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[Bitter]

2 hours ago, pierom_qwerty said:

My new project car. '76 Cadillac Sedan Deville with an 8.2L V8 and a carborator. Well, new for me at least.

ALL 200hp and 350lbft of low compression emissions controlled MURICAN V8 with FWD! All the wins!

1 hour ago, handymanshandle said:

Welcome to a person who loves late 90s and early 2000s cars overall.

But there's so many much better cars from that era. That covers like 3 generations of Toyota Celica, 3 generations of Mitsubishi Eclipse (if you want something USA built), a WHOLE slew of weird makes and models like the whole Eagle lineup (the Summit is weird!), the Toyota Previa a mid engine AWD super charged VAN, I mean come on man there's better weird cars than a Lincoln Towncar and even better weird cars that are more reliable.

[piemadd]

3 minutes ago, Bitter said:

ALL 200hp and 350lbft of low compression emissions controlled MURICAN V8 with FWD! All the wins!

But there's so many much better cars from that era. That covers like 3 generations of Toyota Celica, 3 generations of Mitsubishi Eclipse (if you want something USA built), a WHOLE slew of weird makes and models like the whole Eagle lineup (the Summit is weird!), the Toyota Previa a mid engine AWD super charged VAN, I mean come on man there's better weird cars than a Lincoln Towncar and even better weird cars that are more reliable.

Lmao, the car was 500 bucks and ive only had to put in 50ish to replace the alternator and itll be another 20ish to repair the cable leading from the transmission to the speedometer

[Jarsky]

17 hours ago, IKnight said:

@JarskyLooks good, but I must ask why go with a quick-release in an r33? Not like you're hurting for space in it. 

 

The car gets parked outside, and while my neighbourhood isn't too bad, its not great either for opportunistic thieves.....I take the wheel off while its parked and put a lock on it. The lock spins so you cant just put grips on it to steer. 

 

Also i'm 6'2 so the extra length is a nice spacer. 

[TVwazhere]

8 hours ago, Jarsky said:

The car gets parked outside, and while my neighbourhood isn't too bad, its not great either for opportunistic thieves.....I take the wheel off while its parked and put a lock on it. The lock spins so you cant just put grips on it to steer. 

Add insult to injury and install a kill switch >:) 

[bcredeur97]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Add insult to injury and install a kill switch >:) 

Or just pull the fuel pump/injectors fuse? Re-Install when you want to drive the car 

 

that’s the easiest way to do it in a pinch. Or if you have to leave your car somewhere 

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Or just pull the fuel pump/injectors fuse? Re-Install when you want to drive the car 

 

that’s the easiest way to do it in a pinch. Or if you have to leave your car somewhere 

Better is to have a toggle switch that lets you swap the crank signal wire from the starter to the horn relay, each time they hit crank the horn honks. That'll run  someone off pretty quick. Actually had an old car in the shop once that needed the headlights turned on to start it, the headlight circuit provided the coil power while cranking the engine instead of the starter I terminal, if anyone is old enough to remember the S and I terminals on starters and ballast resistors.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Seeing as we've all been stuck at home, decided to finally do some maintenance that I thought was going to be a  massive PITA. Replacing all spark plugs and coils, as well as installing an M3 strut brace seeing as I'd be taking out the stock strut brace anyway.

 

The amount of cowling that you have to remove to get to cylinders 3, 4, 5 and 6 is kind of ridiculous. Not too bad though, luckily no plastic clips, it's all hex head screws. Getting it back on is actually the harder part.

 

 

M3 Brace fits right on, though getting the central mount to the bulkhead is a bit of a pain.

 

 

Cowling back on. Shame that it covers up so much of the brace. Also put my BMS intake back on after running on stock for a little while. 

 

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Seeing as we've all been stuck at home, decided to finally do some maintenance that I thought was going to be a  massive PITA. Replacing all spark plugs and coils, as well as installing an M3 strut brace seeing as I'd be taking out the stock strut brace anyway.

 

The amount of cowling that you have to remove to get to cylinders 3, 4, 5 and 6 is kind of ridiculous. Not too bad though, luckily no plastic clips, it's all hex head screws. Getting it back on is actually the harder part.

