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[RevoltTrain]

 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Belt was easy. Not the easiest car I've ever done but not hard at all.

 

this thing looked like the hood hasn't been opened since it was new. Dirt and grease and junk everywhere. So naturally being the nice guy I am, I had to clean it up a bit as I went. Go the extra mile, per say. Just wiped stuff down as I went. 

here ate was end result:

the belt was in shambles. Looked like it would fly apart at any minute. Probably original...

Damn that was dusty.

19 minutes ago, 711jrp said:

De-stroked

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[pagani123]

I have a sudden urge to buy an old beetle engine replicate their mods and end up with this sound.

 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, GlassBomb said:

Those headlights really could use some TLC.

Ha! That should be the least of their concerns considering I had to jump on the throttle to simply start the thing (and there was a CEL but it was only for the fuel level sensor in the gas tank so idk why it didn't want to start, long term fuel trim was like -13% though)

[chaozbandit]

Just need to hunt down the GT, and a few $THs before I call it done for now. Also need a case.

[GlassBomb]

>Mention on twitter that you can't use the AUX and charge your iPhone 7 without adapters, etc.
>Person replies, saying "Cars have bluetooth now..."

Because going out and buying a new car is the solution...

[bcredeur97]

http://speedyroute.com/ worked amazing for route plotting those 85 houses. If you guys ever need to make a gigantic route of up to 500 waypoints then use them! $8.50 for 48 hours of access is totally worth it for business purposes.  

 

 

that said ill be on the road for 9.5 hours tom. Plan is to leave at 5:50 AM so I get there for sunrise  

[pagani123]

10 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

http://speedyroute.com/ worked amazing for route plotting those 85 houses. If you guys ever need to make a gigantic route of up to 500 waypoints then use them! $8.50 for 48 hours of access is totally worth it for business purposes.  

 

 

that said ill be on the road for 9.5 hours tom. Plan is to leave at 5:50 AM so I get there for sunrise  

Were you paid to say that  where are you going?

[bcredeur97]

5 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

Were you paid to say that . Also where are you going?

no. I'm going to all these places in this order (see spoiler)

 

reason is for money. I get $3.50 a house. Have to take 10 pictures of the front of each (why so many I have no idea) I'm told it's for FEMA estimations and so they can get an idea of whether certain places were flooded or not. But the job itself is like passed through 3 different companies before it ended up in my hands lol (FEMA, an insurance company, my friend matt's preservation business, and then he passed it to me).

 

Now to figure out what to do if someone asks me why im taking pics of their house on a saturday...
 

