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

[RevoltTrain]

Suh dude

[FuzzyYellow]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

Ha!-Suh dUde

 

 

2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Suh dude

SAH DUDES!!!!!! uHA uHA uHA!!

[pagani123]

i need a project. anyone have any suggestions? doesn't have to be car related just really bored 

[FuzzyYellow]

2 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

i need a project. anyone have any suggestions? doesn't have to be car related just really bored 

take pictures! that's what I did.

[pagani123]

7 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

DIY mechanical keyboard

could be fun i was thinking something more engineering related though. 

[pagani123]

9 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

If I message you dimensions you could engineer and build me a trans cooler that bolts right up to existing holes so I don't have to drill into my core support  

thermodynamics is not my forte. I really want to build a hydrofoil. But i really shouldnt spend money buying an engine and fiberglass.

[pagani123]

2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

hang some Seven Marine 557's of the back of that thing and you'll take flight  

lol i think that much power might sink the boat  

[warmmilk]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

 

haha... I can hear the excitement in the pitch of your voice, especially that bit at the very end

 

hows the coolant looking?

59 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

i need a project. anyone have any suggestions? doesn't have to be car related just really bored 

Miata.  I mean look at bcredeur97, he's got all the project!

[vetali]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

 

Nice. Beat me with the cruiser. Co worker cost me about 45 minutes today. Coulda fired it if it wasn't for his screw up. 

 

Been trying to figure out whats wrong with my moms laptop so didn't have time to catch up on the thread. I hate computer diagnosis. I thought it was a software issue, but its starting to look like a RAM issue.

 

Oh we got a Mazda CX-7 2.3l turbo in today. Pretty sure it has a blown turbo. 

[vetali]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

Up sell him on an upgraded aftermarket one.

its a mom mobile. they don't need it lol. 

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

@terrytek I wish you could play this game.  

 

i would too, but stupid windows store.

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, warmmilk said:

haha... I can hear the excitement in the pitch of your voice, especially that bit at the very end

 

hows the coolant looking?

Miata.  I mean look at bcredeur97, he's got all the project!

Yeah.. I have a oddly high pitched voice when im excited. I put straight water first time and I bought some cheap oil. Let it idle a bit in shop, there was somehow not a single airbubble in the water when I tried bleeding it. (whereas before it would bubble like crazy). thats a good sign though. Drove it maybe 10 miles down the road and back. everything looked good. coolant temp topped out in the mid 180's (I have a 180 thermostat in it). Drove it back to shop, let it cool off. drained the coolant and put my real mixture in. (75/25 abouts). Coolant came out clear. Drained the oil (for a long time, both times), took out the filter. Oil looked fine. Put a new filter in and some mobil 1. Bled the coolant, again super easy to bleed. maybe one or two air bubbles and that was it. and I spent like 30 minutes to be sure. Filled up the reservoir. Everything looks good! Picked up the shop and drove it home.

 

Drive home was about 20 miles, half interstate, half 55 mph highway. Few lights here and there. Coolant temp topped out at 187F. I even hit 100mph (gently... not gunning it yet lol) and held it there for a little bit on a clear stretch. Fuel trims looked good. One of my belts was squeaking/squealing a bit. I think I need to tighten it. It's the one the A/C compressor is on because turning the ac on and off made it squeak (also, new belts). got home and had a look under the hood with my phone flashlight. Everything was dry except for the one place water drips out from the A/C as is normal. Looked like a little more than usual though. Maybe because it's been sitting. Will have to look underneath tom morning too. 

 

But yeah, looking really good  

2 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

For some reason i miss every time @bcredeur97 posts something on this thread!

 

But the real question is what the ending of "I'm never gonna ______" is...

Lol

58 minutes ago, vetali said:

Nice. Beat me with the cruiser. Co worker cost me about 45 minutes today. Coulda fired it if it wasn't for his screw up. 

 

Been trying to figure out whats wrong with my moms laptop so didn't have time to catch up on the thread. I hate computer diagnosis. I thought it was a software issue, but its starting to look like a RAM issue.

 

Oh we got a Mazda CX-7 2.3l turbo in today. Pretty sure it has a blown turbo. 

I didn't beat you. I've worked on this for 4 days. First two days I spent maybe 4 hours a day. the third day I worked on it from 8am - 9pm and today I worked on it from 1pm-11pm. Spent a good long time on that thing. (I mean I did take breaks too. but you know, longer than it could of been. if I had to do it again id be faster. Espeically since I spent a lot of time standing around thinking and making sure I was thorough lol)

2.3L turbo... is that the same as the Mazdaspeed 3/6 of old / ford ecoboost of today? 

 

Also see above for what I told @warmmilk

And... can I autocross it sunday? lol

[bcredeur97]

Also when I first started it there was a like a light stream of smoke coming from the engine near the exhaust manifold. It went away after 5-10 minutes. Guess it was the residual brake cleaner that I used on everything? Lol

 

im so happy right now  working car in the driveway again

[vetali]

22 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

2.3L turbo... is that the same as the Mazdaspeed 3/6 of old / ford ecoboost of today? 

 

Also see above for what I told @warmmilk

And... can I autocross it sunday? lol

yeah and yeah.

