Car gang

[remote plume]

Yup - the screw looks odd on both sides but works on the other

[lost nest]

Yep. My miata has em. One on each side and you have to retract the screw before you can pull the calipers off. Then reset after.

[bronze gulch]

yep rented out that tool at autozone a number of times also a pair of calipers is often under 200 for cars trucks will cost more

[lost nest]

Yup.

[fierce heart]

i have a 1/2” ratchet tool to do that which cost me about £11

[bronze gulch]

yah the one I would rent had a deposit of about 20-30 USD but you got all of that back when you brought it back

[lost nest]

Hooked up the power for the mirror to my car.

TONS OF NOISE

That's the noise on the 12v system with the car not even running

[remote plume]

Is that the noise of the mirror or without?

[lost nest]

That's the noise of the car itself. Mirror isn't even hooked hooked up there. Unfortunately the mirror has no power filter so the audio output is dogshit.

I ordered a pair of filters though. We'll see.

[remote plume]

With filters - do you mean capacitors or some hot air product that's way more expensive than it should be?
I.E.: Link?

[lost nest]

Dc noise filters are commonplace items electronics...

And yeah, usually it's just a cap in a box for a few bucks

[remote plume]

1€-10€ seems reasonable for some caps+resistors on a PCB with terminals

Not all filters work at all frequencies tho, watch out.

[lost nest]

Yeah they were 7 dollars each with overnight shipping.

I'm also betting on upgrading the charging circuit entirely to reduce noise

I'm going to be running 2 awg cable from the alternator directly to the battery, then battery to chassis and engine to chassis

[remote plume]

If you're upgrading the charge circuit, look into LiFePo4 compatible ones. Those cells are amazing for everything and theoretically save you from using multiple batteries for huge audio systems

[remote plume]

All noise on the circuits should stem from the alternator, alternating and maybe electronics on the ECU or other systems. Don't think the should produce much noise tho

[lost nest]

The car was not running for that.

Bad grounds are a big source of noise. Also as for lifepo4, I've got plenty of experience with those

Exhibit A

For the size stereo I'm doing, the wiring upgrade is more than sufficient. Even as it is I don't have any dimming issues with about 350 rms on the subwoofer and another roughly 120 rms on the doors. And it's way louder than I'll ever need it

That's a 280ah 12v pack with integrated heaters since lifepo4 has no business being run below 0c

And I've got a 105ah portable pack somewhere I built

[remote plume]

Noice

[lost nest]

Kind of a nerd for dc low voltage systems

[vagrant knot]

Advice needed

Good weather tuk tuk starts

Shitty weather it don’t

[remote plume]

Bad weather as in high air moisture? Or bad weather as in rain going sideways? or maybe just cold?
Also remind me what kind of engine it has (Moped 2-stroke engine, right?)

I would try check compression and ignition regardless.

Also: doesn't start at all or needs some cooking?

[vagrant knot]

2 stroke

Don’t start

Turn over with ignition but nothing at all

[remote plume]

Turn over really slow or different noises compared to a good start?

[vagrant knot]

Same as normal but engine just won’t kick in

Called roadside service

[remote plume]

Ohh so not a reoccuring problem but a new one. Sadly not entirely qualified to help get it started without any testing equipment ^^'

[vagrant knot]

Reoccurring as weathers shit it won’t start

[remote plume]

Have you tried "jumpstarting" it by rolling down a slope and putting it in a medium-high gear?

[vagrant knot]

No slope

also only 4gears

Not gear box like a car

[remote plume]

Yea but works regardless - high is relative.

You could also try pushing but if you are alone it's relatively difficult to do this

[vagrant knot]

Also as it’s

This thing

The left one

Not the tank

[remote plume]

Ye I know but it has moto cycle internals and I know push-starting works on those

[vagrant knot]

Anyways they’re coming and they can check it over

As even if I get it started now

It’s gonna be the same tomorrow if the weathers Shi

Shit

[lost nest]

Good luck. High humidity no start could be an issue with the ignition coil(s) or a fuckin with fuel and air somehow, but that depends what kind of sensors it has - if any.

[vagrant knot]

Don’t think any

But basically a mechanic is gonna come so well see

[remote plume]

You could fix it yourself then - road service techs also pretty much just know how to get it working again or wheter they try should or not

[vagrant knot]

Owh don’t worry, these guys know how to diagnose too and if they can fix it usually do

[vagrant knot]

Triple aaa thinks it’s a sensor or smth

So yeah gonna call the tuk place tomorrow and ask advice

Anyways my coworkers coming to pick me up

[vagrant knot]

Ethanol or whatever was to start engines was sprayed in, no result

Mhm it started up

[vagrant knot]

When it did it was so low in sound and maybe took minute of full acceleration before it became loud so idk what that was but yea

[remote plume]

if you have ....
.... do moto bikes have OBD2 ports or something like that?
... anyways if you don't already have a readout tool for your wheeled baby, get one. it really helps with diagnostics and whatnot. OBD2 is great since you can use a single tool for many many cars, if you'd need a really special one, maybe don't get one then.

[vagrant knot]

It doesnt have a computer

Also tf is obd2

As it aint a moto bike

More like a moped but manual

Its basically a vespa scooter

But 50cc that. I got cylinder swapped to 70

[remote plume]

if it has sensors it prolly has some computer somewhere xD
Gotta have some sort of diagnostic port I imagine...

[vagrant knot]

Noo, it isnt that high tech

Im not even sure if it has sensor or such

[bronze gulch]

is it carbureted or EFI?

[deft musk]

Air filter good? Is the cold air intake dry?

[lost nest]

First time out with dash cam and got smoked by a bmw

[hollow knoll]

...
It looks like I could have smoked you with my Grand Caravan...
😛

But, uh, looks like someone needs some new rings at least.

[lost nest]

I wasn't racing. That was just normal driving lmao

Bit spirited on the rpm but otherwise wasn't doing shit lol

[bronze gulch]

there is so much oil in the cylinders that the US is considering invaiding

[lost nest]

Lolol

[vagrant knot]

Has a carb

[vagrant knot]

Should be but I didn’t manage to open it up as my bolt was just too long for the wrench

[deft musk]

If it uses a vacuum line for feedback, then there could be an issue there that only pops up in bad weather

[vagrant knot]

To be fair I’ve got no clue at all, going to call ship this afternoon and ask

[deft musk]

Neither, just going off what little I know about fueling systems 😆

[lost nest]

Absolutely no improvement with the cheapo filters. Time to start going over ground points.

[vagrant knot]

This morning it didnt start, afternoon, first time started and died after 10secs, two more starts 3rd kept running

[lost nest]

Jfc I cleaned up a couple grounds and it's worse

[fierce heart]

have you checked spark yet?

spark and fuel flow are the two things you want to check first

[vagrant knot]

Yeah but it sparks , just the engine dont do shit when its weather, triple a guy did say he thinks sensor or smth

[fierce heart]

confirmed spark when not starting

[vagrant knot]

But whwen not raining instant start

[fierce heart]

with confirmed spark?

[vagrant knot]

Yes as it instant starts then

[fierce heart]

no, have you confirmed consistent spark when it’s failing to start?

[vagrant knot]

Kinda hard at 6am when i gotta go to work and afternoon it just starting fine

[hollow knoll]

iIs the, what, 60mV of ripple really all that much noise?

[fierce heart]

well, it’s not starting you need to check if you have a consistent spark and fuel flow without those two pieces of information you have no clue where to start

[vagrant knot]

Fuel aint the problem

[potent flicker]

There any kind of automatic or manual choke on it?

[vagrant knot]

Manual

I opened to start it

As it wont otherwise unless u just ran it

[potent flicker]

Closing the choke on the cold days doesn’t make a difference?

[fierce heart]

have you confirmed this? (e.g flooding carb)

[vagrant knot]

Without it open it wont start

[vagrant knot]

Fuel aint the problem

Its something with timing or smth \

[potent flicker]

Sure it’s getting enough air?

[vagrant knot]

Yeah, it turns over just wont start when weahter be shite , all after i took a long trip of 400km in one day

Before rthat rain and -5 and it started instnatly

[potent flicker]

Exhaust is fine?

[vagrant knot]

Yes

Thing only has 1k km on that exhaust]

[hollow knoll]

We all may be confused on the use of "closed" vs "open".
You may be pulling a handle out somewhere to actuate the choke. That typically "closes" it for warm-up and easy starting on cold days. It's called a choke because it closes a flap before the throttle, and thus makes an additional restriction of incoming air, thus enrichening the fuel/air mixture, resulting in easier ignition.

