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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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Just now, Maybach123 said:

oh lol didnt see it 

lol literally posted maybe 30 seconds before you posted

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@bcredeur97 it might just be my luck this finals week, but i think you were right when you said "what might go wrong will go wrong" on finals week. it's only monday, and i already managed to cause even more internal pain when i accidentally stabbed my open wound with the tip of a pencil, and to add injury to that, the one day i don't bring full water bottles to school, the entire school drinking water system is chlorinated, unsafe to drink. i literally was dehydrated the whole day, and even threw up. :/ it's only monday, and shit has gone so wrong.

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1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

This is a car thread, and I am a car noob. Does anyone know what a turbocharger does, and how it works? Dumb it down for me, I don't know much about cars.

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24 minutes ago, terrytek said:

@bcredeur97 it might just be my luck this finals week, but i think you were right when you said "what might go wrong will go wrong" on finals week. it's only monday, and i already managed to cause even more internal pain when i accidentally stabbed my open wound with the tip of a pencil, and to add injury to that, the one day i don't bring full water bottles to school, the entire school drinking water system is chlorinated, unsafe to drink. i literally was dehydrated the whole day, and even threw up. :/ it's only monday, and shit has gone so wrong.

How do you stab yourself with a pencil..

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@MEC-777 How would you go about setting up a way to electronically control the boost from turbos, especially depending on what gear your vehicle is in?

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41 minutes ago, terrytek said:

@bcredeur97 it might just be my luck this finals week, but i think you were right when you said "what might go wrong will go wrong" on finals week. it's only monday, and i already managed to cause even more internal pain when i accidentally stabbed my open wound with the tip of a pencil, and to add injury to that, the one day i don't bring full water bottles to school, the entire school drinking water system is chlorinated, unsafe to drink. i literally was dehydrated the whole day, and even threw up. :/ it's only monday, and shit has gone so wrong.

Man that stinks... "Take it easy!" As they say lol...

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10 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Im happy with it so far. Have to keep driving it to get it charged back all the way up. Its been sitting sense october on the shelf. Cranks a little slower than the old one but its still not topped back all the way up i think. I figure by the end of the week after i grive to the coast again i'll be able to say for sure (other than not going dead after sitting for two days) if there is any difference in day to day operation from a lead acid battery. 

lol I always make sure when I get one that I grab it off the shelf and I look at all the dates and find the newest one (so far I've been successful at grabbing ones made the exact same month I buy it)

11 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

What would be faster between a 2008 base acura tl vs a 2002 base audi s4 sedan?

(both straights and curves)

the s4 I think would be faster at both, but im not 100% sure. The S4 would for sure be better in the curves because the TL by default is optimized for comfort while the S4 actually has sporty suspension. (this is assuming the suspension isn't blown because it's old enough to be blown lol)

 

It could also all come down to tires, but im gonna assume the same tires here

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1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

lol I always make sure when I get one that I grab it off the shelf and I look at all the dates and find the newest one (so far I've been successful at grabbing ones made the exact same month I buy it)

the s4 I think would be faster at both, but im not 100% sure. The S4 would for sure be better in the curves because the TL by default is optimized for comfort while the S4 actually has sporty suspension. (this is assuming the suspension isn't blown because it's old enough to be blown lol)

acura has never swapped suspention, I dont know about wheels. s4 has new suspention and new wheels

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1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

acura has never swapped suspention, I dont know about wheels. s4 has new suspention and new wheels

well wheels won't make a big difference, the tires on the other hand will (in the curves)


but stock for stock I think the Audi would win. It would probably be fairly close though. The audi does have shorter gearing even though it's down on power, also AWD

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4 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

@MEC-777 Turbo guru

How do you stab yourself with a pencil..

uh well i was digging in my backpack for a pencil, and i just feel this sharp pain, in the area where my open wound was, and i see a little pencil mark pockmarked on the wound. hurt like a motherfucker.

 

24 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Man that stinks... "Take it easy!" As they say lol...

yeah, "take it easy" isn't in my vocab lol

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1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

well wheels won't make a big difference, the tires on the other hand will (in the curves)


but stock for stock I think the Audi would win. It would probably be fairly close though. The audi does have shorter gearing even though it's down on power, also AWD

apparently the acura has aftermarket turbo, but has probably never been tuned for it.

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Just now, Bajantechnician said:

apparently the acura has aftermarket turbo, but has probably never been tuned for it.

im now confused... what is this nonsense?

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2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

yeah, "take it easy" isn't in my vocab lol

then take is not as hard? .... wait that came out wrong .... 

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8 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

im now confused... what is this nonsense?

yeah, i know a guy, personallittyy is a bitch to deal with. trying to say his acura is betetr than my brothers s4, but my friend and i arent sure

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11 minutes ago, Bajantechnician said:

yeah, i know a guy, personallittyy is a bitch to deal with. trying to say his acura is betetr than my brothers s4, but my friend and i arent sure

I know I'd beat him specifically on a curvy course in the S4 :P 

 

as for straight line, the Audi would probably win because the TL would blow up first LOL

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6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I know I'd beat him specifically on a curvy course in the S4 :P 

 

as for straight line, the Audi would probably win because the TL would blow up first LOL

so s4 wins both?

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1 minute ago, Bajantechnician said:

so s4 wins both?

can't say for sure with that goofy turbo setup... 

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looks like all show, and no go. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5915040694.html sad they wasted that much money on such a high mileage a4.

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1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

lol I always make sure when I get one that I grab it off the shelf and I look at all the dates and find the newest one (so far I've been successful at grabbing ones made the exact same month I buy it)

the s4 I think would be faster at both, but im not 100% sure. The S4 would for sure be better in the curves because the TL by default is optimized for comfort while the S4 actually has sporty suspension. (this is assuming the suspension isn't blown because it's old enough to be blown lol)

 

It could also all come down to tires, but im gonna assume the same tires here

 

13 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Eh. Two months isnt gonna make a difference. It was probably 60-70% charge given the way it cranked up. 

tires on s4 are completely new, tl has used tires

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1 hour ago, Bajantechnician said:

What would be faster between a 2008 base acura tl vs a 2002 base audi s4 sedan?

(both straights and curves)

stock for stock, S4 hands down. a base 2008 TL is slower than my accord, and my accord would lose to the S4. With the turbo, who knows?

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11 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

stock for stock, S4 hands down. a base 2008 TL is slower than my accord, and my accord would lose to the S4. With the turbo, who knows?

true. Ill try to find out psi of his turbo. Will that help you figure it out?

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Just now, Bajantechnician said:

true. Ill try to find out psi of his turbo. Will that help you figure it out?

not really. PSI doesn't mean much honestly. the size of the turbo, if/how it's tuned, if it has an LSD, there are way too many factors in this. :/

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