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

[PCSolidcom]

24 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

Erm... Not quite lol.  It IS an I6, but:

LOVE the ol 2 door jags!  However, since I couldn't find one back in 90 when I was lookin for one w/ blown engine, found a 72 XJ6 w/ the frozen straight 6 in it, tore that junk outa there n slapped my 72 Buick Estate Wagon 455 and trans in it. 14.6 at 89 mph in the quarter 1st time out w/ no mods to stock grocery getter 455... Had 4 wheel disc brakes in 1972! and was definitely a posi rear-end... Tore up the Houston streets w/ that thing... Fun times!  Still like the looks of the 2-door WAY more!

[PCSolidcom]

10 minutes ago, PCSolidcom said:

LOVE the ol 2 door jags!  However, since I couldn't find one back in 90 when I was lookin for one w/ blown engine, found a 72 XJ6 w/ the frozen straight 6 in it, tore that junk outa there n slapped my 72 Buick Estate Wagon 455 and trans in it. 14.6 at 89 mph in the quarter 1st time out w/ no mods to stock grocery getter 455... Had 4 wheel disc brakes in 1972! and was definitely a posi rear-end... Tore up the Houston streets w/ that thing... Fun times!  Still like the looks of the 2-door WAY more! K, I'm new here, no more car posts, sorry bout that... 

 

[hydrochloric]

5 minutes ago, PCSolidcom said:

LOVE the ol 2 door jags!  However, since I couldn't find one back in 90 when I was lookin for one w/ blown engine, found a 72 XJ6 w/ the frozen straight 6 in it, tore that junk outa there n slapped my 72 Buick Estate Wagon 455 and trans in it. 14.6 at 89 mph in the quarter 1st time out w/ no mods to stock grocery getter 455... Had 4 wheel disc brakes in 1972! and was definitely a posi rear-end... Tore up the Houston streets w/ that thing... Fun times!  Still like the looks of the 2-door WAY more!

My driver's license test car was a 1995 Buick Roadmaster Estate wagon, you have no idea how bad I want a 6-speed LSX Roadmaster wagon.... MMMMMM

[pred1tor83]

New to the forum so here is my contribution. 

Spoiler

 

[hydrochloric]

I still want your TVS, lol.

[GDRRiley]

well I'm back at home.

My civics dripped a little oil in the last 3 months so I'll check if anything is lose.

I got an airbag recall woot. I need to figure out what I'm going to do around my brakes.

I know I need new pads but I'd like to stop better so I'm thinking about swapping the front to something nicer as a rear drum swap to disk is a pain.

Honda why did you decide that based on what region you got 4 wheel disk included in the EX package, I get Canada has snow but so does most of the US.

[Victor Golf]

11 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

I learned to drive on diesels.  The first vehicle I drove was a diesel rabbit.  Thing was so old the only color they came in was putty.  My dad bought it at a traveling car show.  One of the first diesel rabbits in the USA.  It had a 16:1 compression ratio or something crazy.  It flipped the odometer once and only died because my step brother wrapped it around a tree.  Diesels are totally different beasts.  They’re internally lubricated for one thing.  There’s a reason they call it diesel oil. No spark plugs, etc..  I’m talking gas.  12:1 is a lot for gas.  8:1 used to be common.  As for the diagnosis I’m just repeating what mechanics told me.  It’s a known problem with the vintage of 2.0l turbo I got.  It was one of the first production high compression gasoline turbo 4s made.  Back when 100hp/litre was unheard of.  The issue with the carbon has to do with the head and is somewhat complicated and struck me as a bit unlikely so I looked it up. apparently it’s a well known problem.

See the thing that does not make sense to me is the carbon build up is not a problem on diesel engines (pre EGR) and they are high compression direct injection engines just like the 2.0l VWAG engine.

 

I think that carbon build up on small DI engines is at least in part due to manufacturers recommending lighter and lighter oils that get sucked through the PCV system easily. Also PCV systems are under designed IMO to prevent this. They should be including an air oil separator in factory systems.

[hydrochloric]

2 minutes ago, Victor Golf said:

See the thing that does not make sense to me is the carbon build up is not a problem on diesel engines (pre EGR) and they are high compression direct injection engines just like the 2.0l VWAG engine.

 

I think that carbon build up on small DI engines is at least in part due to manufacturers recommending lighter and lighter oils that get sucked through the PCV system easily. Also PCV systems are under designed IMO to prevent this. They should be including an air oil separator in factory systems.

I think it's related to heat, more than anything else.  I know that DI engines of all types benefit from a monthly-or-so italian tuneup, to get them hot and burn off deposits before they stick.  The little old diesels were always worked so hard, they just ran hotter basically all the time.

[Beef Boss]

12 hours ago, OU812 said:

Thats a superchargered Subaru.

