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Yes they are! I drew the Powers bow elk hunt with one point, cool!
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My son drew Juniper antelope with 2 points!
Additional deer tag. Point creep must have got me on my elk tag
Congrats Umpqua Hunter. Low point draw on Elk. That is great. Congrats to your son too.
Snake River rifle elk. Let the fun begin...
WOW UH! Your son got lucky! Nice job, I put in for that hunt for 14 years, I punted this year and went for a differant unit. Which worked, I drew my N Wagontire Antelope hunt.
Lambeau, I hope ypu have a fantastic elk hunt, it will be one to remember for sure!
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Back in 2006 when Carolyn Hardy put together an investment group to purchase the Coors-Memphis Brewery from her former employer, I am not sure even she thought they would net a bid of more than triple their purchase price in less than five years of ownership. However, that is exactly what she and her partners were able to accomplish.
Hardy Bottling Company – the largest minority, woman-owned contract packaging facility in Tennessee has agreed to terms with City Brewing Company, the largest dedicated contract manufacturer of brewed products in North America.
Also, the Memphis-Shelby County Industrial Development board has approved a tax break to help the company redevelop the plant.

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Henderson, Brouillette Finishes 7th, 10th at Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa State divers closed out the Iowa Invitational with a pair of finals appearances by senior Jessica Henderson and sophomore Elyse Brouillette. Henderson's final platform score of 217.75 earned her a 7th place finish while Brouillette claimed 10th with a score of 210.60.
The Cyclones joined Notre Dame in being the only two teams represented in the final heat of both the 3-meter and platform diving events at the Iowa Invitational.
In her first time back to the University Aquatic Center since her concussion last year, Henderson broke her personal best on the platform with a prelim score of 217.00. She went onto break it again during her finals performance with a 0.75 point improvement.
"I was just ready to do well, and all the diving we have done this weekend set me up to have a good day," Henderson said. "I was feeling a little tired, but we had a good warm up and there was no hesitation for me on the board."
Henderson was sidelined for the majority of her junior year after sustaining a concussion on the 10-meter platform in Iowa City, Iowa. According to head diving coach Jeff Warrick, Henderson has leaned heavily on her career experience throughout her recovery and this season.
"Her performance today was a result of her experience and how long she has been diving," Warrick said. "Last year we would have seen performances like this if she was able to dive."
Brouillette, who entered finals with a 7th place seed after a prelim score of 226.95, slid into a 10th place finish on the platform event. Minor details kept Brouillette from climbing the leader board, according to Warrick.
"She did well in both rounds; she was really solid today," Warrick said. "There were some minor things that I saw, but those half points do add up quickly. We need to work on those small things."
Iowa State's freshmen divers continued to gain valuable experience today as both Julie Dickinson and Rebecca Stochl participated in a platform diving event for the first time in their careers.
"All four of our divers did really well today," Warrick said. "Our two freshmen have something to build on after their first time competing on the platform."
The Cyclones will be back in action on Dec. 13 as Iowa State hosts the Iowa Hawkeyes for a dual meet at the Beyer Hall Pool. The Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series hits the water at 6:00 p.m.


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2008 Goodguys Del Mar Truck Show - Surfin' USAWritten by on September 1, 2008 Contributors: Dakota Wentz Goodguys: Del Mar, CA
Awise man once said, "If a beach city in California is worth going to, it will have been mentioned in a Beach Boys song." For Del Mar, California, the song was Surfin' USA, and the number one way to get to the beach with a surfboard in 1964 was in the back of a pickup truck. Today, if a person wants to go to a car show that is any good with a number of classic pickup trucks in it, they log onto the Goodguys Web site and find out where the Goodguys are throwing their next show.
Originally the Goodguys' Del Mar show was the show-season opener, but that distinction has moved a little farther north to the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa a couple of years ago. That said, the Orange County Goodguys' Get-Together (Custom Classic Trucks, July '08) is still in its infancy and the Del Mar show is still the granddaddy of the Southern California coast. Instead of rambling on about how wonderful the weather is and what a perfect venue Del Mar is for a classic truck show, I'm going to shut up so there will be more room for photographs-and so you folks can decide for yourselves.
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A tubular grille and linear open-air flames designate this red '59 Chevy as a true custom-built in the traditions that made Muskegon famous.
The scarlet shade is also a popular color choice for 1956 Ford F-100 Big-Windows. Notice how this owner has utilized polished strips to protect his running boards while accenting the Custom Cab stainless steel door moldings he so wisely left on.
Without the factory red stripes on the grille that identified a '48 F-1 Ford from a '49 or '50, it's hard to tell what year this F-1 with a utility bed actually is.Folks in California are really stepping up to the plate with their commitment to electric cars. Here we see a herd of plug-in, hybrid bumper cars waiting in line to use the 120-volt receptacle.


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MIDTOWN -- According to Georgia Tech's Logistic Regression/Markov Chain (LRMC) computerized college basketball ranking system, Florida will take the NCAA Basketball Championship.
Jason Maderer of Georgia Tech said the computerized model has chosen the men's basketball national champion in three of the last five years.
By using LRMW, Georgia Tech has determined that Florida, Louisville, Indiana and Gonzaga will likely play in the Final Four round in Atlanta. Florida and Gonzaga will be the teams going head to head to claim the title on Monday, April 8.
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According to Maderer, it's the first time in the LRMC's 10-year history a team that isn't a number one seed is picked to win the tournament.
Joel Sokol oversees the project. He is an associate professor in Tech's School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE) - their research specialties include analyzing sports and applied operations research.
