To RodKnock: I stand corrected (a rare event here)

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Oh great... now RodKnock's got as real a Cobra as Evan's. Thank God I've got an ERA and don't have to argue about where I get to sit on the bus.

Well it took me a couple years and a well-financed campaign the likes of Michael Bloomberg hasn't seen, but yes, Patrick, I have a Kirkham Cobra.

Now that I've reached this lofty status (aka Cobra and not a replica of a Cobra), I plan to use my powers for good, not evil.

Regarding the dent-ability of aluminum, unless you see Ironman flying around in my garage or outside on the roads, us aluminum car owners should be OK. Aluminum doesn't crack or need paint touchup either. Plus and minuses, pick your poison.

[patrickt]

Is your car still mis-firing at higher revs?

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Is your car still mis-firing at higher revs?

I don't know. Have you been taking it out for drives without my knowledge?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I don't know. Have you been taking it out for drives without my knowledge?

No, but I did wake up last night and thought to myself "I bet RodKnock doesn't know that if the plug wires for cylinders 7 & 8 on an FE are running close to one another it can cause a misfire at higher revs." So I immediately added that to the list, after my fourth cup of coffee of course.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

No, but I did wake up last night and thought to myself "I bet RodKnock doesn't know that if the plug wires for cylinders 7 & 8 on an FE are running close to one another it can cause a misfire at higher revs." So I immediately added that to the list, after my fourth cup of coffee of course.

Huh. So you're saying that I have plug wires? And if they run too close too each other, I could get a misfire? OK last question. What's a magnetic trigger ignition and do you think I have one?

BTW, I still haven't gone out to the garage and looked underneath to see what the heck my rev limiter is set at. The darn Fall soccer season is coming to a close though.

BTW2, I have I told you lately that I own a Cobra and you don't.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Huh. So you're saying that I have plug wires? And if they run too close too each other, I could get a misfire?

Oh ye of little faith. Just make sure 7 and 8, particularly, are not running along one another. Here is one of many, many, threads on it:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182...47/crossfiring

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I have I told you lately that I own a Cobra and you don't.

But your wipers don't self-park. And I would rather be left at the bus station with my ERA than ride aboard the "real Cobra bus." Of course, Evan is going to make you ride in the back, Kirkham and all.