 

 

 

M3 Brace fits right on, though getting the central mount to the bulkhead is a bit of a pain.

 

 

 

Cowling back on. Shame that it covers up so much of the brace. Also put my BMS intake back on after running on stock for a little while. 

 

 

Yup! I hate doing valve covers on those 6 cyl BMW not because doing the valve cover is hard but because the layers of stuff overhanging the engine and because everything back there is so heat baked it gets brittle.

 

 

Side note, more deer today!

 

[IKnight]

On 5/7/2020 at 7:03 PM, PandaCopyRight said:

i would have gotten a 2018 V60 ... if it wasnt nearly 3x as much as the V40 i got 
Man the V60 was a great car ... and fuck ... its still for sale ... 3k cheaper than back then tho   
2018 D4 with an automagic 8 speed and 12k km 

~snip~

there was also a 2014 S60 T5 awd automatic .... that was just brought in when i got my V40 ... but i cant afford the fuel for that beast especially knowing it would be dailied around town only ... plus it was sedan in a weird ass color combo ... nice dark blue exterior and the diarrhea light brown interior .... thing got sold about few hours after i got my V40. I do like my little glorified focus tho  

Not gonna lie, new Volvos are freaking expensive.... The s90 (b6 i think?) and xc60 I checked out were both around 70,000euros.... Granted nearly fully loaded . And yeah, v60s are really nice - like a baby v90 haha. What year is your little upbadged focus?  The light/dark brown interiors can be surprisingly nice irl, atleast thats what I thought. Granted the outside has to be black or white or something similar lol. 

On 5/8/2020 at 12:03 AM, iDeFecZx said:

I mean, how you gonna steal a car with no steering wheel?

I thought you'd know . 

[bcredeur97]

4 hours ago, IKnight said:

I thought you'd know . 

BYOSW — its all the rage these days 

[Bitter]

31 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

BYOSW — its all the rage these days 

Dude that used to come out to Celica meets had a 7th gen that was 'full race' because he's an egineer with big orange mud flaps, poorly made light pod on the hood, full cage, lowered with good suspension, and on it's 3rd engine because hydrolocked the other ones. Of course he had a removable steering wheel. So of course hijinx ensued and someone stole it and hid it at the meet. It was pretty funny.

 

Sadly the guy's a total assface, don't know if he's like a narcissist or autistic or just has zero clue how to socialize or what but he's a complete jerk and alienated the whole car community around Chicago from himself but can't seem to get his head out of his butt to see it. It's too bad, he's not like a bad guy he's just fucking awful to deal with and will screw someone over then turn right around and ask for help then be offended when we don't want to help him. I guess that does kind of make him a bad guy...

[Aniallation]

Still here and still haven't let go of my Protege obsession.

 

Latest shitbox:

 

[3 Lions]

@Aniallation

 

Mazda Familia BJ? 

[IKnight]

5 hours ago, Aniallation said:

Still here and still haven't let go of my Protege obsession.

 

Latest shitbox:

~snap~

@terrytekWhats the ass dynos verdict on this one?  

7 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

BYOSW — its all the rage these days 

Pikey  edit: wait i thought Dan wrote that. my bad....

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, IKnight said:

Not gonna lie, new Volvos are freaking expensive.... The s90 (b6 i think?) and xc60 I checked out were both around 70,000euros.... Granted nearly fully loaded . And yeah, v60s are really nice - like a baby v90 haha. What year is your little upbadged focus?  The light/dark brown interiors can be surprisingly nice irl, atleast thats what I thought. Granted the outside has to be black or white or something similar lol. 

the V60 i looked at was 36k it was a somewhat weird spec cause an ex-demo car ... but it looked perfect inside .... hate that i couldnt afford to get it  

ill have you know my little V40 is a 2015 and nearly fully loaded ... no focus even stands near the spec  

Also over here id rather go for the V60 ... A. it looks nicer B.i dont need the largest car possible C. its cheaper D. easier to park

the seats literally looked like someone had sharted all over the interior and the smeared it over the seats to perfectly cover them and nothing else ... it was fucking terrible looking... but the exterior color was quite beautiful ... being a dark metallic blue

