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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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@MEC-777 Canadians have solidified their places on the podium. Both James Houghton and Will Au-Yeng are lapping consistently in the low-mid 1:43s, with the Dai Yoshihara trailing a few tenths behind. Surprisingly, Chris Boersma clocked a fast lap of 1:51.000 dead!

 

 

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Guess who is now the proud owner of a 1:18 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3!? 

 

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Ayyy this guy! Managed to snag the last one in stock. Now, back to drinking because it's friday night.

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9 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Guess who is now the proud owner of a 1:18 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3!? 

 

Ayyy this guy! Managed to snag the last one in stock. Now, back to drinking because it's friday night.

 

115$?

Holy fuck.

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Reasons I want to run a cone on my car:

 

 

 

 

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Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

115$?

Holy fuck.

 

It's an autoart - I'll take any discount I can get even if it means getting shafted by buying outside of country. AutoArts are easily 300-400 after taxes for a good, mainline model here in Canada.

 

Model Citizen was running a 16% off sale. $140 USD including shipping, and at the current conversion I'm still sitting under $200 CAD shipped to my house. 

 

Sure it's one of their earlier casts, but it's my first quality 1:18 and I couldn't be happier. Now... to hunt down those pesky 1:18s at Costco...

 

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These ones are slightly cheaper at $60 CAD, but they're no AutoArt! (Maisto/Kyosho make good stuff tho).

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3 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Reasons I want to run a cone on my car:

 

 

 

 

doo eet. turbo spool is amazing.

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in other news, i'm considering buying a fully loaded 2004 honda odyssey and just airbagging it because #vankulture. in all seriousness, i actually like a nice minivan on coils or airbags.

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1 minute ago, chaozbandit said:

It's an autoart - I'll take any discount I can get even if it means getting shafted by buying outside of country. AutoArts are easily 300-400 after taxes for a good, mainline model here in Canada.

 

Model Citizen was running a 16% off sale. $140 USD including shipping, and at the current conversion I'm still sitting under $200 CAD shipped to my house. 

 

Sure it's one of their earlier casts, but it's my first quality 1:18 and I couldn't be happier. Now... to hunt down those pesky 1:18s at Costco...

 

These ones are slightly cheaper at $60 CAD, but they're no AutoArt! (Maisto/Kyosho make good stuff tho).

 

Mate. I don't know shit about diecasts, so you can talk me some of the biggest bullshit that I'd probably still take it as true... xD

But, holy fuck, that's a whole lot of money for a "car".

 

You might just have spent how much I get from my parents to spend on a whole month on that xD

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Just now, terrytek said:

doo eet. turbo spool is amazing.

Just trying to figure out what I'll need to do. I'll look in the engine bay tomorrow at some point to see what I need to get the project done. Probably going to pick up my cabin air filter and stuff to do an oil change when I pick up the stuff for this project

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7 minutes ago, terrytek said:

doo eet. turbo spool is amazing.

Listen to this stock elsewise 2.3t with a muffler delete. I need to just hack my muffler off really and fab up some pipe to go after it

 

 

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5 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Mate. I don't know shit about diecasts, so you can talk me some of the biggest bullshit that I'd probably still take it as true... xD

But, holy fuck, that's a whole lot of money for a "car".

 

You might just have spent how much I get from my parents to spend on a whole month on that xD

 

LoL the sad part is, this one car is still cheaper than the majority of my university textbooks.

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25 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Guess who is now the proud owner of a 1:18 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3!? 

 

Ayyy this guy! Managed to snag the last one in stock. Now, back to drinking because it's friday night.

$115 hory sheet

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13 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Listen to this stock elsewise 2.3t with a muffler delete. I need to just hack my muffler off really and fab up some pipe to go after it

 

 

i like it. unlike most 4 bangers with a muffler delete, which just sounds like pure fart, this actually sounds quite throaty.

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11 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

$115 hory sheet

It's a steal if you're in the US. $100 after the 10% discount, then shipping to whatever state you're in. 

 

It's hart to beat AutoArt quality.

