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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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23 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Portugal and cheap used cars don't go along that well, to our misfortune.

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48 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

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i would put a focus RS ecoboost and make it awd ... :D

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3 hours ago, byalexandr said:

Update on my Miata!

 

Got it lowered on coilovers, fitted some Rota Grid V 15x8+0 with Toyo 195/50R15s. Rubs a little bit on the left rear but I didn’t roll the fender that much on that arch so just a little more adjustment.

 

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Up next is a front splitter that I will be fabricating, and a Battle Aero chassis wing (for aesthetics I mean, I plan to put a VF39 turbo along with some other goodies for performance mods, in fact I will be rebuilding the engine once I have the parts together).

needs a hardtop :P 

oh and you need one too @bcredeur97

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9 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Update on the Tacoma: 

 

found a speed hole. Currently looking at welders. xD

 

-snip-

that looks... awful. Is that one of the main frame rails? yikes

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5 hours ago, byalexandr said:

Update on my Miata!

 

Got it lowered on coilovers, fitted some Rota Grid V 15x8+0 with Toyo 195/50R15s. Rubs a little bit on the left rear but I didn’t roll the fender that much on that arch so just a little more adjustment.

 

-snip-

 

Up next is a front splitter that I will be fabricating, and a Battle Aero chassis wing (for aesthetics I mean, I plan to put a VF39 turbo along with some other goodies for performance mods, in fact I will be rebuilding the engine once I have the parts together).

too much camber for me lol

 

turbo is cool though, I can't say I've heard of people using a VF39 on a miata before, nor do I know of what it really is... how would it compare with a GT2554R setup that I'd like?

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2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

that looks... awful. Is that one of the main frame rails? yikes

yeah... gonna be reinforcing the entire frame.

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2 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Purdy, I saw a green one earlier.

16 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Update on the Tacoma: 

 

found a speed hole. Currently looking at welders. xD

Bruh

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1 minute ago, FuzzyYellow said:

yeah... gonna be reinforcing the entire frame.

reinforce? Cut all major rust out make sure it's not rusting from inside-out. Put new metal. Then reinforce...

 

(you'll need to take weight off frame to do this probably...)

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8 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

reinforce? Cut all major rust out make sure it's not rusting from inside-out. Put new metal. Then reinforce...

 

(you'll need to take weight off frame to do this probably...)

To cut out all rust would mean there's nothing of the rear left. :ph34r:

my plan is to box over the frame rails from the cab back with 1/8" steel. it's the rear half of the truck that's bad, front is perfectly solid. 

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1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

 

this^^

 

Also please stop driving it until you get that fingered out

oh yeah, I haven't driven it since I found the hole.

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@bcredeur97 @warmmilk 

 

Winter track day, bro

 

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31 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

@bcredeur97 @warmmilk 

 

Winter track day, bro

 

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I love this pic haha

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5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I love this pic haha

Looked like fun. We were hit by a few inches of snowfall mid-week and freezing rain overnight.

 

I couldn't attend but one of my buddes went - so, not my photos.

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4 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Update on the Tacoma: 

 

found a speed hole. Currently looking at welders. xD

 

 

That dosent look great... 

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12 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Sounds like a plan, just don't go nuts and make sure you don't kill a bearing or two.

Going to put in Manley H-Beam rods, Supertech pistons, Wiseco rings, ACL race bearings, ARP head and main studs, billet oil pump.... I have a full list of the stuff I’m doing to the car.

8 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

too much camber for me lol

 

turbo is cool though, I can't say I've heard of people using a VF39 on a miata before, nor do I know of what it really is... how would it compare with a GT2554R setup that I'd like?

It’s the turbo from the WRX STI.

 

edit: And that’s just stock camber, I didn’t touch the alignment.

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39 minutes ago, byalexandr said:

Going to put in Manley H-Beam rods, Supertech pistons, Wiseco rings, ACL race bearings, ARP head and main studs, billet oil pump.... I have a full list of the stuff I’m doing to the car.

It’s the turbo from the WRX STI.

 

edit: And that’s just stock camber, I didn’t touch the alignment.

Those Manley H beams are nice for the price. 

 

Just make sure you don’t use Supertech valve stem seals. People have problems with those... the pistons they make are awesome though because they emulate the stock piston expansion rate which means you get less cylinder wall wear compared to most forged piston setups!

 

your camber changed from lowering it. Also I noticed you put 195’s... good luck putting down power with those lol

 

i run 195/50R16’s daily on mine. I know people usually go for at least a 225 setup for maximum grip. I think I’ve seen 245’s squeezed on once or twice too

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Passed the theory part of my lisence, just the driving test on Friday and I got it :D

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Passed the theory part of my lisence, just the driving test on Friday and I got it :D

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Just now, Maybach123 said:

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You're alive!

Hows the rich man's miata?

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5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

You're alive!

Hows the rich man's miata?

Alive but busy. 

 

Got her first oil change/general inspection under my ownership. Haven’t driven her as much as I would like to recently, mostly because of the snow and the fact that having the top up creates two massive blind spots which makes it a bit more nerve wracking to drive. Come springtime I’ll get to enjoy her a bit more. 

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