[vagrant knot]

If i piull it out it closes it tto start, if i dont do that weather hot day or not it dont really start

Altough on hot hot days it usally isnt needed to be pulled

[potent flicker]

Okay, I was confused. Don’t think it’s air now

[remote plume]

If you give me a little more insight on the noise I can tell you what caps and resistors you need to buy to smooth them out and how to wire them up.
I'm a computer science student and we basically just learned how to do that

[lost nest]

Turns out zero noise with fm transmitter or when headphones are plugged directly into the mirror. My buddy is a bit of an electrical engineer and has suggested interference caused over the aux cables ground. I'm gonna try a shittier cable

If both devices have ass power it'll cause a loop over the ground in the aux so. Here goes

[remote plume]

Yeah, a shielded cable would certainly help eliminate the noise from the audio signal but it would greatly help if there wasn't any noise to begin with ^^'

My compsci degree includes electrical engineering btw

[lost nest]

The shielded cable may actually be the problem

[remote plume]

...because it conserves the noise coming from the thing?

[lost nest]

If the source is one of the devices itself yeah. But alas that's not it. Just took a cheap aux cable and cut the common

Still noisy as fuck

I'm going to see if I can get my hands on someone else's radio at a later date and test that. For now I'll just use the fm transmitter like a peasant

The spare I have doesn't have an aux in

[remote plume]

Yeah cuz the noise is coming from some component in yo car - you said the noise wasn't even from the alternator.
Equipping the power supply for the mirror just putting it in line of it's power cable) with filters for these specific frequencies is really no rocket science.

[lost nest]

Ew. Fm transmitter is scratchy sounding at audio peaks

Wack

Shame I can't use Bluetooth from the phone to the head directly unit while using android auto.

[remote plume]

This is like...

• A peak every 25ms
• a dip every 25ms
  and two highs + one low every 10ms, alternating

3 series filter circuit will cut that right out

I.E. A cap and a resistor per "circuit"

[lost nest]

Well. I can say that when powered externally the noise in my power supply is similar and it's silent

So I'm leaning more towards a shitty ground loop in this stereo

It's just that in that scenario the radio and the mirror are isolated from one another, aside from the aux cable

[remote plume]

Since I don't have any info on where this noise was measured and under what circumstances, I am a little guessing, I admit.
If there is also noise when using a lab power supply or something with a kinda smooth output, then it might be something else, you're right there.

[lost nest]

The power supply I have is Chinese shit and noisy itself

But grounding the case of the radio did nothing

[remote plume]

Electrical circuits don't always amplify all types/frequencies of noise

[lost nest]

Ah sweet now it stopped shutting down with the key out. Good quality hardware

[bronze gulch]

is it supposed to do that?
also Asian ignition cylinders are the only part of their cars that cost an inordinate sum

[lost nest]

It is supposed to shut off when the ignition is off, yes.

I vaguely recall there being a setting to keep recording though so I'm gonna check that if I can find the manual

[lost nest]

Could be the hardwire kit I bought too, but who knows with all this crap. None of it was really designed to work together.

[bronze gulch]

looks at the issues I have seen with after market security systems as a cashier at Autozone

[hollow knoll]

"None of it was really designed"
FTFY

[bronze gulch]

one lady had her car shutting down while driving turns out the power cable for the anti theft system was on a open ring connector on the battery clamp.
the real issues it the connection was lightly corroded and not verry tight but she wanted a new battery so she got a new battery and I redid that connection as much as I could

[lost nest]

Pretty sure I can just manually power it off but I need to confirm current draw before I'm OK with that.

Generally speaking of my car is parked at home in the garage there's a battery tender plugged in but still. Worst case I put a switch on the damn thing but then it'll lose its time for the dash cam time stamp

Just ordered the hitch stuff for the car. Hopefully next time it's up in the air it'll get new battery cables to the trunk during that install. If I'm not lazy.

[vagrant knot]

Your putting a hitch on it?

[lost nest]

Yes

[vagrant knot]

Nice

I might pyut one on the tuk

[fierce heart]

towing with an MX5?.. 🤔

[stable olive]

You can tow something light if you increase its torque

[fierce heart]

It was more the concept of telling something within the MX5 rather than the practicalities of it

[hollow knoll]

Can tow what? 100 pounds with 10 pounds tongue weight? :-p

[lost nest]

My camper weighs less than 800 lbs loaded up

While the car itself is rated to tow nothing at all, 1000 lbs/100 lbs tongue weight is no big deal even for a stock one

And I've doubled my spring rate front and rear at stock ride height AND upgraded the brakes a bit. It'll be fine

[vagrant knot]

But the camper is almost same size, would that be doable for such tiny car

[lost nest]

Size is irrelevant.

People pull 53 foot campers with short box pickups that are half the length.

My camper is 2 feet shorter than my car.

[vagrant knot]

But those are build for it tough

[lost nest]

So is my miata now

I can sit on the rear bumper and the suspension barely sags and I'm a fatass

Easily more than double the tongue weight of this camper

[vagrant knot]

[lost nest]

The comments are going to be a dumpster fire on this one.

[stable olive]

In EU people call a Cross-Over an SUV, even if it's smaller than a Toyota Mirai, which is by no means big.

[lost nest]

Ok. The point here is that the Toyota and the lexus are the same chassis.

And the gm truck motors are "ls based". That is to say both vehicles above are the same platform and the truck motor and LS are technically the same platform as well.

But nobody is dumb enough to say they're the same vehicles, while poor dudes buy junkyard truck engines and tell everyone they have an LS.

[potent flicker]

I think I’ve read they can safely handle up to 900lbs with trailer brakes

[fierce heart]

There is one 2 seater GT sports car turns out to be ludicrously good for towing. it’s quite heavy for a sports car, low wide and also has a very low centre of gravity, on top of that it’s got a petrol engine that produces a shit loads of torque around 950 rpm…

E89 Z4 35i(S)?

[lost nest]

In the US market any amount of trailer isn't "acceptable" regardless of brakes. If there's a European rating for them I could see that but they want brakes on everything regardless.

They also allow 3000 lb cars to tow 3500 lb trailers though all day long, assuming you follow the rules, so it's not like the cars ability to pull something larger than it is the issue here.

I do intend to do some testing on hills to see if I need to add brakes to my camper though. I totally will if I need to.

[potent flicker]

My comment is based on some forum posts from a while back

[lost nest]

Ah. Yeah officially the rating is "don't fuggin do it"

Unofficially 900+ lbs hasn't been an issue for anyone

I think this kit might work
https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brakes/etrailer/AKEBRK-2.html?feed=npn&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google | Shop - Trailer Brakes&adgroupid=85896556525&campaignid=203665937&creative=409221797939&device=m&devicemodel=&feeditemid=&keyword=&loc_interest_ms=&loc_physical_ms=9018857&matchtype=&network=g&placement=&position=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwocShBhCOARIsAFVYq0jNeJyJVW6gkOvr_9jWBepaiemneaqqqNpg78ZV7ekTCopgWOcVTyMaAqCIEALw_wcB

[vagrant knot]

Add brakes Miata

If it’s hilly area around you it don’t hurt

Flat same thing

[lost nest]

If that kit works I'll probably do it anyways. I didn't realize it would be that cheap

[vagrant knot]

Just make sure they ain’t stupid ones where if you try and reverse it up to a ledge it can’t

That’s some trailers at my work with my work van, it just can’t if it’s more than a 3 inch lip

[lost nest]

I already ordered the 7 pin wiring I need for brakes and will just need am adjustable controller

An*

[vagrant knot]

Even tough my vans weak with trailers

It struggles to accelerate with one, Altough when towing its always near or at its max capacity it’s allowed, but I assume with my van it might be over

[lost nest]

Still need hub/drum whatever with those but yeah. Not terrible cost

[fierce heart]

from what I understand EU towing limits are much stricter than those in the US

[lost nest]

Definitely. Pretty much a free for all in the US

Very few states have secondary speed limits for trailers and in my state for example the only real rules are you need license plates and brakes over 3000 lbs

Over there they have a strict, much lower speed limit and nearly everything needs brakes, plus I thought they needed to take a course for towing but could be wrong there

[vagrant knot]

Then again they use trucks to carry trailers we have behind a stationwagon

[vagrant knot]

Well, guess you have oil for ya ass now

[fierce heart]

It’s complicated because it depends on when you got your license as to which rules inforce etc. But whatever license you’ve got there a defined limits for what you can tow without needing extra. Also you’re not allowed to pull more on a car than it’s been rated for which is really annoying because stuff like the E89 Z4 was never tested because BMW didn’t think anyone would want to tow with it

[vagrant knot]

Our work got a new iveco

That van with the right license was allowed to load 5tons and pull over 8tons

But it was reregistered to just 3500 max weight

[fierce heart]

iirc with vans you can register then at a lower MGW and allow people to use them with a “lower” license

[vagrant knot]

Well most come normal

And then there’s iveco

Their vans basicslly are trucks

[fierce heart]

yeah, there’s various classes of vans which can be extended into the 15 (?) ton class

[vagrant knot]

Most company’s who have a market booth have ivecos as they’ll easily load up all stock in the rear and pull a 10m trailer/booth

[fierce heart]

been too long since I seriously looked into getting aC2 license

sorry BE

I managed to sneeze into the old “B” class which meant I could drive 8t vans and high load trailers

and if you know UK driving license history tells you when I got my license

[lost nest]

So you're old as dirt

[fierce heart]

na…

[lost nest]

Lol

[fierce heart]

if I was old as dirt i wouldn’t have had to do a driving test! 😱

[vagrant knot]

Well, yours was around the mc drive tough and then when u went for ya happy meal u got it in there as a gift right?

