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Automotive/Motorcycle
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http://www.frankhunt.com/FRANK/corvette/articles/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy.html Have you
ever wondered if the favourite oil
filter you buy for your car/truck is
actually a good filter? This webpage
will give you good information
including cut open views of most
common oil filters. The results will
surprise you... the popular orange
Fram filters aren't very good.
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www.blinder.dk/uk/index.htm The
only 100% effective jammer of police
laser - in fact any currently used
laser speed measurement device used by
law enforcement. :-)
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www.bowwow.ca Since 1972, Bow-Wow
Auto Parts has been importing and
distributing automotive parts through
retail and wholesale. Bow-Wow actively
conducts its business through five
outlets located throughout British
Columbia.
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www.johnsbugshop.com/Berrien_Pricing.htm Rail and
Fiberglass "Manx" style VW dune
buggies. Canadian dealer.
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www.dune-buggy.com Dune
buggy resources. Excellent how-to
article on turbos and fuel injection.
Check it out!
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www.manxclub.com This
site is put together by the inventors
of the Meyers Manx style dune buggy,
Bruce Meyers who welcomes all buggy
owners to join his site.
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www.fordf150.net A Ford
F150 truck website - see some of my
Ford tech articles here!
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www.f150online.com Cool stuff for
the Ford Truck enthusiast.
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www.f150world.com Another cool
Ford Truck website.
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www.mopacauto.com Locations in
Surrey & Vancouver, BC, and Calgary,
AB. Edmonton location coming soon! OEM
and aftermarket performance autoparts
at discount pricing. They beat Lordco
and other suppliers in pricing
hands-down. Check'em out. Lordco
actually buys from them! Do you
need flowmaster exhaust parts,
autometer gauges, K&N filters, MSD
Ignition, Crane, etc, etc. It's like
walking into a "candy store" for the
automotive enthusiast.
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www.princessauto.com Find
anything automotive and mechanical
here. Many locations across Canada.
PDF format specials flyer and catalog
available online. Find Honda engines,
hydraulic pumps & rams, hoists,
winches, compressors, axles, trailer
accessories, electrical parts, chain,
rope, mechanical tools, log splitters,
air tools, many surplus parts for
cheap, cordless batteries, small lead
acid batteries.
As a
tool/mechanical freak you MUST check
this place out. Local store
is in Langley, BC, in the Langley
Square mall south of the GM dealer on
the Langley Bypass.
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www.stangnet.com/ Ford Mustang
enthusiast site.
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www.fordmuscle.com/ Mustang site.
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www.modularmustang.com/ For
Mustang 4.6L V-8 owners.
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www.mustangworld.com/ The name
says it all.
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www.jump.net/~ferg/car.html An
excellent personal site on Ford
Mustang upgrades and parts reviews.
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www.dsm.org/ Mitsubishi vehicles
performance website.
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www.dynomax.com Need a performance
exhaust for your vehicle (with sound
files).
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www.flowmaster.com Another
reputable performance exhaust
manufacturer.
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www.spintechmufflers.com Spintech
mufflers. Unique designs. Good sound
control, no excessive back pressure.
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www.tirerack.com find tires and
rims & suspension stuff for your
vehicle. See what it looks like on
your car! Excellent prices.
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www.jegs.com/ Performance car
parts.
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www.jcwhitney.com Autoparts
mail-order website.
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www.knfilters.com/appinq.htm Find
a K&N air & oil filter model for your
vehicle.
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www.obd-2.com/ Computer
software/hardware package that can
read your vehicle's obd-2 diagnostic
codes. Runs on any PC, even do mobile
diagnostics with a notebook computer.
Affordable.
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www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_aleksnew.html
An
updated article on making biodiesel
fuel for your diesel car/truck. This
process is even better than the
simpler process which doesn't work so
good in modern TDI motors. This new
3-step process produces a VERY clean
fuel with similar specs to
commercially available biodiesel.
There are other links on the site
which also show you the original
simple method for making biodiesel.
