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Well...living in the Demokratik People's Republik of Kalfornia, I have to keep cats on the car. I have always wanted to build a Flowmaster exhaust for my C6 Z06 because I've always liked the Flowmaster sound. I have a design in my head which would use Flowmaster mufflers and also the stock...

Super nice exhaust but also super expensive. Out of my league for sure.

I'm sorry "~tc~" but you're wrong. "Stoichiometric" is where combustion is most efficient but a stochiometric air:fuel ratio is not one which provides the most power. If the fuel is "straight" gasoline, max power is made at somewhere between 12.5 and 13:1 AFR. If you're burning ethanol-blended...

I'm starting to get a picture of why the very first "tuners" who've worked on an ATS-V might be seeing some significant increases. It's starting to look like GM "left some on the table" calibration-wise. For one thing, in the data logging I've done, in three WOT acceleration tests in 3rd gear...

I get it about people who can't remember to turn off the car, but...the other side of that is for over 50 years, people were used to putting their keys in the ignition and leaving them there for the duration of the drive then having to shut the car off to get the keys out. I know there were...

Mine, too. Yep. Had a look at that situation last night. If you turn the front wheels to full lock, when the tire is turned all the way in, you can see a grating which is the charge air cooler radiator exhaust outlet. I haven't done it yet, but I suspect that either shop air pressure or even a...

So...I was poking around under the hood and around the front end during a little inspection after my trip over to Henderson. I got to thinking about the charge air cooler radiators which are down low, one on each side of the front end. They are positioned such that, at high speed, they'll pick...

It affects ATS-V and CTS-V Sport, i.e.: the LF3 and LF4 engines. Well...I'll take the prosper part. As for living long...that's ok as long as I'm still there mentally. If I'm sitting in a wheel chair, drooling, while trying to remember my name, shoot me.

Made the run back to Goleta from Henderson NV. All the stormy weather was, for the most part, gone. It was a nice day for a drive across the desert. I was cruising along at about 78 when a Toyota Corolla blew by me at about 90. Me must have been a 3/4 throttle for crissakes. I decided to let...

And, no doubt, there are many who share your feelings. I realize I'm in a minority with my dislike of pushbutton start, but I'll take key switches any day! I think a lot of old people who are also not "car people" would feel the same way. I also think the families of the people who've died of...

My comment about hand brake turns was in ghest. What I don't like about the eP-brake is all the flexibility of a manual P-brake is not available. When you're moving the car around the shop, you can't actuate the PB unless you have the fob get in the car and turn it on. You can't "modulate" the...

Tonight I write the "Little V-Blog" from Henderson, Nevada, 20 or so miles southeast of Las Vegas. I'm in Henderson visiting family. To get to Henderson, Nevada from Goleta, California, via the "scenic route", takes me over a secondary highway, California State Route 138, from the junction of...

What I haven't been able to find as a parameter choice for the DIC displays are: engine coolant temperature trans mission temperature. Have you found them?

Oh yeah...I was out having some fun on the highway tonight, logging engine controls data and doing some 15-mph rolling starts then going WOT to just before the rev. limiter in fourth gear. Again, the car is a freakin' rocket. I was reading some stuff on another forum about an aftermarket...

210°F during easy driving on a hot day. Also 210°F during some short duration WOT accel in 4th gear on a cool night. If I was tracking the car doing repeated laps, I'd see a lot more. Red Line Shockproof is a great product. When I was associated with Red Line–before the comapny was sold to...

Yesterday, in the process of a search of the Owner's Manual to find out how to reset the oil life monitor, I found a list of available parameters for display on the DIC. I also found the instructions on how to configure the DIC. It's not easy, but if you read carefully and follow the...

Monday night, the Fairest Sandra The Red, Duchess of Goleta and I went out for dinner to celebrate our Anniversary. We picked the "Beachside Cafe" a popular casual dining spot, right on the ocean, next to the Goleta Pier and just south of the UCSB campus. A friend of the family was staying with...

Actually, I wasn't thinking about a vanity plate. I was just trying to name the car. I'm not even sure the Duchess of Goleta wants a vanity plate on the car. But if we did, maybe it could say "BMWBUSTR" or maybe "ANTIBMW" or maybe...:chuckle: "PHUCBMWS". I got a chance to drive the my new ATS-V...

The leading name candidate right now is "Bimmer Buster". :biggrin:

Still thinkin' 'bout a name... Today is my first day getting to drive the ATS-V any distance. Up to now, my Wife has been driving it work and back. First thing I had to do is get the "easy exit" feature set properly. Seems the default is for someone who must weight about 300 and is about 6'6"...