[fierce heart]

nope….

[bronze gulch]

seen it done in the wiled

[fierce heart]

STILL it requires contemplation!

[bronze gulch]

it was a mini uhaul about a 3'x3'x3' box on wheels

[lost nest]

These two arguing about their shitbox race cars

"Every little bit of weight we can cut is great"

So I pointed at both of their asses

"Fuck you"

[fierce heart]

Depends on the category one of the categories I raced in you had to get weighed in the car!

[lost nest]

Diff just died in the miata

[fierce heart]

time for an atb diff?

[remote plume]

Damn yo miata has a lotta "projects"

[lost nest]

It's a 30 year old shitbox

Wait till you hear that I just put that diff in it

[hollow knoll]

Your diff HEARD you say something about towing and said "fuck-it, I'm out!"

[fierce heart]

wasn’t that a secondhand one though?

[stable olive]

If I had a Miata, I would supercharge it and make it into an off-road beast

[fierce heart]

no you do that with a Lotus S1 Exige and crucify everything in rally cross!

[lost nest]

Yeah, but still pricey

[hollow knoll]

If I had a Miata, I could keep a spare car in my trunk.

[lost nest]

I intend to supercharge it

[lost nest]

Fucking probably.

[hollow knoll]

They know!

[lost nest]

I'm not that bent out of shape over it. Better now than 500 miles from home. At least now I can get it rebuilt and maybe even with new parts

Am a bit annoyed I need to pull it out of the car though. I'm lazy.

[stable olive]

Nice, majority of people turbo-charge it, but I love the whine of a supercharger

[lost nest]

Yeah it's much better

[remote plume]

But stututu is also great :(

Honestly can't decide which route to go for my not-so-common car

Also not so much space above the engine but defo some bigger gaps around it...

[deft musk]

Both. Both is good

[remote plume]

Wellllllll, pretty sure this poor hyundai 4cyl would explode then xD

I'm pretty sure I could pull a 6cyl 2.4L out of a junkyard and basically swap them without much hassle but that lotta upfront cost for a C-tier fwd car, when I kinda wanna get a GT68 or celica or the sorts. Europe is a difficult market...

[deft musk]

If nissan can do it with a 930cc straight four then you can too :p https://www.carthrottle.com/post/that-time-nissan-built-a-turbocharged-and-supercharged-micra/

[remote plume]

Yeah but that engine was built for boost - mine would probably stick all four rods out the side simultaneously and then fire the piston heads out the bottom, escape pod style

[deft musk]

Pretty sure it was just a two stage system for reduced turbo lag. Bypassed the supercharger when the turbo started making boost

[remote plume]

I'm fine with the realistically small amount of turbo lag mine would have but I would defo do it for the sounds and the added hp

[deft musk]

Turbo reduces engine hp, oh wait you meant horsepower not hitpoints :p

[remote plume]

200 - 250hp on the stock rods seem to be fine as a daily. I would still upgrade the camshaft and rods tho, just to be sure...

[remote plume]

Oof 😂

[lost nest]

Putting pistons into low earth orbit is an admirable goal.

[remote plume]

But an expensive one. Never seen a dorito in orbit tho

[lost nest]

No. They do it differently. They just grind up apex seals into exhaust dust.

[bronze gulch]

remember the Wankel is a two stroke pretending to be a four stroke

[potent flicker]

Most importantly it's a hell of a lot of fun

[stable olive]

I prefer modern wankels over pistons as wankels are a lot more stable and I feel the vibrations less than a piston.

[bronze gulch]

have you looked up liquid piston?

[potent flicker]

Yeah it's an interesting option

I'm not quite convinced it won't have the same issues as the Wankel

[bronze gulch]

it will have some of them but should be more efficient than the wankel

you can't avoid them apex seals issue you can remember that it is a 2 stroke and that is what most the demonstrators I have seen are built around

[potent flicker]

I'd go so far as to say the liquid piston is closer to a 2 stroke than the wankel

but yeah I think the seals are still going to be the weak point

Just holding them still in the liquid piston instead of having them move like in the wankel

[bronze gulch]

it is that price of the compact power package

[potent flicker]

Indeed it is

Absolutely worth it though

[bronze gulch]

also it is an invers wankel

[potent flicker]

Yep

That's really all it is

[bronze gulch]

but according the the guys behind it it has way better efficiency than a wankel

[deft musk]

Pistons can be low vibration, it all depends on layout etc

[bronze gulch]

I6 is one of the better from what I have heard

[deft musk]

All depends on crank layout

[bronze gulch]

true

[potent flicker]

Which of course they would say. I'm curious to hear more about it from users once it's been out in the world for a bit

[bronze gulch]

their reasoning is sound from what I can tell and the DOD was interested in it as well

[potent flicker]

I can buy that it is more efficient in some ways. but when they claim to have solved the sealing problems when they very clearly have apex seals of their own in the design I'm going to give them the chance to prove it out

[bronze gulch]

I think the solution is they last closer to the life time of modern piston rings

[lost nest]

I just ordered a 1/4 cordless ratchet and I've got a huge bill sitting in my garage. I clearly hate myself

I'm not that impressed with the liquid piston engine claims though.

They are "Shooting for" 26.8 hp with their "basketball sized" engine

[potent flicker]

I think that's the goal. If they've solved that problem then in theory the same fix would apply back to the Wankel design.

Which reminds me I need to take a close look at the MX-30

[lost nest]

Which is only that size with no accessories or cooling system and means they haven't achieved that power

[bronze gulch]

you might be able to oil stationary seals more easily

[remote plume]

What? Liquid piston??

[lost nest]

In 1989 kawasaki built a motor that can run just about 25hp at the same 6500 rpm they claim, except that's its cruising rpm and can do double that

And the motor itself, while larger and heavier, is 30 plus year old technology

And it's not THAT much larger, if you lose the integrated transmission

[bronze gulch]

I think they will never get beond small engine applications

[lost nest]

I think it's a sound idea but their claims are largely ignoring the cooling requirements and a couple details they are conveniently refusing to publish, annnd they haven't put out real power figures either.

[bronze gulch]

where the lower vibrations from a rotory more desirable that and small generators

[potent flicker]

Rotarys? No they won't. The whole point to them is excellent power to size ratio

If you're growing the size of them you're better off with a traditional piston engine

[bronze gulch]

that and they scale down way better than up

[lost nest]

I recall their first public engine debacle ended in rapid unscheduled disassembly

[bronze gulch]

not that supprissing

[lost nest]

Honestly for small scale stuff that's not the way to go anyways

Micro turbines baby

[bronze gulch]

yah but turbines are not that common yet

[lost nest]

https://newatlas.com/outdoors/arc-turbine-microgenerator/

8kw in that but it's stupid loud

[bronze gulch]

that is the other issues turbines have a very clearly defined optimal size

[lost nest]

It also has no inverter or fuel tank so they're kind of cheating too, but at least that fits into their size claim properly and has the generator in it. Liquid pistons engine doesn't have a fuel tank, cooling system, or anything else.

[bronze gulch]

but all small generators are stupid loud

[potent flicker]

I'm expecting liquid piston to have similar displacement to wankels

[lost nest]

I mean... define small? Mine is stupid quiet.

It's not silent but you can have a normal conversation next to it without raising your voice and it's 2kw

Hondas units are even quieter

[bronze gulch]

all of the various portable generators I have seen or been around are uncomfortably loud to be around but all are in the man portable department

[lost nest]

You should look up inverter generators

[bronze gulch]

I assumme it is a some what recent tech improvement?