As the season is played, the LRMC uses scoreboard stats to create a weekly ranking of all 347 Division I NCAA teams. A math formula is used to evaluate every game and factors in the margin of victory and where each game is played. When the field of 68 was announced on Sunday, Sokol's team released its bracket.
Maderer said the team presented a paper last year that showed the LRMC has been the most accurate predictive ranking system over the last ten years. LRMC proved better than 80 others, including the NCAA's Ratings Performance Index (RPI).
"Our system combines the aspects of performance and strength of schedule by rewarding game performance differently according to the quality of each opponent," Sokol said. "Compared to something like RPI, LRMC is able to predict which team is better by taking the margins of victories and losses into account."
The LMRC identifies which team is most likely to win each game, with the exception of upsets. Maderer said that about 25 percent of NCAA tournament matchups end in upsets.
Not only does the LRMC predict tournament winners, it also helps dissolve belief in some myths of the sport. For example, there is not home court advantage for any team, and all home courts are about the same.
"The reason that you hear people say things like 'Duke is one of the toughest home courts - it's so hard to win there' isn't because of the court or the fans," Sokol said. "It's that Duke is usually such a good team. When you give them even a three- or four-point home court advantage on top of the skill advantage they usually have, it's hard to overcome."
Another false belief is that good teams know how to win close games.
"If the cliché was true, teams that won close games at home would have a significantly higher winning percentage in the road rematch than teams that lost close games at home," Sokol said.
But close home winners won about 35 percent of their road rematches. Close home losers won about 33 percent.
Sokol also used LRMC to explore the NCAA's consideration of expanding the tournament to include 96 teams. LRMC data showed that those dramatic upsets would drop by around five, potentially causing fans to lose interest.
Sokol is joined on the LRMC team by fellow ISyE Professors Paul Kvam and George Nemhauser, as well as Professor Mark Brown of City College, City University of New York.
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|Bohrers say farewell to community
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Sara and I want to say goodbye and let the community know how much we've enjoyed living here. Six years ago a brother in law asked if the streets were paved. We said, "yes, not only that, but so are the alleys." Things just got better and better as the years went by. The streets are swept, limbs are picked up, the snow is removed from the streets around the schools and uptown, and trash is picked up twice a week. What a city!
A funny occurrence that is indicative of the fine community we're leaving is one from 2003 when we were leaving town for the weekend. Librarian Laura Roth phoned to tell Stephen that a book he ordered on interlibrary loan had come in. He said he didn't have time to come by and she said she would bring it by the house on her way to lunch. That is the type of service we received almost everywhere in town on a regular basis. And also, isn't the library beautiful?
We also enjoyed having mail carrier Bob Brandt willing to get out of his car and hand deliver the mail if need be and occassionally leave it on the dining room table.
We attended several churches and enjoyed them all, but chose to attend, and later join, the First Baptist Church where we especially enjoyed the sermons of Gary Jones and now Gordon Penfold. Our Sunday evening house church was a special blessing where we fellowshipped with Susan and Jim Kienholz, Beverly and Leon Atkins, Jean and Mark Clayton, Julie and Ivan Wiebke and others from time to time.
As you probably had noticed we have enjoyed eating at all of the restaurants. How great for a small town.
There is no need to tell you that the Holyoke Enterprise is a special business serving the information needs of the entire community It regularly tell the stories of local heroes, special events, school activities and community stories of interest. The balance and thought that goes into each story is a testament to publisher Brenda Brandt and the entire Enterprise staff.
Star 92.3 radio is another institution that deserves our praise as it tells the stories of the schools' activities, and unites the whole town behind the Dragons.
We marvel how the parking places are always full and the downtown appears vibrant morning, noon and night. We're thankful to have lived in a community that cares about its people, children, lawns, houses and culture.
We will miss people we have worked with, clubs and organizations we have belonged to, and we want to thank everyone for the friendship and kindnesses shown to us in our six years living in Holyoke. We wish you all God's blessings.
We head now to Alamosa where we are told it is cold. We hope they are talking about the temperature, as we know how fortunate we have been to live in the warm town of Holyoke.
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Overhead Cam Timing - 4.6L Ford Engine Rebuild - Build A Panther More Power (Finally)Written by John McGann on September 21, 2011 A rebuild for the 4.6
At the risk of losing credibility with our readers (assuming I had any to begin with!), I must admit to never having built an engine before. I've done general maintenance, bodywork, welding, complete paintjobs, and even rebuilt a couple of automatic transmissions, but I've never taken an engine apart and put it back together—until now. People I've revealed this to usually have the same reaction: Couldn't you have chosen an easier engine to build than the 4.6? My response is always the same (and I hope I don't sound smug when I say it): Building this engine wasn't that hard.
I mention this potentially embarrassing truth not as a means of publicly patting myself on the back but rather to inspire our readers. If I can put together an overhead cam 4.6L Ford engine, so can you. To my relief, it started and ran once I got it back in the car. It runs even better now with at least 4,000 miles of daily driving and almost 30 full power pulls on Westech's chassis dyno. No oil loss, no scary sounds, and best of all, it makes nearly 70 more horsepower and 50 more lb-ft of torque than before, thanks to Trick Flow Specialties Top End Kit for 2V Modular Ford engines.
Don't be fooled by this car's two extra doors; this same build will work for any SOHC 4.6 or 5.4L Ford engine currently running in millions of cars and trucks—SN-95 Mustangs, Thunderbirds and Cougars, Town Cars, hell, even F-150 and Econoline van owners can do this job and reap the benefits of Trick Flow's 4.6 Twisted Wedge Top End Kit.
