Looking for Parts for the Jetta

I was curious about purchasing a new intake/air filter assembly for the Jetta and I came across an interesting article regarding how the on board computer works in my car. Here is what I found.

The vehicle's engine management system takes two readings regarding airflow. The first is mass air flow which the EMS uses to calculate how much fuel it can give to the motor and not smoke (because I have a TDi). The second reading is boost pressure, the EMS uses this reading to regulate boost pressure for maintaining a specific mass air flow.

When one claims that a filter or intake helps to develop more power it can only mean one thing, some property of the filter or intake must have caused more airflow and thus, more fuel is being injected. Cramming more air into the intake must mean that you are creating more boost, however the EMS has a pre-programmed control system that regulates the engine between specified parameters. If the EMS can to maintain the specified level of mass air flow it doesn't matter how much or how little restriction there is before the turbo. The EMS will see that and use the variable nozzle (the gas throat section at the inlet) on the turbo to reduce the boost and put the airflow right back to where you were with the paper filter.

Unless you are unable to maintain the desired boost level with your current intake system a higher flow airfilter WILL NOT HELP YOU. Less restriction is less fuel, no more power at wheel but less fuel for same power.

When Drug Deals Go Bad......

Sorry for the blurry picture, but I was taking them from behind my screen door. Those are ALL undercover police vehicles.
A little back story, directly across the street there is a 18 year old kid (Cory) that just graduated from High School and has been having problems with myself and my neighbor to the left, typical punk. He was jailed back in May for negligent use of a firearm for two months, he has been out of jail for only a month. The Mexicans that live directly across the street from him, the younger brother just got out of serving 2 years for a drive-by shooting in Lovington, I think that you see where this is going.
Friday night there was at least 5 police cruisers at the house, where the Key Energy truck is because Cory stole some beer from an Allsups is his mom's (he doesn't own his on car) 1980-something blue and gold suburban. This little shit was actually is his front yard yelling at the Police about his innocence and that the cops are just harassing him. The police didn't take him that night because they couldn't find any of the stolen property from the convenience store and because the surveillance tape had not yet been reviewed, however they were at his house for a good 3 hours.
Apparently later that night a drug deal went bad over in Lovington (2o Miles away) and my neighbors youngest son almost got beaten to death with pipes and a crowbar. So... his older brother and Cory across the street went back to Lovington and stabbed one of the guys that beat on the brother. What you see in the photo is both houses being raided Monday afternoon. So far there are two people in the critical condition in Lubbock from this incident, one for the beating and the other for the stab wounds, both have a 20% chance of living. The house were the semi truck is parked (the white house), the police took 2 pistols and a bunch of drugs. They didn't find anything in the mexicans house (which is two doors down from me on the right). I was told they trashed both houses looking for evidence, drugs, tossing over furniture, beds, emptying the cabinets and drawers, the works.
I am ready for my house to close, the neighbors told me that they are receiving death threats over the phone about the incident. Thats all I need is to catch a stray bullet from fucking drug dealers. I'll be out of here by the end of Sept.

Pictures of the House

Here are a few more pictures of the house that Belinda and I are trying to buy. We had the home inspection on Thursday and the only major problems with the house is evidence of termite damage in the garage, not the house. Other than that their were a few 'nit-pic' issues, which made us very confident in our offer and hopefully soon purchase of the home.
The white lamp in the picture of the backyard is actually burns natural gas, don't see too many of those anymore.

YUM!

Belinda and I went to Albertson's yesterday and picked up 90lbs of Hatch Green Chile. They had 30 lb bags for $15. Perhaps the only saving grace of New Mexico.

The Money Tree

I am not much of a gamblin' man. My older sister 'drove' down from Rock Springs Wyoming this past weekend and I got to spend some time with her. There is a Casino here in Hobbs that she drug me too, hey, she paid for my drinks. I think in the 4 years the Casino/Race Track has been open I have been a whopping 4 times and 3 of those times was to watch the horses. I have been to Vegas so some little Indian Casino doesn't really do it for me, but this time it did. I walked in with $20 and left with $600 playing the $2 slots.

Finally

I finally received my all-in-one Brinkman griller smoker. Some assembly was required but it wasn't that bad. I also received my cigar from Justin as well, Danke schön!

House

Belinda and I made a bid on a house. We have gotten to that point were we are tired of paying rent and dealing with slumlords. The housing market has progressed into everyone believing that their property is worth more because Hobbs has a Casino and Horse Race Track and the oil business is booming. Our rent has increased by 60 percent in the last year. Its impossible to find a rent house for less than $600 and less than $1000 for something decent. I know that it doesn't 'seem' expensive, its just that this area is trying to male a quick buck. So as is, our new house will close by September 14.

Fun with the Kittie

He knows there is a mouse in there.

Happy Birthday Belinda

Diet to the Coke.

They still sell these things?

I was driving home from Albertson's yesterday and saw this gem parked in someone's driveway. Seeing this car made me refresh my memory of the vehicle, thank you wiki. I found some interesting facts about the car aside from the obvious ones about fumes entering the car; all the bad ones. A few things that I found is that the car had no 'Park' for the two-speed Powerglide that Chevrolet employed. The gear selector went as follows: R-N-D-L. Also the air cooled flat six that was mounted in the rear was a common upgrade in Volkswagen Dune Buggies. The six cylinder was also offered with a factory turbo producing about 180 hp seen here. It says TURBOCHARGED and has checkered flags and everything.
Reminds me of Civics that have the POWEREDD BY HONDA! stickers across the hood. Or maybe I totally missed the concept and the Honda's are really powered by this.

Yea, it tasted Bad.

I have this really bad habit of buying bottles of wine (turns out this was the malt liquor of wine) because the label looked cool. Albertson's gives you a 10% discount if you buy 6 bottles at once.
The only time buying wine based on a cool label that ever worked was a brand called Cheap Red Wine, I still have the bottle. One a side note I wasn't buying the wine to impress a date or some company.

As for this mistake, apparently Sideshow No. 4 Puppetmaster or whatever the hell it is consists of a mixture of two other awful tasting wines, syrah and malbec. Apparently I did read the label after all because I wanted to know what the hell was is this concoction. I have come to the conclusion that really good wine comes with generic labeling AND CORKS (and dust on them). Really bad wine comes with a twist top and story on the side of the bottle to make you go, huh I wonder what this tastes like. However from my experiences from drinking beer the cooler the bottle looked the better the beer taste.