What did you Today to Reduce your Carbon FootPrint?

ttystikk

ttystikk

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whitebb2727 said:
Reminds me of the thread where I was talking about a harness I made so I could crap out of a portable deer stand. People kind of thought it was crazy. I'm like "hey, you only got to poop yourself once in the stand before you find a solution."
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Won't that tip off the deer so they don't come around?
 
greasemonkeymann

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ttystikk said:
Modern cars with knock sensors can advance timing further on premium fuel, improving mileage.
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not true my man
knock sensor don't advance anything at all, they SOLEY retard
a piezoelectric sensor with a crystal inside it, that retards at pinging.
either way it doesn't effect the injector duty cycle
no MPG advantage whatsoever my man
you have your base fuel and ignition "mapping" from the manufacture, since pinging is predetonation (can severely damage rods and bearings)
the manufacture is simply trying to save the engine from blowing up
not to mention that 99% of newer cars use coil on plug systems that cannot advance the timing without special performance computer chips (SAFC and such)
 
qwizoking

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Idk what we're talking about my ol girls car gets 20 More horse power and 2 mpg on the good gas...


I always put it.
Really made a dif when you don't even have 200hp as it is
 
ttystikk

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GDBud said:
worked on rebuilding / maintaining a coal fired power plant so that you can have electricity for your grow rooms.
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I'm working at putting that coal fired power plant out of business. I've met a lot of coal miners and their job isn't safer than it was 40 years ago. I'd like to see them out of a dirty and dangerous hole and doing something up here with the rest of society.

There is of course no such thing as 'clean coal'. Perhaps the plant could be modified to run on methane/natural gas?
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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greasemonkeymann said:
not true my man
knock sensor don't advance anything at all, they SOLEY retard
a piezoelectric sensor with a crystal inside it, that retards at pinging.
either way it doesn't effect the injector duty cycle
no MPG advantage whatsoever my man
you have your base fuel and ignition "mapping" from the manufacture, since pinging is predetonation (can severely damage rods and bearings)
the manufacture is simply trying to save the engine from blowing up
not to mention that 99% of newer cars use coil on plug systems that cannot advance the timing without special performance computer chips (SAFC and such)
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Learn something new every day! Thanks for the heads up. Since I live a mile high I never put premium fuel in my car anyway; high altitude makes for low cylinder pressures and much less knock.
 
ttystikk

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cannabineer said:
I reduced my carbon footprint all the way down. It is now a methane footprint. This may explain why my friends won't take me anywhere except ag shows.
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Uh, did you know that methane is some twenty times worse than co2 as a greenhouse gas? Burning it IS doing the environment a favor!
 
greasemonkeymann

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qwizoking said:
Idk what we're talking about my ol girls car gets 20 More horse power and 2 mpg on the good gas...


I always put it.
Really made a dif when you don't even have 200hp as it is
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what engine and car does she have?
if it's a high compression engine you aren't gaining horsepower and torque, you are simply getting (unlocking) the performance your engine is designed for
I can tell you with the utmost confidence that premium(high octane) does absolutely ZERO for a car that isn't high comp (typically at least a 11:1 or higher)
 
greasemonkeymann

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ttystikk said:
Learn something new every day! Thanks for the heads up. Since I live a mile high I never put premium fuel in my car anyway; high altitude makes for low cylinder pressures and much less knock.
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yea but keep in mind the MAF sensor tracks and dictates all that, it'll read grams per second, as well as temps of the air charge. Matches the incoming air with the correct duty cycle for the injectors
all using a tiny platinum wire
fascinating shit
 
Rrog

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Today, I woke up in my house that I built with Geothermal heat, and extremely insulated walls and ceiling

I also vaped instead of combusted. This also helps me respire more slowly and produce less CO2
 
qwizoking

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greasemonkeymann said:
what engine and car does she have?
if it's a high compression engine you aren't gaining horsepower and torque, you are simply getting (unlocking) the performance your engine is designed for
I can tell you with the utmost confidence that premium(high octane) does absolutely ZERO for a car that isn't high comp (typically at least a 11:1 or higher)
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Oh I know.. I get how it all works for the most part
I was just talking. The better fuel allows the engine to operate as designed instead of stupify it by retarding timing etc etc


It's Ford's 2.0 gdi

And yes 12:1 compression
 
greasemonkeymann

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qwizoking said:
Oh I know.. I get how it all works for the most part
I was just talking. The better fuel allows the engine to operate as designed instead of stupify it by retarding timing etc etc


It's Ford's 2.0 gdi

And yes 12:1 compression
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You are exactly right.
and hell yea, especially the DFI cars, those engines are gonna blow up soon.. mark my words, longevity is a thing of the past..
wait till all the ecoboost fords explode (yea tow with a small v6 under huge boost, sure that'll last)
the AUDI/VWs are having TONS of problems with he fuel pumps eating and chewing up the end of the camshaft
not too bad, juuuuust gotta replace the cam and fuel pump
hahah
in fact VW has the camshafts and fuel pumps in STOCK, sitting on the shelf because they grenade so often
i'm NOT a fan of DFI at all
and almost all the new cars are DFI
shit all the newer bmws are dfi and turbo'd
talk about problems in the near future
the whole problem is all the "horsepower wars"
each manufacture is trying to squeeze alllll the hp out of small displacement engines as they can, and there is NO way to do that reliably.
and this is coming from a turbo-loving madman
 
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qwizoking

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Lol right.
I want power!
But in a 4 banger for mpg
But I want it to sound cool so route engine vibrations into the cab..
But reduce nvh because the exhaust is shitty
 
ttystikk

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greasemonkeymann said:
You are exactly right.
and hell yea, especially the DFI cars, those engines are gonna blow up soon.. mark my words, longevity is a thing of the past..
wait till all the ecoboost fords explode (yea tow with a small v6 under huge boost, sure that'll last)
the AUDI/VWs are having TONS of problems with he fuel pumps eating and chewing up the end of the camshaft
not too bad, juuuuust gotta replace the cam and fuel pump
hahah
in fact VW has the camshafts and fuel pumps in STOCK, sitting on the shelf because they grenade so often
i'm NOT a fan of DFI at all
and almost all the new cars are DFI
shit all the newer bmws are dfi and turbo'd
talk about problems in the near future
the whole problem is all the "horsepower wars"
each manufacture is trying to squeeze alllll the hp out of small displacement engines as they can, and there is NO way to do that reliably.
and this is coming from a turbo-loving madman
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Simple answer; 'electric cars'. I can't wait to get one.

I saw a dirty Model S with a big dent in it. That's a good sign, means they're going to be on the used car lot soon.
 
greasemonkeymann

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qwizoking said:
Lol right.
I want power!
But in a 4 banger for mpg
But I want it to sound cool so route engine vibrations into the cab..
But reduce nvh because the exhaust is shitty
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oh I feel ya there
my project car is a high comp variable valve lift, variable valve duration, each camshaft individually triggered for a nice linear 210 hp out of a 2.0
and my car is stripped down to about 2150 lbs, then my bigass and my dog and its around 2400lbs
11.4 lbs per hp

to give you an idea, the new Subaru wrx sti is 305 hp, while weighing a beefy 3386
11.1 lbs per hp

Cept my engine I have setup to get my 29mpg (if I stay off the cams)
I can pull on those cars, uh... from a roll though..
those AWDs will spank my ass from a stop
 
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