Port, Polished, Decked, Pressure & stress tested, Polished Combustion Chamber Domes.

I had my head all cleaned up and Port, Polished, Decked, Pressure & stress tested, Polished Combustion Chamber Domes.



All the work was done by my friend, He does great work.
It should add more than like 40+ hp, Atleast thats what we're expecting.
The intake ports are perfectly matched. They are nice and rough (to keep fuel from sticking to the sides. The casting marks are all gone which makes the air flow smoother.
The head was decked, A nice flat surface to mate the block to.
Polished combustion domes reduce the chances of having a hot spot, which leads to detonation.
The exhaust ports were only slightly ported to keep exhaust velocity high, and they are mirror polished. Oh, the valves we lapped also.
heres some pics:



Decked & polished combustion domes ^



Intake port ^



Perfectly gasket matched ^



Exhaust port ^

Hyundai Genesis & Herb Chambers.

Today my buddies and I went to Herb Chambers of Auburn Mass to test drive a Hyundai Genesis.
We wanted to test drive the 2 liter turbo one but it wasn't going to be as easy as we thought it would be. I snapped some pictures of the car, the Brembo brakes and the size of the rotors were impressive. The interior was nice... it has gone the way of most cars with lots of plastic and gaudy chrome accents. The leather/cloth seats were actually very nice and comfortable, all power at that.




Anyway, we wanted to test drive it and the salesmen there just weren't going to have it.
They were comparing the Genesis to a Viper and how they can't let every Tom Dick and Harry test drive it. We basically said you're all retarded and your Hyundai isn't remotely close to a Viper, good day Sir. I said Good day!





We plan to get to a better dealership in the next week to test drive one before I slander the Genesis anymore than I have. It's a Hyundai! The only upside to the 2 liter turbo is that I hear it's a detuned EVO engine. The cars visual styling isn't all that amazing but for the modest sum of money they are going for it is expected.

Future Plans to Host DigitalAddict on a Home Server.

Since the launch of Digital Addict I’ve been looking into how websites are hosted, who hosts them and the average price to have space on a server. I have been looking around the interwebs and found plenty of sits that allow inexpensive hosting. I’ve also found hosts that have every option in the book available for premium loot $$$.

DA (DigitalAddict) Isn’t a huge site right now... but I plan to grow it larger. I’d like to implement features like membership and personal profile pages, a message board, a live chatroom, possibly DigitalAddict gear like t-shirts and mouse pads, who knows.

I’ve been looking at mostly going the Apache server route. It’s free open source software that allows you to convert any computer hooked up to the web to be a server. This would be a great route, depending on the computers capabilities, to have control of your own server and not be at the mercy of some third party server.



While looking around I found an Interesting article about using your iPhone as a web server! Now the size of the site that you could possible host would be pretty small and to keep it functional wouldn’t consist of anything more than some text and maybe some emotioncons. Though the iPhone server wouldn’t really be practical for what I’m aspiring to create, it is still a cool option that I plan to host something off my phone. At&t hates me already since my iPhone is hacked and I use my “unlimited” internet access tethered to my laptop all the time, stealing some more bandwidth from them would be pretty cool.



Now for a more practical idea. I’ve noticed a trend with hosting were the server is a Mac Mini. Being an Apple fan, when I saw this was possible and actually really easy to setup. I began fantasizing about having an intel based mac mini with about 500gb and 2-4gb ram. not stopping there though, the thought of having an iOmega 2Tb mini drive stacked on top of the mini.... an Apple Airport Extreme. Since they all have the same footprint a tower of them would take up less space than any pc tower.

My interview with Ashley Elizabeth, Author of...

My interview with Ashley Elizabeth, Author of her blog "LOST IN INEBRIATION".
As we sit here watching family guy at our buddy's Matt's house we decide to do an interview of her to see what she's really all about.

so I hear that you've been a groupie with a lot of bands, who are they exactly and who's your favorite?

Haha, I wouldn't call myself a groupie. I'm just an avid music fan and I like going to concerts. Some of my friends are crew members for different bands, so I get guest listed for different shows and meet a lot of interesting people. I'm sworn to secrecy for the guys who are actually in bands who have fallen in love with my unquestionable charm and grace! Sorry!

what was it like growing up in a poverty stricken town and being raised by wolves?

It was rough at first, but you learn to adapt and when I got older, I became the leader of my pack. Howling at the moon sucked, though. It really does a number on your vocal cords. Sometimes I couldn't speak for days afterwards.

whats the first thing that comes into you mind when I say "sexual harassment"?

Panda.

what movies are you looking forward to see this winter?

Well, it comes out in the Fall- but 'Where The Wild Things Are' is top of my list. It looks so good. Ummm, other than that? I have no idea what's coming out! Is there a 'Cloverfield' sequel in the works? I'd be pretty excited for that.