[lost nest]

Hondas are barely audible over a crowded campground for example, unless you're within 15 feet of them.

Uh. Not really? Maybe 20 years

Been long enough the patent is up and everyone is making them now

[potent flicker]

There was a small generator at a place I worked that wasn't terribly loud. That was around 20 years ago and it was older than that even

[bronze gulch]

hmm the last one I saw was nearly hand held and I could hear it outside my apartment (small unit similar size and noise to a pancake compressor)
before that I could hear it on the other side of the campground (trailer mounted unit)

[lost nest]

https://youtu.be/Uae4l1lNuYc

14 years ago

As good a comparison as you'll get out of a video without seeing them in person, but note that he's not yelling over any of them.

And then the old school ones you can barely hear him

[bronze gulch]

must be a honda thing then cause I know that sound is why dad was looking at a honda generator for the camper

[remote plume]

Well that new rotary mazda uses it as a generator

[lost nest]

Nah there's a bunch of brands like that now. Mine is a "Duromax" dual fuel. Propane or gas.

Westinghouse, generac, even harbor freight has a line of them and a couple are even quieter than the Honda of the comparable size. My buddy has a 3500w predator that's like 1 or 2 db quieter than the Honda

He had it running at full load during the recent power outage. It was sitting behind the house and I couldn't hear it at the road.

[bronze gulch]

interesting

[lost nest]

They pricey though.

[vagrant knot]

Well yeah, thats how you supposed to do it

[vagrant knot]

Weird ass looking minecraft

[remote plume]

Miata go brrrrrrrrrr

[lost nest]

...rrrreak

[vagrant knot]

Fatass broke it

[lost nest]

Yeah

[vagrant knot]

Nice when u know it’s a tad loose but haven’t gotten to taking the inside mechanism of to tie down the bolt

Came to this, it was there Friday, now it ain’t

Drove whole weekend so yes

[remote plume]

What was at this place? License plate?

[vagrant knot]

Handle

Now I can’t open it :(

[remote plume]

Ohhh sucks

[vagrant knot]

Gotta order a new lock, or hope I somehow find it but I doubt it

Went on few just drives in evening so it could be anywhere and if shit someone kicked it in the ditch or smth

[vagrant knot]

Yay rain, instant starter issues

Fucking hell

[remote plume]

So you didn't get it fixed by the roadside tech? 😝

[deft musk]

be me
Think tires are looking a bit saggy
Stop by gas station and use air pump.
All tires are at pressure or 1-2psi over
???

[remote plume]

Hah feel you

[vagrant knot]

No that just got it started

[remote plume]

I tend to probably overfill my tires, but that was mostly to account for the "summer air" :D

[vagrant knot]

Soon as rain the issue acts

[vagrant knot]

Heh, mine aired twice but the thread they had, they’re slicks now

[deft musk]

At least one of mine is due for replacement (sidewall damage), which means all four (yay AWD...). Don't really want to fork out a grand for rubber

[remote plume]

Some expensive rubber, that is.

[deft musk]

I think it was about 200/wheel last time. Maybe more. Takes slightly bigger tires than normal cars do. Or at least the last time I bought tires...

[vagrant knot]

I gotta replace all 3 plus spare as they’ve driven 12k or been on it 8years as spare outside hung so rot

[deft musk]

Yeahhhhh, I should probably do the spare too tbh

Probably the factory rubber... From 18 years ago

[vagrant knot]

Yup

Unless it’s rotted, as it’s in a dry compartment jt might be good

I just wouldn’t risk doing lots of driving with it if needed if you where to use it lol

Least not highway speeds

[vagrant knot]

Welp shop thinks it’s the bobine

Dunno if it translates same

But it’s 60quid part so I’ll just get it fixed

Replaced*

[deft musk]

A coil. Part of the ignition system?

[vagrant knot]

Yes

[remote plume]

Hah - my call :D

[vagrant knot]

What about the issue? Well I knew it was something with starting

But tomorrow I’ll fully hear if it is that

Could still be something else

[remote plume]

Just excited, that I'm starting to maybe know my way round combustion-engines ^^'

[remote plume]

Since ignition only consists of like.. the coils, (*the plugs) and the power source for them (i.E. ECM?) I think I was pretty close 🤔
correct me if I'm wrong tho

[fierce heart]

You mean the check I said you should do and you keep on not doing because reasons was relevant 🤦

[vagrant knot]

Well at first it would spark tough and all

Just wouldn’t start

:)

[fierce heart]

Test spark strength?

[remote plume]

In high moisture air the coils could be shorted, circumventing the "coil" par of it and just going to spark. Which in turn would not create a good spark

[lost nest]

Someone pull the diff out of my car.

I don't want to

[deft musk]

gimme a twelve pack, and a power outlet for a sawzall. Muahahaha

[remote plume]

It's just the diff, how bad could it be?
it was indeed, very bad..

I'm sure there could be a worse thing to pull out xD

[lost nest]

Have to pull the exhaust, drive shaft, cv axles (which means dropping the rear hubs), then remove the power plant frame up to the transmission just to get at it.

Really if I wasn't lazy that would all only take an hour or so.

[vagrant knot]

Sure, buy my ticket

[fierce heart]

🤣🤣 my hard to work on car it takes 34 bolts and two spring clips

[lost nest]

Lord

[fierce heart]

it’s odd.. one of the hardest cars to change the oil but piss easy to pull the drive train apart…it’s almost like it’s made with race car parts where you’re expecting the car to be stripped down every month or so,..

[vagrant knot]

Heh the engine side of the tuk has quite some oil on it

But, it doesn’t burn oil

It barely uses any, so seems it sweats a bit

Engine side vs non side

[hollow knoll]

That's the self-applying anti-corrosion coating. Feature, not bug.

[vagrant knot]

Hehe

Funny thing is, it does not use any oil at all, barely does

As it got a oil tank with pump

Too bad my work ain’t got wd40, as you know how that would go, own bought or company bought it

[fierce heart]

does the diff share the same oil as the engine?

it’s unlikely and I’d be checking the diff oil

[vagrant knot]

Cylinder is covered too, and no they do not

Also shouldn’t both sides be covered if it’s the diff?

[fierce heart]

not necessarily depends where it’s leaking from

[hollow knoll]

Leaky crank case is actually a big deal on a 2 stroke.

[vagrant knot]

Anyways the left side axle is covered right isn’t

But the cylinder is covered on right side

Anyways I believe it’s been a while like that so

[fierce heart]

i thought it was a 4stroke

[hollow knoll]

I thought 2. And the exhaust suggests two.

[vagrant knot]

It’s 2

[fierce heart]

okay liberal use of degreaser and quickly find out where it’s leaking!

[vagrant knot]

Don’t think it leaks if it ain’t running

[fierce heart]

if it’s degreased then you should be able to find where it’s leaking by looking for oil etc. when you stop

[vagrant knot]

True

[fierce heart]

🤦

[vagrant knot]

Anyways the shop can do that

As hell neeeda clean anyways to look at everything

Can say the part is more likely to be broken than wire

As that’s all coated in water repellant oil xd

[fierce heart]

wire =wet?

[vagrant knot]

Wire= coated in oil

[lost nest]

I'm thinking about driving down to north carolina to get a buddy of mine to weld shit for the differential

[bronze gulch]

when the knitting club goes to war

[bronze gulch]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/989031263551766548/1095782072108458135/igVideo-9.mp4
look on fear is self

[vagrant knot]

So the oil is normal

That’s a piaggio thing

@fierce heart remember u said haybussa swap, seems these guys have a fun project going

[fierce heart]

See now THAT is what you want!

[vagrant knot]

It would of been doper if they would of used the rear originally and just put a frame under and cut a hole

So it’s basically sorta sleeper

600cc Honda apparantly 100hp

It was made from a homemade buggy they bought

[vagrant knot]

Mhm seems it was a wire loose

[vagrant knot]

It’s normal, aka it’s now the anti rust feature xd

[hollow knoll]

I'm not joking. Two strokes work by having the crank case alternately under vacuum and pressurized. Leaks can cause issues with fuel mixture and even lubrication.

[vagrant knot]

They have jt from factory even sometimes

It’s not a Fortnite

Dirtbike*

Remember it’s this thing

Heh almost 100km round trip to the shop, dang nice timing as that’s from same fuel station this morning to now

Wich is nice as it’s glowing

:)

[vagrant knot]

Got access

Welp pulled the hinges

Almost lost a key element of the lock but didn’t luckily

[vagrant knot]

At last done, didn’t have the pins u bend, well I did bought but didn’t fit, keyring did

[remote plume]

Wait couldn't you just take out the pins and then remove the hatch while locked? 🤔

[vagrant knot]

I took out the pins, removed the lower bit as that doesnt lock, and then i could open the top bit from inside by pulling the levers that latch it

It wasnt locked, just no handle or anything

[fierce heart]

soo it’s totally insecure?

