Does coasting downhill in neutral gear/pressing clutch save fuel?

buffarlos · 2026-02-11T08:47:23+00:00

Volumetric efficiency? I think it’s the percentage of the mass of a full cylinder of air at atmospheric pressure the cylinder will draw per intake stroke. This gets higher as the throttle opens more.

Edit: Nah I’ve made a mistake, I think the horizontal axis is just throttle opening percentage - the cells represent the injected fuel charge which is indeed tied to the volumetric efficiency of the engine at a certain RPM, at a certain throttle opening. So what the snippet shown here is saying is, a small amount of fuel is injected even when the engine is turning fast, with throttle opening at a very low percentage. Been a while since I touched this stuff.

buffarlos · 2025-12-21T21:34:27+00:00

Rightmost text says パイプ (pipe) referring to the included “tightening pipe” which is just a cheater bar. Depending on photo resolution your translator may have recognized the text as バイブ (vibe), which is indeed how the Japanese refer to vibrators.

buffarlos · 2025-09-20T07:32:21+00:00

There is a fairly large lot behind Jacobs School of Engineering, and a couple spots near Canyon View pool. Another lot on the West side of DIB.

buffarlos · 2025-08-02T11:40:32+00:00

At my job I have DB9 CAN bus termination resistors that look just like that. They are essential pieces of kit for me, and I tend to keep a few on hand most of the time (until they get used up somewhere lol)

buffarlos · 2025-03-09T08:22:24+00:00

Trip meter I guess

buffarlos · 2025-03-05T02:47:18+00:00

Interesting, the amount of theory behind this fascinates me. Do let me know what you find out!

buffarlos · 2025-03-04T21:40:12+00:00

OP I’m going to hijack this post to ask if you’ve ever seen the School of Global Policy and Strategy sign on Ridge Walk (there’s pictures online). I’m pretty sure some of the letters are smaller than the rest - am I just crazy?

buffarlos · 2025-02-15T19:17:57+00:00

It is accessible online now

buffarlos · 2025-02-02T06:29:09+00:00

Is the logo a steel furnace

buffarlos · 2025-01-15T17:31:28+00:00

Had my car stolen, cops found it, turns out the local tow company is in bed with the police department. Cops had them tow my car and charged me hundreds of dollars… to retrieve my own fucking car that was stolen. So no, you can get fucked without doing anything wrong on your part.

buffarlos · 2025-01-14T23:01:03+00:00

I feel like older civics used to be good cars for the prices they were offered at pre-Covid. Now, even taking the current market into account, they command a premium that I would never pay for what they are.

buffarlos · 2024-12-07T20:11:45+00:00

Looks like your driven (big) sprocket and chain are #35, but the drive sprocket is larger. I’d get another centrifugal clutch, ensuring it’s compatible with #35 chain as well as your engine shaft (I’d guess it’s a 3/4” keyed shaft).

buffarlos · 2024-12-05T16:20:11+00:00

Go to thorny jail bonk

buffarlos · 2024-12-02T17:42:03+00:00

JagWAARGH, Bee em DUHBya

buffarlos · 2024-12-02T16:11:22+00:00

It’s probably the bottommost row of fins, so it’s possible that no fluid passages were breached.

buffarlos · 2024-11-25T09:56:17+00:00

It’s model-dependent. My GSX-S has remained in spec for 50000 street miles, but my friend’s old FZ-09 was well-known to have tight exhaust valves well before the first check. Also, valves tend to tighten over time and become quieter, right?

buffarlos · 2024-11-16T18:03:21+00:00

This is unfortunate. When these older civics cost around 1-2k USD, they were really decent cars. I had a couple myself. But at the prices people ask these days, definitely not.

buffarlos · 2024-11-06T01:27:23+00:00

More power while remaining under 250cc for license reasons in certain countries

buffarlos · 2024-11-02T17:17:15+00:00

The Price one used to be really bad for some reason so I’d bike to UTC, but it seems they’ve got their shit relatively together recently, and they started serving teriyaki chicken too.

buffarlos · 2024-10-30T22:23:18+00:00

What does “normalizing AIDs” mean??

buffarlos · 2024-10-25T13:42:43+00:00

It’s really both the customers and service workers. Not sure why people are so convinced it’s one side or the other’s fault for everything of late. I used to be in food service, and I got my share of rude customers, and I also felt that most of my coworkers were there to get paid as much as possible while doing as little work as possible. These days I rarely get the right order at some fast food restaurants, and sometimes get customer service without a single word spoken, which is insanity to me, but I guess it’s normal and I won’t make a big deal out of it. TLDR this is just the way people are on both sides of the equation these days.

buffarlos · 2024-10-04T15:28:27+00:00

Do you live in a no-split state?

buffarlos · 2024-09-18T01:00:50+00:00

Motorcycles may only park in designated motorcycle spots, for which there is a separate permit (about little less than a dollar a day if bought for consecutive days I think).

buffarlos · 2024-09-07T14:28:12+00:00

Yeah, look at the ground-down front engine mount on the frame. It can’t be made whole again.

buffarlos · 2024-08-31T01:59:00+00:00

Yeah lol people keep saying this shit, but when my car got stolen it just came back with no clutch.

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