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Mar 30, 2026 | 11:15 AM

#101

kodpkd

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Good info for the LT1 engine.

Mar 30, 2026 | 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by LT1 Z51

And how is someone on YouTube any more knowledgeable than us. Not in this instance but as an internet activity, people love to post videos and proof of something or information on something.

I guess I should have a YouTube channel, then people probably would quote me in posts. I'm probably actually more knowledgeable than 95% of people on YouTube. If not more. I've not really scoured YouTube as to me it's basically crowd sourcing info. Crowds can be wrong.

Gotta look at a lot of videos and sources to find your truth...Nothing is absolute.

Mar 30, 2026 | 12:29 PM

#103

aklim

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kodpkd

Good info for the LT1 engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IkFYjPDrtY&t=169s

Great. Another influencer trying to peddle his wares. Or so it seems from the disclosure about the spiffs he gets if you buy.

Mar 30, 2026 | 08:47 PM

#104

kodpkd

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Did you watch the entire video?

Mar 30, 2026 | 08:59 PM

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aklim

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Originally Posted by kodpkd

Did you watch the entire video?

You know there is a transcript, right? I didn't see anything that jumped out. Since you have, perhaps you can share his credentials with us? What backs up his opinion besides a huge box of tools and some oil on the table?

Mar 30, 2026 | 09:01 PM

#106

aklim

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Originally Posted by LT1 Z51

Why would someone watch it? There is a 95% chance the person is not knowledgeable, ergo, waste of time.

This is what I never get about YouTube. You want to watch stuff for entertainment, fine. But its not a knowledge site. I will go looking for videos sometimes that show pictures or shots of something I want to see before doing it myself to get as many angles. Most of the time for that I have the person on mute.

There are some entertaining things, some guy posts engine tear downs and those are fun but he doesn't try to to be an expert, he gives you his opinion. It's mostly so you can see something torn down for your self.

If I can find instructions from the manufacturer or detailed pictures online I prefer that. For information I'd rather read technical papers and the encyclopedia (and a real one not Wikipedia which again is only good for "useless" knowledge but 1000% more believable than YouTube or a Podcast).

Posting a YouTube video is like saying, he go up to the corner and talk to Frank. Who is Frank and why do I care what he has to say? Screw Frank. If that sounds mean, well, it probably is.

Totally agree. Like adult movies, back in the day, it took a lot of work to produce. Today, any fool with a web cam can publish themselves. Entertaining as that might be to some, I prefer a professional not a hack.