Never did have a potato cannon. Have any plans for one ?? Would be kewl to
shoot off my patio into the river behind me !
Marty
""Kyle Vanditmars"" <kylevan@telus.net> wrote in message
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>
> Sounds sweet, man. I've got a similar story about cashiers screwing up
> stuff, much to my benefit. Some friends and I were building a potato
> cannon, and we went to a Revy to buy all the parts. We had approximately
> $40 worth of ABS tubing, with the screw-on drain plug and reducer piece to
> fit the smaller radius barrel to the chamber. Well, we had dry-fitted the
> drain plug and reducer onto the piece of tubing that would be the chamber,
> and I guess the cashier thought it was all one piece! We ended up getting
> charged for the barrel, drain plug lid, and BBQ starter. Made off like
> bandits we did! :-)
>
> ""Canucker Trucker"" <mal5@ualberta.net> wrote in message
> news:agcecf$v0v$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > So here's a quick update on my Dakota project (probably no one cares,
but
> I
> > feel like telling someone).
> >
> > My K&N cone finally came in friday and construction of my custom intake
> > began. So far, I've fabbed up 1/2 of the heat shield out of sheet metal
> and
> > I've removed the rubber flap from the passenger side of the radiator. I
> > extended my heat shield to direct air from that opening right onto the
> > filter (I put a screen overtop of the opening though to avert any
> > unsuspecting bugs from being sucked into the K&N). I also cut a hole in
> my
> > engine bay directly below where the filter will sit (and let me tell you
> GOD
> > BLESS Dremel Tools! ... especially the flexible wands!). All that's
left
> to
> > do now is fab up the rear half of the heat shield, mount the small air
> line
> > to the new intake and then port out the throttle body.
> >
> > This weekend, I also bought some spark plugs and here's where the good
> deal
> > comes in. I grabbed 4 packs of two and brought them to the till, and
the
> > dumb ass only rang one pack through! woohoo, I got a set of plugs for
> $3.29
> > CDN! heh heh...
> >
> > Up next on my list is the exhaust (I have my flowmaster on order),
> > thermostat, and HO cams (Also on order). Then I'm going to throw her on
> the
> > Dyno again and see what a difference it made.
> >
> > --
> > Canuck
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Y2K 4.7L 2wd 5spd
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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