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It's a bit cloudy for us, but I was able to get this picture.
I used my spotting scope projecting on a piece of white board.

 

But the real question is can you still burn ants?

 

My wife got these while I used my binoculars to project onto the white board.

 

Hell yeah, burnin ants is my speciality. Been cookin ants since before I was shavin.

 

This is the actual really up close pic of the eclipse

 

Rained on and off from El Paso to Ft Stockton (currently at the DQ). I didn't even stop in El Paso...that place is a mad house full on big city. Traffic was all over the place. Maybe I'll catch it on the way back.

 

Looks like Johnny 5

 

That was pretty neat. Probably the only time in my lifetime to see a total solar eclipse. That was a big deal.

 

Over 60 miles of stop and go traffic I85N towards Charlotte, and more the other way toward GA.

 

Afternoon all

I haven't been on the TW all day. Worked from home today and I seem to work harder when I "telecommute" than when I'm at the plant.

If I see it, I'll get a photo. It fit with plenty of room front to back and height too. If you ever decide to go that route, get one with a mechanical inline pump. They are easy to turn up and near bulletproof.

 

Yeah my plan if I were to do it is go as mechanical as possible leave the electronics to the stereo and be done with it . The 4Bt is a very versatile engine and has been put in many things , the engine bay on a 70's Burb is huge a transfer case for 4x4 is easy since you could get a 4bt with a chevy bellhousing . There are examples around the net . Just a pip dream of mine but I do like to check builds using the 4bt.

Cypher

 

ok eclipse is over. didnt see shit. 6 degree drop in temp felt nice. now back to reality-hot! hi guys

 

Forget the 4BT Cummins and go with a 6V71 Detroit , 2 stroke Detroit's kick but and sound awesome

 

Sound good but LEAK OIL
They're like Jeeps, if they quit leaking oil, they're out to

 

I am well aware of Detroit's sound especially when spooling up on a turbo yep sound good ..yep leak oil like an SR-71 on the ground and are not near as ubiquitous for parts availability.

Cypher

 

Wait there are other flavors of ice cream besides chocolate??? Since when ?? Lol

Cypher

 

Better than a scatterpillar or cum apart

The Cummins 4 BT has a well known problem with cracked cyl heads , which leads to coolant getting into the combustion chamber . Also issues with excessive wear on main & rod bearing leading to damaged cranks . Also the 4BT has an inherit engine vibration

 

Well that was a long Monday