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Old 02-22-2007, 02:18 PM
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Check out their testimonials page. 90% of the poor saps that have these systems installed look like young hipsters who will have no idea why their Benz has suddenly quit running. I made the mistake of letting a friend buy a 75 300D, because he thought mine was cool, and I spent countless hours coming to his aid when he couldn't figure out what was "wrong" with his car. I once drove over an hour to help him start his car only to find he'd left the automatic transmission selector in "D." Some folks have no business owning these cars. Oh well. I suppose I shouldn't stereotype; maybe these hipsters all secretly own MB valve adjustment wrenches and are down with the BB in the EGR line trick.

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Old 02-22-2007, 02:40 PM
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i had my '95 E300 Diesel converted by them and their system is superb.

granted I live in sunny San Diego, but Lovecrafts parts are great. I will admit that they are a bunch of border line hippies, but they are honest and have a great system for mercedes benz. I am a discerning enthusiast and have recommended many happy customers to them.
Talk to me when you have 100k on their system......have a good life, I don't plan on hearing from you again cause that system will never live that long
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Old 02-22-2007, 03:40 PM
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That has unit injectors, not an injection pump.
Did the powerstrokes in those always have individual injectors?

Are they more or less prone to breaking with increased viscosities?
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Old 02-22-2007, 04:56 PM
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Did the powerstrokes in those always have individual injectors?

Are they more or less prone to breaking with increased viscosities?
You can get a lot more informed response to this and other questions on http://www.frybrid.com/forum/
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Old 02-22-2007, 05:01 PM
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Check out their testimonials page. 90% of the poor saps that have these systems installed look like young hipsters who will have no idea why their Benz has suddenly quit running.
Testimonials ? it's just photos of people who just had their motor ruined without realizing it yet.
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Old 02-22-2007, 05:34 PM
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Check out their testimonials page. 90% of the poor saps that have these systems installed look like young hipsters who will have no idea why their Benz has suddenly quit running. I made the mistake of letting a friend buy a 75 300D, because he thought mine was cool, and I spent countless hours coming to his aid when he couldn't figure out what was "wrong" with his car. I once drove over an hour to help him start his car only to find he'd left the automatic transmission selector in "D." Some folks have no business owning these cars. Oh well. I suppose I shouldn't stereotype; maybe these hipsters all secretly own MB valve adjustment wrenches and are down with the BB in the EGR line trick.
Ha! They even got Arnold, the Governator. Not sure why he's rollin with Indiana plates, but how 'bout that for some irony coming from the Governor of CA?
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Old 02-22-2007, 05:35 PM
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You can get a lot more informed response to this and other questions on http://www.frybrid.com/forum/
Thanks I'll check that out.
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Old 02-22-2007, 05:52 PM
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Did the powerstrokes in those always have individual injectors?
Are they more or less prone to breaking with increased viscosities?
http://www.intellidog.com/dieselmann/injector.htm

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Old 02-22-2007, 06:01 PM
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Whew, I just read all that. Yeah lets see how long the PowerSmoke lasts with Lovecrap's "maintenance free" filtration system and thick cold WVO.
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Old 02-22-2007, 07:22 PM
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He is a con artist!.. But I guess all of you already knew that!

Check out this article on Lovecraft in the LA Weekly! This guy is truly a con artist!

http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-crisco-kid/13976/?page=1

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“Friedman, then in his late 30s, grew sick of trends. He was sick, too, of the constant responsibilities of running a business, like balancing books, managing employees and paying taxes.”

He didn’t like it because it wasn’t going to his pocket!

“Friedman didn’t care about paying bills, so when collectors called looking for money, he told them to “shove it up their a$$es.” This left his credit a smoking ruin. In fact, to this day Friedman can’t have any legal connection to the company he founded, due in part to the tax liens placed against him for thousands of dollars by the state Employment Development Department and Board of Equalization. But he didn’t care, because he was checking out of the system.”
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Old 02-22-2007, 08:19 PM
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Wow even more horsepuckey!

He soon became obsessed with alternative fuels. He started with hydrogen cells, researching something called MagneGas, a fuel made out of water, but this process proved far too unwieldy for an amateur engineer.

Umm...do you mean the process by which we call electrolysis?

Oh no too complicated!!!
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Old 02-22-2007, 10:31 PM
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amateur engineer.
I take great offense at this hack being given such an undeserved title.
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Old 02-22-2007, 11:34 PM
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I'll find a dump truck if someone can muster 10,000lbs of manure and we'll drive on down to Hollywood and show them what they're made of.
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Old 02-23-2007, 10:09 AM
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HAHAHA coke one of those babys up and see what the bill is..
$300.00 Per installed injector for rebuilt. About $500.000 each installed for new ones.
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Old 02-23-2007, 11:10 AM
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Lovecraft may be crap but is a good salesman just take a look at his business going up hill, nothing wrong with that, take a look at our president he still in office, if all that is said about lovecraft where true he will be out of business by now
C’mon guys let alone Lovecraft the guy just thinks he has the best system , everybody believes they have the best set up on the market, read the posts at this forum everybody burning wvo has the best foolproof set up on his Mercedes no matter who makes it, or if it is a home made kit.
I am not associated in any way or manner with Lovecraft I don’t even know the guy.

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