cars

[carmine summit]

I have almost flipped it a few times still

actually it might be a 720, not a 700

[frigid anchor]

So the gear ratio is one to one

What gear

I am soo confused

[wispy cloak]

We use dingoes at work instead of bobcats

[civic spoke]

Nope. It is whatever the differential is.

[wispy cloak]

They can't lift as much but they're very convenient

[fathom socket]

The temp on idle

Not able to cool it self down

Also headgasket isn't blown

Weird

[stoic ledge]

You sure the temperature sensor isn't just bad? 😛

I thought you also tested it without a thermostat, so it just keeps cooling 24/7, and it still overheated then?

[timid dawn]

who can relate xD

[umbral tusk]

nice

[fathom socket]

yep

[stoic ledge]

That is very strange

Without thermostat is should never even properly reach the regular operating temperature

Or never.... under specifi load, but then at idle cool down immediately

[civic spoke]

That's what I had in mind too.

[civic spoke]

And then you have the crane-hooklift. Which oil heats up while driving and goes down when idling.

[charred depot]

all me cars which have had stuck thermostats could never even get close to warmed up

[fathom socket]

before my thermostat was like partially closed any my car overheated super fast

[civic spoke]

@stoic ledge I've seen the oil reach 119°C

[frigid anchor]

Idk what's normal , my car has no temprature gauge or what ever you call it

It gives a warning tho

[civic spoke]

Let's just say that 119C is a good 20+ degrees higher than what you would want.

Normally with trucks, it's in the 95C range during heavier loads.

[frigid anchor]

In cars ?

[civic spoke]

Probably about the same. If not a bit lower.

[frigid anchor]

So you mean my cpu temp while playing Minecraft is higher than what you would want for a vehicle

My cpu just stays at 103 degrees Celsius

[civic spoke]

Probably doesn't help that I had to add like 10 liters of oil when I checked the oil level before.

Usually you get lots of warnings to tell you to stop and check the oil.

[frigid anchor]

I've got Vaseline and toothpaste on my cpu

[civic spoke]

But I got nothing with this truck.

[frigid anchor]

Like 10 litres of oil

?

[civic spoke]

Yeah. I added 10 liters of oil to the system.

[frigid anchor]

How big is the engine ?

[civic spoke]

That put it halfway up the dip stick.

Uhh. Close enough to 12 liters?

I think.

[frigid anchor]

1.2 in my car

[civic spoke]

It was 11 liters.

Or 10837 cc.

[frigid anchor]

Diesel ?

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Straight six.

[frigid anchor]

Around 1.8 litres a cylinder wow

I am a tiny spec in this universe

[civic spoke]

Badge says 370 hp.
But I'm sure that it doesn't have over 300.

[frigid anchor]

Bruh

What torque

[civic spoke]

Uhh.

Give me a few.

Probably around 1,800 Nm?

Sure doesn't feel like it.

So around 1,300 ft lb?

[frigid anchor]

Yeah

The max torque of my car is at 4k rpm

And the redline is 7k bruh

[civic spoke]

I think peak torque for me starts below 1,000 rpm.

[frigid anchor]

Do you know its weight without trailer

[civic spoke]

17,500 kg empty, 28,000 kg fully loaded.
Never running a trailer.

[fathom socket]

Mine held arou d 70-85°c under bigger load

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Which is normal temps.

Anything below 95 C is fine. Honestly.

It's when you creep above that.

[fathom socket]

Been also thinking of adding an oil temp sensor to my car

Idk what's even wrong with it anymore.

[civic spoke]

I'll probably add an oil temp to my car later.

The only two needles that I do have are fuel and coolant.

[balmy hamlet]

1997 Holden Commodore Vs ss

HSV GTS2 2016

[stoic ledge]

@fathom socket but does it actually overheat, or is just the reading to the dashboard wrong?

[fathom socket]

this is what I don't know

I had once overheat

like radiator blown up hot

[stoic ledge]

Was that before or after you changed the radiator and thermostat?

[fathom socket]

yes

[stoic ledge]

So both?

[fathom socket]

it did overheat before changing radiator

then it started overheating again because thermostat was stuck closed

and after few days it got hot and it hovers somewhat about 110c

when it's cold it doesn't do that tho

[tropic mulch]

sick

[civic spoke]

What I don't really like is just that they are all sports cars.

Best car for touring probably being the four seat Ferrari...

If you could ever imagine that.

[tropic mulch]

they're not all sports cars tho, there's a ford focus rs, a GT4 Lusso, a v12 vantage, a v8 vantage, C63 Black Series, an E500 wagon, and a Renault Clio

aside from the last two they're all grand tourers

[timber oar]

They all look way too new imo

Where the hell is the focus

[tropic mulch]

the orange one top row second farthest

[timber oar]

Thats a focus??