Mod Motor Cam Timing
I've come across a lot of rumors floating around online about mod motor cams being installed as many as 4 degrees advanced or retarded from the factory. Wanting to verify this, I checked my engine's cam timing before removing the cylinder heads. We won't document the entire cam timing test process here, as we've done about half a million cam timing articles in the past 58 years. The mod motor's overhead cam arrangement only adds a slight twist to the process in this boilerplate article.
Cylinder Head Flow Chart
I brought the stock heads and the new Trick Flow heads to Westech for flow bench testing. The difference is dramatic. There is a lot of potential in these Trick Flow castings.
|Valve Opening
|Intake CFM
|Exhaust CFM
Trick Flow:
|Valve Opening
|Intake CFM
|Exhaust CFM
*Cylinder heads tested at Westech Performance's SuperFlow 300 flow bench with a 3.580 bore adapter. Stock 4.6 bore is 3.552 inches.
On the Dyno
The engine fired on the second crank and ran surprisingly well. After fixing the previously mentioned oil leaks from the gallery plugs in the cylinder heads (and fixing an unrelated wiring nightmare under the dash), my car felt really strong running on Blue Oval Chips' programming for the Mercury Marauder MAF installed in our June '11 issue. However, Trick Flow recommends reprogramming the ECM after installing its Top End Kit, so I spent the better part of a day on Westech's chassis dyno, as Ernie Mena fine-tuned the air/fuel ratio and timing. Tuning Ford ECMs requires some sort of handheld programmer that goes between the tuning shop's laptop and the ECM. Ernie used the SCT X3 Power Flash programmer I bought from Blue Oval Chips. As a result, my car is now making 70 more horsepower and nearly 50 more lb-ft of torque. The torque band is much flatter than stock, as well, making about 300 lb-ft from 3,500 rpm all the way to 5,000 rpm. The car feels much more powerful and a lot more fun to drive. We'll have some dragstrip numbers to back up these horsepower figures soon.
Where'd That Power Come From?
Stock versus Trick Flow Heads
|Stock NPI (92-99) Heads
|Stock PI (99-Present)Heads
|TFS Twisted Wedge
|Intake Runner
|146 cc
|159 cc
|185 cc
|Intake Valve Diameter
|1.752 inches
|1.752 inches
|1.840 inches
|Exhaust Runner
|93 cc
|Exhaust Valve Diameter
|1.339 inches
|1.417 inches
|1.450 inches
|Combustion Chamber
|52 cc
|44 cc
|38 cc
|Compression ratio (stock pistons, rods cylinder bore, and deck height)
|9.3:1(with 10.5cc piston dish)
|9.4:1(with 15.8cc piston dish)
|10.1:1(with 15.8cc piston dish)
|Cam Specs
|204/208 duration at 0.050 lift/0.480 valve lift
|200/208 duration, 0.505/0.531 valve lift, 115 LSA
|228/230 duration, 0.550 valve lift, 112 LSA
The secret to our 4.6's newly found power is a collaboration of a better combustion chamber design, bigger ports, slightly larger valves, and Trick Flow's canted valve arrangement. Changing the angle of the intake valve provides a better path into the cylinders. It also eliminates piston-to-valve clearance problems very common to SOHC 4.6 engines—you can't advance the cam too far or run intake lift numbers more than about 0.525 inch without notching the pistons. With its valve arrangement, Trick Flow says lift of up to 0.600 inch is safe. Every engine builder we've checked with says Trick Flow's heads—with CNC-shaped chambers and as-cast intake and exhaust runners—will outflow any ported factory cylinder head, and our gains of 70 hp to the rear wheels is right inline with what other Trick Flow customers are seeing. While we're still breathing through the car's stock intake and tailpipes, we know there is more potential in these heads, especially at higher engine speeds. We're looking at intake combinations and possibly a power-adder to see how much more we can wring out of these things. Note in the chart above that the best naturally aspirated combination may be an early non-power- improved block and Trick Flow's 38cc chamber heads. If you want more compression, bolt these heads on a four-valve block, which comes with flat-top pistons and will net a compression ratio of nearly 12:1. For guys who love boost, Trick Flow also sells a version of these cylinder heads with 44cc combustion chambers. END
Parts List
|Clean block and install freeze plugs
|Trick Flow 2V Modular Top End Kit
|Summit Racing
|ARP main bearing cam studs
|King main bearings
|Summit Racing
|King connecting rod bearings
|Summit Racing
|Cloyes timing chain tensioner, right
|Rock Auto
|Cloyes timing chain tensioner, left
|Rock Auto
|Fel-Pro timing cover gasket set
|Rock Auto
|Fel-Pro oil filter adapter gasket
|230 70801
|Rock Auto
|Fel-Pro front crank seal
|Rock Auto
|Cloyes tensioner arm, right
|Rock Auto
|Cloyes tensioner arm, left
|Rock Auto
|Cloyes timing chain guide, right
|Rock Auto
|Cloyes timing chain guide, left
|Rock Auto
|Fel-Pro Oil pan gasket
|Rock Auto
|Fel-Pro valve cover gaskets
|Rock Auto
|Comp adjustable cam gear set
|Connecting rod bolts (4.95 each)
|South Bay Ford
|Rear main seal
|South Bay Ford
|Piston pin retainers(sold in sets of 4)
|South Bay Ford
|Stainless Works headers and catalytic converters
|Stainless Works
|Spark plugs
|B&C Auto Parts
Tool List
|Ford V8 cam holding tool
|Summit Racing
|Cam degree supplement kit
|Summit Racing
|Ford rear crank seal installer tool
|Summit Racing
|Harmonic balancer installer
|Summit Racing
|Cylinder leakdown tester
|Summit Racing
|Piston ring installer and compressor tool
|Summit Racing
|Proform Parts universal degree wheel kit
|Summit Racing
