[s-cars] Blown Hoses, MPG's & Cloaking Device Failure

[manuelsanchez at starpower.net]

S-heads,

Topic 2
Seems the blowing of the hoses is running rampant, as I've
blown (no nasty comments pleeze)  both sides of the x-over
pipe several times over the last few days.  Its been a long
time since High School, question I have has to do with my
boost gauge which has untits which i interpret to be different
depending on whether the car is under boost or vacuum.

The boost side is marked in psi, I seem to understand that
one.  The vacuum side is measured in "in of Hg".  So is 20 "in
of Hg" the exact opposite of 20 psi, or are they completely
different scales?  In other words if I had the palm of my hand
in the flow of the haidryer under boost, would the back of my
hand feel the same rush of air whe under vacuum?

Another oddity is that on the vacuum side my VDO gauge marks
30 in of HG while the boost side only reaches 25 psi.

Topic 2
After a pure highway run this weekend I can report 22 MPG (383
miles).  My daily commute of 3 miles per day returns a dismal
12 mpg.  I know the short trips are killers, but I was hoping
for something better than 12.

Recent O2 sensor, RS2 less MAF and cams, Mihnea "crackchip".

Topic 3
I am pissed off @ Mr.Spock.  I thought I could trust the
pointy eared bastard when he said that the "Avant" cloaking
device he lifted off the Klingons was going to keep ol' smokey
 from detecting the "black wagon".  Well Pennsylvania finest
bagged me on saturday and i will be paying a tax of $171
shortly.  I was admittedly, overdue, but I'm still pissed at
Mr. Spock.

Here's the question, the citation says that I was bagged via a

"ENRADD" which the trooper described as an "electronic timing
device".  He and his buddy were in the median and he did not
have line of sight with me until we were about side by side,
i.e. perpendicular to my line of travel.  I didn't see any of
those white strips on the pavement, and even if there were any
there was no way he could have seen me, the tricky bastard was
 very well hidden.  So what is "ENRADD"?  Aside from slowing 
down, how can I defend against it in the future.

FYI, the other options on the take down list were

Radar
Clocked
A.O.V. (What's this also?)
ESP (ditto?)
Vascar
Other (I got bagged by that damn "other").


-manny "spocks fired, I can't wait for Mr.Scott to get back
from vacation" sanchez

the wallet is 171 ounces lighter, but still should be buried
in the back yard