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Hope everyone had a good weekend. As for me, I did the 138 --> Big Bear run with my old RX-8 crew on Saturday in the Accord. Good times :). Saturday made me really wish I didn't have an...

Josh and I are simply stating that OEM suspension with nearly 100k miles won't stop nearly as well as brand new OEM / OEM grade replacement suspension regardless if your tires and brakes are in...

No. But, looking at the website, it's nowhere near as comprehensive as RockAuto that I posted up earlier, which I have dealt with many times. RA gives you a wide list of products to choose from for...

Getting a car right now is more of a reliability factor thing over a payment thing. That's really the only reason why I'm considering a new car. And really, what it comes down to, is the fact that...

Your friend you used as an example is quite standard. Pretty much everything on a car is covered and whatever component(s) you modify have their warranty voided unless put back to stock. So, in...

All cats have platinum in them. That's why they're so expensive. Newer cats just have more of it in them.

It's not about just ride quality though. It's also about improved braking performance, overall handling, and improved MPGs for starters. I'm sure there's more benefits to having a properly...

Pretty much all manufacturers have a minimum 36k/3yr standard warranty on all of their vehicles where if something is broken with the car, they'll fix it at no cost to you. And with consumers...

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That's where I go for my replacement parts unless I need something next day or same day. Then I'll hit up my local Napa or AutoZone store.

BTW, use code 153255088940587 during...

Yesterday morning while at work, my fiancee calls me up telling me that there's something wrong with the car. With me on the phone, she starts the car up and it sounds way loud. When she tells me...

A "new-used" car from a dealership will be under warranty still though. I'd rather have it in the shop on the dealership's dime than on mine.

Twkr?

which is why i'd rather buy from a stealership. there, at least the car is supposed to be in perfect working condition and can be taken back for service if something goes wrong. and yes, that would...

This is me, 100%


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This.

Or maybe just keep it and fix everything that's wrong with it. Buying a new car would mean payments, and that would eat into the buying power of owning a house by the end of this year or early next...

Thinking of selling my Accord real soon....

I'm in SoCal, a 7hr drive to the Bay Area, sorry man. However, I have been up there many times since I have family in that area I visit at least every other year, and I can say for certain that you...

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its most powerful member of the legendary AMD FX family of CPUs, the world’s first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor, the AMD FX-9590. These 8-core CPUs...

Cool :)

Let me know the part number of your 7850, AX7850 2GBD5-XXXX, as well as a picture of the front of the card over by the PCIe connector. There is a product code there. With this information I can let...

When I was working there, all you had to do was call in and ask me. If there were any spare fans - either new or from bad donor cards - I would have one sent out to you no problem. Not sure if the...

Earlier this year Intel revealed some details about Falcon Ridge, its 2014 Thunderbolt controller. Today it went a little further and gave the updated Thunderbolt spec a new name: Thunderbolt 2.
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But you can't drink puppies....

As long as a docsis 3 modem is being used, then most of that bandwidth can properly be utilized. Otherwise, there's no real point in the consumer having anything faster than 100Mbps. Which at that...

By now it's no secret that Google's Fiber initiative is scaring the pants off of every major ISP in the country. This is confirmed by the brass of several large ISPs speaking out against gigabit...

I was curious about having such a section added if the "Member News" section ins't meant for this. Basically, what I'm thinking about an "Industry News" is where we can post a new thread about some...

(Reuters) - Apple infringed upon a patent owned by South Korea's Samsung Electronics in making some iPhone and iPad models, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a final decision issued on...

(CNN) -- An injury-time penalty from Keisuke Honda fired Japan into the 2014 FIFA World Cup, making the Samurai Blue the first country to qualify for next year's tournament in Brazil.

With Japan...

which is why i never like to install any additional software that doesn't provide any additional benefits and consumes more system resources instead :).

Lunch is in ~3hrs. kinda far away still, lol.

By choice or by force?

Over the weekend I finally had the time to finish the spark plug job and remove spark plug from cylinder #6. I evacuated all the coolant from the spark plug chamber by using a can of compressed air....

Monday, ugh. I'd rather be working on my cars right now, lol.

What's your summer average temps out there in your part of Texas?

So a bit of positive news on all this.

I took my Accord in to get diagnosed for the AC problem I was having. It ended being that the condenser was dirty and needed cleaning. They said they were...

