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What would you do if your foreign car had a domestic engine in it?

August 27th, 2009

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What would you do if your foreign car had a domestic engine in it? Would you freak out? Would you even be surprised. I’ll let you in on a little secret about foreign cars and why some of them have domestic engines in them, or vice versa. To tell you the truth, I would be [...]
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What happens? 87 octane in an engine that requires 93….

August 26th, 2009
Octane has nothing to do with power. Gasoline manufacturers add more octane to prevent the premature ignition of the gasoline. In a high performance engine with higher compression, 87 octane will ignite itself from the heat of compression during the compression stroke or from any carbon buildup inside the combustion chamber. The computer will see [...]
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Who invented the Internal Combustion Engine?

August 12th, 2009
Speaking on engines in general, reminds me who got the credit for inventing the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). Before there was Karl Benz or Henry Ford, there was Nikolaus Otto. The German inventor was the first to produce an efficient working internal combustion engine, others had mild success at internal combustion engine design, but the [...]
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Look at the date code before you buy new tires…

May 8th, 2009
GotEngines.com sells engines of any sort. Rebuilt, used and new. That is our business, to provide you with the correct choice in replacement engines. But, do you really know how old the tires on your car or truck are? The date a tire is manufactured is indicated by the last group of digits in the [...]
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And these are the good points of a grease car…

May 6th, 2009
GotEngines.com continuation post realted to the “Grease Car” post from yesterday 5/5/9: Read reasons # 2 through reason # 5 on why you should spend $$$XXXL on a vegetable oil conversion kit. Greasecar conversion systems are designed for use with filtered vegetable oils only. When buying a vehicle to convert make sure it’s in good condition. If [...]
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I’ve got Fords and Shelby Mustangs on my mind today…

April 30th, 2009
[/caption] Every morning I take my little lover boy Red for a walk.

Red

2008 Mustang GT-500kr

It takes about an hour or less and that is when I think about my blog and what to write about. A new Shelby Mustang drove by me this morning and my thoughts went [...]
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