[IKnight]

2 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

the V60 i looked at was 36k it was a somewhat weird spec cause an ex-demo car ... but it looked perfect inside .... hate that i couldnt afford to get it  

ill have you know my little V40 is a 2015 and nearly fully loaded ... no focus even stands near the spec  

Also over here id rather go for the V60 ... A. it looks nicer B.i dont need the largest car possible C. its cheaper D. easier to park

the seats literally looked like someone had sharted all over the interior and the smeared it over the seats to perfectly cover them and nothing else ... it was fucking terrible looking... but the exterior color was quite beautiful ... being a dark metallic blue

Soo, you've got a pimped focus? 

And yeah I'd go with a v60 too, personally. S90 was too damn big hahah. 

Also yup, that leather colour sounds prettyyyy bad... 

In other news, got hit by a cab doing an illegal u-turn..... 

Camber gang, yo! 

[Aniallation]

7 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

@Aniallation

 

Mazda Familia BJ? 

Yep. Well, it's the Protege here in North America, but Familia in most other places of the world. 

[PandaCopyRight]

On 5/10/2020 at 12:23 AM, IKnight said:

Soo, you've got a pimped focus? 

And yeah I'd go with a v60 too, personally. S90 was too damn big hahah. 

Also yup, that leather colour sounds prettyyyy bad... 

no it will be pimped when i get around to getting some fancy wheels for summer tires

[iDeFecZx]

3 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

no it will be pimped when i get around to getting some fancy wheels for summer tires

fat multi piece wheels with tyres that arent wide enough?

[PandaCopyRight]

59 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

fat multi piece wheels with tyres that arent wide enough?

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK that

Current idea is this at 17x7

[3 Lions]

Despite the weird styling and low quality interior, the Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth Neon is actually a really capable car.

 

 

Edited May 11, 2020 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[Bananasplit_00]

GSX750ES is in its new garage now! Checked out the chain and sprockets properly and besides a bit of tentioning needed they seem in good nic. Got all the loose rust flushed out of the tank too, took a while but now it's finally ready for the rust converter to go in. Once I have done that and gotten the fuel tap to unfreeze its time to put some new fuel in the bike and take it for a putt about. Might just sell it once I'm at that stage tbh, pretty much lost interest in it. Feels like my GS500E all over again and it's just not really fun to do the same bike twice.

 

Speaking of the GS500E I have absolutely no clue what's going on with it. It got towed away to a workshop and they haven't answered my emails or calls. It's been there over a week now... ssucks to not have anything to ride, I am really not enjoying taking public transport everywhere

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Damn, this is one hell of a steal!  Sale ends at midnight.  If you were wanting a 1/2" cordless impact this is the time to buy.  I know I was talking earlier in the thread about wanting a 1/2" cordless for tire changes, and I just cannot pass this up.  And you also get a lifetime warranty if you register the gun with Rigid.

 

Over 50% off a Rigid 18v 1/2" impact at Home Depot with battery and charger for $150.

 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-18-Volt-OCTANE-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Brushless-4-Mode-Compact-Impact-Wrench-Kit-with-1-4-Ah-Battery-and-18-Volt-Charger-R86011SB/303037082

[Mr.Meerkat]

My car just had a MOT test and it's not looking good...

Big yikes, can't wait for the expensive bill I'm getting!

 

The brakes and bearing, I knew they needed replacing for about 3 months but didn't really get a chance to do anything about it (damn 'rona).

Coils, it's one of the most common failures so not surprised. 

Front tyres are getting pretty close to legal limit but is fine for now.

Nail in offside rear tyre doesn't surprise me as it has slowly been leaking air (about 2psi/month). 

The rest aren't as important, especially the headlight issue as Alfa's mounting system for the bulb is stoopid, can barely get my thin hands in so wouldn't be surprised if when I replaced my bulbs, I didn't "clip it all the way in". 

[GDRRiley]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

My car just had a MOT test and it's not looking good...
 

Big yikes, can't wait for the expensive bill I'm getting!

that looks rough.

I feel the needing to do brakes and putting it off