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www.pashnit.com/zx11mods.htm
An
excellent website detailing
modifications to the Kawasaki ZX-11
from exhaust to a better windshield.
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www.hightechspeed.com/products/stealthplate/b_lcdplate.asp
Need
a license plate cover that you need to
make invisible when you go for a
top-speed run? Look no further.
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www.safetycouncil.bc.ca/motorcycle.cfm
Want
to learn how to ride a motorcycle? BC
Safety Council can train you even if
you've never ridden a bicycle. Get
your class 6 motorcycle license and
then take one of their advanced
courses. Reasonable prices too. A
non-profit organization.
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www.uoghelph.ca/~antoon/circ/flashing.htm
Pulsing
Third Brake Light flasher circuit.
These are ideal for on your motorcycle
or vehicle as a extra brake light. It
flashes 3 or 4 times, then goes solid
to bring attention to your brake
light. Makes your vehicle less
invisible to other conehead drivers.
Schematics and a circuit board diagram
are included here.
Alternative Energy &
Resources
Auction Websites
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www.ebay.com or
www.ebay.ca Looking for something
unusual? One of the largest auction
websites around.
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www.ubid.com Usually cheaper than
ebay. You need to be a U.S. resident
to use their services. Watch out for
expensive shipping rates - up to
$0.99 per pound!! Terribly slow
customer service.
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www.ableauctions.com generally too many people from the public bid at
their auctions so prices are very high. As well, their online bidding process
is a joke which times out and you lose bids as well as don't even see some
items because it times out so often so online with these folks is a complete
waste of time.
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www.lovesauctions.com better than Able above. Prices are somewhat cheaper.
You have to really watch out though and know what you're buying when it comes
to restaurant equipment. A friend of mine bought a kettle that had a burnt out
element and had to sell it at the next auction for some other sucker to buy it
so bring your electrical meter! Much less attendance at this one that Able so
it's a better auction experience. As well, the product listing is free.
Computers General &
Reviews
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www.winfiles.com find shareware
software and demo software here for
free.
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www.cnet.com Software reviews.
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www.cnet.com Shareware, freeware,
demo software downloads.
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www.2cpu.com an excellent
community for SMP system fans
(multiple cpu systems).
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www.tomshardware.com a large
community for news and reviews on
hardware.
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www.anandtech.com another computer
hardware review site.
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www.tweakhardware.com
Want to
turn your Promise Ultra100 pci card
into a Fastrak100 RAID card? Find more
hardware hacks like that on this site!
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http://bp6.gamesquad.net/ A user
group dedicated to the good'ol ABit
BP6 motherboard. The world's first
dual celeron mainboard.
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www.winamp.com the best mp3 music
player around. Lots of really neat
plugins. Shoutcast free internet radio
stations.
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www.mp3.com One of the best sites
for downloading and listening to mp3
music. Mostly no-name but great
selections. Napster is useless now so
I won't mention it.
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www.emp3finder.com/ Looking
for a particular mp3 song off the top
charts? Find it here. It's usually a
compressed zip file. Unzip it to find
the mp3 file. Watch out for pop-up ads
from hell! Usually you need a password
from another pop-up ads from hell
website. They even tried to change my
homepage. Use Ad-Aware to remove the
junk from your computer afterwards!
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www.geforcefaq.com/faq.cgi#index Nvidia
graphics cards FAQ/troubleshooting.
Great info here.
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www.mailwasher.net Tired of getting
a boatload of spam emails and other
unwanted emails or virus infected
emails? Check out Mailwasher. It's
free! You'll need to know your mail
server name, email username, and email
password for setting it up. These
details can be found in Outlook
Express by going into TOOLS, ACCOUNTS,
click the properties of your mail
account. Mailwasher lets you view your
emails on the server before
downloading them with your usual mail
program. You can delete them right off
the server as well as bouncing them
back to the sender which makes it look
like your email doesn't exist. This
software is GREAT!
