Recent content by Clone TIE Pilot

True, but OEM has many more hours and dollars of R&D put into it than aftermarket. OEM systems are also designed more specifically for certain engines while aftermarket EFI is generic one size fits all design. Its similar to OEM carbs vs aftermarket carbs.

Surprised they didn't have cop springs installed as most taxi packages are similar to police packages. With being designed for a desert environment you would think they have HD cooling for the engine too, which most taxis have anyway.

Best way to convert to EFI is to get a complete OEM EFI system out of a donor like TPI. Aftermarket EFI is not the same quality as OEM in more modern cars like you are more used too. A good Qjet setup correctly will drive just as well as EFI anyway.

Brake fluid is highly corrosive.

Chinese knockoffs are cargo cult reverse engineered, its similar to cheating on a test with a answer sheet with little to no understanding of the questions or why the answers are right. They just pretty much blindly opy whatever they are cloning. It seems like according to Lars in the link...

Should include a paperclip to read trouble codes.

With the Caprice 8.5 rear axles they had two different wheel bolt patterns. Normal Caprices had 4.75x5 wheel bolt pattern while the police package 9C1s had 5x5 truck wheel patten.

I see that frame will need the typical #2 passenger body mount repair. Hopefully that is all the repair it needs.

Looks more like a hearse to me. Still goofy appearing either way.

Finished off replacing the valve springs and stem seals on the 305, a very tideous job to perform. I used the rope method to keep the valves from dropping due to the limited access caused by the TES headers. No way I could screw on a air hose adpator with those headers.

The most common issue with new replacement pumps is higher than stock or spec fuel pressure. Excess fuel pressure can lift the needle of its seat and cause rich running or flooding, especially with hipo large seats. Qjets came with several different sizes of fuel inlet seats depending on the...

Could be sticky needle valve, the engine will run ok at low speeds but starve at higher speeds or under high load.

My Dad's 2013 F150 has a suspect outer tie rod end. Its easier to turn the steering wheel to the right than to the left, even parked. Other than that no uneven tire wear or noises. We did notice that the outer tie rods are different. The driver side appears to be a factory original sealed type...

If it was weathered it make a good Waterworld boat.

Fired up the Ole 46 tractor for the first time this year to haul some logs from a fallen tree away, then I mowed with it.