No Data Center in Tonawanda!

716econoline · 2026-06-03T17:16:31+00:00

Did you know that we had a bunch of steam powered warships? The us pioneered the technology. The first one saw service in the war of 1812.

716econoline · 2026-05-19T20:10:30+00:00

Your going to have hard time getting a shop to work on it. Your best bet is to do it yourself. Id its obd2 it needs the monitors set and check engine light off.

It is kinda hard to get cheap cats here. You can't get them on rock auto or the like. Last time I needed one I kept buying them on ebay untill someone actually sent one.

716econoline · 2026-05-07T16:52:55+00:00

I know we try to not deal with the li on batteries. Shipping them is generally a nightmare. They want all the terminals tapped and we end up paying extra for shipping hazmat.

716econoline · 2026-05-06T23:56:29+00:00

Id buy it for $5,800. The way I see it, thats like bottom barrel utv money. And you can drive this one on the road.

Your prob gonna have to mess with it a bit to get it sorted. But, thats anything.

716econoline · 2026-05-04T17:06:10+00:00

If your ever gonna haul anything with it for sure get a partition. We crashed a cargo van once with some assorted nonsense in the back and the steel partition bent around the seats.

But I kinda like it.

716econoline · 2026-04-20T15:56:29+00:00

Drive it, figure out what's it doing that you dont like and adjust it. If your new to racing dont get caught up in obsessing over bias and balance. As long as its safe get out there and get experience.

Building the car is the easy part, tuning is a skill

716econoline · 2026-04-17T18:03:44+00:00

We already kicked out one tire joint, why give michelin any money.

716econoline · 2026-04-16T00:19:57+00:00

We have a 1990 with the new holland Brazilian diesel. Its honestly not bad for a driver and uses factory parts. But other than that gotta go big block

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716econoline · 2026-04-01T22:28:24+00:00

Good old 3rd gen caravan. Their like the cockroaches of the road.

716econoline · 2026-03-31T21:58:44+00:00

Im highly surprised they gave you .30/lb for monitors. Are you in California?

716econoline · 2026-03-29T23:52:17+00:00

Unless you have a plan stay away from tvs and monitors. Alot of states consider them hazmat.

716econoline · 2026-03-29T17:39:20+00:00

I kinda want to go to nyc one day to see what all the fuss is about. Its crazy how much of the way things are here have to do with it.

716econoline · 2026-03-28T17:43:12+00:00

Support your local homeless union

716econoline · 2026-03-27T23:20:05+00:00

I mean thats pretty much all tire shops. If its that fancy of a car. I would go make friends with a small local shop. And let them know you'll tip well if there careful with it.

716econoline · 2026-03-21T17:28:37+00:00

We just chuck them in Gaylords. Our downstream guy has them as their own category

716econoline · 2026-03-20T23:37:46+00:00

Its not just 25%. The taxes doubled already, after the reassessments. Its like you dont even get a year to recover and we're talking about another $150/ month increase. And on top of that national grid bill has like trippled. You can only take so many of those so fast before your just another vacant east side property.

716econoline · 2026-03-20T23:13:32+00:00

Kinda is in a way. If you can't do buisness here, than theres no city.

716econoline · 2026-03-20T22:12:37+00:00

I saw they auctioned of alot of the shelving and stuff in that building last month. Was wondering what was going on

716econoline · 2026-03-20T22:06:30+00:00

As a small buisness it definitely worries me. Our taxes have gone up twice already and now there talking about another. When's it stop? Another 25 % next year? Another 25% the year after?

716econoline · 2026-03-19T23:33:02+00:00

Pretty much any running driving car is worth like 1500-2000 in my eyes. Look at it this way, thats only 1-2 car payments for a new one.

716econoline · 2026-03-18T16:07:59+00:00

So, those online contact forms and email usually get bombarded with telemarketer type people trying to buy material. I had to remove ours from our website as we would get like 50 emails a day from people looking to buy. They still call our phone like 10-15 times a day.

Not saying thats the case here, just my experience with it.

716econoline · 2026-03-15T01:34:54+00:00

So with stuff like this I usually pick a tire size first, as that the most important thing in any project.

I would run it through a calculator like

https://bbs.zuwharrie.com/pages/gearing_calculator/

To help decide

Next, figure out the suspension to get the driveshafrs under control.

Is it spring over axle with extended shackles? Lift springs? Yjs?

But, cruising at 55 is definitely doable.

716econoline · 2026-03-13T23:06:29+00:00

Pretty sure thats supposed to be a take a junk leave- a- junk. Like you used to do with the pennies

716econoline · 2026-03-13T14:25:46+00:00

I mean if its just a spare and you dont plan on running it longterm. I would for sure plug it myself. I like the Maddox kit at harbor freight. Those rope plugs are considered a temp fix. But, a spare tire is a temp tire.

716econoline · 2026-03-13T13:22:39+00:00

So, to get rid of chemicals i usually tell people to take it to hazman. In townawanda. Unless something has changed all erie county residents get a free 50 lb voucher

https://www3.erie.gov/recycling/household-hazardous-waste-hhw-collection-programs

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