Computer Hardware
Purchasing
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www.atic.ca Vancouver, B.C.,
computer reseller.
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www.a-power.com Vancouver, B.C.,
computer reseller.
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www.ncix.com Vancouver, B.C.,
computer reseller.
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www.mconcept.com Vancouver, B.C.,
computer reseller.
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www.colorcases.com/cases/cases.html
Fancy computer cases from small to
large, coloured, aluminum, server,
etc.
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www.computergeeks.com Looking
for cheap older hardware? New,
refurbished & used. Check it out.
Tip:
when I shop for computer hardware
components I always check the
reseller's websites listed above and
buy from the one with the lowest
price. Lately that has been
www.mconcept.com (MicroConcept
Systems), and they have the best
service too!
Computer Software
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www.ulead.com I use Ulead
VideoEditor that came with my ADS
technologies firewire card. I like it
a lot. Video editing requires lots of
ram, cpu power, harddrive space. See
my advice in "computers".
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www.adstech.com Pyro Digital Video
editing packages.
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http://housecall.antivirus.com/pc_housecall/
Check your computer for a virus. This
one is free. Just give them your email
address or click on "scan without
registering". You must be online for
the scan. Works fairly fast. We've had
the "snow white & 7 dwarfs" virus a
few times by email so please do check
your system from time to time.
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www.grisoft.com FREE
antivirus software! This one works. It
found some that "housecall" did not
find (above). Plus it checks email
coming in, going out as well as your
harddrive for viruses. Can be setup to
automatically do a harddrive check
late at night and get virus updates
from Grisoft every few days. Works
great for me.
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http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html
PGP Freeware. Get your free copy and
more information here.
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www.softwarebc.com/ Multimedia
Technologies. 365 W. Broadway,
Vancouver, B.C. Good selection
and prices. Advertise in local The
Computer Paper.
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www.kazaalite.com/
Looking
for an alternative to Napster, Kazaa,
Morpheus and the other P2P filesharing
utilities? Kazaalite is a hacked
version of Kazaa which doesn't
introduce spyware, adware or any other
junk to your computer.
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www.cnet.com Software reviews.
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www.cnet.com Shareware, freeware,
demo software downloads.
Cosmetics/Herbal
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www.ferlowbrothers.com The best #1
absolutely natural cosmetics & herbal
products with NO colour, NO harsh
chemicals, NO synthetic preservatives.
Skin creams, lotions, oils, essential
oils, extracts, shampoo, soap, spray,
tinctures, toothpaste. Everything from
aloe vera to devil's claw to wild yam
and in-between! New herbal body
deodorant - without aluminum!
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www.naturalhealthcoalition.ca
Consumer alert:
a website providing information
on future restrictions/regulations
limiting manufacturing and importation
of herbal products in Canada. Your
choices as a consumer may soon be very
limited and expensive!
Mountain Biking
Organic Veg/Fruit
Delivery
Real Estate Listings
(Canada)
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www.mls.ca
Canadian multiple listing services.
All provinces. Search by area, price
range, number of bedrooms,
industrial/commercial/vacation/residential,
etc. Updated very frequently.
Ultralight Aircraft
Web Search Engines
(Popular)
Local & World Maps
Graphic
Imprints/Printing
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www.hanes2u.com Buy various Hanes
clothing & t-shirt transfers plus find
free software to do it yourself.
Imprint your favourite texts/images on
t-shirts and other clothing apparel.
If you want to skip their "user
survey" get the T-shirt Maker software
here:
www.hanes2u.com/downloads/ and
download and install
HTSML102.exe and
HTSMP_1.1.exe .
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www.conde.com/index.html Dye sub
printers, wide-format, colour lasers,
t-shirt transfers, t-shirts, etc.
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www.printer-solutions.comLocal
printer specialist and reseller. Most
major brands. Specializing in colour
laser, colour wax (Xerox 850),
wide-format inkjet. Parts and
servicing for most makes. Talk to
Allan or Richard.
Webcam Stuff
Misc.
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