what have you cooked and how long does it take ? you guys who did this are making me jealous so i wanna show this to my kid on our road trip in 2 weeks to the lx forums southeastern shindig in perry ga. i got a couple of hrs driving so im curious wht we could cook
I heard about this book a few years ago. I've never tried it myself. http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/1416596232
Reminds me of when we were prototyping the GMX 230 (Monte Carlo) headlamps, we faced them up and cooked eggs on them. Those lamps throw alot of heat out.
I don't remember what we cooked on the engines. That was way before fast food joints. I remember also putting cans of food on the manifold but can't remember how long. My name is not Julia Childs! or Tedy, and this is not Roadfoods or Diners, Delies, and Dives. We'd also put meat, ears of corn, potatos, etc in foil and move our fire over then dig a hole, bury the foil, and replace the coals to cook at camp. Give the girl a break and stop at Mc D's or BurgerQueen.
Back in my prior life, after coming home from the Army, I had a job that involved, among other things, repossessing cars. Many of them from Texas and New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada came up to Illinois and had also been used for cooking. It was not unusual to find aluminum foil and chicken bones all over the engine compartment.
That's still how it is here! My boys, on the other hand, are henpecked and do most of the cooking, or buying take out. I married Dollie to cook, and clean. So far she's doing her job. She knows I have other contacts if she gets lazy! Florida is full of little ole ladies that like to bake apple pies and fry chicken! Town is only 9 or 10 miles away. Anything I try to cook on the engine is never done.
That reminds me of a funny work story. The second shop I worked at had two others working there, the owner's son and another guy, who was a good mechanic, but like me, not enough experience. He had done a full tuneup on a late '80s 2.8L S-10, and was timing it, but the truck was just running like crap. After tearing his hair out, he asked us to take a look to see if he made a mistake anywhere. I look in, and see he has the timing light pickup connected to #2 wire (#1 is on the passenger side, in reverse of almost all other GM engines), so I tell him, he hooks it up correctly and corrects the timing. Runs butter-smooth. I ask, "Where was the timing?" He says "F%&king retarded!" I then said "Just like the technician, huh?":banghead3:
