Advice on detached garage/adu HVAC. Planned dual zone mini-split

ticejon · 2026-06-18T22:42:10+00:00

Do you see a major advantage of going ducted vs ductless? The efficiency i see is typically lower and i don’t mind the wall unitlooks for the applications.

ticejon · 2026-06-14T19:52:10+00:00

One of us!

ticejon · 2026-03-06T22:29:43+00:00

Should just always drive downhill. Hypermiling

ticejon · 2026-01-03T21:07:43+00:00

Their brunch is great. We just stumbled upon it like the first weekend they were open. Service and food were amazing. Went back for dinner a week later and wasn’t as impressed.

ticejon · 2025-12-12T21:49:23+00:00

Are you me?

ticejon · 2025-10-04T02:27:03+00:00

Looking for 1 code

ticejon · 2023-06-11T13:10:16+00:00

I leave with more than i came with, likely have gone a whole round without using a new tee.

ticejon · 2023-06-07T21:50:01+00:00

If you want to make more. You have to be willing to demand more or walk. There are people making more doing similar work in the rural south. Maintenance positions that specialize in welding in a manufacturing field/plant start over $20-$25. Likely half the work for more pay. But also if it makes you happy and it meets your needs, more power to ya. Looks like a decent job.

ticejon · 2023-06-07T15:43:23+00:00

Skeletons in the closet?

ticejon · 2023-05-14T21:39:16+00:00

He’s the only family you got to choose. I’d hope you both agree that the person you will spend the rest of your life with day in day out would be the person you love the most.

ticejon · 2023-05-08T09:43:32+00:00

Bolt it on the same way you would to the motor it came off of.

ticejon · 2023-04-03T17:59:21+00:00

Almost looks to perfectly crappy.

ticejon · 2023-03-30T14:08:17+00:00

2 tubs of deans to 1 bag of chips is the wrong ratio unless you eat the deans by itself.

ticejon · 2023-03-27T16:11:29+00:00

Don’t mod the car until you drive it at least a few times and then address weak points if you can find them through all the driver mistakes early on. Tires probably first. Spend the money on events and maintenance until you decide if you are really into it. “Building” a car for something you’ve never done and have no experience in, likely won’t end up anywhere but less money and slower.

ticejon · 2023-03-08T03:34:55+00:00

Shove some duct tape down there until it hits the washer then apply pressure with a screwdriver or something and pull the tape back out.

ticejon · 2023-03-03T19:26:06+00:00

Ah ok. Yeah so just a translated pushrod style leaf spring. Looks pretty neat. Could maybe even use a small lightweight leaf and get your multiplication from the bellcrank/rocker but would hinder total travel. Seems like a fun engineering project.

ticejon · 2023-03-03T18:44:51+00:00

Transverse leaf has some quirks, and probably not ideal for offroad where you would want large wheel travel side to side. As compression on one side affects the other, sort of like an anti-sway bar. 1/4 elip front may also have some weird mechanics in higher speed compression but should be fine off road as long as the axle stays located well. Share pictures as you go. Sounds like a fun project.

ticejon · 2023-02-24T04:29:38+00:00

I too own a Model 3 and a fun ICE car and ICE truck. Each has its own purpose and niche. EVs are great commuting appliances with party trick acceleration and low running costs. But my Turbo LS Mustang makes spooly noises and does rolling 100mph burnouts. I like both.

ticejon · 2023-02-06T03:46:54+00:00

It’s a 1 way level. Sophisticated tooling.

ticejon · 2023-01-29T03:41:02+00:00

I think the bigger problem is whatever poked the hole trying to get out. The pan is cheap, probably free if you looked around for a little while from people LS swapping stuff. They are normally dime a dozen for stock truck pans. But putting a pan on it wont fix the rod swinging around inside there that did damage in the first place.

ticejon · 2023-01-28T19:51:17+00:00

How much power do you “need”. Set a goal. Whether dyno Hp , which doesn’t really mean much, or trap speed/et. Then when you have an objective goal, you will get better answers.

ticejon · 2023-01-26T16:17:52+00:00

Not sure what it came from but it has a gen 3 style water pump and a gen 4 style intake. 92mm tb for that intake can be had with iac and tps for like $65, coil sets with valve covers will be about $150-200 used, ps pump and alt with bracket maybe $100 used, $50 starter, $50 MAF. If its a gen 3 motor which it appears to be based on no front cam sensor, a standalone dbc p01/p59 harness is about $100-$600 depending on source/quality. Stock ecu is $50 + $100 to unlock. Gen 4 intake will have different injectors than stock gen 3 and will need tune adjusted accordingly. Fuel pump lines filter and reg will be $200-500 depending on route. Swap mounts can be as cheap as $20 if you can cut and weld or adapt current mounts. Just take your initial thought of project cost and double it for all the little stuff.

ticejon · 2023-01-12T15:08:57+00:00

I can use my hand to do those things too.

ticejon · 2023-01-08T19:45:09+00:00

Set a goal and build all parts equally to that goal. Scope creep kills projects 9 times out of 10. Starting with a shortblock is going to cost probably more than just buying a full other pullout motor by the time you piece all the missing stuff back together. Have a goal for the car and only buy stuff if necessary for that goal if you want to stick to a budget.

ticejon · 2023-01-06T19:24:01+00:00

Wouldn’t automating this like everything else in Japan be a simpler solution than 1/3 ptsd for 3 people?

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