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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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15 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Crab steering? :omegathunk:

At 45 or below the rear axle actually steers the opposite direction of the front (up to 15 degrees) and at speeds above that, it'll turn the same direction as the front axle for improved stability and the like (can't find a spec for the angle at high speeds)

 

GM-Quadrasteer-Pickup-Trucks-GM-007.png

 

(Smaller turning circle than my current daily 😄 )

 

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That full 15 degrees of angle being put to work

Quadrasteer - Wikipedia

 

 

(BTW Quadrasteer started as a $7K USD Option)

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7 hours ago, Bitter said:

Speaking of spark plugs, I really like the Denso Twin Tip Iridiums. They run really nice in my Celica and wear like iron in every car I've pulled them from to change plugs at like 100-120K they still have a gap that's in spec. Fine Iridium center electrode tip and a platinum wire on the ground strap. That eliminates the weakness in most Iridium plugs, the plain ground strap wears out long before the Iridium center electrode. My expensive Iridium IX's in the Celica only lasted about 45K miles before they were done. The Ir centers were near pristine but the ground strap was eroded in half which doubled the gap. Denso sells them in Japan under the 'Super Ignition Plug' or SIP and has been using them there for a long time. They come OE on a lot of newer Toyota, don't think I've seen them in Honda though. They're not even more expensive than other plugs which don't last as long!

Guess you’ve found the plugs for a Subaru. Put them in there and never do them again 

7 hours ago, Bitter said:

Ok, but only if you get the V10 TDI.

I’m not that rich come on lol 

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New car has been ordered, awaiting confirmation but should be delivered next sunday. Gone for something different and more interesting this time and I cant wait

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Needs money for car parts :P

 

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1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

New car has been ordered, awaiting confirmation but should be delivered next sunday. Gone for something different and more interesting this time and I cant wait

-snip-

nice man. Glad to see you're making it too (or going in to loads of debt but i hope not lol) 

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

nice man. Glad to see you're making it too (or going in to loads of debt but i hope not lol) 

Sat around doing man maths and decided a proper M car would ruin me financially. So I decided to be somewhat sensible for once. The car itself is no more expensive than what the focus cost me and now having more mechanical experience and various friends in the network it shouldn't be much more to run either. Also may have a higher paid job lined up in a few weeks time so it works out perfectly

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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12 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

yes their parts are crazy price

 

12 hours ago, Bitter said:

Ok, but only if you get the V10 TDI.

basically this .. the petrol variants are also quite expensive ... but get a V6 TDI and they are surprisingly cheap .. yet powerful enough for towing 

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I don't like it 😭

 

 

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2 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

I don't like it 😭

 

 

Now they’ll all be $200k garage queens lol

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Now they’ll all be $200k garage queens lol

 

That won't be the case when I buy myself one 😎

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21 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

That won't be the case when I buy myself one 😎

i've always wanted one. only logical thing to replace a miata with tbh  

 

I've driven an Exige Sport 260. Same guy who let me drive that car also imported an S1 here. Really cool. The S1 is so much tinier in person than it looks. You look up to lowered miata's in it lol

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

i've always wanted one. only logical thing to replace a miata with tbh  

 

I've driven an Exige Sport 260. Same guy who let me drive that car also imported an S1 here. Really cool. The S1 is so much tinier in person than it looks. You look up to lowered miata's in it lol

Did you guys ever get its sibling the VX220/Speedster?

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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37 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Did you guys ever get its sibling the VX220/Speedster?

no I don't believe so. Just you european's 

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The sound of this car is just.... amazing. Swapping the only negative, the SMG, also makes the car fantastic. Too bad it's ~ $65,000 now, otherwise I'd wait a couple more years and import one.

 

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4 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

no I don't believe so. Just you european's 

Ah that sucks, theyre a cheaper option over here inc the turbo model. Lotus' are crazy money now

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

Ah that sucks, theyre a cheaper option over here inc the turbo model. Lotus' are crazy money now

like always the whole world decides that america doesn't like sporty and value and stu stu stu from some eg6

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6 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

like always the whole world decides that america doesn't like sporty and value and stu stu stu from some eg6

 

Or maybe, just maybe, it might be because the USA is a completely different market than the rest of the world. And you lucky sods got the E60 M5 with a manual and no one else did. But BMW is on a different level of brain injury anyway.

Also, importing to the USA is probably an expense Lotus didn't want, at a time, since they were (and still are to a point) a small company. GM could have brought the VX220 overseas but for some reason they didn't? Idk, mixing those cars with the big hunky SUVs y'all get would be interesting.

Where tf did the Civic come from in the context? I'm confused

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1 minute ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Or maybe, just maybe, it might be because the USA is a completely different market than the rest of the world. And you lucky sods got the E60 M5 with a manual and no one else did. But BMW is on a different level of brain injury anyway.

Also, importing to the USA is probably an expense Lotus didn't want, at a time, since they were (and still are to a point) a small company. GM could have brought the VX220 overseas but for some reason they didn't? Idk, mixing those cars with the big hunky SUVs y'all get would be interesting.

Where tf did the Civic come from in the context? I'm confused

There is also the EPA. And the US's fucky emissions regulations.

If manufacturers could just load a bunch of euro/asia market cars on a boat and send them over to sell in the states they certainly would.

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4 minutes ago, techswede said:

There is also the EPA. And the US's fucky emissions regulations.

If manufacturers could just load a bunch of euro/asia market cars on a boat and send them over to sell in the states they certainly would.

 

I didn't mention all of that because I don't have the knowledge to back it up but yeah, this right here.

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3 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

I didn't mention all of that because I don't have the knowledge to back it up but yeah, this right here.

Then there is the Motor Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988. Which basically fucked the grey market. 
(This is why you had to wait 25 years to import a skyline)
It was basically congress going "FUCK YOU. BUY AMERICAN" (Which i agree with. But still) 

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12 minutes ago, techswede said:

Then there is the Motor Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988. Which basically fucked the grey market. 
(This is why you had to wait 25 years to import a skyline)
It was basically congress going "FUCK YOU. BUY AMERICAN" (Which i agree with. But still) 

If you want an American sports car you pick mustang or camaro.

 

not that you can’t have fun in those cars but they are just heavy fast beasts. 
 

We make nothing lightweight. Except the corvette but that’s expensive lol

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6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

If you want an American sports car you pick mustang or camaro.

 

not that you can’t have fun in those cars but they are just heavy fast beasts. 
 

We make nothing lightweight. Except the corvette but that’s expensive lol

I wouldn't call the new camaro or mustang heavy as such. They're right around 1600kg on average. Which is pretty light for a modern car.
Compared to a miata they are heavy yeah. But its still only about the same weight as an e39

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38 minutes ago, techswede said:

I wouldn't call the new camaro or mustang heavy as such. They're right around 1600kg on average. Which is pretty light for a modern car.
Compared to a miata they are heavy yeah. But its still only about the same weight as an e39

But it’s a 2 door sports car with useless back seats 😕 

 

cant justify the weight lol 

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9 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

But it’s a 2 door sports car with useless back seats 😕 

 

cant justify the weight lol 

Who cares about the weight when you can still have fun driving recklessly......?

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So, car people, I have a question:

Is there a limit to how many RPM an internal combustion engine can run at? What would enforce that maximum?

What is actually supposed to go here? Some people put their specs, others put random comments or remarks about themselves or others, and there are a few who put cryptic statements.

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