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As a baseline, I have a glovebox of 10-second, eighth-mile timeslips (about 15.60 quarter-mile) and figures of 208 hp and 254 lb-ft on the rollers at Racers' Edge Tuning in Downey, California.Trick Flow includes an instruction book, which illustrates the job being done on a Mustang with the engine still in the car.In my Ford service manual, step one in the section on removing the cylinder heads was "remove the engine." Tech tip: unbolt the A/C compressor and oil filter adapter, but leave them in the chassis.Remove the fan and coolant reservoir and unbolt the exhaust, torque converter and transmission, and motor mounts from the frame. The engine lifts straight up and out. Removing the hood was necessary so the oil pan would clear the core support and front header panel.Teardown is straightforward. Begin by prying the heater hose from the back of the water pump. The water pump needs a little coaxing with a soft-faced hammer to separate it from the engine block. Pry it off the rest of the way. It is sealed with an O-ring rather than a gasket, and I cleaned and reused it rather than buying a new one.The timing cover is retained with two different sized bolts, some of which have long studs that the wiring harness clips to. Mark the location of the studs before removing them and prying off the timing cover. Several of the gaskets on these engines can be reused (the oil pan gasket and valve cover gaskets, for instance); the rubber timing cover gaskets cannot be reused. Take them off and throw them out.Though the overhead cam arrangement looks complicated, it really isn't. The roller cam followers pivot on hydraulic lash adjusters, and valvespring pressure holds the roller against the cam lobes. The lash adjusters take up the small amount of clearance that develops between the cam and valve stem as the engine heats up and expands.This is important: Remove the cam followers before taking the timing chains or tensioners off. With the followers out, all the valves will be closed no matter what position the cams are in. Removing the timing chains or tensioners while some of the valves are open will cause the cams to spin, and because this is an interference engine, the valves will hit the piston if the cam timing is off, possibly bending the valve. You'll need a special tool to remove the roller followers (foreground). Trick Flow includes one in its top-end kit; this one is from OTC.The tool levers against the cam to push down on the valvespring, unloading the follower and allowing you to remove it. Before compressing the valves to a particular cylinder, I checked the piston location by looking down the spark plug hole. If the piston was near the top, I turned the crank to move it farther down. Though it is unlikely you'd be able to bend a valve using this valvespring tool, why risk it? Even though I was not going to be reusing any of this stuff, there was no reason to damage perfectly good parts. Supposedly, turning the crank until the keyway points in the 10:30 position puts all the pistons in a safe position. I did this but still turned the crank slightly as needed while I removed the followers.
Check out the damage to my cam tensioner and guide. The driver-side tensioner arm was worn completely through to the point where the tensioner's hydraulic piston was making contact with the timing chain.Now it's safe to remove the cam timing system. Save yourself a lot of hassle and remove the cam gears first while the chains and tensioners are still attached. You'll see why later in this article. Then unbolt the tensioners, tensioner arms, and guides, and slide off the crank gear.Remove the cylinder head bolts and throw them away. They are torque-to-yield fasteners and are meant to only be used once. Pry the heads off the dowels with a screwdriver and set them aside. Random piece of trivia: Fully assembled SOHC heads weigh about 45 pounds each.While flow-testing the stock heads, several people advised me to inspect the entire engine because the heads "smelled burnt." I completely disassembled the engine, only to find everything in excellent condition. I'm guessing the combination of a high-temperature thermostat and hundreds of hours of idling during my car's service life with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department left the engine smelling like oil coking. However, there was no sludge, the bearings and cylinders were in excellent condition, and all the clearances were within spec. Though I had only meant for this to be a cylinder head replacement, I now had a complete engine to rebuild.Because the engine looked so good inside, and because I didn't have a ton of money to spend on machine work, I decided to reuse as many of the original parts as I could. Hi-Tek Engine rebuilding in Gardena, California, hot-tanked the engine for me and added new freeze plugs. I cleaned the deck with 220-grit sandpaper on the longest piece of wood I found lying around and scrubbed the cylinders by hand with a red Scotch-Brite pad. Then I washed the block with detergent, chasing all the oil passages with rifle brushes, blew it dry, and painted it with semigloss black high-temperature paint.I filed all the sharp edges off the crankshaft and cleaned it with car-wash soap one rainy day in December.I used a degreaser solvent to clean the connecting rods, pistons, and rings, working one cylinder at a time. Be sure to keep all these components together and mark which cylinder they belong to so you don't mix and match components that have worn together a certain way over the course of 160,000 miles.The modular V8 uses floating wristpins that are easier to disassemble and reassemble because they don't need to be pressed on and off. The pins are held in place by wire retainer rings. Use a pick to pry them out of the groove in the pin boss, but be sure to cover the retainer as you do this, as these things will fly for light years if you let them. I lost one this way, and unfortunately new ones cost $9 each and are only sold in packs of four from the Ford dealer.
