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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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1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

If only stealing a cargo plane weren't so hard. :P

Local airport only has a 340 turboprop

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I mean. Its really cool. But not great for transporting a car xD 

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1 minute ago, techswede said:

Local airport only has a 340 turboprop

 

I mean. Its really cool. But not great for transporting a car xD 

Probably got a C-130 or C-5 near me on base.. Unfortunately bullets hurt a lot.

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Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Probably got a C-130 or C-5 near me on base.. Unfortunately bullets hurt a lot.

Gotta work up your tolerance man. Start with BB's 

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Just now, techswede said:

Gotta work up your tolerance man. Start with BB's 

I've been shot by BB's before, shit's no bueno man.

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Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

I've been shot by BB's before, shit's no bueno man.

First thing my buddy did when he got a BB gun was shoot me in the back. They sting a bit. 

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1 minute ago, techswede said:

First thing my buddy did when he got a BB gun was shoot me in the back. They sting a bit. 

"A bit"

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Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

"A bit"

It was just a round ball and i was wearing a shirt. 

 

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Just now, vinyldash303 said:

You might need the driveshaft that it came with out of the vehicle it was origonally in or to have yours modified. If the abs sensors are the same I don't see why you Wouldnt be able to. If the shock and spring mounts are the same it shouldn't be an issue. I dont know what the rear suspension on those are like because I'm used to leaf springs. 

Going to keep digging to see if i can find something helpful. GU5 seems like the rare option..

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13 hours ago, Maybach123 said:

Had some fun driving up empty  backroads today with the top down :x

Took a couple of quick iphone pics right before is started to rain.

 

 

Looks lovely :x

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Things are getting exciting. Tomorrow is driving test day, so I can get my bike license. Now to find a bike before June so I can zip around my entire summer holiday. 

Minus all the time spent wating for free times, it only took like a week to get a license. Pretty quick compared to a drivers license for a car. 

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Ugh the engine I wanted sold -_-

 

now im mad because I had actually called Friday and got no answer... 

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Hmm............... 

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1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

Hmm............... 

 

If it ain't broke and all that

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4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Hmm............... 

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I'll remember this for that one time in my life when I need a drain plug and can't find one anywhere and really need the car

 

lol

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not even 2 weeks into my new Fiesta ST and I've already been pulled over by the police! I slid round a corner quite fast in the middle of a town and they stopped me. terrifying experience getting pulled over..! Then they told me it was just a "routine traffic stop". Routine my arse. They had been following me for 5 minutes...

 

They thought I had stolen the car lol. I guess that's what I get for buying a boy racer car...

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3 minutes ago, treeroy said:

not even 2 weeks into my new Fiesta ST and I've already been pulled over by the police! I slid round a corner quite fast in the middle of a town and they stopped me. terrifying experience getting pulled over..! Then they told me it was just a "routine traffic stop". Routine my arse. They had been following me for 5 minutes...

 

They thought I had stolen the car lol. I guess that's what I get for buying a boy racer car...

I've had my Focus ST for almost five months and never gotten puled over. Guess I'm not having enough fun?

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3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I've had my Focus ST for almost five months and never gotten puled over. Guess I'm not having enough fun?

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Something I love is during spirited driving hearing the tires start to squeal. It's nice to know I'm competent enough to use all of the car's potential and I'm not missing something. Gonna increase that potential, but still.

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Just now, RevoltTrain said:

Something I love is during spirited driving hearing the tires start to squeal. It's nice to know I'm competent enough to use all of the car's potential and I'm not missing something. Gonna increase that potential, but still.

I still haven't managed to make my 245's make noise during spirited driving.. Really have to try to make that happen. 

But i'm still getting used to the live axle. So i haven't pushed it as hard as i could i suppose.

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Just now, techswede said:

I still haven't managed to make my 245's make noise during spirited driving.. Really have to try to make that happen. 

But i'm still getting used to the live axle. So i haven't pushed it as hard as i could i suppose.

I've got 215s on a 6.5" wide wheel, so it's pretty beefy for my car with stock power. I feel as if when I get my new ECU I may have some fun launches

 

I can just start to get wheel spin from a launch if I really get on it. The addition of 60 torque and 70 horsepower will be fun

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Just now, RevoltTrain said:

I've got 215s on a 6.5" wide wheel, so it's pretty beefy for my car with stock power. I feel as if when I get my new ECU I may have some fun launches

 

I can just start to get wheel spin from a launch if I really get on it. The addition of 60 torque and 70 horsepower will be fun

My mom's 900 had some pretty serious torque steer with just 250bhp and 225.45R17's

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3 minutes ago, techswede said:

My mom's 900 had some pretty serious torque steer with just 250bhp and 225.45R17's

Tune supposedly will bring me to 240 Horsepower and 260 Torque (crank of course)

 

But I do want to get wider wheels and stickier tires too

 

I want to do all of the things

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Just now, RevoltTrain said:

Tune supposedly will bring me to 240 Horsepower and 260 Torque (crank of course)

 

But I do want to get wider wheels and stickier tires too

 

I want to do all of the things

With the luck people in this thread and their friends have had with tunes you'll probably end up with a nice window in your block too. 

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Just now, techswede said:

With the luck people in this thread and their friends have had with tunes you'll probably end up with a nice window in your block too. 

Weight reduction bro

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20 minutes ago, techswede said:

With the luck people in this thread and their friends have had with tunes you'll probably end up with a nice window in your block too. 

Tuning problems you say? 

If anyone has had bad luck, its Chris.  

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