Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[PandaCopyRight]

22 minutes ago, terrytek said:

funny how the lexus weighs more than the prius despite looking a bit smaller

its more luxurious and a different body shape ... kinda makes sense? 

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, vetali said:

Doesn't help that regular nissan filters are the size of lawnmower oil filters. 

wonder why they do that.

[FuzzyYellow]

Wait. Wouldn’t a more restrictive filter increase oil pressure and decrease flow though? What am I missing?

[Drak3]

4 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Wait. Wouldn’t a more restrictive filter increase oil pressure and decrease flow though? What am I missing?

Larger volume canister means more surface area for the filter medium. While the passages are more restrictive, there's more passages to compensate.

[FuzzyYellow]

2 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Larger volume canister means more surface area for the filter medium. While the passages are more restrictive, there's more passages to compensate.

Right, but I’m saying compared to a smaller filter with the same medium.

[Drak3]

Just now, FuzzyYellow said:

Right, but I’m saying compared to a smaller filter with the same medium.

The larger filter still has more pathways with the same medium.

[vetali]

11 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Wait. Wouldn’t a more restrictive filter increase oil pressure and decrease flow though? What am I missing?

Oil pressure is regulated. Flow rate would be negligible. 

 

Just stick with OEM filters especially in modern engines.

[MadyTehWolfie]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Only the RS if it has the head gasket fixed (in theory they should all be serviced by now, but unless people are lazy and didnt do it...) and you find it at a reasonable price

Honestly just probably not going to buy another car and get a better fuel pump, limited slip diff, dsg tune/service, and the k04 bits installed with water meth and call it a day. After that not much on the road will be able to keep up at that point. 

[JokerProduction]

6 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

not a fault of the car huh? lol...
 

^ they lied to you. Highly doubt they pulled a transmission(several hour job) just to check your "clutch pads" (proper name is clutch disc)

that said your clutch is probably fine if driven normally but it's not something you can just take a look at real quick and check...

Tons of cars have inspection plates/ports that make it a very simple job to check the clutch assembly.   I know for sure Early Evos, DSMs, most early toyotas.

Removing the starter and using a mirror is also a quick way on some vehicles to quickly check.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[vetali]

8 minutes ago, JokerProduction said:

Tons of cars have inspection plates/ports that make it a very simple job to check the clutch assembly.   I know for sure Early Evos, DSMs, most early toyotas.

Removing the starter and using a mirror is also a quick way on some vehicles to quickly check.

nice, 3/4 of those are automatics. 

[bcredeur97]

So side topic, a couple people in my dept decided to go waaaaay overboard with the Christmas door competition this year

 

They spent way too much time on this but it’s awesome, lol

Spoiler

 

[Bitter]

5 hours ago, vetali said:

Oil pressure is regulated. Flow rate would be negligible. 

 

Just stick with OEM filters especially in modern engines.

Something to watch out for is bypass pressure though, all canister filters bypass above a certain PSI and if that's a lot lower than the original filter then you'll not be filtering the oil as much even though it's a larger media. There should be specs listed online for that, I myself went through this looking for a bigger filter for my Mazda (the other car) and came to the conclusion that I'd rather have a slightly smaller filter with a 12 psi bypass than a filter with an 8 psi bypass, since 8psi is near the minimum spec for the engine and I doubt my oil pressure dips that low that often.

[vetali]

33 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Something to watch out for is bypass pressure though, all canister filters bypass above a certain PSI and if that's a lot lower than the original filter then you'll not be filtering the oil as much even though it's a larger media. There should be specs listed online for that, I myself went through this looking for a bigger filter for my Mazda (the other car) and came to the conclusion that I'd rather have a slightly smaller filter with a 12 psi bypass than a filter with an 8 psi bypass, since 8psi is near the minimum spec for the engine and I doubt my oil pressure dips that low that often.

2.3l mazda?

[Cereal5]

Press F to pay respects to the 3-series wagon

 

F

 

I'm not a BMW fan anyways, but still.

 

My old 95 F150 had a peep hole type thing in the bottom of the trans. Come to find out after owning it for 6 months that the rubber cover thing that goes in to plug it was missing the entire time. Who knows what all was floating inside my trans lol.

