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[IKnight]

4 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

I really like Be Quiet's drive bay implementation, but I've only built in the DB900 Pro (dont know if the 600 is on your list)

Don't think they sell he DB900 in Sweden at all (can't find it) and for the 600 suffers from 'blandness' too. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 hour ago, techswede said:

Sprich langsam mit mir. Ich bin nicht aus deutschland also works. (My grammar is terrible though) 

 

Your grandparents seem like.. Interesting people  

 

I googled it. Its demons. I got learned today.

 

Here's an example of the parking spaces here. 

Also shows the excellent ground clearance of the F body. I'm at full lock there to check tyre thread.

Bitte nein, Deutsch gibts mir einen Kopfschmerzen.

 

They're the worst people you'll ever be able to have the displeasure of meeting. They're legitimately evil.

 

Well now we know.. *throws salt at grandparents*

 

That's a lot longer than in Germany.

 

At that ride height just get mud boggers.

[chaozbandit]

[terrytek]

@bcredeur97 how often do you see minis at autox? orion seems to praise the handling of these a lot, so i assume they're pretty common at autox?

 

 

[RevoltTrain]

Got 90 hours on this paycheck so hopefully the Saab will come along soon. Engine and new ac compressor are en route, pcv system is en route. Ordering new tires recommended by @FuzzyYellow on Friday, and will be ordering EBC Redstuff and EBC drilled and slotted rotors in the near future once I get the brakes off the parts car. After that I can get the parts car out of here too. Finally things are looking up. Helping a buddy move to Indy next Monday which is always fun. Wish the Saab would be running by then but that's not happening. 

[terrytek]

14 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Got 90 hours on this paycheck so hopefully the Saab will come along soon. Engine and new ac compressor are en route, pcv system is en route. Ordering new tires recommended by @FuzzyYellow on Friday, and will be ordering EBC Redstuff and EBC drilled and slotted rotors in the near future once I get the brakes off the parts car. After that I can get the parts car out of here too. Finally things are looking up. Helping a buddy move to Indy next Monday which is always fun. Wish the Saab would be running by then but that's not happening. 

do you have a timeframe of when the car will be finished?

[IAR117]

23 hours ago, techswede said:

I won't be able to afford one. But yeah. I'm hyped.

How much where you are?

[Not_Sean]

13 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

They have two road courses in the schedule.

only two?.. so close.. oh well its a least a step in the right direction. 

[RevoltTrain]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

do you have a timeframe of when the car will be finished?

Not really. Can't take the wagon to the shop until the engine comes in as they're constrained on space. So it all depends on when it comes in 

[RevoltTrain]

[chaozbandit]

@JoaoPRSousa @terrytek @Mister2010

 

 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, terrytek said:

@bcredeur97 how often do you see minis at autox? orion seems to praise the handling of these a lot, so i assume they're pretty common at autox?

 

 

There's one guy that's been to ours a couple of times. Always does well. 

 

They are great at autocross. Pretty much any small car with more than 100hp is great at autocross. Size of vehicle makes a big difference.  By making the vehicle smaller you are essentially increasing the amount of track you can use. More track means more room for an  optimized racing line which leads to a faster time

[PandaCopyRight]

1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

@JoaoPRSousa @terrytek @Mister2010

 

 

still like Stageas better  

but a 1JZ wagon is still amazing  

[terrytek]

oh my god i was browsing spotify and i ran across this playlist. literally it has ALL the fucking music i listened to 10 years ago like it's bringing back memories growing up

 

[PandaCopyRight]

https://youtu.be/HrBtG08nJ9A

 

dammit ... this video doesnt allow embedding 

[bcredeur97]

Mazda new skyactiv engines will all be supercharged! 

 

Interesting that they aren't going with turbocharged... Wonder if they are going to do the thing Audi does where it'll disconnect the supercharger or well... make it not boost when just cruising? 

 

Also HCCI. Still will have spark plugs though "for some situations". (I'm assuming starting the engine is one of those situations.. I've always wondered how the engine would be initially cold started with HCCI) 

 

Also plans seemingly around 2030-2040 to go electric. And tbh that sounds about right to me for a time frame of us all talking about vs actually switching to electric cars...

 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/08/mazda-says-its-made-a-long-awaited-breakthrough-in-engine-technology/

[terrytek]

18 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Mazda new skyactiv engines will all be supercharged! 

 

Interesting that they aren't going with turbocharged... Wonder if they are going to do the thing Audi does where it'll disconnect the supercharger or well... make it not boost when just cruising? 

