Recent content by mtb9192

Hey west coast owners, specifically bay area gang who know my Syclone the best. Time has come to say goodbye to my Syclone. The wife and I agree that is is time to let go of my only other truck. So with that said, my Syclone is on Craigslist already and soon ebay as being for sale. Hard for...

Re: Rant: CA SMOG (long) When it looked like I wasn't going to get my Sy passed by the end of the month. The tech at the smog test only shop told me to go ahead and pay the renewal on my license tags even though it hasn't passed. I said how can I do that when I haven't got a certificate. He...

Re: Rant: CA SMOG (long) In CA they check for everything, no part under the hood is left unchecked. Non operational or missing EGR is an automatic "Fail visual inspection" in this state.

Re: Rant: CA SMOG (long) You have read my threads on another post about being "A Gross Polluter in CA" and what it took me to pass. What is it with CA and their treatment with turbocharged engines? I mean if CA really wants to clean up the air? Then everything should have to be...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Paul: not sure how to post pics to this forum. I have some I could post but the resolution might not allow them to be mounted? I would send them to you privately off the forum through my comcast email. But that lousy service has been giving me trouble...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Paul: Yes I bought them 3 or 4 years ago from a guy in Alabama who took them off his Grand Sport Vette when he started to autocross it. The rears are 11x17 and the fronts are 9.5x17. When I saw a set of these on a buddies black '93 Ty in the summer of '97...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. All I can say it you must have someone like Tom had smogging his NorCal Terror engine to get it passed. The underlying word is plenty of $$$$ and plenty of cold brewski's made things happen.

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Looked at your thread and that damage really pulls at my heart. Looks real similar to an incident which happened to my Ty only on the right front corner. I was driving through a parking lot minding my own business and all of a sudden some idiot decides to...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. I don't see any PCV valves either? Just messing with you dude. All power to you if you can get your fire breathing truck past the man in Sacramento?? Now that is a turbo but couldn't you find a bigger one? HA! I'm assuming there are electric fans behind...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Hi there how do you ever pass visual inspection in California if you do what you described. The place I just got my truck passed at does both a visual under the hood and under the truck using mirrors so they don't have to get on their knees to inspect it...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Well, I got my Sy to pass smog today. I took it out on the freeway and ran the crap out of it for a little more than an hour and got it good and hot then head over to the smog test only facility who had failed me a little more than a week ago. They had me...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Very nice picture of my Sy at Toms. She is a sharp looking truck I'll grant you that! Which is why it will be hard to let her go at some point in the future. I got it to pass smog at the dealership on Friday after doing many different things to try and lower...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Thanks for those last two comments and you are more than likely right as I was a bit taken by the verdict they gave me. But on the other hand I really have no interest in working on my Sy myself. Those days are behind me. I have built 3 complete chevy...

Re: Gross Polluter Syclone in CA. Well today the GMC dealer on Stevens Creek here in San Jose told me my Sy's engine is SHOT at 65k miles and has an internal failure which is allowing blow by past the rings which is why it smokes like a chimney when I start it. They told me drop off a bottle...

Re: nor cal syty get together I guess you guys aren't reading my message on the western gathering forum? Tom told me there will not be a summer party at his house this year or any year in the future. 2006 was the last one. It is time to move on since his Ty is SOLD! He appreciates...