[vagrant knot]

Its secure, i mean unless you intentionally pull some pins that bended, so u need pliers

Now it got the rings as all i got but yea

[fierce heart]

in other words do something a thief wouldn’t think twice about?

[vagrant knot]

Yes

But they ratehr kick in a window

This has no so

[fierce heart]

they’ll flip it on the roof

[vagrant knot]

Yes

More prone it being vandalised or stolen vs burglar

[remote plume]

Stolen as in carried away :P

[vagrant knot]

Well, i mean, two people

U can easily put it in a van on ya own

Lift the front put it in, roll forward as much u can then lift rear and push

Not that ive done that, i used ramps, but i could totally on my own\

[vagrant knot]

This been going on for 5minutes, one police bike even escorting

[potent flicker]

Not sure if it’s a protest or a parade

[vagrant knot]

Neither, its a run for disabled kids or smth

[potent flicker]

Oh cool

[lost nest]

I'm gonna get a passport. I'm gonna find you. And I'm gonna pet your kitties.

[vagrant knot]

Welll thats just random

But from that vid if ur good with google u probz can

Hehe

[lost nest]

Oh yeah. Easy. But I'm not going to bother lol. If I was on vacation nearby somehow I'd just ask.

[vagrant knot]

So why the random cat comment lol, anyways if u over u can come for beer

[lost nest]

Cuz kitties

[vagrant knot]

Hehe

[fierce heart]

i’ve done a dc and ordered one of these https://en.velomobiel.nl/quatrevelo/

(well kind of a “car”)

[lost nest]

But why

[vagrant knot]

Hah\

Fucking hell

10k

And i feel thats just stock price without options

[fierce heart]

options don’t add much as most of the price is man hours, i know when i last looked into it the price worked out to be about 50 euros/hr for the people building a velo

[fierce heart]

cause I can afford one, and I miss cycling

[vagrant knot]

So you gonna pick it up here?

Bicycle back? Work it in instantly\

[fierce heart]

dunnoyet

last time i rode in nl I hated it

[vagrant knot]

Haha

How come?

[fierce heart]

it was picking up a bicycle velo and my cruising speed is was about 50-60km/h

[vagrant knot]

Hehe, then add a wavy flag and drive on the road where mopeds are required to do such too

?

So well if u do, lemme know, ill come down , we can meet up

[fierce heart]

duno about the ins and outs of your road laws, was told you have to ride on cycle paths… not fun at that speed

[vagrant knot]

You do, but bicycle path law is u cant go over 30 i think it is

Also it aint fun with big vehicles in some places, it got lights right, turn signals and such?

[fierce heart]

no one told me that

[vagrant knot]

Id add a flag so people in cars can see u and just do areas on the road

[fierce heart]

yeah, light and turn signals

[vagrant knot]

Yeah id say go on road

Look up ce bord

Hang on aint called that exactly

[fierce heart]

also velo bikes are very different dynamic to unfaired recumbents

[vagrant knot]

https://verkeersregels.vvn.nl/sites/default/files/styles/traffic_sign/public/C09.png?itok=FpVzoBbV

Unless its this , your allowed to go on road with mopeds

[fierce heart]

so i was learning to ride in

[vagrant knot]

Wich is basically 50km roads and shit

If ur bike does that, id say id go on roads that not have that sign insstead of bike lane

Just add a flag for like big trucks and such \

[fierce heart]

if eu towing laws made sense i’d get a trailer for the AM!

[vagrant knot]

What u worried about?

[fierce heart]

the fact it’s totally illegal and in the uk is prison time

[vagrant knot]

Towing a trailer?

[fierce heart]

with a motor vehicle with out a towing rating… yeah

[vagrant knot]

Doesnt have a hitch stock?

[fierce heart]

it never got approval…

[vagrant knot]

Well i mean theres places over there too right, to add hitches to vehicles

Atleast here are

At worse u do it here and buy a simple trailer here

[lost nest]

No I get that. I mean why that type of cycle.

[vagrant knot]

As that is aerodynamic so u can do speeds longer plus dry and storage

Plus comfortable seating i assume

[lost nest]

I'm down with all that

[fierce heart]

weather proof, good cargo space, low wind resistance so nice and fast and i’ve done over 200’000 km on recumbents

[lost nest]

Sounds like bullshit. I say, while currently underneath my miata looking at how my hitch will bolt on.

[vagrant knot]

Youve biked 200000kms on bicycles?

Fucking hell

[lost nest]

That's badass

I need to stop being so fat and get myself set up with a camping setup and just go

[fierce heart]

it’s technically easy to do it’s the legality of it all 😩

[lost nest]

Yeah that's the bullshit part

Don't get me wrong. Not everyone is like us where we'd actually upgrade the car to handle it

[vagrant knot]

I mean, can fly here with the basics in a backpack, and go here to a store buy a tent or such if u dont wanna do hotels or such,, and just ride it back

[lost nest]

Most idiots here pull 6000 lb trailers with 4000 lb cars at 75 mph and are dumbfounded when they end up in a ditch

[lost nest]

I don't travel with more than a carryon lol

[fierce heart]

E89 Z4 is a perfect example, quite heavy, low cogwith 50/50 weight distribution and wide track.. great towing and proven in the us… totally illegal i; the Uk and a lot of euope

[lost nest]

Mm them coilovers

[vagrant knot]

Went to sweden had a checked bag, but i went for two weeks in winter too , wasnt used to those temps os did overpack

Now im just carryon

[fierce heart]

ffs the E89 even has the BMW universal hitch mount

[vagrant knot]

Then again tech, u have other car too right , the beamer

[lost nest]

I'm now 100% sure the rear main is leaking and I'm salty about it

But at least the front of my engine is dry now

This lift set was worth every penny.

[fierce heart]

and the loom was installed… but you could only have the bmw bike carrying kit… cause no towing rating

[fierce heart]

yeah, could do it with the 225xe

[vagrant knot]

I mean, idk how much shipping be

Vs picking it up

Depending on u can leave in morning and be back the next day

[fierce heart]

675Nm 260kw ish people carrier… that’s funny

it’s cheaper getting it shipped

[vagrant knot]

Ah

[fierce heart]

150 euros

[vagrant knot]

Damn

thats cheap

[fierce heart]

if I could use the AM I’d drive it for sure

with the 2 series it’s very meh

[vagrant knot]

Yea, guarantee it comes undamaged and test drive before recieving

[fierce heart]

those guys ship worldwide so they know it’ll arrive just fine

[vagrant knot]

True, yet theres plenty of incompetent postal workers

[fierce heart]

they will crate it up properly

[vagrant knot]

So, how long before u get it?

[fierce heart]

8-12 months

[lost nest]

Hot

Do you ever ride out and camp and shit

[vagrant knot]

I assume theres like a 9month wait first of all?

We know he does atleast one of them

[fierce heart]

i used to ultra endurance randonneuring, which isn’t exactly camping out…

[vagrant knot]

Tf is that even

[lost nest]

Something that takes way more time than I ever have

[fierce heart]

talk to the google

[vagrant knot]

talking to you

[fierce heart]

and I’m telling you to talk to Google 😝

[lost nest]

Basically Forest Gump of cycling and they need to be self sufficient

And then one day for no particular reason he started pedaling.

[vagrant knot]

Xd

[fierce heart]

you know FG on VHS is available on amazon 🤣

[vagrant knot]

I dont have amazon to look for vhs

Geeez ya old xd

[lost nest]

Tech is like 75

[vagrant knot]

Jk, even i grew up with vhs movies and cartoons

[fierce heart]

i just searched for FG and it gave me vhs as a purchase option

[vagrant knot]

Fg?

[fierce heart]

Forrest Gump

[vagrant knot]

Oh

Why would u buy it when its online

[fierce heart]

realised i’ve never watched it

[vagrant knot]

Want me to send ya a link that inst 3quid

[lost nest]

Man paneer on its own is like

Flavorless af

Also there's like 3 bright red ass cardinals living in my yard

Wild. I've never had this stuff straight up not in a dish

[potent flicker]

Clearly it’s not your yard anymore

[lost nest]

I wanna know what old fogie still has a vhs player though

[lost nest]

They can cut up the 1.5 knocked over trees then.

