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Chuck33079 08-29-2013 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2466142)
People dont BBQ like that around here.. (the DC area)

Then you should move.

madwi 08-29-2013 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2466127)
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/29/u4a7uvu2.jpg

Went bigger than I planned with this one. It could hold 15-16 racks of ribs if I ever needed to feed a small army.

Who made that? Looks like a bigger size of one I gave to my cousin when she got married. I had the one that didn't have the middle grill part though.

It's such a pain in the a$$ getting the temps right on a new rig. I swore many a times when the wind would shift and make a change in the temp. The good part is the excuse to sit right next to it with a beer, a laptop/tablet, some beef jerky (cause the smell will drive you insane lol).

JARblue 08-29-2013 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2466138)
Hey Jar, so you'd know this.. just out of curiousity.. the Z has what a 19/20 gallon gas tank, from topped off to empy on the highway, how many miles do you get on a full tank?

Im guessing 400 right?

The tank is 19.1 US Gallons. I get 350ish miles on a tank daily driving (I was barely getting 300 before my tune). The only time I get 400+ is when I'm at highway speeds for at least half a tank. Also, that is pretty much a full tank. I fill up at least 17 gallons about 95% of the time. This morning I filled up 18.2 gallons with 412 miles on the tank.

This of course excludes spirited fun I might have occasionally ;)

eastwest2300 08-29-2013 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2466144)
Then you should move.

i agree 1000%:icon17:

Chuck33079 08-29-2013 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 2466145)
Who made that? Looks like a bigger size of one I gave to my cousin when she got married. I had the one that didn't have the middle grill part though.

It's such a pain in the a$$ getting the temps right on a new rig. I swore many a times when the wind would shift and make a change in the temp. The good part is the excuse to sit right next to it with a beer, a laptop/tablet, some beef jerky (cause the smell will drive you insane lol).

It's from PitsByJJ. He used to be one of the guys who made pits for Klose. No real issues getting the temps right, I just have to build a bigger fire than I'm used to since there's so much interior volume to fill. I'll set up shop next to it with some bourbon, the whole damn humidor and be perfectly happy all weekend.

eastwest2300 08-29-2013 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 2466146)
The tank is 19.1 US Gallons. I get 350ish miles on a tank daily driving (I was barely getting 300 before my tune). The only time I get 400+ is when I'm at highway speeds for at least half a tank. Also, that is pretty much a full tank. I fill up at least 17 gallons about 95% of the time. This morning I filled up 18.2 gallons with 412 miles on the tank.

This of course excludes spirited fun I might have occasionally ;)

ahhhh. So its safe to say, if I were to go on a roadtrip, i'd be safe to get 400 miles on a topped off tank. Thanks bro.

eastwest2300 08-29-2013 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2466150)
It's from PitsByJJ. He used to be one of the guys who made pits for Klose. No real issues getting the temps right, I just have to build a bigger fire than I'm used to since there's so much interior volume to fill. I'll set up shop next to it with some bourbon, the whole damn humidor and be perfectly happy all weekend.

Man, I bet the food smells absolutely delicious.. im soo jealous.

carlitos_370z 08-29-2013 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 2466113)
I am great. 4 day weekend started @ 7 am. Thank the heavens that the party stores can sell liquor at 7 am lol. I think its going to be a beef brisket in the smoker tomorrow or Sat. so life is good :tiphat:

sounds good bro!!! :bowrofl::bowrofl:

Chuck33079 08-29-2013 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2466152)
Man, I bet the food smells absolutely delicious.. im soo jealous.

It does. I reek of BBQ smoke all weekend. My GF used to complain, until she had to admit pecan smoke smells better than cigars and whiskey.

madwi 08-29-2013 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2466150)
It's from PitsByJJ. He used to be one of the guys who made pits for Klose. No real issues getting the temps right, I just have to build a bigger fire than I'm used to since there's so much interior volume to fill. I'll set up shop next to it with some bourbon, the whole damn humidor and be perfectly happy all weekend.

Yeah I didn't give away anything that nice lol the fire box, handles and gauges look the same though. And that is a heck of a weekend plan :tiphat:

madwi 08-29-2013 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2466152)
Man, I bet the food smells absolutely delicious.. im soo jealous.

Seriously man, I have to have a big bag of jerky to munch on otherwise I'd go insane.

Chuck33079 08-29-2013 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 2466159)
Seriously man, I have to have a big bag of jerky to munch on otherwise I'd go insane.

Jerky and a bigass bag of sunflower seeds.

GaleForce 08-29-2013 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 2465582)
That's Karma for having too much awesomeness in your ride. :ugh2:

I'm not sure it's worth it. :icon17:

GaleForce 08-29-2013 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 2466002)
I got to be home for 5 hours!!!

Hooray!!!

:icon14:

JARblue 08-29-2013 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300 (Post 2466151)
ahhhh. So its safe to say, if I were to go on a roadtrip, i'd be safe to get 400 miles on a topped off tank. Thanks bro.

The only thing to be aware of if you let your fuel get low is fuel starvation. If you're cruising on pretty flat roads, no problem. But if you take a cloverleaf exit, but be wary of a right hand curve at speed with throttle. There are many people that suggest you fill up at 1/4 or even 1/2 tank. I fill up enough that doing it that often would waste a lot of my time. I take it down to one dot and --- Miles Remaining virtually every time. But I have learned my driving style vs the miles I can expect to get on a tank over time, and now I can predict how much gas I'm going to fill up with a few tenths of a gallon.

Also, note that my EcuTek tune seems to have really helped my gas mileage. Before the tune, I'm not sure I could have gotten 400 miles on a tank unless I was driving 100% highway at around 75 mph or less. This past tank, I was driving about on the highway for about half of it (rest was my daily commute in town). Almost one quarter of the mileage was on an 85 mph toll road, and I had cruise control set at 93 mph. The rest of the highway miles were mostly cruise control at 80 mph on the interstate.


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