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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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6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Must be weak then

People said the same about switching from iron to steel.. that wasn't necessarily the case now was it? If both Chevy and Ford are using the transmission for towing I'm fairly confident it won't grenade on you. Those two actually durability test their transmissions a bunch.

 

What I mean by not using denser metals is they're going with parts that have either the same strength or more but not as much weight.

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What up @Strando123

 

 

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12 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

People said the same about switching from iron to steel.. that wasn't necessarily the case now was it? If both Chevy and Ford are using the transmission for towing I'm fairly confident it won't grenade on you. Those two actually durability test their transmissions a bunch.

 

What I mean by not using denser metals is they're going with parts that have either the same strength or more but not as much weight.

I wasn't aware that people said that when switching from iron to steel because afaik steel is stronger than iron....

 

but it's probably fine. I know it has a high torque rating so it'll probably last a long time under most circumstances... At least I hope it would

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Just now, bcredeur97 said:

I wasn't aware that people said that when switching from iron to steel because afaik steel is stronger than iron....

 

but it's probably fine. I know it has a high torque rating so it'll probably last a long time under most circumstances... At least I hope it would

If it didn't both companies would lose billions of dollars.

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4 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

If it didn't both companies would lose billions of dollars.

I'm just waiting for the day someone decides it's a "good idea" to make an entire transmission out of aluminum.

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20 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I'm just waiting for the day someone decides it's a "good idea" to make an entire transmission out of aluminum.

I'm wondering if titanium will ever make its way in to regular vehicles. :P

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16 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'm wondering if titanium will ever make its way in to regular vehicles. :P

it very well could, might be too expensive though :(

 

but some connecting rods use titanium though? (idk if that's from OEM's... might only be aftermarket)

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2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

I'm just waiting for the day someone decides it's a "good idea" to make an entire transmission out of plastic.

Fixed for predictions. 

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2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

it very well could, might be too expensive though :(

 

but some connecting rods use titanium though? (idk if that's from OEM's... might only be aftermarket)

the first gen nsx came factory with titanium conrods. but idk what other car does.

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2 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

7 days ago I was at 150030 miles. 

~19psi oil pressure not too low? 

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i came.

 

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1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

How many times?

a solid 10.

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I've got E34 BMW. Today my cars throttle got stuck and accelrated into infinity. A small rubber sheeth on the cable got loose and jammed the throttle. Turns out the cars actually got a recall for this issue back in the day. 

20 year old recall damn near killed me. 

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6 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

My step dad's buddy had a floor mat (aftermarket one) get stuck up under the gas pedal. Had to click it to Neutral and bounce off the rev limiter until he got the mat out and tossed into the bed of the truck going down the freeway. His butt puckered hard enough to suck up the seat is what he made it sound like.

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. Imagine doing 50 then suddenly doing 100. Gonna have to look at my transmission as I pulled on the ebrake before I shut off the car. Mate change my brakes too. 

And pants.

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6 minutes ago, goodtofufriday said:

Yeah that pretty much sums it up. Imagine doing 50 then suddenly doing 100. Gonna have to look at my transmission as I pulled on the ebrake before I shut off the car. Mate change my brakes too. 

And pants.

did you shift to neutral at least? i think that's the safest way to avoid a crash, since shifting it to neutral doesn't give the engine any power to the wheels anymore.

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4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

did you shift to neutral at least? i think that's the safest way to avoid a crash, since shifting it to neutral doesn't give the engine any power to the wheels anymore.

I hadnt initially as i panicked. After pulling the ebrake I put it in neutral And shut off the car once I got into the emergency lane. Engine was trying to rev up the whole time.

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8 minutes ago, goodtofufriday said:

I hadnt initially as i panicked. After pulling the ebrake I put it in neutral And shut off the car once I got into the emergency lane. Engine was trying to rev up the whole time.

I've been scared of this happening to me sometimes but then I remember I drive a Miata (and had a Corolla a while back) so I'd have plenty of time to solve the problem before it was a major issue... Lol

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1 hour ago, terrytek said:

a solid 10.

Dayum

1 hour ago, goodtofufriday said:

I've got E34 BMW. Today my cars throttle got stuck and accelrated into infinity. A small rubber sheeth on the cable got loose and jammed the throttle. Turns out the cars actually got a recall for this issue back in the day. 

20 year old recall damn near killed me. 

But hey the car is cool though.

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7 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

What up @Strando123

 

 

 

I know you like it but mang, you dont need to @ me all tthe damn time xD

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Finally got together a parts list for my next build I want to do next year if I can get the money around. Really hope something doesn't go wrong and I can actually get this put together. The 8350 is really starting to show it's age, even with the OC

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You kids today with your Xbox wuns, back in my day, real men played "Forza Horizon"

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16 minutes ago, Othersideguy said:

You kids today with your Xbox wuns, back in my day, real men played "Forza Horizon"

 

 

I'd still play it if i either had my 360 or my Xbone.

Unfortunately I have to settle with playing Horizon 3 on my PC instead

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Made this Magazine cover page, thoughts?

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  • Current Machine 2021 - 20XX
    • CPU: Intel i9 11900KF 3.5 GHz 8 Core 16 Thread
    • Cooler: NZXT Kraken Z73 RGB AIO
    • Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 VISION G
    • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo (Black/White) 128GB (4x32GB) DDR4 @3600 MHz CL18
    • GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB Vision OC
    • SSD: 2x 2TB Intel 660p NVMe SSDs & 1x Samsung 860 QVO 2.5 SSD
    • HDD: 2x WD Black 4TB HDDs & 2x Segate 2TB HDDs
    • PSU: SeaSonic PRIME 1300 W 80+ Platinum
    • OS: Windows 10 Pro

 

  • Retired Machine 2017 - 2021: Lenovo S20 Thinkstation 
    • CPU: Intel Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz
    • Motherboard: OEM Lenovo S20 Z79 MBO
    • RAM: 48GB (6x8GB) UDIMM DDR3
    • GPU: MSI Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti 11GB
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1 hour ago, Othersideguy said:

Made this Magazine cover page, thoughts?

Welcome to our World.jpg

 

Wrong aspect ratio but good composition.

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:'(

 

 

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