[vagrant knot]

Probably my grandma,. Bet she never got rid of it

[lost nest]

Lol

My grandma is like 83 and even she got rid of hers like 10 or 15 years ago

[vagrant knot]

Tbf idk if she has one, all i know is im 24 and i watched vhs at her

[lost nest]

Hitch arrived. No mounting hardware

Ah. Apparently I do not need hardware.

[vagrant knot]

Mhm

Just stick it on with some glye and say: that aint going anywhere?

[lost nest]

Nah it uses existing bolts

[vagrant knot]

Owh

Wouldnt that be bad tough, as its in less than before due to it having to bolt in the hitch

[lost nest]

No. You remove a useless recovery hook on either side that's made of a poor kids hopes and dreams. So you still have the same amount of thread engaged

[vagrant knot]

Ah

Guess u cant put it in ditch then

[fierce heart]

pull it out with the hitch

[lost nest]

Exactly

[lost nest]

Cleaning up the garage was a good idea. Helped my level of motivation on this project greatly. I think I'm still missing some sockets though...

[bronze gulch]

is it a 10mm

[lost nest]

I actually found one in a box full of junk parts I needed to toss out.

But yeah I think at least one has gone on vacation.

[bronze gulch]

yep AutoZone sells a kit with every kind of 10mm sockets

[lost nest]

Those damn 10mm

What really chaps my ass is the few 9mm ones I've found on that car. Like wtf

Same as the 7mm header nuts on my rc51. Wtf is that?

[bronze gulch]

7MM is more understandable than nine

[fierce heart]

9mm is a standard size.. iirc Citroen use non standard sizes e.g 31mm when standard has 30 and 32mm

[vagrant knot]

My tuktuk, the lock mechanism

Uses 10mm a 7.5 mm and a 7mm

[manic lark]

It my car https://imgur.com/gallery/d2rXujA

[deft musk]

Is that 180k miles or km?

[manic lark]

Miles 💀

[deft musk]

Still not bad for a 17 year old car. And the GT should have the MLS gaskets instead of the leaky ones

[manic lark]

Gaskets aren't the issue, ringlands and turbo are

[deft musk]

It was an issue with the ej series

[manic lark]

with NA yeah

But i'm saying this is a turbo, so gaskets shouldn't be an issue

But other things are

If i had the money, it'd be getting a new shortblock

and new turbo

[deft musk]

Does it have the 2.0 or 2.5?

[remote plume]

What's a shortblock? 🤔

[manic lark]

The "middle" part of the engine where the pistons, crankshaft, etc are. Attached to it are the Heads, where the valvetrain is.

[manic lark]

2.5, it's a usdm

[remote plume]

Ohh I thought that was just the "block"

But I'd guess there could be shorter versions of it 🤷🏽‍♂️

[deft musk]

Well its pretty short on boxers, only two cyl long

Hadn't heard shortblock used to refer to it though, especially not for the 2.5

I do miss my old '94 legacy (2.2 na fwd). Whacked it in to a wall on the eve of my 18th birthday and wrote it off.

[remote plume]

Ohh sad

[manic lark]

Haven't heard it called anything but the shortblock

on subies atleast

[manic lark]

Ah yes, like the one car subaru made that wasn't awd standard

[deft musk]

the one awd variant of the second gen was popular enough that they decided to do it for everything going forwards (95 and on)

[manic lark]

Yeah

[deft musk]

my current car is a... '05 forester X (2.5 manual na). with a rather low 104k km

[manic lark]

Lucky

What i'd give for a running low mileage manual NA subaru

[deft musk]

I bought it off my dad (who got it new, as a basically untouched dealer demo). And he didnt use it much, commuted via motorcycle. and I dont use it especially much (maybe 50km/week)

If I had the money (and a spare vehicle) I would love to get a bit more power out of it. but its an otherwise solid vehicle

[manic lark]

You don't get more power out of NA subarus

They aren't built for anymore power than what they come with

[deft musk]

you do by strapping a turbo on it

[manic lark]

no

That's how you blow up an engine

[deft musk]

Im not talking about pushing it to 500hp

[manic lark]

It doesn't matter

[deft musk]

which if you have a good sample is actually feasible on a stock ej251

[manic lark]

Copy pasted from official subaru discord: I've detected you might be trying to put a turbo on a naturally aspirated car with an EJ series engine.

Unfortunately, this is NOT possible. Yes, you will see people on the internet doing such things, or attempting it, but IT IS NOT FEASIBLE, NOR A GOOD IDEA TO ATTEMPT Why? Because naturally aspirated EJ engines have extremely weak castings for pistons and rods, do not have bearing clearances that are appropriate to a turbocharger, and often also do not have cylinder walls strong enough to survive the added cylinder pressure from a turbo. Custom internals will be extremely expensive and will STILL LEAVE YOU WITH AN ENGINE BLOCK THAT WILL FAIL.

In short? Your engine will catastrophically fail and replacing it will cost as much as it would cost to obtain a factory turbocharged engine. It will be cheaper and far more reliable to install a factory turbocharged engine, ideally from a WRX or STI of a similar year. The newer your car, the more complicated this may be, especially tough later than 2007 or so.

[deft musk]

My other idea had been to find an engine, but a low mileage ej257/255 would have been silly expensive.

[manic lark]

I mean they aren't awful to find, and certainly cheaper than building a "turbo-capable" 251

[deft musk]

I havent actually looked, but the market here is likely small enough that it wouldnt be especially cheap.

probably still cheaper than getting a car with a working motor though

[manic lark]

Eh, depends on location and luck

but pretty much the only way you're getting a full car with a good 255/257 for cheap is if it was rear ended, or transmission is shot

[deft musk]

and the transmission is one of those bits you want (at least if its a 6 speed)

[manic lark]

Way easier to find a good 6 speed than it is to find a good low mileage engine

[deft musk]

searches for ej257, gets a whole bunch of fb20 and fb25 listings
thanks google

[manic lark]

Idk what all would be involved in it, or if it's worth it, but an h6 swap could be interesting too

[deft musk]

Mighty Car Mods did a ez36 swap in to a... early '00s liberty (aussie name for legacy) wagon. ended up with about 350kw (turbod). but it will only run on ethanol. they recently put a ez30 in a levorg, but havent had many updates since getting it in. presumably still working on the car

4k aud for a ej25 (turbo, doesnt say which specific block variant. also unknown mileage). from a newer car so likely not just drop and go (despite how little subaru changes engine mounts and engine bay stuff in general).

[manic lark]

Pretty sure you still have to build h6s to turbo them, but you still get 280hp with NA

And more low end torque

[manic lark]

None are drop and go, not even if you got an 05 FXT engine

[deft musk]

they didnt build it, there wasnt parts available when they did it. it was fairly early in to the production of the engine. even now ez36 engine parts arent anywhere near as available as the ez30

if you get one with the ECU/loom still attached, its almost drop and go

depending on specific gen

[manic lark]

I think the only car i'd want now that i have my LGT wagon would be an h6 outback to build for offroad

[lost nest]

Cool hotwheel

[vagrant knot]

Went to test the drone

Got some nice shot, i wasnt recording

[fierce heart]

major NASCAR RICE there 🤣🤣

[lost nest]

Triples the hp.

From 3 to 9.

[vagrant knot]

Was sitting in boot using drone

[lost nest]

Gubmint gonna get you

[vagrant knot]

?

[lost nest]

Illegal drone activity

[vagrant knot]

Nice

[lost nest]

Yeah but that's the easiest part of the entire installation. I still need to do all the wiring.

And find a better way to secure the safety chains because the tiny little holes on this thing won't cut it. Might need to drill them out a little bit.

[deft musk]

cries in towhitch but no trailer harness

[vagrant knot]

Wh yeah definetly most annoying

[lost nest]

https://youtu.be/A4w22LJrLeU

1.5l v16

Angle from the starting line

https://youtube.com/shorts/z_FjZP443K4?feature=share

[manic lark]

Some Automation+BeamMG type engine lmao

[lost nest]

?

The car in those videos is that

[manic lark]

Yeah ik

[lost nest]

Had some issues over the weekend but some locals helped me out.

[vagrant knot]

Haha

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Diff out.

Now I smell like gear oil

[fierce heart]

as in rotten eggs?

[lost nest]

Pretty much

[vagrant knot]

Finally

[hollow knoll]

For the next week

[potent flicker]

Claim it’s new cologne

[lost nest]

I walked by my gf and said 'smell it?' And she said it smells like the older kid's feet.