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, vetali said:

2.3l mazda?

Not a Fordza, ye olden FS-DE, the other car turned 20 in March of this year, it's all mostly stock save for some lighting and audio stuff and bigger brakes/wheels/tires so I don't talk about it much. It's a boring pearl blue sedan.

[Bitter]

2 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

My old 95 F150 had a peep hole type thing in the bottom of the trans. Come to find out after owning it for 6 months that the rubber cover thing that goes in to plug it was missing the entire time. Who knows what all was floating inside my trans lol.

Do you mean the flywheel inspection hole cover? That won't be inside the trans at worst it would be inside the bell housing but more likely that trans or engine has been apart (meaning out of the vehicle) and they didn't put it back in. That's possibly good news if it got a new or rebuilt trans at some point in it's life!

[vetali]

2 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Not a Fordza, ye olden FS-DE, the other car turned 20 in March of this year, it's all mostly stock save for some lighting and audio stuff and bigger brakes/wheels/tires so I don't talk about it much. It's a boring pearl blue sedan.

Oh. Don't really know those too much. I have a 2010 Mazda 3 with the 2.0 for now. 

[Cereal5]

56 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Do you mean the flywheel inspection hole cover? That won't be inside the trans at worst it would be inside the bell housing but more likely that trans or engine has been apart (meaning out of the vehicle) and they didn't put it back in. That's possibly good news if it got a new or rebuilt trans at some point in it's life!

My bad yeah, it was the bell housing. I doubt it was either of those, but I guess it's possible. It had some lifter tick and didn't want to deal with it though. Honestly it was probably fine and I could have just left it and let the cam lobe wear down flat . Outside of that, it was the most immaculate OBS I had ever seen. Got it for a steal too, only $3500 (and sold it for $4000, coulda got more had I been patient). 95k miles, 4.9L I6 and 5-speed. Let me see if I have any pictures...

Spoiler

 

Day I brought it home ^

 

 

Day I sold it ^

Only had it for about a year. Didn't even have a rip in the factory seat (though it had some stitching was was very close to coming undone, you can kinda see it in the interior pic, where the flat vinyl meets the mesh vinyl. I never really liked those side steps... dunno why I put them on in the first place. I would love to have kept it and tubbed it and made a super custom tow pig/autocross truck. Who knows how much that would have cost though lol...

 

And just because it's the holidays, here's it with some lights

Spoiler

 

 

 

[warmmilk]

I need to do this to one of my Miata's...

 

@bcredeur97 

[iDeFecZx]

6 hours ago, warmmilk said:

I need to do this to one of my Miata's...

 

@bcredeur97 

Fit horrid tailights and wheels that dont fit?

[bcredeur97]

6 hours ago, warmmilk said:

I need to do this to one of my Miata's...

-snip-

@bcredeur97 

one of?!

you got another one?

[bcredeur97]

Guys I think they actually did it....

 

 

@MEC-777 @vinyldash303 @chaozbandit

 

As soon as this gets put in a single production vehicle the one argument will be done with. You could totally roadtrip with 10x the energy density of lithium ion

[MEC-777]

5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Guys I think they actually did it....

 

 

@MEC-777 @vinyldash303 @chaozbandit

 

As soon as this gets put in a single production vehicle the one argument will be done with. You could totally roadtrip with 10x the energy density of lithium ion

It was always just a matter of time. Cool to see they might have something that seems promising.  

[Bananasplit_00]

10 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Guys I think they actually did it....

 

 

@MEC-777 @vinyldash303 @chaozbandit

 

As soon as this gets put in a single production vehicle the one argument will be done with. You could totally roadtrip with 10x the energy density of lithium ion

well just like they said in the thread, another tech that will be another 10 years of forever. i hope its not and that this gets into a car asap but i doubt it  

[Drak3]

11 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Guys I think they actually did it....

 

 

@MEC-777 @vinyldash303 @chaozbandit

 

As soon as this gets put in a single production vehicle the one argument will be done with. You could totally roadtrip with 10x the energy density of lithium ion

It's highly unlikely that'll happen, and even then, it's unlikely to deliver any promises without huge drawbacks.