Is that what that.. Thing is doing there?? I was wondering

[Victor Golf]

3 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

I think it's related to heat, more than anything else.  I know that DI engines of all types benefit from a monthly-or-so italian tuneup, to get them hot and burn off deposits before they stick.  The little old diesels were always worked so hard, they just ran hotter basically all the time.

Without oil in the intake though, there is no carbon coming into the intake. Engines that just vent the crankcase to atmosphere don't have carbon buildup problems at all. 

[Bombastinator]

35 minutes ago, Victor Golf said:

See the thing that does not make sense to me is the carbon build up is not a problem on diesel engines (pre EGR) and they are high compression direct injection engines just like the 2.0l VWAG engine.

 

I think that carbon build up on small DI engines is at least in part due to manufacturers recommending lighter and lighter oils that get sucked through the PCV system easily. Also PCV systems are under designed IMO to prevent this. They should be including an air oil separator in factory systems.

The carbon build up wasn’t supposed to happen and there actually isn’t very much of it. The problem is it can plug tiny holes and change the shape of surfaces with only very small amounts.  That rabbit I drove spewed carbon everywhere.  You punched the gas and you couldn’t see out the back window because everything was black.  It was the 1970’s. Different type of engineering.  Displacement and engine layout were fairly similar.  It got 56hp vs 200hp

[Victor Golf]

Also @hydrochloric I love your Subaru. That's an awesome mod.

 

Here's my main engine. 

[hydrochloric]

2 minutes ago, Victor Golf said:

Without oil in the intake though, there is no carbon coming into the intake. Engines that just vent the crankcase to atmosphere don't have carbon buildup problems at all. 

True, that's the perfect solution lol.  But it contributes to short oil change intervals since the whole crankcase is exposed to the air.  My Hudson is VTA, it actually doesn't even have an oil filter, and it's change interval is 1500 miles lol.

 

2 minutes ago, Victor Golf said:

Also @hydrochloric I love your Subaru. That's an awesome mod.

 

Here's my main engine. 

Thanks, though that hasn't been my Subaru for about 5 years now.  I actually sold it to a guy who drove it from NY to SC, then SC to CO, where it got handed around a bunch.  I got a few messages from various owners out there trying to figure out just what it was before it finally got sold to about the most Suba-bro guy I'd ever seen.  He drifted it into a curb before scrapping it (though it was rusty as hell before I sold it so that didn't help).  I think he said it was at near 400k.

 

It's been a while since I've been in the subaru game, but based on the AVCS, and the plastic manifold with DBW, that's a 255 from a....  2008ish?

 

...I have an Eaton M90 sitting in my garage...  What car needs a supercharger, hmm....

[IKnight]

23 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

If it makes you feel any better, my car hasnt changed any.... (Appearance wise, though that will hopefully change soon with a rear bumper switch)

Hahhah well, that makes me feel a bit better.  Speaking of change, is @iDeFecZx on his 10th car yet?

@hydrochloricOhh, is that an inline 5? What turbo are you running, and you got any more pics?  i've always wanted a c5, though preferably an S6 plus or maybe an i5 S6.

(granted the B5 S4 will always be closest to my heart ). 

[TVwazhere]

6 minutes ago, IKnight said:

Hahhah well, that makes me feel a bit better.  Speaking of change, is @iDeFecZx on his 10th car yet?

11th, actually

[Victor Golf]

46 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

1.) True, that's the perfect solution lol.  But it contributes to short oil change intervals since the whole crankcase is exposed to the air.  My Hudson is VTA, it actually doesn't even have an oil filter, and it's change interval is 1500 miles lol.

 

Thanks, though that hasn't been my Subaru for about 5 years now.  I actually sold it to a guy who drove it from NY to SC, then SC to CO, where it got handed around a bunch.  I got a few messages from various owners out there trying to figure out just what it was before it finally got sold to about the most Suba-bro guy I'd ever seen.  He drifted it into a curb before scrapping it (though it was rusty as hell before I sold it so that didn't help).  I think he said it was at near 400k.

 

3.) It's been a while since I've been in the subaru game, but based on the AVCS, and the plastic manifold with DBW, that's a 255 from a....  2008ish?

 

4.) ...I have an Eaton M90 sitting in my garage...  What car needs a supercharger, hmm....

1.) That's sweet. Don't know what VTA stands for though. 

 

2.) my dream is to have a 2 door GC one day. I hate suba-bro's. They ruin everything.

 

3.) Close. It's out of my 09 Legacy GT Spec.B. Rebuilt with forged internals after detecting rod knock very early. 

 

4.) I've got a turbo off of a skid steer I might give to a buddy with a Nissan mini truck. 

 

Sorry for delayed replies, I am at work.