The pistons had a lot of carbon buildup and several of the oil control rings were stuck. I had to let them soak in degreaser for about an hour before trying to scrape all that stuff off, but I was able to get them almost looking like new.I reused the rings rather than buying new ones so I wouldn't have to hone the engine. Besides, my engine had good ring seal before I took it apart, and the rings themselves looked good after a thorough cleaning.Reassembling the pistons and rods is easy because Ford casts each part with identifying marks indicating which side faces the rear of the block; a dimple on the piston and ears is cast into the face of the rods. The cracked caps only fit one way as well, so it is easy to get everything aligned correctly. The connecting rod bolts are also one-time-use fasteners. I bought new ones from South Bay Ford.Even after 160,000 miles, the ring gaps were within spec—0.015 for the top rings, between 0.019 and 0.020 for the second rings, and 0.030 for the oil rings. I also checked the deck with a straightedge. It was less than 0.0015 on both banks.Iron-block modular engines were built at the Romeo and Windsor plants, and like previous Ford offerings, there are slight design differences between the two blocks—the main bearings being one of these. I had mistakenly ordered the bearing set for a Windsor block (mine is from Romeo), and all the bearings fit except the rear one. Windsor engines apparently have the tang located off-center of the bearing surface for the rear bearing. All the others are centered.The thrust bearing is different, too. Romeo engines use a shim in the block and a flanged bearing on the rear main cap, seen on the right. Windsor engines use non-flanged upper and lower bearing shells and three shims on the thrust surface of the crank.Here is the correct thrust bearing arrangement for a Romeo block. The upper bearing shell is the same as the other four main bearing upper shells, and the thrust washer goes on the outside of the block, facing the transmission. Apply a dab of assembly lube to hold it here as you drop the crank in.The main caps are numbered from the factory, eliminating any chance of mismatching. This picture also illustrates another difference between Romeo and Windsor blocks: Romeo blocks have jacking screws in the sides of the cap that press against the block skirt, providing extra support for the cap. The jack screws are reverse threaded and are cut to fit an 8mm Allen key. Tap the cap in place with the wooden end of a hammer handle and turn the jack screws counterclockwise to tighten them to the block. The side bolts thread into the jack screws through the outside of the block and are torqued in the correct sequence. Instead of jack screws, Windsor blocks have dowel pins that fit between the ends of the cap and the engine block.I replaced the torque-to-yield main bolts with ARP studs. The main bearing clearance was well within spec at 0.0012, and the crank spun freely with all the caps torqued to ARP's specifications. The longer stud retains the oil pump pickup tube, and in this photo you can also see two of the main-cap side bolts.
The pistons and connecting rods are installed as on any other engine. The rod bearing clearance was 0.0015, and the engine turned over with about 18 ft-lb of force on my beam-style torque wrench with all the pistons installed.Trick Flow's top-end kit comes complete with the heads and cams, of course, but also with new timing chains, cam followers, lash adjusters, head gaskets, intake gaskets, and cylinder head bolts.Like the stock cylinder heads, Trick Flow's heads can be installed on either bank of the engine. However, you need to designate one for the driver side and one for the passenger side. The locations of the oil gallery plugs are different from bank to bank. Though the gallery plugs are shipped with thread sealant, I'd recommend adding a small dab of Teflon paste to each as you install them. I had a couple of leakers once the engine started.Using the supplied assembly lube, coat the cam journals and install the cams. Soak the new lash adjusters in oil for about 30 minutes and install them in their respective locations.These engines use MLS head gaskets, and they are clearly marked for the left or right side of the engine, making them virtually idiot-proof. Trick Flow's install manual includes the proper torque sequence.I cleaned and reused the stock oil pump. Installation of the timing gear begins with setting the crank to the safe position using OTC's crank holding tool.Because I had heard about the modular engine's potential for mismatched cam timing, I requested a set of Comp's adjustable cam gears. They offer a total of 24 degrees of adjustment—12 degrees advanced and 12 retarded.
I needed an impact wrench to get these bolts off, as they were really tight. That's why I mentioned earlier in the article to remove the cam gears while the heads are still on the engine. It would be a lot easier to remove them with the timing chains and guides still installed, and you wouldn't need to buy the cam holding tools, either.The stock timing gears have a tooth that engages the keyway on the cams, but the Comp cam gears do not. Instead, they come with a key that must be installed with the spacers before the gears go on the cams.The timing chains come with colored links to indicate cam alignment during installation. One colored link is installed at zero degrees on the Comp gears or on a tooth indicated by a dot on the stock gears. The second colored link lines up with a corresponding dot on the crank gear.It really is that easy. Fully installed, the system should look like this. Note that the right-side cam tensioner was a really tight fit. I needed to pry against the tensioner arm with a long screwdriver to get the tensioner in place behind the tensioner arm.I rechecked the cam timing to find that Trick Flow's specs of a 113-degree installed centerline were spot on. After that, I tightened the timing gear's adjuster screws with Loctite to the recommended torque value. You'll need an inch-pound torque wrench for this.Before finishing assembly of the engine, I checked all the cylinders with OTC leakdown tester. Six of them were within 2 or 3 psi of the accepted 15 percent leakdown rate for a newly assembled engine. Two cylinders had higher readings, one of them being more than 30 percent. Turning the engine over several times by hand fixed this, but not before I removed that bank's head to verify that the piston rings had indeed been indexed correctly. After that, all the cylinders indicated less than 15 percent leakdown.I assembled the remainder of the engine using timing cover, valve cover, and oil pan gaskets from Rock Auto. They also supplied the front crank seal. I used OTC's universal harmonic balancer installation tool to slide the damper on the crank. The intake manifold and 19-pound fuel injectors are stock.I encountered an interesting problem with Fel-Pro's rear main seal, the brown one in this picture. Compared with the black Motorcraft seal I bought from South Bay Ford, the Fel-Pro seal has an extra lip that faces the transmission, and it prevented the seal from fitting over my Ford- recommended OTC rear seal installation tool, so I had to buy and install the Motorcraft seal instead. We recommend installing the crank seals with some sort of installer tool, rather than tapping them on with a drift. This ensures the seal is installed correctly and at the right depth in the seal retainer to prevent leaks.With the engine nearly ready to drop into the car, I ran into my next snag. The right side exhaust manifold would not fit. The ear of the flange made contact with a casting boss that is much thicker on Trick Flow's heads than on the stock ones. I've checked with the guys at Trick Flow, and it's likely they didn't have Crown Victorias in mind when they designed these cylinder heads.