Are you greek?

Hahaha! I know where this is going. I'm not Greek. I'm French and English with a bunch of other stuff mixed in. And no, I'm not Jewish either!

What do you think of President Obama's health care program?

I think we should give it a chance. This country followed the same leadership for eight years and there were no improvements to our economy and to health care. Obama is taking a chance, and what people seem to forget is that if that chance doesn't work, or as a collective we don't like where that chance takes us, we can always go back and try something else.


Here's a question from Matt who's in the "office" with us right now.
If you were to kill someone who would it be (why) and where would you hide the body?

Oh man. That's a tough one. I don't really loathe anyone enough to want to kill them, but in a perfect world I could drop a piano on Ann Coultier or Nancy Grace and get a medal for it. Why? Because they're insufferable cunts. Can I use that word in this interview? It's such a good word. I'd probably do what a lot of movie villains DON'T do that gets them caught. Incinerate the bodies, people. Incinerators destroy your sins.

Wow, well this was a great interview and I hope we can do it again sometime. Until next time Ashley thanks for being so awesome.

Thanks for having me, John. This was a lot of fun- and thanks for watching 'Archer' with me tonight. That's going to be a great series. I hope I talk to you soon! Like, in five minutes on the car ride home!

You heard it here first, I'm Kurt Loader and this has been another installment of talking to the stars.

How to replace the stock ignitor & coil with MSD 6A & AEM EMS. Mr2celica sw20 st205 st204

This is for 91-93 Toyota MR2's (SW20)
This theory could be applied to similar vehicles such as 93-99 celicas.

I wrote this about a year ago on MR2oc.com to help the members remove the stock ignitor and coil and replace them with an MSD 6A unit. This can only be done if you have an aftermarket ecu, such as AEM EMS. So here it is, I hope this help anyone who find it.

Just like the diagram states, you need to move the jumper inside the AEM unit. It's JPC1, it has three pins in a row with a jumper that jumps two of the three pins together.
The jumper can only be set 2 ways, so just set it the opposite way from they way it was when you opened the unit up. To get into the unit you need to take out a small allen head screw that locks the board in place, just make sure you put it back in after your done and don't loose it because it is quite small. I suggest soldering and shrink wrapping every connection.

If you have any questions leave me a comment on here.

Tanner Foust's "Scion tC"

Is it awesome? Hell yeah. Is it a scion tc? Hell no.
I bet on the scion message boards theres fanboys going OMG that scion tc is so cool! I'm gunna build one!
Yeah.... right. I like how it's RWD and built with Toyota's V8 Nascar engine, but labeling it a scion tc is just wrong.
It's practically a tube frame chassis drag car with a fiberglass body. Labeling aside this car is mint though, Huge kudos to the builders and fabricators who made this beast.
650 HP and 450 lb-ft of torque through a four-speed shifter with an AEM EMS.


Oh and I found this gem as a comment here.
"anyone that says "S13", "S14", "S15", "AE86", or "R32" will be asked to leave because cars have names and only douchebag ricers refer to cars by production codes."
I think he's just sad because he doesn't know what any of those letters and numbers mean. :D

The Celicas "life in pictures"

I've learned so much about cars and engines with the car. It was the best car I could have ever asked for. I bought it in NH from a girl in her 20's, the first thing I did was bodykit it up.

Then I wanted speed, you can see the progression of my mechanical abilities haha.

As it sits now It has had just about every performance part replaced with proper parts, done properly, after years of learning.

My First body kit, The VIS invader front. Which I ran over going off roading on accident.

5sfte 2002 uncharted then.

JDM 3sgte first swap. you can seem my mechanical ability increase.

iStat, A Must Have Download.

Ever since I got an Apple computer I noticed that there wasn't any diagnostic performance monitoring software readily available like with my old *shutters* dell.
After aimlessly wandering this complex series of tubes and wires I eventually came across iStat. If you're looking for an application to keep you updated with all the cool things your computers doing that very second than I wouldn't look much further, well maybe finish this reading this article then you can stop looking.

Here's what the developer says about iStat:
Realtime CPU graphs and a list of the top 5 CPU resource hogs. CPU usage can be tracked by individual cores or with all cores combined, to save menubar space.
Memory stats for your menubar, shown as used and free memory or wired, active, inactive and free. The memory dropdown menu shows a list of the top 5 memory hogs, as well as other useful info
iStat Menu’s realtime graph will keep your finger on the pulse of what data’s being sent and received for all network connections.
See used or free space for multiple disks in your menubar. More detail for all your disks is only a click away.
Detailed disk I/O in your menubar, including a variety of different read and write indicators.
Realtime listings of the sensors in your Mac, including temperatures, hard drive temperatures (where supported), fans, voltages, current and power. Temps can be displayed as Celcius, Fahrenheit or Kelvin.

