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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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13 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Steam cleaner will have higher pressure to actually blast things off I believe.

 

i wonder what the ammonyc guy uses 

 

I looked up one of his vids, he uses expensive stuff that's all I can say :old-laugh: $995 is a bit much for me

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18 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Steam cleaner will have higher pressure to actually blast things off I believe.

I used steam cleaners before. Just be extra careful with them. Modern cars should all be fine, but old cars. with things like velour and worn fabric can brake up if steam clean too hard. Pro tip, steam cleaning is what dry cleaners use. 

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7 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

I looked up one of his vids, he uses expensive stuff that's all I can say :old-laugh: $995 is a bit much for me

Didn’t think it’d be that much, was thinking more like $200 xD 

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17 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Didn’t think it’d be that much, was thinking more like $200 xD 

 

 

It's the one from this video. Not sure if he uses anything else, but yeah, that's what I got :old-laugh:

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2 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

 

One thing, Portugal IS NOT Spain.

ik that, i was wondering if it was cheaper to just import through spain to portugal

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Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Is Portugal just Diet Spain? Or is Spain actually Diet Portugal?

mind blown

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44 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Is Portugal just Diet Spain? Or is Spain actually Diet Portugal?

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Don't suppose any of yous know the location of the battery for a RHD (UK) Merc C-class W204 (c220d to be specific)?

 

The battery is a little too dead to be jumped by my own car it seems...Jump points read 3.5V~ (starting it once a month, letting it idle for 10 minutes for 16 months hasn't worked great...) but would like to measure at the terminals to double check or take it out for charging/replacing but can't find it for the life of me. Everything online depicts it for LHS cars and even the manual depicts for LHS cars rather than RHS cars. 

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Don't suppose any of yous know the location of the battery for a RHD (UK) Merc C-class W204 (c220d to be specific)?

 

The battery is a little too dead to be jumped by my own car it seems...Jump points read 3.5V~ (starting it once a month, letting it idle for 10 minutes for 16 months hasn't worked great...) but would like to measure at the terminals to double check or take it out for charging/replacing but can't find it for the life of me. Everything online depicts it for LHS cars and even the manual depicts for LHS cars rather than RHS cars. 

Any possibility it's in the trunk behind some of the carpeting? It looks like it's under the hood from a quick google, but I've seen rear batteries before on midsized sedans.

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4 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Any possibility it's in the trunk behind some of the carpeting? It looks like it's under the hood from a quick google, but I've seen rear batteries before on midsized sedans.

Only found the spare-wheel there. Still don't understand why the location of the steering wheel affects battery location...as it's in-front of the wheel well so can't really see the steering rack or whatever affecting it. 

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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1 hour ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Don't suppose any of yous know the location of the battery for a RHD (UK) Merc C-class W204 (c220d to be specific)?

 

The battery is a little too dead to be jumped by my own car it seems...Jump points read 3.5V~ (starting it once a month, letting it idle for 10 minutes for 16 months hasn't worked great...) but would like to measure at the terminals to double check or take it out for charging/replacing but can't find it for the life of me. Everything online depicts it for LHS cars and even the manual depicts for LHS cars rather than RHS cars. 

Should be underneath one side of the scuttle panel

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1 minute ago, iDeFecZx said:

Should be underneath one side of the scuttle panel

Doesn't have a scuttle panel and isn't under the cabin air filter (like most W204, for both RHD and LHD cars). It's not in the boot either so have a rather funny feeling it's under the back seat 🤦‍♂️

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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3 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Doesn't have a scuttle panel and isn't under the cabin air filter (like most W204, for both RHD and LHD cars). It's not in the boot either so have a rather funny feeling it's under the back seat 🤦‍♂️

All pictures point to it being under the plastic cover behind the external points. Both left and rhd

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Doesn't have a scuttle panel and isn't under the cabin air filter (like most W204, for both RHD and LHD cars). It's not in the boot either so have a rather funny feeling it's under the back seat 🤦‍♂️

 

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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2 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

All pictures point to it being under the plastic cover behind the external points. Both left and rhd

Yeah, that's why it was so perplexing when I couldn't find it. Everything points as below the filter box on the left side but uncliped the 3 clips, pulled it out and it's just painted metal below. The right side has a fuse box and no-way of removing the whole thing.

Looking at my signature are we now? Well too bad there's nothing here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What? As I said, there seriously is nothing here :) 

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I've hit that point where I can't stop looking at turbos. >_>

 

I can't decide if I want to stick with a TD04, or get a smallish ball bearing TD05.

 

Maybe I should do exhaust first. And fix my misfire. And delete the TGV's.

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4 hours ago, iBabySlapper said:

"This is the Audi RS6 Avant... What we have here, is the perfect car for inexperienced learners in driver's education."

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25 minutes ago, Sarra said:

I've hit that point where I can't stop looking at turbos. >_>

 

I can't decide if I want to stick with a TD04, or get a smallish ball bearing TD05.

 

Maybe I should do exhaust first. And fix my misfire. And delete the TGV's.

yea turbos can be cool, but i read on some forum this guy got 1000whp with a d16y8 motor, he blew so many transmissions he had to get a integra one just so it didn't blow up, i forgot what the link to the forum page is but im looking for it right now

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33 minutes ago, FakeFBI said:

yea turbos can be cool, but i read on some forum this guy got 1000whp with a d16y8 motor, he blew so many transmissions he had to get a integra one just so it didn't blow up, i forgot what the link to the forum page is but im looking for it right now

I've already got a TD04. I just want to get a bigger turbo... But not sure how much I want to give up in the bottom end to get more in the top end.

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12 minutes ago, Sarra said:

I've already got a TD04. I just want to get a bigger turbo... But not sure how much I want to give up in the bottom end to get more in the top end.

i feel like that if you get a bigger turbo its just gonna lag like 10x more, just hope it doesnt do that when you upgrae to a tf05, but what are your thoughts on the 2nd gen toyota vitz rs trd turbo m, i think its a great cheap turbo car with prices going as low as 2k on sbtjapan.com

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I have now started accumulating the parts to do shocks/struts on my car, it's been through quite a lot since I bought it new in '05, and at 130k miles it's time. I've been on lowering springs the whole time too, so the factory dampers were quite resilient.

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12 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

I have now started accumulating the parts to do shocks/struts on my car, it's been through quite a lot since I bought it new in '05, and at 130k miles it's time. I've been on lowering springs the whole time too, so the factory dampers were quite resilient.

My miatas’ dampers were just starting to leak at 140k miles. kinda amazing how long they can last. 
 

the koni adjustable ones i put on it are great although I pretty much leave it on full soft because our roads are trash here lol

 

new bump stops + new springs + new dampers = great riding car

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