Mustang exhaust manifolds aren't routed as closely to the engine block. Either way, we'd argue that if you're installing Trick Flow heads on your 4.6, you should also be buying a set of headers. Otherwise, you'll never be able to take full advantage of these heads' superior airflow characteristics over the stock heads.I would have had to do a lot of grinding to make the manifold fit, and I simply didn't have time for that. Stainless Works saved me big time with its awesome and newly developed long-tube headers for '03 to '07 Crown Victorias and Grand Marquis (and probably Town Cars, too!). They fit everywhere with a ton of room to spare.I tried to drop the engine into the car with the headers bolted on, but they were too long to clear the firewall, even with the engine angled down like the Titanic slipping into the Atlantic. No worries, they fed up from the bottom of the car with no problems. Once in place, there was plenty of room around the tubes to install the starter motor and oil filter adapter and route the wiring harness.Though you can probably get by without it, we recommend buying Trick Flow's cam degree supplement kit. It includes a height-adjustable dummy lifter and a base to mount the dial indicator. The remaining components I used are from Proform Parts' 13-inch Universal Degree wheel kit. Pick a cylinder (it doesn't matter which one) and use the spring compressor tool to remove the lash adjuster, replacing it with the dummy lifter from the kit. This dummy lifter contains a set screw you can turn with the supplied Allen key to raise or lower the height of the tip, changing the gap between the roller and the cam lobe. I set the clearance to 0.020 inch because, according to Trick Flow's specs, collapsed lash adjusters (engine off, no hydraulic preload) should have between 0.015- and 0.025-inch clearance between the roller and the cam's base circle.Though you can probably get by without it, we recommend buying Trick Flow's cam degree supplement kit. It includes a height-adjustable dummy lifter and a base to mount the dial indicator. The remaining components I used are from Proform Parts' 13-inch Universal Degree wheel kit. Pick a cylinder (it doesn't matter which one) and use the spring compressor tool to remove the lash adjuster, replacing it with the dummy lifter from the kit. This dummy lifter contains a set screw you can turn with the supplied Allen key to raise or lower the height of the tip, changing the gap between the roller and the cam lobe. I set the clearance to 0.020 inch because, according to Trick Flow's specs, collapsed lash adjusters (engine off, no hydraulic preload) should have between 0.015- and 0.025-inch clearance between the roller and the cam's base circle.The rest of the process is the same as with a pushrod engine. Find the exact TDC of the cylinder you're measuring and record the No. 1 intake valve opening and closing degrees. Add the two numbers and divide that sum by 2 to determine the cam's installed centerline. The stock cams are supposed to be installed on a 114-degree intake valve centerline. My cams were within 1 degree of spec and within 2 degrees of each other.


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Million Dollar Baby
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|Running Time: 132 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $100,422,786.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Sports
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Summary:In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time--then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie's gotten herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of will. But more than anything, she wants someone to believe in her. The last thing Frankie needs is that kind of responsibility-- let alone that kind of risk--but won over by Maggie's sheer determination, he begrudgingly agrees to take her on. In turns exasperating and inspiring each other, the two come to discover that they share a common spirit that transcends the pain ... Full Summary >>


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(WARNING: This post contains photographs of some half-dressed, pasty-colored Brit ballers. Those of you opposed to or frightened by these images, please proceed with caution - or wear sunglasses. Just sayin'.)
Andy Murray is on Day Two of his off-season training intensive at the University of Miami and was joined again by fitness trainer Jez Green and compatriot Ross Hutchins, who should, IMO, always keep his shirt off rather than on.
Team Murray also got a surprise visit from another one of Andy's hot friends: UM tennis baller Dani Vallverdu from Venezuela (below) who we first discovered this past summer at Queen's Club. *reminisces then smiles*
Anyway, the world No.4 began with some tennis-football warm-up drills and then moved on to some speed and agility training including timed shuttle runs to either side of the service box and weight ball drills.
The team took their daily 3-hour midday break, hitting up Whole Foods for a serious sampling of sushi. Yums.
The day continued with some weightroom work. The hour-and-a-half session included the dreaded chin-up exercise with a 10KG weight tied to his waist. Can someone say painful?
It's probably a great idea, then, to end the day with some Bikram "hot" yoga to stretch out those tired muscles and release lactic acids after this workout.
Here's a breakdown of what the 21-year old had to suffer through today:
Calorific intake: 5, 800
Weights: upper body
Tennis: 2 hours
Bikram yoga: 1.5 hrs
Sun tanning: all day, every day (hopefully)
OMG - So Andy gets to play tennis, do yoga, workout, AND stuff his face silly all while working on his tan? So fun! Where can I sign up for this program?


