1. I'm on a quest to eliminate engine knock in my blue 1991 Honda Civic. With gas prices soaring, I've had to resort to pumping mid-grade gas. One result is engine knock under acceleration. I've researched the causes of engine knock and have found a couple of solutions. First, I will replace the cheap spark plug wires with higher performance 8 mm wires (Link) to make certain that the engine is getting the proper amount of spark. The distributer and spark plugs will be replaced, too. Next, I will replace the factory air intake system with a Factory Tuned cold air intake system (Link) to guarantee that the engine is getting plenty of cooler, denser air.
2. I left Europe with a renewed love of Ferrari sports cars. My personal favorite model right now is the 575M Maranello. Check out this picture for your moment of Zen: Link.
3. From OpinionJournal.com (Link): "Tour de France winner Floyd Landis denied on Thursday taking performance-enhancing drugs during the race and said he would fight to clear his name after testing positive for the male sex hormone testosterone," Reuters reports. Only the French would consider the presence of testosterone in a man's system suspicious.
4. Dietrich Bonhoeffer tripled the size of his Sunday school class in 3 weeks. I will bring another sermon this weekend. There were 32 people at church last Sunday. How many will return? |
A common myth among Japanese cars is that you need to put high grade gas in them. Actually, most Japanese cars are designed and tuned for low-grade gas, this is common place in Honda's and Toyota's. Don't believe me, go to any shop that has a scematics computer, have them hook it up to it with high grade gas and see what your levels are, go back another time with high end gas.