[bronze gulch]

yah gear oil is rank the synthetic stuff is not as bad though

[lost nest]

New axles ordered. Just gotta find time to get the damn diff to the shop

[bronze gulch]

yay I wish I had space for a miata and my pickup

[manic lark]

sounds like an easy problem to fix. sell the truck and get a wagon

then you have the best of both worlds

i'm definitely not biased, and don't look at my profile

[vagrant knot]

Just go

[lost nest]

They're not open on the weekend lol

https://rokblokz.com/products/mazda-miata-rally-mud-flaps-90-97

Sweet. Ordered a set

[manic lark]

At one point i wanted to get some mud flaps for my legacy, but then i realized it'd kinda ruin the sleeper look i'm going for. And i'll be real, it's not going anywhere where mudflaps are useful anyways.

[fierce heart]

Personally, I prefer clear vinyl protection foils… but those are probably cheaper and easier to fit…

[manic lark]

Yeah i'll probably go this route

if money and time were no object to me, i'd love to build out a track day NC Miata.

but that is at most 3rd on my list of cars i wanna own. 1st is my legacy wagon which i adore, 2nd is an offroad H6 outback, probably in the same gen as my legacy.

[lost nest]

I'm into the rally look shit. Intend to get a 3 inch lift on the thing one of these days

[manic lark]

hell yeah

There are never enough rally miatas out there

[lost nest]

And I definitely end up on gravel roads and dirt campgrounds

[manic lark]

yeah

[lost nest]

I will be installed 20w of solar panels on my friends motorcycle today too

Installing*

Tempted to put a panel on the trunk lid of thr miata

[manic lark]

I mean my legacy probably will be too, but there's a big difference between most campground roads and roads most cars will not be able to travel on.

[lost nest]

Oh yeah I don't intend to do any of that but there's a lot of gravel roads and fire trails in Wisconsin.

Doing 55 mph on gravel is a bastard for the paint lol

[manic lark]

there's someone on the subaru discord that has a fully tricked out H6 outback that is my dream build

They have a fridge, freezer solar panels, wifi, the works

They literally built it to be able to go camping for a week in the middle of nowhere with nothing but what they pack, and that includes being able to work remotely.

[lost nest]

Lol yeah... I am going to try pulling my passenger seat out and see if one of my compressor fridges fits

Ideally the big one with fridge and freezer

I also will be putting a roughly 80ah lithium battery in it that'll recharge from the alt. It'll run the big fridge/freezer I have for about 24 hours straight.

Then with my dc to dc charger it'll recharge fully in about 3 hours.

PLUS a 100w solar panel and that'll cover most of the energy used each day

I think I should LFX swap it though. Rather than supercharger.

Better mileage, 3x the power. The fuel tank is already tiny.

Should mount a 4 gallon rotopax on the trunk instead lol

[manic lark]

I love that someone one day was just like "hey, an LS doesn't fit in my miata, what's another GM engine that will?"

thus the LFX swap was born

It's also kinda funny to me considering that during the NA miata's production run, Mazda was basically run by ford, and most of their cars were fords

[lost nest]

The ls does fit

And there's Ford branded parts in my car lol

[manic lark]

Yeah, i couldn't get away from all the fomoco stamps i saw while replacing my 1996 mazda 626's water pump

Which btw fuck that job

[lost nest]

Lol

It was no fun on the miata too.

[manic lark]

because it's a tranversal i4, you gotta take apart half the engine bay to get to the water pump

[fierce heart]

depends on the type of rallying, sprints and hill climbs often you don’t have mud flaps…

[vagrant knot]

To break more differentials and axles

[lost nest]

Don't ruin this for me.

Reee

[lost nest]

Nah just wreck paint

[fierce heart]

Actually, that’s less likely, because the surface breakaway torque is much lower meaning lower drice train loads 😝

[lost nest]

Radiator, fans, whole front of the motor including timing belt on the miata

So. Not quite that bad but almost

[manic lark]

Oh i'd do that all day in my subaru

That's no biggie

Other than me missing 1-2 tools that would make it no biggie

[lost nest]

I'm actually wondering if it's not even my diff but rather a cv axle. But I've never had a whine on decel from an axle. Only wheel bearing or diff

[fierce heart]

do an oil change on an Aston Martin, then start complaining about hard to work on cars!

[lost nest]

But fuck it. I want the diff cover welded and new mounts anyways so

[manic lark]

oh you wanna hear a bad cv axle?

[lost nest]

Usually they are clicky or hum under load

Nah it's fiiine

[manic lark]

That's still my dad's 1500 hemi

[lost nest]

Ew poopie dodge

[manic lark]

yeah

[lost nest]

Front ends are consumable items with every oil change.

[manic lark]

also my parents turned down a 2017 trimmed out outback for a 2013 lexus suv because the outback was bright orange

[lost nest]

I'd take the Lexus

Subaru is meme car

I said it

[vagrant knot]

That’s solid man, that’s the new feature to make sure it’s still in there

[manic lark]

With double the mileage tho?

[lost nest]

Yes.

Toyota will live forever.

[manic lark]

Fair

[lost nest]

My buddy needs to wake the fuck up so I can go do his solar system

That reminds me. I need to find my solar charge controller I intended to give to him

[vagrant knot]

Seems you need to get of your aas and go find it

[lost nest]

No

But yes though. Damnit.

[vagrant knot]

Suck it

[lost nest]

See. The LS fits. If you ignore the extra bits on this one sticking out of the hood lol

[vagrant knot]

Although turbos as headlights be badass too

Put a little red light in em

Make it evil eyes lmao

[lost nest]

The red light comes from the exhaust temperature.

[fierce heart]

they also get redder of the more illegally you drive!

[potent flicker]

Put a line of them wired to the tach. The more you rev the engine the more light up

[lost nest]

Who wants to put it back together for me

Sorry. That preview is ass.

[deft musk]

10mm socket? nah, hot glue gun

[fierce heart]

sorry that car is below my value threshold…

[deft musk]

hey, those shocks are worth.. at least $8, maybe 9

[potent flicker]

I’ll fix yours if you fix mine

[lost nest]

$800

[lost nest]

Absolutely not

[deft musk]

oof, I was a bit over then 😛

[lost nest]

$800 US tho

[deft musk]

jamaican you say?

[lost nest]

Rubles.

[deft musk]

you said dollars

[lost nest]

My mistake

[fierce heart]

put a K after the number and you are in the right ball park!

[deft musk]

9 bucks, k. best I can do

[bronze gulch]

no why would i sell one of the most reliable vehicles out there

[fierce heart]

the dampers on my cars over the last 6 years have started at £6500 and go up from there!

[deft musk]

you need to stop buying the cheap ones and having to replace them

[lost nest]

Mine are street use only so no need to shell out for the really good stuff.

[fierce heart]

it’s not that they’ve broken its that i’ve changed cars!
Lotus Elise
Lotus Evora
BMW M5
Ultima Sports
Mazda RX-8
BMW 225xe
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
I’ve changed the suspension on all but the ReX to high end adaptive units and all of them are still running the dampers I installed

The Rex was an odd ball, I ended up with enough bits to make a decent one from the two donor cars I started using for the Ultima build

[vagrant knot]

It’s below rim value of the aston

[fierce heart]

The problem with that is the offset they are very high, which makes them extremely difficult to get wheels for. You end up having to go for custom wheels where you end up using what the manufacturers say are front wheels on the back!

[vagrant knot]

Yeah, downside too then is what’s there or how u want isn’t always the “cheaper” options

[fierce heart]

actually for me, it’s the opposite I’ve got a style I didn’t want because I couldn’t go with cheaper options!

didn’t want is the wrong word I would’ve preferred a cheaper style to what I got

[vagrant knot]

So your saying u got the cheapest?

But for that price budget I’d say you could almost get custom ones made?

[lost nest]

Diff reinforcement plate set ordered

Just gotta clean mine up and find a welder.

[fierce heart]

no I couldn’t get the cheaper ones, I had to get custom co,d forged wheels with a design that is similar but not what I ideally wanted

[vagrant knot]

Ah

[fierce heart]

I was wanting these

but had to get these instead

[vagrant knot]

Ah, not much different but quite some, seems mostly the hub cap is in more and the color difference?

Thats one of the rims i like to put in cars on gta lmao

[fierce heart]

ignore the colour, all the finishes available on the second. In the metal the second one have noticeably shaper lines, which is modern but not i. keeping with the AM, which is softer and more organic

[manic lark]

Because haha car go brrrrr

[bronze gulch]

what I need is a new exaust header as the stock on kills higway power

[manic lark]

Jokes aside i kinda decided that i'd rather own a wagon than a truck for moving things while still having a fun car that doesn't suck gas like a mf

[bronze gulch]

I own a mini truck so it is not bad on gas it is also about the size of a modern civic

[stable olive]

I like how in the US every pick-up is called a truck, while in the rest of the world a truck is 1 big semi-truck or just a big hauler.