 

Also HCCI. Still will have spark plugs though "for some situations". (I'm assuming starting the engine is one of those situations.. I've always wondered how the engine would be initially cold started with HCCI) 

 

Also plans seemingly around 2030-2040 to go electric. And tbh that sounds about right to me for a time frame of us all talking about vs actually switching to electric cars...

 

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/08/mazda-says-its-made-a-long-awaited-breakthrough-in-engine-technology/

huh i didn't know they were gonna be supercharged, i thought it was gonna be n/a only. but that probably means we won't see these being turbo'd  which probably means no 3rd gen mazdaspeed 3, unless they plop in this supercharged motor.

 

well if HCCI motors operate like diesels, they could use glow plugs to start cold motors. but seeing it was mostly bc diesel was thicker, maybe i am wrong here.

[techswede]

6 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Bitte nein, Deutsch gibts mir einen Kopfschmerzen.

 

They're the worst people you'll ever be able to have the displeasure of meeting. They're legitimately evil.

 

Well now we know.. *throws salt at grandparents*

 

That's a lot longer than in Germany.

 

At that ride height just get mud boggers.

Das Vermeiden der deutschen Sprache in Deutschland wird nicht einfach sein

 

Well then. Good luck.

 

The typical ones are between 4.8 and 5 meters long. My car is dam near five meters long..

Also enjoy going metric  

 

Mud boggers won't fit in the arches though. Going to need to sawzall a few bits first

[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, terrytek said:

huh i didn't know they were gonna be supercharged, i thought it was gonna be n/a only. but that probably means we won't see these being turbo'd  which probably means no 3rd gen mazdaspeed 3, unless they plop in this supercharged motor.

 

well if HCCI motors operate like diesels, they could use glow plugs to start cold motors. but seeing it was mostly bc diesel was thicker, maybe i am wrong here.

I think the supercharger will bring all of their cars as a whole up enough that people would find them desirable in a sporty sense. And they could offer packages for their cars that address the chassis sportiness too. 

 

We'll see what happens tho. They may avoid the "Mazdaspeed" signature for the sake of being "grown up" but I can see them pulling off a wolf in sheep's clothing kinda deal. Plus you know.... SUPERCHARGED MIATA <3  lol

 

I just hope they keep the manual transmission around in said "sporty" packages. And the Miata needs to always have a manual option... Most important car they make that needs to have a manual transmission IMO

 

Diesel burns so much differently from gas.. I don't think glow plugs would work

[terrytek]

33 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I think the supercharger will bring all of their cars as a whole up enough that people would find them desirable in a sporty sense. And they could offer packages for their cars that address the chassis sportiness too. 

 

We'll see what happens tho. They may avoid the "Mazdaspeed" signature for the sake of being "grown up" but I can see them pulling off a wolf in sheep's clothing kinda deal. Plus you know.... SUPERCHARGED MIATA <3  lol

 

I just hope they keep the manual transmission around in said "sporty" packages. And the Miata needs to always have a manual option... Most important car they make that needs to have a manual transmission IMO

 

Diesel burns so much differently from gas.. I don't think glow plugs would work

i didn't think the "mazdaspeed" part sounded childish. i mean grown ups can have fun with it too. i just want mazda to create a hot hatch to compete with what's on the market right now, since i think they were the first to introduce a hot hatch in america in the 2000s iirc.

 

honestly mazda better keep that manual in the miata. it won't have the same driving dynamic with an automatic or even an DCT, though those can coexist with the manual. if mazda does truly get rid of the manual in the miata, then they've pretty much lost touch with gearheads. but it is unlikely since every model they sell has a manual option except the cx models (the cx-5 had a manual from the beginning until last year).

[Automobili3XF]

I love RCR, its just the simple, silly things that make it such an special channel! Stuff like this:

[RatedBlam]

I did some quick reading on the new Mazda engines during lunch break and it seems the superchargers are one of the necessary things to achieve the compression ignition. 

No idea how true this is because it was a really quick read. 

[Mr.Dingle]

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

Boat started for the first time in 10 years today. I forgot it had a button for the choke so i had the throttle wide open and cranked it while pumping the primer to get it to fire. Its super smooth. Sometimes it breaks up a little bit at partial throttle but its under no load so who knows. I need to figure out why the telltale isn't flowing all the way but I'm hyped. It ran!

 

Is this without any of the carbs rebuilt or ?

[GlassBomb]

 

[bcredeur97]

5 hours ago, RatedBlam said:

I did some quick reading on the new Mazda engines during lunch break and it seems the superchargers are one of the necessary things to achieve the compression ignition. 

No idea how true this is because it was a really quick read. 

So this has got me thinking that HCCI won't be done at idle since there is basically no boost? 

 

So it'll only really be beneficial in terms of saving fuel at cruising speed and not in town as much?