Just when I thought I was done with errands, I have more.

That's what they said his injuries were from actually!

Oh, and the two chicks up front, in the yellow and pink, are mother - daughter. All I can say is that is one hawt MILF, HAHAHA.

If you follow the link at the bottom of the first video, it'll show what happened after. Apparently, the driver suffered the worst of the injuries with a compressed C7 vertebrae. Everybody else...

So far between both cars I've spent $1,200 and there's still more money to spend. I'll probably end up spending somewhere around $2,000 between both cars once everything is said and done. It's...

Cheap 2day shipping FTW!

2day shipping was like $10. Ground shipping was $4.75, so, for double the price, I got it before the week was over :).

Walmart I know will pay you minimum wage for a good while and give you crap hours, meaning like next to nothing for hours. Target, will pay you minimum wage to start ~6 months or so, and give you...

Look what I just got!

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The only bad thing though, is that I ordered the wrong IM gasket kit, lol. I wanted...

My fiancee is going through the same thing in terms of finding work for herself. Whatever she finds, she doesn't really quite qualify for, and all the low wage stuff won't even look at her for being...

I'm going to have to flush out the coolant though since the IM on these 4.6L engines has coolant going through them.

This time, it's with my Accord. I just got it back from the shop earlier this week for a helix coil job due to a blown spark plug.

Yesterday, I took it to another shop for charging up the AC due...

I know that companies like MSI have their own BIOS flashing station that does Basically what You said Here. I wouldn't Be surprised f other big players Such As ASUS and Gigabyte have the same or...

Oh. Yea. We're still talking about the T-Bird here. I haven't gotten as far that yet. I just gotta figure out how to flush out the coolant in the spark plug chamber, replace the old plug and...

flushed what?

I ended up going with the DNJ one simply because it was the "best bang for the buck" option. If the FelPro PermaDry one wasn't so expensive compared to the other two gasket kits, I would have gone...

I can see how your situation is even more frustrating. You can't get in anywhere unless you know someone, and if you don't know someone unless you're in somewhere. And it's the same here in Cali,...

Which gasket set would you purchase and why?

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Dude, I'd hate to live in TX then. TX sounds like an effed up place to live. Here in Cali, they're at least transparent about everything.

Also, the whole points thing here, i think it's 5...

Dude, thanks a bunch! This is what I was thinking, but wasn't a whole lot sure. The guys over on the T-Bird forum have me wanting to get a PI Intake like I mentioned here, but if it's something as...

How do you guys do driver's ed out there? Is it a school or something you have to pay separately for, or is it handled through the DMV? Either way, they should tell you how many points are needed...

I wish I had my own garage again. If I did, I'd be doing a lot more work to the T-Bird and Accord more often. The T-Bird would be much further along than what it is now in terms of repairs.
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Do licenses ever get revoked for having too many points?

*lurk* *lurk* *lurk*

People over on the T-Bird forums have done the 4v head swap, gotten the PI intake, and 3.27 rear diff gears just to name a few common mods over there. Others have gone much further than that of...

Gotcha. Didn't remember if you had the 3.8L v6 or the 4.6L v8 Mustang.

And yea, the 4.6L engine can be quite a beast. On the '97 T-Birds, they put out something like 220HP and 280TQ (crank of...

I swear we're the only two people on this forum. Us, and whoever "RSS_Poster" guy is.

I know what cylinders are :lol:! I know about engines and how they work, their components, etc. But getting down to the specifics and names of things, then I might not know about it. Or, if one...

In terms of alignment, I have Firestone's Life Time Alignment. The only thing they're really good for me now is just tires and tire related services, such as an alignment. Before, they were better,...

What are cylinder seals?

Sounds awesome man! That's definitely one bright spot of news. You going to be taking your cars there from now on?

Wow man. That totally sucks about your guys' situation on all those legal costs for something so retarded. It's like you try and get something done to make your situation better, but something...

I went around the rest of the car yesterday and everything else looked good. So, I put the plugs in the other 7 areas. When I asked about this over on the T-Bird forum, they said it's going to be a...

I think I've got a bigger problem than a valve cover gasket having gone bad....

