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[RevoltTrain]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Angry dog?

Crates or palettes.

I don't want bacon fenders on the daily

 

I don't want to, but there is a shop that does a great job. But it's $150 for the front, and the same for the rear. I'd rather not spend $300 for my fenders to be rolled / pulled if necessary. But I want to get things done properly

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

I don't want bacon fenders on the daily

 

I don't want to, but there is a shop that does a great job. But it's $150 for the front, and the same for the rear. I'd rather not spend $300 for my fenders to be rolled / pulled if necessary. But I want to get things done properly

Mmm.. bacon..

 

I know there's tools to do it but I've never given a thought to rolling fenders before so I don't know what you'd need to do.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I don't want bacon fenders on the daily

 

I don't want to, but there is a shop that does a great job. But it's $150 for the front, and the same for the rear. I'd rather not spend $300 for my fenders to be rolled / pulled if necessary. But I want to get things done properly

Wide body wagon

 

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

Wide body wagon

 

The best kind

[techswede]

28 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Guess I'm gonna have to learn how to roll my fenders when I get new wheels considering I'm going from an effective offset of +49 to +15 and going from a 6.5" wide wheel to 7" wide

 

Anyone have any tips?

Check if there is something like an eastwood fender roller for rent.

Pretty neat tools actually

[RevoltTrain]

With how old my car is I'm not gonna risk rolling the fenders on my own. Rather not chip my paint to all hell and have a shop properly take care of it. Even if it will cost me $300 - $400

 

The struggle of not wanting to be a hack job

 

But I really hope I won't have to roll my fenders considering how sunk in my stock wheels are. But I doubt I'll get that lucky

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, techswede said:

Check if there is something like an eastwood fender roller for rent.

Pretty neat tools actually

I knew about those, but I'm just worried about busting my paint to hell

[techswede]

Just now, RevoltTrain said:

I knew about those, but I'm just worried about busting my paint to hell

Might still happen for a pro. Old paint has a tendency to crack off

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, techswede said:

Might still happen for a pro. Old paint has a tendency to crack off

The shop will fix any issues they cause. It's the reason they can get away with charging as much as they do and do a good job

 

I mean. They do all sorts of stuff, engine building, dyno, stuff like that

 

Actually the same shop I plan on going to if I ever need dyno tuning done

 

Here's their site

 

http://strictlyperformance.parts/

 

They're our only good shop, and everyone swears by them

[BOT Edward]

So I bit the bullet and bought another bike, that makes the collection 3 now.

 

Newest edition:

2005 CBR600RR (Fuel injected 600 super-sport).

Goes wheelie good!

 

 

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 minute ago, BOT Edward said:

So I bit the bullet and bought another bike, that makes the collection 3 now.

 

Newest edition:

2005 CBR600RR (Fuel injected 600 super-sport).

Goes wheelie good!

 

 

Didn't know there was a Konica Minolta livery for it! Looks amazing!

Bet it sounds godly as well

[vetali]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Ford will apparently be implementing cylinder deactivation into the 1.0L 3 cyl ecoboost engine. 

 

Getting pretty close to having a usable 1 cylinder car lol

y tho

 

wasn't it proven that the 1.0l didn't save fuel over the 4 cylinder because you have to wring the guts out of it to get any power? 

[BOT Edward]

5 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

 

Didn't know there was a Konica Minolta livery for it! Looks amazing!

Bet it sounds godly as well

Yeah they are aftermartket fairings
Previous owner dropped the bike in his driveway and replaced them with these.

 

It's the only one getting around my state with these fairings, so it stands out quite a lot!

The yoshimura (RS-5) makes it have a nice note to it as well, keep it up in the RPM's and it sounds off its whole trolley haha!

[AlwaysFSX]

2 minutes ago, vetali said:

y tho

 

wasn't it proven that the 1.0l didn't save fuel over the 4 cylinder because you have to wring the guts out of it to get any power? 

Maybe super technically it might be able to save some fuel because there's less rotating mass?

[Squiblez]

1 hour ago, RevoltTrain said:

Orion is actually a really good driver. He was door to door tandeming with Ryan Tuereck earlier this month

I just meant that their content, modifications, and general "vape bro car enthusiast" vibe is pretty horrible

 

53 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

(Enigine Picture)

I would ask ask him (guy who Let me ship it to his work who's helping me) to unwrap it but it's still not in his shop yet. He's gonna bring a trailer tom because it'll be too difficult to get it out of a truck bed because of the height limitations of the engine hoist

looking good, why did you have them leave the auto trans on it?

 

49 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Guess I'm gonna have to learn how to roll my fenders when I get new wheels considering I'm going from an effective offset of +49 to +15 and going from a 6.5" wide wheel to 7" wide

 

Anyone have any tips?

I rolled the fenders on my 20 year old miata. Borrowed an eastwood roller. Took a few hours with the heat gun but i was able to roll all 4 completely flat with no pull at all. with minimal cracking. All the paint cracking was on the lip itself and you can just we sand and touch up paint that. No ones going to see it. Friend of mine just took his to a "professional" and the shop destroyed the rear fenders on his S2000. Im sure that I and some others can give you more advice if you decide to do them yourself. 

 

47 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I've always wondered how they deliver them lol

 

now I know 

 

I don't think I could of got that In the suburban (much less out of it) had I gone pick it up

Got mine in my Honda Element with no problems. I think this is probably the third time ive had one of my miata engines in the back of my element. Also got a long block with intake manifold on it still into the back of my girlfriends Civic once.

[MadyTehWolfie]

5 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Buckle up. Shits about to get real. 

Kid looks like hes one of the three stooges as a child.  That bowl cut.

[vetali]

31 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Maybe super technically it might be able to save some fuel because there's less rotating mass?

More air means more fuel. 

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, vetali said:

More air means more fuel. 

Yet a clogged, dirty air filter increases fuel consumption

[vetali]

11 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yet a clogged, dirty air filter increases fuel consumption

Yeah, it'll try to overcome the restriction with fuel to an extent. 

[RevoltTrain]

Do parts stores generally rent fender rollers? 

[RevoltTrain]

Starting to think I won't even need to roll or pull my fenders. New wheel will be half an inch wider, and sit maybe 30mil further out than the stock ones. 

[RevoltTrain]

15 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Those are some crispy kicks

Those Paul Walker specials

[chaozbandit]

@MEC-777

 

 

[FuzzyYellow]

I'm doing a little experiment. i get about 28MPG driving too and from work, and the Accord has a timing system that will adjust for premium fuel. I'm running a couple tanks of premium through it to see if MPGs increase. supposedly it will tune itself for around an extra 5BHP, and people report MPG gains.

 

I've driven about 100 miles with premium in there and t already feels like it runs a bit smoother. might be the placebo effect, but we'll see in a week or so when i burn more gas.

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, FuzzyYellow said:

I'm doing a little experiment. i get about 28MPG driving too and from work, and the Accord has a timing system that will adjust for premium fuel. I'm running a couple tanks of premium through it to see if MPGs increase. supposedly it will tune itself for around an extra 5BHP, and people report MPG gains.

 

I've driven about 100 miles with premium in there and t already feels like it runs a bit smoother. might be the placebo effect, but we'll see in a week or so when i burn more gas.

I've always felt like cars ran better on premium. Even the corolla.