What I say to that:
Friggen sweet. go get it here.

Cheap, Easy, and Slender... BTM-08: 1000 dpi Optical Wireless Bluetooth Mouse. What?!

I've been in the market for a cheap bluetooth mouse for a bit, after looking around I took a chance on a basically, no name generic mouse from Amazon.com.
I wasn't looking to spend alot of money on a mouse that is going to be banged around in my laptop bag. I looked at all the big name brands first such a Logitech and Kensington, though they are nice... mice, just because they are name brand doesn't mean that some plastic parts slapped together in china perform different than any other mouse. With that in mind, I went and bought the BTM-08 Bluetooth mouse for $24.99. I got it in the mail a couple days later and feel in a man mice love romance novel sorta. It boasts 1000 dpi resolution and 5 buttons that make it a great gaming and multitasking mouse. If you're looking for either an awesome mouse for traveling or a great resolution bluetooth mouse, this one hits both bases.

My Vacation to Aruba, Check it out.

Ok guys I've been in Aruba the last 8 days, that's the main reason why I haven't updated the site recently. Anyways, I've seen things that are quite different and beautiful there, so here's a break down of my trip.

First we went to TFG Airport in Providence to head to Charlotte NC, for a layover. That wen't fine, we boarded and started to head to Aruba, no longer than 30 mins into the flight the pilot comes on the radio saying that the plains radar system stopped working and we had to TURN AROUND back to Charlotte! Not to Florida, or some place that we don't have to turn around for. We had to wait another hour or so in the airport while they fixed the plains radar system. Now I know why American airline's in failing, What they did to compensate us for the delay and chaos they created was allow you to get a "free meal" coupon good for $5, Uh in airport food that means some crackers and soda... waiste of time to sit in wait inline for $5.

Once we landed in Aruba we went to th baggage claim area. There was a man who worked their making random animal sounds as the bags moved along the conveyor belt. This actually scared people and made them beleive that there could be an animal in a suitcase or something, It was pretty funny.

The next day there after resting and taking in some sun and turquoise blue waves on the white powder sand beach the resort was on, where we stayed at the manchebo resort.
Snorkeling off the coast is where we saw a couple shipwrecks from 1941 were a german ship went down after the crew were surronded by the netherland navy. The captian ordered the crew to open the bulkheads that aloow water into the ship. The ship split into 3 peices once the water hit the engine room. Very Eerie to see, just waste, death, & darkness in the ship.

About a half mile away from that wreck was another barge almost 800ft away from shhore, I asked our tour guide about the wreck, he told me it was "a figment of my imagination"
haha, I asked again and he took me aside an told me that the ship came from venezala in 1990 and was full of cocaine. The coast guard wouldn't let the barge go to port and arrested the crew, Apparently the hull was breached and sunk, along with over a couple tons of cocaine. Aruba has a huge drug trafficking problem because it's in an optimal place for transporting goods to all over the world.

Another day we went out to eat at a great place, Parked in the back lot were everyone parks. We finished eating and came out to see that the car one spot diagonal to us was completely torched! Gas cans and other flammable liquid containers were left at the scene so It's obvious that it was arson, apparently this person had an enemy. The car was a newer Mercedes, the rear tires were completely burnt off. Glass, water, oil, gas, and melted plastic and rubber were all over the place, we were surprised that our rental car hadn't suffered any melting or soot & ash on it, we lucked out.

Theres more, Like how their just ice system is fucked. You cant defend yourself in an attack or you will be jailed along with the attacker. There's no speed limits, no street sign names, and plenty of burnt / stripped cars on blocks in front of homes.

The wind always blows, every day, every hour, and it never changes direction, check out the Joshua tree below.

Here are some pics from the trip.









Funny to see our domestic beers on their imported list.

OS X Snow Leopard's Spaces.

Ok, so after I installed Snow Leopard today I decided to mess around with more of the user settings. I really like the scrollable stacks the most. Well, that along with the 64-bit kernels and speed. I'll be writing an article about Snow Leopard tomorrow. Now I want to post up some pics of what I recently started using. Expose's Spaces! I never realized the potential of keeping things organized when using these extra screens almost limitless potential.

I put ical,Things, and 1password all in one space. No more windows everywhere, just nice easily navigateable spaces.


Then I put iTunes and my most used playlist in the next space.


The next space I use for the Adobe CS4 suite.


Safari takes the last of the 4 designated spaces.


After having all these spaces easily accessible I realized how beneficial Dashboard really is.


Pretty organized If i do say so myself.