Archive for the 'Bona Fide Gearhead' Category



Yes, The Rumors are True

23Apr04

After 6 years of owning DSM’s, I’ve pretty much decided that the perfomance level which I’m now used to (because of the sportbike) is way too expensive to do in a DSM, so I’ve decided to part it out and sell it. Someone should be here this weekend to pick-up the rolling chassis, block, head, [...]

Drum Brakes Suck my Pee Pee

28Mar04

Man, what a waste of a weekend. I ended-up missing a big poker tournament to install new brakes on the Accord, and I only finished the rear brakes! For some reason, I started with the rear brakes, knowing they would be harder because I’ve never worked on them before. I still have a lot of [...]

TLC Rides / My Own Ride

18Jan04

I finally got around to watching this weeks episode of “Rides” on TLC, (the FastForward Fastback episode), and it’s good stuff.

F-16 vs. Car

14Jan04

Yes.. another post today– I guess it was time for content other than total geek stuff? Be careful when driving around an airport.. you never know when you’re going to collide with an F-16 (which happens to be my favorite fighter jet).

Preventing and Removing Rust

07Jan04

Just a couple of car related posts today.. the first being this message from someone named “Mike” on the RMSolo e-mail list on his personal experience with rust problems and products to use when trying to get rid of rust:

Garage Floor Epoxy– the Garage is done!

07Sep03

I finally finished another project at the house– the painting of the garage is finally done! I was starting to wonder if I’d get it finished before it started snowing, and it looks like I’ve finished well ahead of that. Its still a mess though– I need a lot more shelving and general organization stuff, [...]

John Shephard’s Video

16Apr03

This video is by no means new news, but every time I see this video, I can’t help but watch it many times in a row.