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Grading the States 2009: Overview
Our national mental health care system is in crisis. Long fragile, fragmented, and inadequate, it is now in serious peril. In 2003, the presidential New Freedom Commission presented a vision for a life-saving, recovery-oriented, cost-effective, evidence-based system of care. States have been working to improve the system, but progress is minimal.
Today, even those states that have worked the hardest stand to see their gains wiped out. As the country faces the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression, state budget shortfalls mean budget cuts to mental health services.
The budget cuts are coming at a time when mental health services are even more urgently needed. It is a vicious cycle that destroys lives and creates more significant financial troubles for states and the federal government in the long run.
One in four Americans experience mental illness at some point in their lives. The most serious conditions affect 10.6 million people. Mental illness is the greatest cause of disability in the nation, and twice as many Americans live with schizophrenia than with HIV/AIDS.
We know what works to save lives and help people recover. In the face of crisis, America needs to move forward, not retreat. We cannot leave our most vulnerable citizens behind.
Letter from the NAMI Executive Director
Executive Summary
Authors and Acknowledgements
United States Report Card
"[Recovery means] functioning normally within society without mental health issues proving to be a barrier."


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Two things stand out from a purely gaming perspective.
First, you have rivers that seem to both go Through hexes And along hex-sides. I'd regularize those to all one way or all the other. And personally I would go for hex-sides, otherwise you could end up with having to come up with rules for players being in the same hex but on opposite sides of a river. Or a player with a unit in a river hex having to figure out which side of the river they are on.
Second, the red dots are very large (and loud- a bit jarring in fact). So large that they overlap some other hexes. I can foresee some rules-lawyer type player saying it is unclear which hex the city/dot is in, or insisting its in more than one hex. I would make the dots smaller, not so bright, and try centering them more in the hex.


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2006 Americruise Tour and Car Show- R&C Returns to LincolnWritten by on October 19, 2006 Americruise is Back!
The Americruise has taken some licks the last few years. In the past, being moved at what seemed like the last minute didn't give people enough time to plan vacations to make the event. It was even reduced to just a driving event that ended at another event for two years. Well, this year we got it off and running again with enough time to promote and plan a better event. After spending the weekend in Lincoln, it's safe to say the Americruise is off to another good start.
The Nebraska State Fairgrounds was packed with hot rods, customs, street rods, classic trucks, musclecars, and just about any other massaged pre-'72 car of which you could think. The weather held out, although it was hot just like the rest of the country, but thankfully there are plenty of shade trees on the grounds.
We set up our driving events, and after a slow start, we got a few curious rodders out on the courses. After a few passes, most of the adventurous ones were hooked and kept coming back for more. Thankfully we're not aware of any breakage, but then again we had the course set up pretty tight to help keep spends down.
The two new awards we were handing out (Rod of the Year and Custom of the Year) brought out some stunning examples that filled the special parking area and gave the staff plenty to mull over when it came time to narrow it down to just five in each class. On Saturday, the spectators were treated to the action as these 10 hot rods and customs showed that they were more than just rolling art. Some of the owners pushed their cars harder than others, but each one walked away with a little better appreciation of what their car could do.
We're already starting to plan next year's event, but we're still finalizing a date, so stay tuned. Now all the R&C staff needs to do is to try to get some time away from the office and spend some time in the garage getting a couple rides ready to make the trip.
Getting Out Of The Lawn Chairs
The driving events were new additions to the Americruise program this year. Set up mostly for fun, the Autocross sponsored by Air Ride Technologies and the Go & Whoa sponsored by ABS Power Brakes Inc. gave rodders an opportunity to really see what both their car and they could do when they didn't have to worry about getting a ticket or other motorists getting in the way when their foot decided to get a little heavy.
The contestants for the Rod & Custom Rod of the Year and Custom of the Year also competed in these competitions as part of the selection process for the big titles, and the more they ran, the more fun each of the owners had. Look for even more fun on the track at next year's event!
If you're looking to cruise in style, Jim Hatcher's '56 T-bird is about as elegant a piece of hot rod transportation as you're going to find thanks to a little trim removal, a custom grille, and lots of block sanding. A ProCharger supercharger force-feeds the small-block Ford through the stock EFI. Power is transferred through the auto overdrive trans. Lots of black cow and ostrich hide covers the bench seat, custom door panels, and dash.
Jerry Stephens marches to a different beat. When you want to go this low with a '51 Nash and stuff in an LT4 small-block, you have to build a completely custom chassis. Rolling around on some Run-Flat tires might not be a bad idea either because we don't want to be around when the tires need to be changed. The interior features bucket seats and a custom console and rear deck where the rear seat once sat.
You'd have a hard time finding a straighter '55 Chevy than this one brought out by Jesse Alba, and we dig that it's a post. The trunk and interior featured some cool elements that tied them to the exterior styling. A detailed dual-quad big-block looked right at home under the hood and provided plenty of torque when called upon.
We're starting to see a lot more big Chevys built with the kind of attention reserved for street rods just a few years ago. Richard Schanot cruised out with his '63 Impala and came ready to play with a nicely detailed airbag-equipped chassis. A Street & Performance TPI-topped small-block has been dipped in chrome and propels the large Chevy just fine. The stock console accents new buckets and lots of tan leather over custom panels.
Heinz Westphal has had his '40 Chevy sedan delivery done for a couple of years now, although it doesn't show. It even made our list of Top 100 rods a few years ago. We were thrilled to see him come out and put it through its paces to prove it was more than just a show piece. Under that painted cover resides a detailed Chevy LT4 small-block. There's a lot of work when it comes time to tackle the interior of a sedan delivery and it looks like Heinz gave his upholster plenty of time by checking out the stunning stitching.