[PlayStation 2]

Every car needs a plunger! Okay, maybe not, but it fits my theme of plunger hats.

[hydrochloric]

  

7 minutes ago, IKnight said:

Hahhah well, that makes me feel a bit better.  Speaking of change, is @iDeFecZx on his 10th car yet?

@hydrochloricOhh, is that an inline 5? What turbo are you running, and you got any more pics?  i've always wanted a c5, though preferably an S6 plus or maybe an i5 S6.

(granted the B5 S4 will always be closest to my heart ). 

Man, so many people love the B5, but I just can't get into it.  Something about it is too... I dunno, not boring, certainly, but maybe uninteresting?  To me, at least.

Sadly that front bumper crack has gotten worse, it's now stitched up with zip ties.  Getting a new S bumper is like $1200+ IF you can find one, and the 100/A6 bumper doesn't flare out to meet the S widebody.  I'll probably end up getting a 100 bumper and trying to add these flares onto it...  It's got a Volvo S60R turbo, which IIRC is an K24-7600 equivalent.  It gave me another 1000RPM of full boost, so where before the car petered out around 5500, now it holds 25PSI all the way to 6500, and I think I lost maybe 300 rpm of spool.  Modern turbos, man.  Somewhere I have an underhood shot...  I haven't had it on a dyno as is, the typical claim for this setup is 350HP.

I would honestly have preferred an Avant too, but the price they command is nuts.  It's like a 120% increase over the sedans.  We never did get the S6+ in the US though.  OBDII emissions regulations and all.

 

1 minute ago, Victor Golf said:

1.) That's sweet. Don't know what VTA stands for though. 

 

2.) my dream is to have a 2 door GC one day. I hate suba-bro's. They ruin everything.

 

3.) Close. It's out of my 09 Legacy GT Spec.B. Rebuilt with forged internals after detecting rod knock very early. 

 

4.) I've got a turbo off of a skid steer I might give to a buddy with a Nissan mini truck. 

 

Sorry for delayed replies, I am at work.

VTA is vent to atmosphere, I was thinking in blow off valve terms for some reason.

 

Mine was a 4-door, but with the 2-door wing because I was a poser lol.  It did have custom 2.5RS/C stickers though!  I had a vinyl place cut it using the Subaru font, so it looked like it was factory lol.

 

Ah damn, one year isn't too far off.  One of my subaru-lifer friends had a Spec B, he loved it (I admit it's probably the best legacy).

 

I have like three turbos laying around that I keep threatening to put on our lemons car, but blowy-uppy and endurance racing and all.

 

No worries, I should be, but the shutdown has me off this week.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Anyone in the Calgary area looking for a practically new Police Interceptor? Well it looks like this BMW dealership has got you covered. Not sure if it's the 3.5L Twin Turbo EcoBoost though. Not shots of the engine bay and they didn't specify. 

 

https://www.autotrader.ca/a/Ford/Police Interceptor Utility/Calgary/AB/5_47277138_CT2004428112450956?loc=T2H3C1&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=dsp&utm_campaign=CA-DSP-DT-EN-PROSPECTING-COMPETITORS-INTENDER&utm_content=carousel&fbclid=IwAR1i7-SbnF7jELswAZmLF_C_0qfb02YM95QbfAxMlzQaDCcdbHTo9ZD1XH0

[IKnight]

32 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

  

Man, so many people love the B5, but I just can't get into it.  Something about it is too... I dunno, not boring, certainly, but maybe uninteresting?  To me, at least.

~snip~

Sadly that front bumper crack has gotten worse, it's now stitched up with zip ties.  Getting a new S bumper is like $1200+ IF you can find one, and the 100/A6 bumper doesn't flare out to meet the S widebody.  I'll probably end up getting a 100 bumper and trying to add these flares onto it...  It's got a Volvo S60R turbo, which IIRC is an K24-7600 equivalent.  It gave me another 1000RPM of full boost, so where before the car petered out around 5500, now it holds 25PSI all the way to 6500, and I think I lost maybe 300 rpm of spool.  Modern turbos, man.  Somewhere I have an underhood shot... I haven't had it on a dyno as is, the typical claim for this setup is 350HP.

I would honestly have preferred an Avant too, but the price they command is nuts.  It's like a 120% increase over the sedans.  We never did get the S6+ in the US though.  OBDII emissions regulations and all.

 

~snip~

Yeah dude, finding bumpers for older S/RS model cars is a pain, and barely anyone makes good quality "oem look" replicas (good buisness idea??). http://www.cool-wheels.com/shop/products-page/audi/a6-c4/audi-s6-c4-front-bumper/ <-- That one should also work on an s4, though you may need different mounts and it's euro-spec so its a bit shorter than the US ones. Otherwise you'll probs have to fiberglass repair yours hahah. 