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/Cars/Tbird/0524131728.jpg
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Yea, I hear you on that man. Looks like inspections out in TX work different than they do here Cali. Sucks that they put warrants out for people who can't pass inspections. That's retarded, IMO.
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Well, the CEL of my T-Bird has been on for some time and I'm getting around to taking care of it. The code is P0430 which is a catalytic converter code for "bank 2". Since I'm in California, I...

Forgot to update.

No, no more belt chirp. Chirping has been gone ever since I took care of this :).

Dude, it's like we're living in near parallel worlds or something, haha. My mom's company is down-sizing as well and her last day is May 31. I already helped her with her resume and she's put it...

Gotcha. I know EXACTLY what that's like. We're in the same situation, but instead of my fiancee working, it's me. Like you, there's no way it'll make financial sense to have my fiancee working...

Got the rest of my order in today. :D

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/Cars/Tbird/0523131313.jpg

Maybe it's time to go back to school then?

I know exactly what you are going through because that is what I went through before myself. I couldn't land anything because I didn't have a degree or...

What do you mean, "to up it"?

When do you think you'll start working on your Mustang?

From what I understand on the T-Bird forums is that the engine in the 94 - 97 T-Bird is that they use same cornerstone characteristics as the same model year 4.6L Mustangs. There are minor...

Your vid was pretty cool. BIG difference between OEM and aftermarket exhaust sounds! Though, I'm not quite sure I like the rasp of the sound though, particularly in the higher RPM range.

After...

And speaking of catalytic converters, look what just got delivered to me here at work! :D

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Well, the whole reason why I'm doing all this to begin with is because one cat failed. And since I couldn't find an OEM replacement and only high flows, I ended up getting two high flows. Besides...

Mornin' peeps :coffee:.

Since I'm keeping my T-Bird and am replacing both cats, I wanna give it an upgrade. It's one of those "might as well upgrade it if you're replacing it anyways" type deals....

I just need to take the car to a muffler shop to get the catalytic converters installed. I can do the spark plugs spark plug wires myself at my apartment, and possibly even the o2 sensors. If not,...

I'd be interested in the ASUS board if I had a buyer for my ASUS board, lol.

Not getting any sort of new car after all. I spent $700 on parts to get it back on the road in a driveable condition sometime Friday afternoon. That still doesn't count installation costs for all...

You shoulda asked me when I was building my system. I came across some DDR2.

BTW, there's a slight chance I might be buying a GTO. Very slight chance, so I'm not holding my breath. lol

mornin' peeps https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69203732/Forum%20Uploads/Smilies/coffee.gif

I came into the office and saw this. Gawd I miss my rotary after watching this.
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But with RAID 0, if a drive dies, all data is lost because there was no parity. And in my case, with a 3x RAID 0 array for my games install, I have just that much more potential in a drive going bad...

You do realize that the space you're "losing" in a RAID 5 environment is your parity. Otherwise, there'd be no point in data redundancy in a RAID 5 environment and may as well just run a RAID 0...

IMO, RAID is only a PITA to setup if you don't know what you're doing or if you're doing some enterprise level RAID arrays with like 200+ HDDs

I'm the opposite of PP. I'm a HUGE fan of RAID, particularly RAID 0 and RAID 5. Personally, when it comes to data, particularly data that can't be replaced such as pictures or important documents...

PM Sent!

Any of those games still available? Particularly Deus EX and Nexuz? :)

What was the game that came with them?

I still want the 5770, but still have no idea what to do with it, lol.

And the 7970s though, they are kinda spendy. What's the PN on them? AX7970 3GBD5-XXXX?

Well, this ended up being a driver related issue. I updated from the 12.11 beta drivers to the 13.4 WHQL drivers, and this resolved the issue.

Not sure if I want to go towards security. Since I'm a data fiend - or want to be at least, lol - I want to be a NAS / SAN engineer. I'm hoping that my school offers that focus for the Master's...

The thing about warranty is that it only warrants the drive, not the data that was on there if warranty is ever needed.

It's only going to last about 6 months or so. I'm starting my master's program in the fall. After that, I'm going start on working for my certificates: CCNA, MCSE / MCITP, and possibly look into...

20min more and my weekend starts. What's more important about this weekend, is that this is my first weekend where I don't have to worry about any homework or other school related projects! :-D

Relaxing for a little bit before I take my very last final of my bachelor's program!