[warmmilk]

22 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Yeah.. I have a oddly high pitched voice when im excited. I put straight water first time and I bought some cheap oil. Let it idle a bit in shop, there was somehow not a single airbubble in the water when I tried bleeding it. (whereas before it would bubble like crazy). thats a good sign though. Drove it maybe 10 miles down the road and back. everything looked good. coolant temp topped out in the mid 180's (I have a 180 thermostat in it). Drove it back to shop, let it cool off. drained the coolant and put my real mixture in. (75/25 abouts). Coolant came out clear. Drained the oil (for a long time, both times), took out the filter. Oil looked fine. Put a new filter in and some mobil 1. Bled the coolant, again super easy to bleed. maybe one or two air bubbles and that was it. and I spent like 30 minutes to be sure. Filled up the reservoir. Everything looks good! Picked up the shop and drove it home.

 

Drive home was about 20 miles, half interstate, half 55 mph highway. Few lights here and there. Coolant temp topped out at 187F. I even hit 100mph (gently... not gunning it yet lol) and held it there for a little bit on a clear stretch. Fuel trims looked good. One of my belts was squeaking/squealing a bit. I think I need to tighten it. It's the one the A/C compressor is on because turning the ac on and off made it squeak (also, new belts). got home and had a look under the hood with my phone flashlight. Everything was dry except for the one place water drips out from the A/C as is normal. Looked like a little more than usual though. Maybe because it's been sitting. Will have to look underneath tom morning too. 

 

But yeah, looking really good  

Lol

I didn't beat you. I've worked on this for 4 days. First two days I spent maybe 4 hours a day. the third day I worked on it from 8am - 9pm and today I worked on it from 1pm-11pm. Spent a good long time on that thing. (I mean I did take breaks too. but you know, longer than it could of been. if I had to do it again id be faster. Espeically since I spent a lot of time standing around thinking and making sure I was thorough lol)

2.3L turbo... is that the same as the Mazdaspeed 3/6 of old / ford ecoboost of today? 

 

Also see above for what I told @warmmilk

And... can I autocross it sunday? lol

Haha, friend of mine is the same way when he gets excited, but he's super self conscious about... So we make fun of him even more for it, haha

 

glad to hear about the coolant and temps.  Drive it a bunch and keep an eye on everything, if all looks good I think you'll be fine for an autox on Sunday.. you dint change anything that need breaking in

[bcredeur97]

13 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Watch Braxton blow the motor, get it to his shop, order parts Saturday, they'll get here Tuesday, him and Matt will have it done Friday night. "It says allow for a 500 mile break in period then do an oil/filter change, and autocross is in 14 hours. I got this"

LOL

[bcredeur97]

26 minutes ago, vetali said:

yeah and yeah.

Interesting. Ticking time bomb  

 

sweet!

24 minutes ago, warmmilk said:

Haha, friend of mine is the same way when he gets excited, but he's super self conscious about... So we make fun of him even more for it, haha

 

glad to hear about the coolant and temps.  Drive it a bunch and keep an eye on everything, if all looks good I think you'll be fine for an autox on Sunday.. you dint change anything that need breaking in

Yeah I'm kind of self conscious about it sometimes too. Like I just made that video unlisted instead of public lol. But I guess at the end of the day no one really cares lol

 

ill see if I can get my dad to give me some

baton rouge work to drop off so I have an excuse to drive all the way out there soon ( a good 130 miles there and back).

 

one issue is I still need to look into the slightly dragging brakes on the front wheels. Maybe tomorrow. Afternoon. My legs are killing me right now I've been standing up all day last two days. 

 

But yeah if I fix that, even if it means cheap autozone pads for now then I'll go to AutoX. If I don't fix it, then I'll go anyway LOL

 

@vetali idk where you guys are located but is yall's shop air conditioned or needs to be? Ours is lol. So don't feel bad for me like I was sweating in 95F Louisiana weather all day long because I wasn't. It was a nice 75F in there or so. Didn't sweat at all. I don't know if I could of worked that long without A/C lol

[carguy86]

the starlet is getting painted TODAY, dad is coming home tomorrow!!!! things are going GOOD!

 

[PandaCopyRight]

2 hours ago, Strando123 said:

the starlet is getting painted TODAY, dad is coming home tomorrow!!!! things are going GOOD!

 

holly damm .... seems exciting ... i want pics of the painting process ... if possible  

[GlassBomb]

 

[PandaCopyRight]

49 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

 

jesus .... 52 episodes already

[chaozbandit]

One of these days, the DeltaWing will finish a race and not break anything.

 

One day.

 

 

[vetali]

7 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

@vetali idk where you guys are located but is yall's shop air conditioned or needs to be? Ours is lol. So don't feel bad for me like I was sweating in 95F Louisiana weather all day long because I wasn't. It was a nice 75F in there or so. Didn't sweat at all. I don't know if I could of worked that long without A/C lol

No heat or AC in an uninsulated shop. 

[pagani123]

1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

One of these days, the DeltaWing will finish a race and not break anything.

 

One day.

 

 

 

such a weird design

[chaozbandit]

4 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

such a weird design

Weird but it works 80% of the time. Sucks in corners but it hauls ass in the straights - a product of having very low drag, good traction, and good power to weight. Fuel efficiency is helped by having the small motor and because of lower weight, its not as abusive on tires (though the bicycle tires on the front are a definite drawback).