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[vetali]

7 minutes ago, terrytek said:

maybe turbo 5 cylinder honda engine? since it's a longitudinal engine, but fwd, you might be able to hack together a rwd conversion. could make a sweet drift car.

Maybe turbo, rwd conversion would take too much time and money for my goals. Plus finding a rwd trans that has a honda bolt pattern adapter would be hard I would imagine. 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Alright guys, another one for ya.

Toyota rav 4

1997

Manual

2L engine

4 door

2WD

196k miles

 

The issue is that it stutters when you accelerate. It has been getting worse lately and it has nearly stalled at several intersections. My guess is that either the spark plugs are not firing, the fuel injection system isnt working, or it is not getting air.

 

Spark plugs are quite old but it does not seem like it would cause this

Checked and cleaned the air filter

Reseated all fuses and relays under the hood

Replaced all O2 sensors (fixed the check engine light)

 

Still has the same issues. Its buttery smooth when floored or a constant speed...

 

Tomorrow I might try reseating basically every plug under the hood to see if its just a poor connection somewhere. But the idiot light has not come on in at least 5 months, so what gives?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

 

 

 

I will check those out. By the way, its buttery smooth when floored or a constant speed...

[vetali]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

S2K tranny maybe?

Don't think they match. Hard to find stuff on Vigors. Anyway, my boss has the RWD converted Celica. Not something I want to attempt myself just from a safety and handling standpoint. 

[vetali]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

also a lot of effort when you could just get something RWD in the first place

Yeah. Just if you want anything RWD Japanese you're kinda limited here.

[MEC-777]

Where we live now - in the basement of this little bungalow.

 

Where we will be moving later this year - into my grandfather's farm house, which you can't see from the road.  What you can see (barely) is the top of the giant Quonset hut that will be perfect for working on cars.

  

 

Will post pics of the actual house tomorrow. 

[pagani123]

introducing the tesla model 3

[pagani123]

2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

I really want to have a P85 non D some day. 

personally never been a big fan of the sadans or suvs waiting for them to bring back the roadster 

[bob345]

So, the model 3 is definitely going to be a huge seller. 0-60 under 6 seconds, 215 mile minimum range, supercharging and autopilot standard. Hopefully it handles well. Anyone else get a panamara'esq vibe from the front end of the car?

[pagani123]

1 minute ago, bob345 said:

So, the model 3 is definitely going to be a huge seller. 0-60 under 6 seconds, 215 mile minimum range, supercharging and autopilot standard. Hopefully it handles well. Anyone else get a panamara'esq vibe from the front end of the car?

panamera meets model x 

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, vetali said:

Whats missing in the 3rd pic? Some sort of bracket off the intake? 

 

I remember the caddy northstar headgasket job that took like 3 weeks because of shit messing up and waiting for parts/tools. I only recall having two left over bolts. One on the ABS pump bracket which had 3 other bolts on it and was really hard to get to, and the alternator bolt from hell that everybody leaves out on those. I would say thats way more complex than that little ecoboost r&r. 

 

In other news, I found some super cheap Acura Vigors near me. Maybe a cool project car. 

yeah i honestly don't know whats missing there. could be a bracket to hold up a wire, or just a nut to hold the intake to something...

 

everything we found was easy to do, they were just lazy jerks that didn't do it and didn't inspect their own work properly. I wanted to just do it all but my friend wants to bring it back, despite me warning him they are probably gonna make him wait forever again and that's what they want so they can make more money...

[bob345]

Finally a better photo than just event ones

[bcredeur97]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

Sometimes you have to be a dick to get shit done, but just don't bite the hand that feeds you. Maybe naw on it a bit but... eeesh. Maybe time to trade it in for something else.

Yet another reason to never buy new cars is all im seeing after all of this lol...

 

Old cars are better in every single way imaginable except for the life they lived with their past owners. But even then it's easy to tell whether they were cared for or not.

[vetali]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

Yet another reason to never buy new cars is all im seeing after all of this lol...

 

Old cars are better in every single way imaginable except for the life they lived with their past owners. But even then it's easy to tell whether they were cared for or not.

Used cars already have all the weird post production kinks fixed. Especially with a new model year. Those Mustangs aren't holding any value either. 

[FuzzyYellow]

1 hour ago, vetali said:

Don't think they match. Hard to find stuff on Vigors. Anyway, my boss has the RWD converted Celica. Not something I want to attempt myself just from a safety and handling standpoint. 

which generation celica?

[vetali]

5 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

which generation celica?

6th gen. Maybe I'll get a vid of it someday.

[bcredeur97]

Oh but those 275mm Pilot super sports are amazing. 1.19 lateral G according to the in dash car G meter... With the 255mm P Zero's it only got .95 lol

 

same corner tested on both.

[Almercenary]

21 hours ago, vetali said:

Uhhh... okay then.

 

...yeah maybe we are on different pages. I regular burnout/drag events over here in aus and the LS's never sound as good. Just listen to any straight piped LS vs BBC or even SBC. 

These videos sorta do it justice, its a lot easier to make out in person.

LS motor

 

BBC

 

 

We have a rather crude saying in the burnout events, LS's sound like they have dicks in the exhaust  

I wouldn't go that far.

 

Edit - Soz for using burnout events, videos were just quicker to find.

[Almercenary]

6 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

I.... I think I need one. A lot

I have an old 4.5hp motor sitting on the shelf. One day ill get the motivation to weld something up. One day.

[MEC-777]

Tesla Model 3 is really gonna throw a monkey-wrench into the auto industry. I'm predicting a surge in more affordable, longer-range EV's coming from mainstream makers in the next few years...  They are long overdue, IMO.

[techswede]

1 minute ago, MEC-777 said:

Tesla Model 3 is really gonna throw a monkey-wrench into the auto industry. I'm predicting a surge in more affordable, longer-range EV's coming from mainstream makers in the next few years...  They are long overdue, IMO.

I still think battery powered EV's are the wrong way to go about it..

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles seems like a better idea overall 

[MEC-777]

17 minutes ago, techswede said:

I still think battery powered EV's are the wrong way to go about it..

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles seems like a better idea overall 

The main problem with battery EV's is the battery tech and charging tech. They need more range and faster charging. They have made significant strides in this over the past few years, but it still needs to come further.

 

Never been a fan of the hydrogen fuel cell concept for various reasons. For a charging station, it's not a bad idea, but for on-board fuel cell, I don't think it's the answer. 

[vetali]

35 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Tesla Model 3 is really gonna throw a monkey-wrench into the auto industry. I'm predicting a surge in more affordable, longer-range EV's coming from mainstream makers in the next few years...  They are long overdue, IMO.

Hopefully there is more options because Tesla interiors are awful from a functionality standpoint. If these cars take off and force other manufacturers to make better EVs, They'll still be trying to design them to late gen Y, early gen z buyers. Which means unintuitive and unresponsive touch screen interfaces everywhere!

[MEC-777]

23 minutes ago, vetali said:

Hopefully there is more options because Tesla interiors are awful from a functionality standpoint. If these cars take off and force other manufacturers to make better EVs, They'll still be trying to design them to late gen Y, early gen z buyers. Which means unintuitive and unresponsive touch screen interfaces everywhere!

I like the idea of the single tablet touchscreen interface - as long as it works well. 

 

 

[bcredeur97]

The Zenos E10R is pretty sweet. Has the 2.3L ecoboost from ford making 350hp and 350 ft lbs 

 

0-60 in 3 seconds 

 

carbon on fiber tub, aluminum chassis. Pretty cool:

 

http://www.zenoscars.com/zenos-e10-r/