Spoiler

2641 Court St Port Allen LA 70767
731 S 14th St Port Allen LA 70767
613 Eucalyptus St Port Allen LA 70767
407 Whitehead Blvd Port Allen LA 70767
633 Ave C Port Allen LA 70767
768 Avenue E Port Allen LA 70767
556 Avenue E Port Allen LA 70767
577 7th St Port Allen LA 70767
731 Georgia Ave Port Allen LA 70767
360 Michigan Ave Port Allen LA 70767
3246 Rosario St Port Allen LA 70767
4623 Cherrywood St Port Allen LA 70767
122 Rosebud Dr Port Allen LA 70767
733 Wilma Ln Port Allen LA 70767
669 Wilma Ln Port Allen LA 70767
855 Esperanza Dr Port Allen LA 70767
5272 Eudora Dr Addis LA 70710
5363 Myrle St Addis LA 70710
5255 Myrle St Addis LA 70710
4793 Myrle St Addis LA 70710
4663 Avery Grace Blvd Addis LA 70710
7560 Ed Lejeune St Addis LA 70710
18630 Santa Maria Pkwy Baton Rouge LA 70809
43437 Moody Dixon Rd Prairieville LA 70769
544 N Pine St Gramercy LA 70052
307 N Ezidore Ave Gramercy LA 70052
738 N Ezidore Ave Gramercy LA 70052
12235 Dey Say St Lutcher LA 70071
2528 N Nobile St Paulina LA 70763
2750 N Nobile St Paulina LA 70763
32424 Carolyn Dr Paulina LA 70763
3537 Irene St Paulina LA 70763
3399 Bourbon Street Paulina LA 70763
3800 LA-44 Paulina LA 70763
22835 N Oak St Vacherie LA 70090
13347 Sugar Estates St Vacherie LA 70090
546 E Main St Brusly LA 70719
144 Julien St Brusly LA 70719
149e E St Francis St Brusly LA 70719
240 W Main St Brusly LA 70719
243 Oakbend Dr Brusly LA 70719
210 Willow Oak Dr Brusly LA 70719
350 Willow Oak Dr Brusly LA 70719
428 Quiet Oak Blvd Brusly LA 70719
2939 Red Hat Rd Brusly LA 70719
3205 Louise Dr Brusly LA 70719
3156 Cattle Ln Addis LA 70710
1875 Auguste St Port Allen LA 70767
1830 Auguste St Port Allen LA 70767
2001 Willow Glen Ave Port Allen LA 70767
2160 Levert Ave Port Allen LA 70767
1957 Safford Blvd Port Allen LA 70767
1906 Fairview Ave Port Allen LA 70767
4334 S River Rd Port Allen LA 70767
2409 Oak Alley Port Allen LA 70767
2704 Riverside Dr Port Allen LA 70767
2632 Riverside Dr Port Allen LA 70767
3472 Allene St Brusly LA 70719
3801 Live Oak Dr Brusly LA 70719
4444 Tres Ln Brusly LA 70719
4612 McKenzie Ln Brusly LA 70719
4118 Poplar Grove Dr Addis LA 70710
3949 Monte Vista Dr Addis LA 70710
3830 Poplar Grove Dr Addis LA 70710
4085 Carolina Dr Addis LA 70710
4457 Little Hope Dr Addis LA 70710
4343 Stonewall Dr Addis LA 70710
1969 Allene St Brusly LA 70719
1546 Allene St Brusly LA 70719
3771 Emily Dr Port Allen LA 70767
822 W Lake Dr Port Allen LA 70767
668 W Lake Dr Port Allen LA 70767
348 Montrachet Dr Port Allen LA 70767
6948 Section Rd Port Allen LA 70767
4016 Treuil Rd Port Allen LA 70767
4137 Treuil Rd Port Allen LA 70767
4042 W Airline Park Dr Port Allen LA 70767
4316 Coffield St Port Allen LA 70767
4161 Walnut St Port Allen LA 70767
4395 Balis Bypass Port Allen LA 70767
783 W Acadian Bayou Ln Port Allen LA 70767

 

[terrytek]

13 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

>Mention on twitter that you can't use the AUX and charge your iPhone 7 without adapters, etc.
>Person replies, saying "Cars have bluetooth now..."

Because going out and buying a new car is the solution...

well i mean you can always retrofit bluetooth through aux with a dongle, if you don't mind it looking kinda out of place. and besides, you were never able to charge your iphone (or any phone for that matter) directly through aux in a car. i mean, none of my cars have bluetooth, but the corolla has an aux port, and i can just buy an bluetooth adapter through aux to play music and also for hands free.

[AlwaysFSX]

#BringBackEnginesThatActuallySoundGood

 

[GlassBomb]

Just now, terrytek said:

well i mean you can always retrofit bluetooth through aux with a dongle, if you don't mind it looking kinda out of place. and besides, you were never able to charge your iphone (or any phone for that matter) directly through aux in a car. i mean, none of my cars have bluetooth, but the corolla has an aux port, and i can just buy an bluetooth adapter through aux to play music and also for hands free.

My car is 15 years old at this point. And didn't come with an AUX (nor BT, go figure).

 

My point is that you can't have a simple solution of just hooking up the phone without adapters and stuff. Unless you feel like wiring a dedicated lightning cable under the dash or something that hides the adapter.

[terrytek]

5 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

#BringBackEnginesThatActuallySoundGood

 

wow, i knew the engine was gonna be powerful, but there is like NOTHING to back up that power. like no exhaust note that proves how mean this engine is. i mean the engine is powerful, no doubt, but that exhaust is just too damn restrictive.

 

4 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

My car is 15 years old at this point. And didn't come with an AUX (nor BT, go figure).

 

My point is that you can't have a simple solution of just hooking up the phone without adapters and stuff. Unless you feel like wiring a dedicated lightning cable under the dash or something that hides the adapter.

well it's an e46, does it not have the flexible electronics system, that, in the 4th gen, allows for a widescreen head unit with bluetooth and aux, or does it not fit a widescreen in there?

and aftermarket head units, like those offered by Pioneer and Kenwood dual din systems, have ports in the back of the unit to hide the cable for things like android auto and apple carplay.

