To Session 5: Canada will ban sales of combustion engine cars by 2035

[mcblink]

Well it's like this:

We have a wind farm with hundreds of wind turbines...near Palm Springs.

But instead of using the power in Palm Springs (which is close by...)
The power is routed to a place more than 60 miles away.

Yep. We have hydropower up in these parts. Also wind, and even nuclear, but mostly it's the dams. We produce so much electricity, that just one of the several dams (Grand Coulee), typically produces more than 21 million megawatthours of electricity each year, and supplies power to eight western states and parts of Canada...that's just one of 11 dams on the WA side of the US/Canada border, granted, it's not only the most power producing damn in the state, but indeed, the entire US....but one of 11 on that river alone, and 145 statewide...much of that energy eventually going elsewhere for dollars.

 

[Inspector #20]

Yep. We have hydropower up in these parts. Also wind, and even nuclear, but mostly it's the dams. We produce so much electricity, that just one of the several dams (Grand Coulee), typically produces more than 21 million megawatthours of electricity each year, and supplies power to eight western states and parts of Canada...that's just one of 11 dams on the WA side of the US/Canada border, granted, it's not only the most power producing damn in the state, but indeed, the entire US....but one of 11 on that river alone, and 145 statewide...much of that energy eventually going elsewhere for dollars.

That's a bunch!!!!

 

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That's a bunch!!!!

It's also attracted many many technology companies. They build absolutely MASSIVE datacenters here now, because the power is cheap. They're flocking to the area like crazy. They build their own substations.

...and soon enough, power won't be cheap anymore.

 

[Inspector #20]

Got premium at Costco this morning just over $4/gallon...a record low around these parts!!!!!

Regular was $3.79

 

[WavMixer]

Got premium at Costco this morning just over $4/gallon...a record low around these parts!!!!!

I've been buying regular gas at Costco now and it's much better that what I was paying to fuel my Evolution with 76 premium

 

[Inspector #20]

I've been buying regular gas at Costco now and it's much better that what I was paying to fuel my Evolution with 76 premium

Good fuel i think....i gotta run premium because im running so much camshaft and ignition advance

 

[WavMixer]

Good fuel i think....i gotta run premium because im running so much camshaft and ignition advance

My Evo runs 21 PSI boost and definitely needs a higher octane. I use C10 at the track.

 

[Inspector #20]

My Evo runs 21 PSI boost and definitely needs a higher octane. I use C10 at the track.

I never boosted any of my personal cars. I spent the $$$$ on our backyard.

 

[WavMixer]

I never boosted any of my personal cars. I spent the $$$$ on our backyard.

My Evo came equipped with a turbo. I added a manual boost control, bigger injectors and a SAFC piggyback brain for fuel management

 

[Kerry Brown]

Craziest car I owned was a Dodge Shelby Charger. I had the computer reprogrammed for 14 lbs of boost with 96 octane gas, a four inch exhaust, and I modified the intake with a Bosch blow valve from a Porsche 944 to keep the turbo spooled up during gear shifts. It was a handful with the front wheel drive torque steer and that much power. I used to run Toyo Proxes RA1 race tires but it still had too much tire spin coming out of corners. It got expensive replacing the tires. It was a beast in a straight line though. It went through head gaskets like crazy as well.

 

[WavMixer]

My Evo came equipped with a turbo. I added a manual boost control, bigger injectors and a SAFC piggyback brain for fuel management

FYI, this brought my engine performance from factory 275 HP to 392 HP and 406 Ft Lb torque.

 

[Session 5]

I've been buying regular gas at Costco now and it's much better that what I was paying to fuel my Evolution with 76 premium

This is why I like my Santa Fe 2.0 Turbo, runs on regular unleaded..

 

[WavMixer]

My 2022 Subaru Outback is turbocharged and runs great on unleaded, no ping whatsoever!

 

[Session 5]

Yep same here , I am asked by friends that say oh you have to use high test gas, when I tell them no they are surprised! Hyundai designed their Turbos to run off regular gas..

 

[BFT Gibson]

To do my part in fuel conservation just found pre smog 460 short block to go with the worked heads. Love these junkyard part builds. So much more rewarding to see what ya can put together.