That turbo upgrade sounds great man, even if its 'only' makign 300bhp that's more than enough for a daily. 

Over here in Europe the sedans command more of premium, though I must admit I generally prefer the look of sedans . 

 

I get what you mean with the B5, it's not a car with a lot of "character" and "charisma" so to speak, it's a very 'no-nonsense *subtle* german car'. Honestly I couldn't even explain to you why I like them as much as I do hahah.

Edit: I think your pictures were borked

 

 

[hydrochloric]

4 minutes ago, IKnight said:

Yeah dude, finding bumpers for older S/RS model cars is a pain, and barely anyone makes good quality "oem look" replicas (good buisness idea??). http://www.cool-wheels.com/shop/products-page/audi/a6-c4/audi-s6-c4-front-bumper/ <-- That one should also work on an s4, though you may need different mounts and it's euro-spec so its a bit shorter than the US ones. Otherwise you'll probs have to fiberglass repair yours hahah. 

That turbo upgrade sounds great man, even if its 'only' makign 300bhp that's more than enough for a daily. 

Over here in Europe the sedans command more of premium, though I must admit I generally prefer the look of sedans . 

 

I get what you mean with the B5, it's not a car with a lot of "character" and "charisma" so to speak, it's a very 'no-nonsense *subtle* german car'. Honestly I couldn't even explain to you why I like them as much as I do hahah.

 

Oh, now that is an interesting bumper, I hadn't seen that one yet.  RS2-esque.  I'm not sure it would look as good on an S4 though, since the S6 had the body-color rub rail and the 4's had the black ones, it wouldn't carry that line.

One thing that's not hard to find is a complete euro bumper setup.  I think 2Bennet even had a front and rear set, gets rid of the silly moustache bar too.  Downside is they want like 3k...  On the rare occasion private seller ones show up they're less.  There are other options, a Zender one for instance, but they all seem to be S6 design, and apparently they're all pretty low quality.

I can't complain about the power, but through work I've had the chance to drive the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, so at this point anything under 500 horses seems a little lackluster lol.

 

I have a few friends with B5 S4s, they love them and have each rebuilt the engines like 3 times for more and more power.  They're just very meh to me, I like the C4 because it's relatively uncommon and I'm a sucker for I5s.

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, IKnight said:

Hahhah well, that makes me feel a bit better.  Speaking of change, is @iDeFecZx on his 10th car yet?

@hydrochloricOhh, is that an inline 5? What turbo are you running, and you got any more pics?  i've always wanted a c5, though preferably an S6 plus or maybe an i5 S6.

(granted the B5 S4 will always be closest to my heart ). 

 

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

11th, actually

Cheeky sods. Number 5 until October or potentially sooner

[hydrochloric]

  

2 hours ago, hydrochloric said:

Thanks, though that hasn't been my Subaru for about 5 years now.  I actually sold it to a guy who drove it from NY to SC, then SC to CO, where it got handed around a bunch.  I got a few messages from various owners out there trying to figure out just what it was before it finally got sold to about the most Suba-bro guy I'd ever seen.  He drifted it into a curb before scrapping it (though it was rusty as hell before I sold it so that didn't help).  I think he said it was at near 400k.

Ah-ha, I knew I had some photos of that wing somewhere:

 

And I think this is a photo from the 3rd time the headgaskets gave out!  Lol.

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Cheeky sods. Number 5 until October or potentially sooner

5....x2 + 1 = 11 :^)

[IKnight]

30 minutes ago, hydrochloric said:

Oh, now that is an interesting bumper, I hadn't seen that one yet.  RS2-esque.  I'm not sure it would look as good on an S4 though, since the S6 had the body-color rub rail and the 4's had the black ones, it wouldn't carry that line.

One thing that's not hard to find is a complete euro bumper setup.  I think 2Bennet even had a front and rear set, gets rid of the silly moustache bar too.  Downside is they want like 3k...  On the rare occasion private seller ones show up they're less.  There are other options, a Zender one for instance, but they all seem to be S6 design, and apparently they're all pretty low quality.

I can't complain about the power, but through work I've had the chance to drive the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, so at this point anything under 500 horses seems a little lackluster lol.

 

I have a few friends with B5 S4s, they love them and have each rebuilt the engines like 3 times for more and more power.  They're just very meh to me, I like the C4 because it's relatively uncommon and I'm a sucker for I5s.

Ohh right, I forgot that the S6/s4 lines just wouldn't match cause of the plastics. Probably a good idea to get yours fixed then, would definitely end up cheaper. 

Are you sure your friends weren't rebuilding them cause they blew up?

18 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Cheeky sods. Number 5 until October or potentially sooner

Wait what's number 4 and 5? I remember the c2, then the clio, then the mini (or was there something before it?), then idk hahahha.