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OMG I DID THE HEEL TOE THING TONIGHT


I ACTUALLY DID IT.... MULTIPLE TIMES!!! IM NOT A FAILURE! xD

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1 hour ago, terrytek said:

i like it. unlike most 4 bangers with a muffler delete, which just sounds like pure fart, this actually sounds quite throaty.

Imagine that with a cone intake too ???

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4 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Imagine that with a cone intake too

then you'll have some nice spool paired with a throaty exhaust. it's a nice compromise for a fwd car if you ask me.

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damn, i didn't think bearings can glow red hot. i wonder how long they've been driving on such red hot bearings.

 

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2 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

It's a steal if you're in the US. $100 after the 10% discount, then shipping to whatever state you're in. 

 

It's hart to beat AutoArt quality.

I dunno why I've just never really been interested in the models of cars all that much.

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42 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Can't watch the video right now, did they blow the wheel bearings or engine bearing?

wheel bearing. but it looks like the bearing just fused. i was quite surprised that can even happen. but i think he's somewhat lucky it wasn't an engine bearing, since it requires an entire engine teardown essentially to replace em.

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Guys... I'm in a bad way right now. There's an '05 boxster in great condition calling my name right now, but the holiday season is right around the corner...

Do I drop the savings on the car, or hold off until after I've bought presents for the families and see whats available after.

 

I mean, those earlier 2000's boxsters are popping up everywhere right now in my area for pretty cheap, so I'm certain I'd still be able to get one in similar or better condition after december... But like, do I just be selfish and get it now and give shitty presents like sweaters or meme-political stuff, or do I wait another couple months and give really good presents to the relatives, then pick up a new car... I can't decide what so ever...

 

Should I be the better person... or go full on Scrooge this year and hope they understand...

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Atmos said:

Guys... I'm in a bad way right now. There's an '05 boxster in great condition calling my name right now, but the holiday season is right around the corner...

Do I drop the savings on the car, or hold off until after I've bought presents for the families and see whats available after.

 

I mean, those earlier 2000's boxsters are popping up everywhere right now in my area for pretty cheap, so I'm certain I'd still be able to get one in similar or better condition after december... But like, do I just be selfish and get it now and give shitty presents like sweaters or meme-political stuff, or do I wait another couple months and give really good presents to the relatives, then pick up a new car... I can't decide what so ever...

 

Should I be the better person... or go full on Scrooge this year and hope they understand...

 

 

idk, i wouldn't want my families to think i'm selfish for dropping my savings on a car instead of presents. i'd wait tbh.

 

and besides, where do you live? depending on location, owning a boxster through winter can be hell.

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Just now, terrytek said:

idk, i wouldn't want my families to think i'm selfish for dropping my savings on a car instead of presents. i'd wait tbh.

 

and besides, where do you live? depending on location, owning a boxster through winter can be hell.

I'm smack dab in the middle of "Just Slightly Too Hot" and "Way Too Expensive to Live" SoCal. Weather is the least of my worries. I literally can take my motorcycle out into the canyons just about 350 days a year without a single worry. Who says droughts are all bad eh?

 

I've been leaning on the fence to just wait, but there's that damn nagging voice in the back of my head screaming "just do it, you won't regret it for at least another month!".

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4 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Listen to this stock elsewise 2.3t with a muffler delete. I need to just hack my muffler off really and fab up some pipe to go after it

 

 

Yep. Straight piped turbo engines = :x

3 hours ago, terrytek said:

i like it. unlike most 4 bangers with a muffler delete, which just sounds like pure fart, this actually sounds quite throaty.

Because turbo. It actually muffles it quite a bit. Lots of turbo'd cars can be run straight piped and not be overly loud. ;)

2 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Imagine that with a cone intake too ???

Have an open cone filter and *almost* straight piped exhaust on the Golf. It sounds wonderful. :D  

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Just had the new 383 Chev running for the first time, straight out of the headers. I recorded it with my studio mic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ifb92yqv71bmie/VetteWAV.wav?dl=0

 

Gotta love that cams note! Can't wait to have the new composite rear spring and the new sway bar in so it can be driven, when they actually arrive from the US...

 

P.S. neighbors weren't happy :P

P.S.S. it wasn't tuned so I will record with with the mufflers on and a tune.

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