Recent content by lilspenny

Sometimes I buy an oil and it leads to disappointment... Maybe even disgust. But .... There is one way to find out. I think it's funny when I bought my first 4-mix in 2005 the dealer strongly advised me to not buy Stihl Ultra. So I didn't then, but later did on occasion. I've run boat oil a few...

There is no way to tune past certain barriers that are presented from certain oils running in certain conditions. I know how to tune a 4-mix engine. Been doing it since 2005 and have done it so many times it is easy. Straight Techron poured through the spark plug hole into the piston worked...

It's too much labor involved to clean the piston and expose the crank and cam on a br800, and every oil leaves a decent film on the rocker arms so the only things I will share will be basic oil info plus rpm, muffler temp, plus "runability" and spark plug appearance. Oh yeah... my experience...

Speaking of aroma... I just finished 5 gallons of 45:1 Motorex Crosspower 2t with 93 non-ethanol in various Stihl machines. The smell, to my nose, is spot on. Runability was excellent. Carbon more than I was expecting but I've seen a lot worse. But that smell! I'll put up with a little carbon to...

Those are nice. I have a couple of vintage Chilton cans that are nice, but those 5 gallon cans are now in the $90 range if they are in good shape. Crazy what people are willing to spend to get a decent gas can.

I use these containers even though they are not approved for gas. They are super strong and translucent. https://ebay.us/m/9eYVvv

Never before heard of him but that dude is dang good! He has sounds of Trower, Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, even a brief hint of Winwood... Man, I gotta hear more of him.

Well if my wife would have asked me to get rid of my dog I would have gotten rid of her. But my dog died, and she doesn't want another. Since we share the same house and she is infinitely more valuable to me than any pet could ever be I'll just happily smell 2 stroke smoke and babysit my son's...

Led Zeppelin playlist. Superb stuff .. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_M76_pSuuHa604yyLzndaUln_aDJ3_WC&si=-Y-Y3NZ-7M9LBLEb

I owned Jettas.... an 83, 86, and 98. Overall I loved the engines. Precise fuel delivery, good mpg... The 83 avg 39 city. The 86 avg 36 city, and 98 avg 34 city. I don't think they benefit the owner financially because of maintenance costs. I accidentally pumped gasoline in it at midnight while...

Too late, in trash

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Yesterday I swapped sparkplugs in my br800 because when I was setting the carb I did not know for sure that all was good with my machine due to an 80 lower rpm from Echo Red Armor 50:1. (RA 50:1 is highest of all oils tested by me and +10 over Saber 50:1) . I noticed an 80 rpm drop with Maxima...

That begs the question .... As cheap as they were, and sold everywhere, why not just buy new parts?

I have run it in br800x and fs131r. Clean and responsive at 50:1. Runs a tad warmer than Saber but has a better hit. Edit... Smells good.