I did have a Dodge Ram beat me once... but it was a &^%*ing turbocharged hemi... lol. I didn't know he was turbo'd till I heard the whine kick in and he passed me like I was standing still 0o' I also got schooled by a Subaru WRX STI... my first introduction to that BEAUTIFUL machine I almost kept pace with him round the corners (due to the roads in philly being so bad, he couldnt' open up) until he cut someone off who swerved into my lane... dunno WHY he shifted lanes... *shrugs*

For an old SUV, pathy's are plenty fast. They're big thing, though, is the ability to go damn near anywhere... and when you're in deep mud/snow/sand or on ice speed doesn't count... torque, power, and the control to get them to the ground do

My fuel light doesn't go on till it's resting on the peg UNDER E - this happened last week - and I put in 16.4 US Gallons. >_> Buh? Granted, I had 270 miles on the tank before I refilled...

90 kph or mph? If you're pulling 90 mph on a regular basis >_>

I'm assuming you mean 1987 SE V6... Japan is good... but I don't think Nissan (or even Datsun) was around in 1887...

I still don't know why his winch would have bust... can you get pictures up? No tress or anything to use? Old military recovery method: Take a tire-less wheel with you with a hole drilled into it. If you get stuck, lift a wheel and replace with the blank wheel - tie a line off to an anchor point and the wheel, wrapping it around and then bolting into the hole. Slowly (and I mean slowly) pull yourself foward untill you are free. Put your tyre back on and go about your merry way. Not the best on the equipment, but it works by dangit

I can't post proof here, but I did see this thing in action. At the PA State Farm show, I think it was 2 years ago, they had a prototype system. Used two LARGE bubbler catalyst units and had a fuel flow monitor and another meter that showed the RPM's of the engine and temperature of the engine. They showed it running on plain fuel and then engaged the HHO system - for starters you could SEE the gas bubbling thru their... I guess bubbler?... tanks. It was impressive how much was produced. They let it build up for a bit, then allowed the HHO to mix. The fuel use immediately dropped by a fair amount... maybe 1-2%% or so. THEN they spoofed the ECU and were able to pull back the fuel use to around 10% of the original value. The temperature, sound, and rpm of the engine stayed constant... so I'm assuming they were modifying the O2 sensor value (makes sense because if HHO burns cleaner and releases oxygen when it burns, the O2 sensor would try to compensate and dump more fuel into the engine, right?) They had a second setup that was much smaller to demonstrate how little the resistance on the motor increases using their system - it didn't seem to make much of a difference TBH, but again - this was a much more basic system from a few years ago. Now, they DID say this was still experimental and they were working on a version that would work in a car or truck... but I haven't gone to the farm show the last few years due to school and work So who knows *shrugs*

Browns gas acts as a catalyst that helps increase the efficiency of the ICE's fuel/oxygen burn. Idea is you sacrifice a little bit of electrical power (thus straining the alternator a little more and thus decreasing fuel mileage) for a large increase in ICE efficiency, more than enough to compensate for the added power draw. Lookup HHOTech... I'll post a link once I get home

Oh, so you bottomed out? Should've been able to bump or pull you off though... huh. No recovery straps to get the recovering vehicle on good ground? Or a high lift? Or any kind of jack?

It sounds stupid... pull your wheel covers and check to make sure all your lug nuts are on and torqued right.

Case in point, in a BAD stuck in thick mud, going uphill, with the wheels stationary, that winch would be pulling, at most, 15,000 lbs, give or take. No reason it should have broken giving a light tug to a truck stuck on ice... something was done terribly wrong. Next time, use a snatch block mate BTW - what broke? The winch itself, or the line for it?

Mate, ice or no ice - put her in 4x4 low and ease it on and you should be good... I had to do that once when backing out of a parking spot at the college appt I was at when an ice storm left 2 inches of solid ice on the ground... and my parking spot was around a 15* incline to back out of. Incidentally, I was one of five students to get to class that day... three in my truck and a friend and his buddy (friend drove a Bronco 2 w/ studded tires)

Hm... I have this same issue... can I get a piccy of the line? I'll have to check this out

I've had my pathy in far worse than that, and it's bone stock save for BFG Al Terrains.

File a police report - if he hit you hard enough to damage YOUR truck, just think of the damage to his POS

How much is it? I'm definately interested, but I dont' even know how to get the damned cooler in XD

Well, after nearly a week of driving - she's running VERY nice. No stutter OR hesitation at all, accelerates harder and more smoothly, holds highway speed faster, and downshifts less often to accelerate. All in all - a 200% improvement MPG wont be known for at least 2 weeks, as I was on a partial tank.

That looks... different. Not sure what I'm looking at exactly

Got her back from the mechanic - clean bill o health. He couldn't find anything new wrong with her (other than missing anti-sway bars and such )

Wait, how did you do that? My radiator is directly beneath the front frame... top... thing... gah. I'll have to take a picture once I get my truck back. In any case, I'd have had to go from underneath, which meant taking the armor plate off... which I didn't want to attempt at the time due to the temp. and not being sure if I could manhandle that back on alone.

I... don't have one of those on me '90... least I never noticed one 0o'

Can you get a few pics Grim? how did you install it? Only way I can see is to remove the grill (and as a result, headlights), bumper, and a/c condenser and THEN mount it, then put everything back...

My condenser is almost directly against the grille at the front. Maybe I have a half inch To put it behind the rad, I'd have to remove my fan shroud - it's HUGE.

The AC condenser is... huge 0o' Aighty, well, can I wiggle the tranny cooler between the two? There's no room in front of the condenser, and none behind the radiator 0o'