It's not easy to fit a late-model Ford 4.6L under the hood of a '33 Ford. When Don Troyer decided he wanted some reliable motivation for his steel roadster, he wedged it in and added a couple of blisters in the hood sides. The sculptured tan interior was carried through to the rumble seat just in case Don wants to haul some human cargo.
If you're a regular reader, you know about the work Dale Renner put into his track-nosed '33 Ford from our November 2006 issue. Just in case you missed it, the short story is that he took a jalopy with the doors welded up and did a lot of bodywork, including shortening the quarters 3 inches to give the custom-nosed roadster a better profile. A Ford Top Loader four-speed with a Jeep top backs a dressed '53 Flathead with a 4-inch Merc crank.
There's nasty and then there's mean and nasty. Somehow Bob Schumacher's '30 Chevy pickup manages to be both along with being quite nicely detailed and refined. Well-refined might not be the best description once the wicked fuel-injected big-block is fired up. As radical as the engine is, the pickup made the required cruise out to Speedway with no problems and put on a show during the acceleration part of the testing. The interior has the perfect mix of race inspiration and street rod touches.
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Robert Frizzell's '58 Chevy Impala is a trip right back to the early '60s with its perfect stance and tasteful scallop accents.Another one in the "engine's taller than the vehicle" club is Russ Eggleston's mile-high Hemi-powered '28 Dodge pickup.The history on Jim Meyers' highly customized '57 Chevy goes all the way back to when it was a brand-new car damaged in transport to the dealer. It was first customized in 1957 and became a huge hit on the custom circuit for nearly a decade. Jim had always loved the car and tracked it down a few years ago and brought it back to show-stopping condition.Multiple styles come together on Norm Kyle's '33 Ford pickup with the original accessories covering the resto rod slot, a chopped top filling in the hot rod territory, and large American Racing wheels making the street rod statement.The look that's back and growing in popularity has already been picked up on by Larry Bettenhausen with his bad-to-the-bone '55 Chevy Gasser.
The car of your dreams was just a hammer's throw away at the indoor auction. This 440-powered '71 Cuda would make any musclecar fans deepest dreams come true.Ted Ziemba's '34 Dodge coupe keeps it clean and simple with a factory fresh body mated to forever-popular whitewalls and full hubcaps.Sometimes it just takes a nice set of wheels like these Intros on David Rathbun's '61 Chevy Impala to make the transition from stocker to shocker.Gary Spangler blends old and new in the driveline of his '30 Ford Model A coupe with a Flattie-to-T5 combo powering the chopped highboy.Southeast Community College showed off the talents of its students trained in the engine-building program. Two teams went head-to-head to build a complete engine from totally disassembled components.The winning time: 18 minutes and 34 seconds! The engine fired on the first try and the second team finished just after the first with a second roar of a healthy small-block.In addition to all the rods and customs, Americruise draws plenty of vendors-everybody from big-name manufacturers to swappers. This cowboy, or farmer or whatever he is, might go home with some taillight lenses for his project car.
Watching a Model A roadster twist its way through the cones could only be topped by actually hopping in the driver seat and piloting your way through the curves.Jeff Patchin was the official winner of most passes made through the road course, as he wrung everything he could out of his Flathead-powered '32 Ford coupe, much to the crowd's delight.Even the sponsor of the Autocross, Air Ride Technologies, got into the fun and tore up the course with their '56 Ford pickup. Their '68 Pontiac Bonneville was a real crowd-pleaser because a land yacht isn't supposed to handle that flat.Bruce Hartford dropped a 5.0L Ford engine between the front fenders to keep his nosed, decked, and shaved '62 Falcon Blue Oval inside and out. He also added air conditioning and cruise control for long trips, but we're pretty sure he didn't need them while blasting though the Autocross.


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As part of the Romney campaign's very well executed roll out of Congressman Paul Ryan as Romney's vice-presidential running mate, the Republican National Committee released its "Big Solutions" video. The new video showcases the Romney-Ryan America's comeback team. After four years of a weak economy, soaring deficits and misplaced priorities, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are dedicated to bringing America back. In a statement, RNC | Read More »


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Cleveland, OH (Sports Network) - Ryan Raburn won the game in the bottom of the
eleventh with a walk-off three-run home run for the Cleveland Indians who
defeated the Texas Rangers 11-8 in the opener of a three-game set.
Asdrubal Cabrera, Michael Brantley, and Mike Aviles all hit three times in the
contest for the Indians.
Starter Corey Kluber was given a no-decision after allowing four runs, three
earned, in six innings pitched for the Indians, winners of two in a row. Bryan
Shaw (1-2) who pitched a scoreless eleventh inning was credited with the win.
He struck out one batter while allowing a hit.
Jason Frasor (0-2) was credited with the loss after giving up the three-run.
The right-hander gave up three hits over two innings of work. Martin Perez,
who got the start for Texas, only lasted three innings while giving up seven
runs -- six earned -- on eight hits.
Ian Kinsler contributed with four RBI while going 2-for-5 for the Rangers, who
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This effect is stunning. Two clear drinking glasses, a playing card and two Half Dollars are shown. The card is placed on the mouth of one glass and the second glass is set on top of the card. Both Halves are dropped into the upper glass and when they hit the card one coin passes through the card and falls into the bottom glass! The coins are dumped on the table and you have a clean finish.
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