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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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28 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

That was just the only pic I have of an astra that gen lol.

It’s a beautiful pic if I do say so myself. This car seems loved. 

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29 minutes ago, kokakolia said:

It’s a beautiful pic if I do say so myself. This car seems loved. 

Found it for sale, its got a saab 2.3 turbo in it

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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5 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Found it for sale, its got a saab 2.3 turbo in it

Dayyuuuumm!!! That just sounds like it would be a great hot hatch.

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3 hours ago, kokakolia said:

Dayyuuuumm!!! That just sounds like it would be a great hot hatch.

other than being pretty quick in a straight line they dont really do much else well

the GTC VXR's are meant to be much nicer

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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I shot some things today

 

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20 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Yah I had a load of fun with it, my passages not so much I don't think xD

I did the same thing with our Impala as well. But it's a foot e brake so that was hella difficult. 

12 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Found it for sale, its got a saab 2.3 turbo in it

As many issues as I've had with mine I wouldn't trade it for the world 

12 hours ago, kokakolia said:

Dayyuuuumm!!! That just sounds like it would be a great hot hatch.

The B235r is a great motor. As long as your turbo doesn't disintegrate on you

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So I know DEF is Diesel Exhaust Fluid, but what does it exactly do, what's the purpose? Does it burn off like gas and need refilled?

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6 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Fancy chemical reaction, gets sprayed in to your exhaust, needs to be refilled.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust_fluid

Is it an emissions thing? I know it can be deleted typically

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5 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Is it an emissions thing? I know it can be deleted typically

Yah it's for emissions afaik, don't think it impacts performance much but I guess its some extra weight

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1 hour ago, RevoltTrain said:

So I know DEF is Diesel Exhaust Fluid, but what does it exactly do, what's the purpose? Does it burn off like gas and need refilled?

"AdBlue is a solution made up of urea and water that’s injected into the car’s exhaust system before NOx leaves your exhaust. After it’s fed into the exhaust, it reacts with the NOx produced by the combustion process, and breaks it down into harmless nitrogen and oxygen."

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image.thumb.png.cfce9373ad94bfa64dfdae4d7ef40ede.pngLETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Meanwhile here I am completely obsessed with Volvo 850's :ph34r:

"an obvious supporter of privacy"

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1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

Yes. The emissions path in the exhaust is the cat, which facilitates its reactions, followed by the DPF which gets rid of the smoke and hurts fuel economy, then the SCR which is what has the Adblue sprayed into it. Thats where the magic happens. 

 

IMHO the only reason to delete the SCR is for reliability. The consumables aren’t expensive, and the chemistry is great. SCR doesnt eat power or fuel, but its an expensive system that when it doesn’t work right, will fuck up your day. 

 

The cat on diesels isnt a problem

 

The DPF is where things get tricky. It eats fuel economy. Fuel is shot into the exhaust to raise the temps hot enough to burn off the soot that the mesh traps, and the more you use the pedal, the more its going to have to shoot into the exhaust.  

tl;dr delete the SCR and the DPF forget the adblue, then enjoy a very economical and powerful car that never dies

 

with the downside of making the atmosphere more disgusting 

 

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2 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

 

The DPF is where things get tricky. It eats fuel economy. Fuel is shot into the exhaust to raise the temps hot enough to burn off the soot that the mesh traps, and the more you use the pedal, the more its going to have to shoot into the exhaust.  

What ?

 

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3 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

Meanwhile here I am completely obsessed with Volvo 850's :ph34r:

bruh ... you must have not been on the forums when i fangirled over the 850 .... 

sill want one 

https://www.ss.com/msg/lv/transport/cars/volvo/850/degkj.html 

its an auto ... but its a T5 2.3 

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4 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

bruh ... you must have not been on the forums when i fangirled over the 850 .... 

sill want one 

https://www.ss.com/msg/lv/transport/cars/volvo/850/degkj.html 

its an auto ... but its a T5 2.3 

 

 I was. I'm looking at 2.0 GLT's since they are cheap as chips.

 

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But 900€, wtf

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Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

 I was. I'm looking at 2.0 GLT's since they are cheap as chips.

 

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But 900€, wtf

its a car from 1994 ... im not surprised at it being driven that much ... and its a decent price for what it is ... 

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Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Well, the ones I'm looking at are at around 230k and cost 2500€ tops... But then again, there isn't much you can get with that money in Portugal, so, a turbo 5 pot Volvo is probably the best car you can get with that much.

also if you want a cheap one .. try to look for a 2.5 NA 

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2 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

its a car from 1994 ... im not surprised at it being driven that much ... and its a decent price for what it is ... 

 

Well, the ones I'm looking at are at around 230k and cost 2500€ tops... But then again, there isn't much you can get with that money in Portugal, so, a turbo 5 pot Volvo is probably the best car you can get with that much.

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Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

NA ones aren't all that cheaper (they aren't as common either), and I'd still rather get a turbo 2.0 :P

you do know that you worrying about fuel expenses .. a 2.5 NA is better than a 2.0 or 2.3 turbo .... 

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