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Thank you! 150 miles. Yes, it was a huge decision: I left a place in Longmont, CO that I really liked, and there was a lot to like about Longmont in general (good radio, beer, grocery shopping, tap water, weather, etc), but the numbers of people crowding every experience got REALLY old. I...

Thank you for the info, but stay tuned; remember, this was three months ago. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Right around now, it’s time for the Labor Day trip to Red Canyon. Truck’s recently fuel injected and packed; Walden or bust— nothing can stop me now. Until the fuel pump overheated twice, attributable I thought to the headwind I was driving into. When I stopped in Walden for gas, I noticed...

During this time, Harry decided he wanted to sell his shop, and I decided I wanted to buy it because I was fed up with: 1. The Front Range of Colorado and its ever-swelling mass of idiots. 2. Working on vehicles outside in the dirt, heat, mud, and snow. First, I had to sell this: Leaving...

As it happens, this is where we are in the Saga of the Strugglebus: New laptop with the Holley software downloaded- And the required CAN cables- Frosting for a cake that never really got baked. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

It’s not a huge priority at this point, and without spoiling the tale I’ll leave it at that. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ha! Not around here, there aren’t. Besides, I want to try this. It looks interesting. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thing is, these systems are marketed as “self-tuning”, which is deceptive: they build a rudimentary map that is good enough for most conditions, and certainly good enough to accentuate the advantages FI holds over carburation. If you want to get the most out of a Sniper (and I do), you gotta...

From my computer-averse point of view, correctly and thoroughly building a fuel and a spark map for EFI looks to be a BUNCH more work than setting up a carb. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I got it timed correctly, and wow what a difference that FI made: it brought that engine to life, with more power throughout the RPM range. Time to head for home then: The only fly-in-the-ointment was the engine was really difficult to start, flooding much more often than not. Turns out...

Oh yeah, I knew that, but it didn’t make up for my own ineptitude. I read the reason for timing off # 8 is the way the crankshaft pulley is cast, with a deep recess on the back where #1 would time from, leaving too material for a timing mark. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

After two attempts, I got this procedure right: and got my timing control distributor working like it should be. It was backfiring badly on anything more than very light acceleration. I’d even called Holley tech support (before I found I screwed up the initial timing) and they suggested a...

I wanted to involve my buddy Harry, the PO of the truck, because he’s been interested in a Sniper 2300 for his Scout Terra, and I was sick of working on this in the dirt: Only problem was this goddamn 8’ overhead door: It was an hour-long process involving two floor jacks and some cast-off...

All shall be revealed as soon as I drink enough coffee.

Last March, I sold my gutter trailer and put some of the proceeds to good use: I’d been obsessing & researching for several years, finally deciding what I wanted when I got the money, and that day was finally here: I got the master kit with the gold Sniper unit: Got an O2 sensor bung...

Note that there’s a rod socket provided, seen just to the left of the pop-off valve: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks Fish. Bryan and I have spoken numerous times on subjects as varied as cabover deflection and dinette cushion dimensions. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Most definitely: think “big duffel bag”. This has saved me the trouble of fabricating a roof rack for the Alaskan, with the reduction in gas mileage and increase in clearance that would go with it.

I’m a little concerned the jet of water that spurts out of there when the tank fills would shoot that Scotchbrite out of the tube. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I didn’t read anything about winter conditions, but I have a set of Cooper Discoverer Something-or-others and I won’t run them in the winter because they’re terrifying. In the winter the Duratracs do the work. Much better traction on snowy roads. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk