Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[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.

[RevoltTrain]

3 minutes 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 run nothing but 93 in the 9-5

 

Especially going to need to when I go tune

[RevoltTrain]

I may just go stage 3 and get a new downpipe while at it, (I'll end up doing it eventually anyway) then upgrade my intercooler the next paycheck?

 

Planned on taking my car to an exhaust shop for some exhaust work anyway, so doing a full straight pipe to begin with then a Cherry Bomb Vortex if it's too loud.

 

Only thing is, I'll probably have to run open downpipe for 2 weeks. 

 

I mean, it'll sound good. But daily

 

 

[techswede]

12 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I run nothing but 93 in the 9-5

 

Especially going to need to when I go tune

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, techswede said:

 

Not in my state, everywhere just one state over though

[techswede]

2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Not in my state, everywhere just one state over though

Eh i usually go for the regular 98 in my car. Sometimes i go for the 98 v power. (Different octane ratings though)

[FuzzyYellow]

22 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Saaaammmmeeeee. Especially the non ethanol stuff.

that's crazy expensive around here. like, 1-1.50 more a gallon.

[chaozbandit]

[bcredeur97]

5 minutes ago, techswede said:

Eh i usually go for the regular 98 in my car. Sometimes i go for the 98 v power. (Different octane ratings though)

98 RON is 93 AKI afaik

 

the us actually uses a different system from AKI. But the numbers are SUPER CLOSE we use the (R+M)/2 method

 

but generally I just assume it's AKI because it's only a couple

decimal points off and I think it's higher not lower

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

98 RON is 93 AKI afaik

 

the us actually uses a different system from AKI. But the numbers are SUPER CLOSE we use the (R+M)/2 method

So more or less his Camaro and my Saab take the same juice

[techswede]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

98 RON is 93 AKI afaik

 

the us actually uses a different system from AKI. But the numbers are SUPER CLOSE we use the (R+M)/2 method

Yeah i figured. 

[terrytek]

ok i'm just wondering for those of you with like part time jobs. how the fuck did ya'll get them in the first place? because i've been searching for little chicken shit jobs since june of last year yet nobody either calls me back regarding my application or straight up declines me and it just pisses me off. like what the fuck do you do to get the job?

[techswede]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

ok i'm just wondering for those of you with like part time jobs. how the fuck did ya'll get them in the first place? because i've been searching for little chicken shit jobs since june of last year yet nobody either calls me back regarding my application or straight up declines me and it just pisses me off. like what the fuck do you do to get the job?

Just keep applying. It takes a while

[techswede]

Now this is kind of neat/freaky