[bronze gulch]

it is better than that by clasification your minivan is a light truck

so is the F450 superduty

[stable olive]

A mini-van is just called an MPV in the rest of the world

[deft musk]

That's because in the case of both of those names, it's just either half of the "full" name: pickup truck

[bronze gulch]

then what is the 18 pasenger van called

[deft musk]

Bus

😆

[bronze gulch]

busses are bigger

even the short buss is bigger

[stable olive]

18 passengers?
That's either a mini-bus or most people just call it a bus.

[bronze gulch]

we some times call the panel vans

[deft musk]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/490046093967622144/1102227303183945868/2020-01-TaxiPro-Eerste-26-lagevloerbussen-Civitas-Economy-ingezet-door-Qbuzz.png

All busses

Even the small bugger

[bronze gulch]

nah the first one is a van

[stable olive]

Shuttle busses here are just normal sized busses only meant to drive near and on airport fields.

[deft musk]

Well it runs a bus route (apparently, not my photo or area), which makes it a bus

[bronze gulch]

we have two main buss sizes normal and short

[deft musk]

Those are school buses, which are their own silly beast

[stable olive]

We use mini-busses for areas where a big bus will struggle a lot or is inefficient.

[bronze gulch]

we use short busses for special students

[stable olive]

We don't even have those.
If a school uses buses they either use touring buses or mini-buses.

[bronze gulch]

also a lot of public transit uses the same busses in a different color

[bronze gulch]

you are not bussed to shcool?

[deft musk]

Our schools don't even "use" buses. The school buses are just special routes in the morning/afternoon run by the normal bus operators

[bronze gulch]

weird we have special busses with special rules for students only

they are also used for school trips

[deft musk]

Some routes will essentially service multiple schools too

[bronze gulch]

only one school per buss but they might be used an another time by a school in the same district

[stable olive]

No, instead we go to school ourselves, or in the case of the Netherlands we have an option for train, tram, metro, bus.
But majority of people go by bicycle or car.

[bronze gulch]

a lot of kids go by car i was one of the few that went by bike/foot but some students live 5+ miles from the school so the buss is needed

the bus is avalible for all students with in district but they also suck

[stable olive]

I know people who lived 20KM away from school, they used a combination of main public transport routes.

[bronze gulch]

ouch

that is not super rare in the US but mosty found in Rural areas

[stable olive]

Why ouch?
It takes us like half an hour for travel.
And if we're late we're only late by another half an hour because we just take the 1 after.

[bronze gulch]

it is farm land there is a house a mile

[deft musk]

No idea how rural areas are serviced here, I could ask my dad but he hasn't been a new teacher for... Probably 40-50 years now. And a lot of those small rural schools have been closed in favour of city/town ones "nearby"

[bronze gulch]

IDK how they do it either but I do know that we try to keep our school districts compact for transit reasons

[stable olive]

In rural areas people either go by their own car, bike, regional bus, or they lift with someone or taxi.

[bronze gulch]

sounds about right I know online home school is often used in the US for a similar reason

as most of the US is rather remote oddly enough

[stable olive]

We don't have much home-schools

And our parents are not really allowed to be a teacher

[deft musk]

Except by population, and then the overwhelming majority is in one of several cities or massively built up areas. Population density gets weird in places with lots of area

Your best comparisons would be Canada, Australia, and Russia probably

In no particular order

[bronze gulch]

in this case they are a type of charter school still gov funded but also a private corporation one such is caled K12 and they partner with local charters to make a virtual curriculum and this was being done in at least 2013

[bronze gulch]

yep it causes issues as even in states about half the pop is in cites and the other half is in the remote areas/out lying regions

[deft musk]

Trusting parents to be functional teachers is a wild idea, and not in a good way. You can trust this person who spent several years supposedly learning how to teach, or someone who accidentallied themselves in to parenthood without knowing what to do afterwards

[bronze gulch]

you are not there are teachers

the schooling is done at home online

[deft musk]

I probably meant to reply to the comment above...

At least modern tech allows for better "home" schooling, as opposed to the traditional kind

[stable olive]

I mean, I see some wild shite.
Did you know in the US your parents can be your driving instructor?
In Europe that's highly illegal😃

[deft musk]

They can be here as well. mind you that's not a good thing

[bronze gulch]

I mean in the US you can drive your what ever as long as it is on your own land

it depends on the parent

[deft musk]

Private land isn't what's referred to when being legally allowed to drive is being discussed.. usually

[bronze gulch]

true

[stable olive]

Yeah, I am allowed to drive a bus on company land, I am not allowed to drive 1 on the road

[deft musk]

But is it a bus or a minivan? 😛

[stable olive]

These fuckers

[deft musk]

That's not a bus, it's a bendy monstrosity

A bustrosity

[stable olive]

I have a truck driving licence, but not a car or bus driving licence

So I am allow to drive anything with an automated gearbox as long it's not classed as a passengers vehicle

[deft musk]

I think buses here need two separate licenses/endersements. One for the vehicles class, and the other for passengers

[stable olive]

Bus driving licence comes with the passengers part here.
If you own a bus, that's converted to for example a camper it's classed as a truck

[deft musk]

yeah, you need a license for the vehicle weight, and then a P endorsement to be able to carry passengers

[stable olive]

Although a camper below 3.5 tons and below 7m is classed as a van

[lost nest]

Girlfriends battery read less than 1 volt. Pretty sure the battery is fucked. Alternator might be. If I can get it started...

[stable olive]

Sounds like a dead 1

[lost nest]

Alternator shot. That's $340 and a new battery will either be free or $200. Depending if the dealer honors their 36 month free replacement.

[bronze gulch]

at Autozone we did even if the batery was killed by the alternator but we would stress the need for alternator replacement
also did you get a new one or a remanufactured one?

[lost nest]

I didn't get anything yet

[remote plume]

I don't even know how a 12V battery could get to the state of "less than 1V".. Do you know how that could've been caused?
If it is deeply discharged, Lead-Acid batteries (afaik) are recoverable from that by simply charging it, starting with a low voltage

Has the vehicle been sitting long? Did it turn off while running?

[stable olive]

A complete discharge can destroy a Lead-Acid battery.

[lost nest]

If it gets that low it's shit

[fierce heart]

By the chemistry becoming inert

[remote plume]

When it isn't zero I think technically you should be able to re-polarize it again.
A new battery would certainly be easier tho 😂

[stable olive]

If you stay above 20%, below that and you start to lose voltages

[lost nest]

Nope. It's irrevocably damaged at that point.

As for why, no idea, don't care. It's junk now. Sat on a charger with a recovery mode all night and it's got 10v and won't go higher.

[remote plume]

Well yes, depending on battery type, the voltage starts to droop faster after a certain point (low battery)
and at another point the battery cannot provide its rated current anymore (battery empty)
If you discharge it past that point, chemically you're still able to move the electrons to the anode and cathode n stuff i.E. Recharge but the mixture might not be as efficient anymore

[remote plume]

Yeah, thats at least 1 broken cell inside. Common symptom

[lost nest]

I'm very well aware lol. Remember I build batteries for funsies.

What killed it is what I don't know for sure. It drove into my driveway that day. If the thing was running it should have been at least at 10-11v.

That said, even at 11v that's past the full discharge capacity already.

[remote plume]

Probably just a broken cell inside then. Alternator should be good since it kept running.

[stable olive]

The only type of batteries that can fully die and still work are Nickel Cadmium and Nickel Metal Hydride batteries

[remote plume]

Ahh didn't know - I guess with "still work" you mean something along the lines of don't loose capacity or current, not just "can go back to 70% capacity"

[lost nest]

Nope.

13.8v cold and dropped to just over 12v as it warmed up. Should have never went below that 13.8 ish.

[remote plume]

Ohh it's getting interesting. Alternator drop out once warmed up. My Ideas:
Faulty voltage-regulating thermistor inside the alternator?
Faulty charge circuit
loose connection that appears only when warm

I would test starting the car, removing the battery while running and checking voltage when warm and when cold.
While running it should always stay at somewhere around 14V.

[lost nest]

The alternator is the charge circuit, so yes. It's faulty.

Disconnecting the battery while warm is a big no-no on modern vehicles.

Also, most modern vehicles do not stay at 14v when running. "Smart" alternators drop out the voltage to maintain roughly 85% battery charge level and only stay high like that when the headlights are on or in "tow mode" if applicable.

The battery serves as part of the voltage regulation method for vehicles these days and disconnecting it while running can cause a serious voltage spike.

Good way to nuke electronics.

On old vehicles with no electronics it's no problem.