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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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5 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Not so much. Many modern cars have fluid filled engine mounts to help reduce the amount of engine vibration that reaches the chassis. My sister had one lose pressure on her 16 year old Focus. Replacing engine mounts is not super common, but not super rare either. 

fluid filled? i've never actually used one, i don't think. i've only had to replace one mount in the protege after a pretty bad crash, because the rubber was torn on one side. that's the only time i've ever broken a mount.

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56 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

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/

A windscreen would've been nice

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3 minutes ago, terrytek said:

fluid filled? i've never actually used one, i don't think. i've only had to replace one mount in the protege after a pretty bad crash, because the rubber was torn on one side. that's the only time i've ever broken a mount.

Indeed:

 

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Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

Indeed:

 

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huh, so that's how they work. i've never seen one before or replaced one before, so this is new.

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2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

huh, so that's how they work. i've never seen one before or replaced one before, so this is new.

Yep. Here's what it looks like when they die:

 

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17 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Yep. Here's what it looks like when they die:

 

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oh god, that's not good. i feel like the corolla has fluid filled mounts :/

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@terrytek my Corolla has fluid filled mounts. They tend to not bust though, they usually fail in other ways. Not sure why. The lower mount on mine is usually the one that fails. Have to drop subframe to get to it though. Mine has been starting to move a bit (Slight vibration) :/

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42 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

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I just love how serious he did that... got labels made and everything xD

 

and that BMW reference LOL

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I just love how serious he did that... got labels made and everything xD

 

and that BMW reference LOL

i know right ... its fking genius xD

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2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

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:

image.jpeg.636f9e001147c1fb1739e08f220ae

 

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

 

 

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12 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

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.

sustained or peak?  either way pretty impressive...  I was hitting a bit over 1.2 sustained on my RSX on Dunlop ZII's

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2 hours ago, terrytek said:

looks ND miata like in the front. actually more like new miata taillights as the headlights.

 

yeah, don't like the styling at all, especially with no grille. it just looks hideous. the model s looked fine by creating a fake grille. this just looks plain wrong.

 

um, uh, probably crash? because you're not really able to damage an engine mount unless you're in a car crash, though you could damage it offroading by bottoming out on a rock, but you're more likely to destroy the oil pan.

trust me, crazy v8 engine swaps with "universal engine mounts" from the ulongdindong district wont hold the engine for more than a few minutes while idling and much less while driving.

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28 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

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I saw that video this morning and thats how I found out about it lol

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8 minutes ago, warmmilk said:

sustained or peak?  either way pretty impressive...  I was hitting a bit over 1.2 sustained on my RSX on Dunlop ZII's

peak. Not sure what sustained was.

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Soon my source of income (Monthly grants from the government to study) will disappear.. 

Feverishly looking for a job.. Hopefully something turns up.

 

Soon the fun cars will start showing up on the used market. 

Uuurgh.. Can't wait.. I want a fun car

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Tesla model 3 is at 198K orders right now according to musk...

 

There are lines of people wrapped around blocks at the major tesla dealerships waiting to preorder their cars that are over a year away from being available...

 

what on earth is this? 

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Look at this sexy beast.

2014-chevrolet-silverado-high-country-ph

 

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8 minutes ago, techswede said:

Soon my source of income (Monthly grants from the government to study) will disappear.. 

Feverishly looking for a job.. Hopefully something turns up.

 

Soon the fun cars will start showing up on the used market. 

Uuurgh.. Can't wait.. I want a fun car

keep in mind, the most fun car is one you don't care much about... think of it like the girl you don't take home to meet your mom

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Just now, warmmilk said:

keep in mind, the most fun car is one you don't care much about... think of it like the girl you don't take home to meet your mom

The fun for me is the tinkering and wrenching. And the driving of course. 

If something breaks i think "Yay! A reason to upgrade that part!" 

Or possibly "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Performs CPR on wallet* "LIVE! LIVE DAMN YOU!"

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17 minutes ago, techswede said:

The fun for me is the tinkering and wrenching. And the driving of course. 

If something breaks i think "Yay! A reason to upgrade that part!" 

Or possibly "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*Performs CPR on wallet* "LIVE! LIVE DAMN YOU!"

this is basically what i had to do to my mother when she saw how much i spent on my pc. (sent her a text asking if i could buy a pc for the money i had saved up (2105$ USD) and she freaked the fuck out when she got a text from her bank saying that 19500 NOK had been drawn from bank acount nr. 3 (my acount))

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13 minutes ago, Strando123 said:

this is basically what i had to do to my mother when she saw how much i spent on my pc. (sent her a text asking if i could buy a pc for the money i had saved up (2105$ USD) and she freaked the fuck out when she got a text from her bank saying that 19500 NOK had been drawn from bank acount nr. 3 (my acount))

I personally don't get why parents get mad whenever you spend a good amount of money on a computer. But they don't when you spend the same amount on your car. Computers require little, to no maintenance. Where as a car drains your wallet like it is its job.

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3 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

I personally don't get why parents get mad whenever you spend a good amount of money on a computer. But they don't when you spend the same amount on your car. Computers require little, to no maintenance. Where as a car drains your wallet like it is its job.

my parents complain about both lol

 

Im one to get my car completely straight. every little thing has to be fixed lol, they think im ridiculous sometimes lol

 

I tell them though that me DIY'ing everything saves so much that it still comes out way less than if I had hired someone to do one of the bigger jobs. still less $$ in the long run. (and also the mechanics here tend to do everything wrong as seen by my friend's mustang yesterday lol)

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6 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

I personally don't get why parents get mad whenever you spend a good amount of money on a computer. But they don't when you spend the same amount on your car. Computers require little, to no maintenance. Where as a car drains your wallet like it is its job.

My mom wants me to keep the golf. (Even though she really wants it) As it isn't "An old piece of shit" (En gammal skrothög)

And she did not understand why i'd possibly need to spend 16000SEK on a computer

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43 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

I personally don't get why parents get mad whenever you spend a good amount of money on a computer. But they don't when you spend the same amount on your car. Computers require little, to no maintenance. Where as a car drains your wallet like it is its job.

same

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