[AlwaysFSX]

8 minutes ago, terrytek said:

wow, i knew the engine was gonna be powerful, but there is like NOTHING to back up that power. like no exhaust note that proves how mean this engine is. i mean the engine is powerful, no doubt, but that exhaust is just too damn restrictive.

Not loud =/= restrictive

 

Just means they didn't make it sound worse.

[terrytek]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Not loud =/= restrictive

 

Just means they didn't make it sound worse.

ok but its too quiet for my tastes.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

ok but its too quiet for my tastes.

I just want a V8 in the truck..

[terrytek]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

I just want a V8 in the truck..

i miss the v8 too. but hey, over 400hp in that twin turbo v6. paired with a lighter body truck, it should go.

[GlassBomb]

28 minutes ago, terrytek said:

well it's an e46, does it not have the flexible electronics system, that, in the 4th gen, allows for a widescreen head unit with bluetooth and aux, or does it not fit a widescreen in there?

and aftermarket head units, like those offered by Pioneer and Kenwood dual din systems, have ports in the back of the unit to hide the cable for things like android auto and apple carplay.

I might be able to retrofit an AUX jack with my current head unit. But it would require me to tear down my dash in order to access the head unit. Not really something I am too comfortable with.

 

And as for aftermarket stuff. I puke at the thought of installing one. All of them looks horribly out of place. NEVER. EVER.

[terrytek]

Just now, GlassBomb said:

I might be able to retrofit an AUX jack with my current head unit. But it would require me to tear down my dash in order to access the head unit. Not really something I am too comfortable with.

 

And as for aftermarket stuff. I puke at the thought of installing one. All of them looks horribly out of place. NEVER. EVER.

seriously? i thought you can just remove the knobs, undo a couple screws, and pull it out.

 

and i can actually tolerate the aftermarket stuff, at least the quality stuff. as long as i can get an adapter to fit whatever car i want, it shouldn't look too bad, especially in cars which can natively fit double din systems.

[GlassBomb]

2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

seriously? i thought you can just remove the knobs, undo a couple screws, and pull it out.

 

and i can actually tolerate the aftermarket stuff, at least the quality stuff. as long as i can get an adapter to fit whatever car i want, it shouldn't look too bad, especially in cars which can natively fit double din systems.

Yeah. You have to remove some of the paneling to get to the back of it.

 

And the E46 uses a normal double-din in terms of height. But it's wider than a normal din.

 

Here is what most aftermarket head units will look like.

 

[AlwaysFSX]

23 minutes ago, terrytek said:

i miss the v8 too. but hey, over 400hp in that twin turbo v6. paired with a lighter body truck, it should go.

Sounds bad, bad throttle response, probably just as bad gas mileage.

 

I really don't see a point to it.

[GlassBomb]

Also, I have said this before. But I just become aggravated whenever I see Snowcat and his videos.

 

Edit: To drive my point home. The guy needs to forgive and forget. He gets riled up whenever someone does something wrong, even going so far as to provoking them by excessively honk and rev at them, sometimes even stop to yell at them. I just see this as road rage, and large quantities of it as well.

 

He shouldn't say anything. Just shake his head, and go on his merry way.

[terrytek]

3 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

Yeah. You have to remove some of the paneling to get to the back of it.

 

And the E46 uses a normal double-din in terms of height. But it's wider than a normal din.

 

Here is what most aftermarket head units will look like.

 

ah, i guess it was only the m3 that allowed a 16:9 stereo setup, the same one in the e39 m5. unless you can relocate the hvac controls and allow the MKIV system retrofit. but i see your point about how aftermarket kits might look ugly. i typically hate most single din systems, because of the stylistic aspects that just disgust me. i'd buy one if it was cheap and actually looked good, which isn't a thing. that's why i like touchscreen double din systems.

 

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Sounds bad, bad throttle response, probably just as bad gas mileage.

 

I really don't see a point to it.

emissions? typically they emit less emissions than a comparable v8.

[kittycannon]

On 9/9/2016 at 1:33 AM, AlwaysFSX said:

Don't forget to slam it and camber it.

[AlwaysFSX]

50 minutes ago, terrytek said:

emissions? typically they emit less emissions than a comparable v8.

Nope, same amount of fuel going through it pretty much.