[tropic mulch]

that's a focus rs heritage edition ya

next to it is a 2004 clio

below it is an '02 merc e500 wagon

the v12 vantage is an 09 i think, same with the v8 vantage

[timber oar]

The name focus is not something that makes me picture a car that looks like that

Makes me picture a commuter car you use to get from a to b

[tropic mulch]

350hp awd in a hot hatch package is super cool

[hoary pine]

To be fair most commuter car still trying to be cool, plenty people that drives to commute and have family, still want a cool car at the same time, but not going to keep two, will go to those.

[fathom socket]

honestly I want to see more sports stations wagons

[hoary pine]

Unless the name is something like leaf, then I would expect it to be very gentle, but then look at the current Leaf, I think they also tried to look cool.

[sick bear]

yes. that are made by someone other than Audi and Mercedes

[fathom socket]

exactly

I just want to have a car for everything

[stoic ledge]

Could still the temperature sensor, just measuring off from what it's supposed to be, getting influenced by the weather which makes it more visible

I'd try to see if you can replace it, the part should be very cheap. I see them go for ~10 euros

[wheat hatch]

[fathom socket]

sadly I have go to mechanic because car parts are unobtainable here to me

[stoic ledge]

Sadge

[fathom socket]

Idk how stuff works in Siwtzerland

In italy I could order some, but here I can't even pay online

[hoary pine]

Yeah I believe most people want their cars being as much of everything as possible.
(Looking at those crossovers

[stoic ledge]

Wagon > all

[dusk ocean]

I want an suv, drift car, drag car, tow vehicle, electric w/ turbos

[fathom socket]

i want a drift car and a jeep

[dusk ocean]

same th ing

if you try hard enough

[fathom socket]

lo

red 1997 jeep cherokee

[dusk ocean]

aka drift beast

sawz all the front driveshaft out of the transfer case

[dusk ocean]

done

make sure to by a 2x4

to keep the hoes away

[charred depot]

nice one

[frigid anchor]

The paint on the Lambo tho

[dusk ocean]

Looks pure ronald mcdonald

[eager raptor]

shes back

someone backed into it a while ago the shop finally fixed her up now its back home

dont mind my dad

[dusk ocean]

Do the body panels line up now?

[night current]

Very nice! Red and black looks so good!

[eager raptor]

what

[eager raptor]

thanks

[mental folio]

no not "real" car, but screw it.

[wraith rivet]

he's trying to make fun of your car because all teslas have panel gaps according to him

[eager raptor]

oh

i don't understand why people hate on teslas so much

that one i sent is my dads someone backed into it and it left a big dent and scratch

it happened on the 4th of july

neighbors backed into it

[radiant orbit]

I hate Teslas just because of what's going on in the us where I live

[stoic ledge]

You can ask that question for basically any brand which exists 😛

[hoary pine]

I am not entirely sure, for me it could be a lot of little things added up.
I probably knows why some people love it, but the business model, the interior, and the driving experience are not my cup.

[brittle totem]

I can understand that not everyone is fan of Tesla but why are the hating on it so much on them for no reason that is what I don't understand. And the fun thing is that most of the people that is hating on Tesla has never been in one or driven one at all.

[stoic ledge]

I've explained my opinions here before, won't do it all again, but to summarize: still impressively bad build quality, no nearby stores, horrible right to repair/supply chain, no support, don't like the looks, don't agree with other things the company does, our Lord & Savior Elon Musk...

Additionally, people who drive them here basically all have them as company cars even they they actually couldn't afford it, but could due to tax advantages which made them barely drive it for free, but think they're better than everyone else on the road

Spot the year where you could drive it for basically free 🙃

Slight decline since, no-one wants one anymore

[hoary pine]

Oh, speaking be in one...
Model S is the reason of I stopped paying UBER extra for "Luxury car".
On the early years most of time those would be Class S or 7 series, and since Tesla I get model S EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that's definitely not worth it

[brittle totem]

The news one doesn't have bad build quality at special the cars that is made in China or berlin. I recently test drove a 2022 model y which was build in berlin and everything felt very premium and no panel gaps or loose panels and it was very quite on highway to which tesla has hade problem with earlier. Here in Sweden most people have them as company cars because its cheaper to have it as company car then own it privately so why would you own a car privately if you can own it trough your company and have a lower running cost ? Who wants to pay more when you can pay less for your car.

[hoary pine]

The right to repair problem are pretty horrible in my city too.
Now it takes like 3 months to repair a Tesla since the current event, and no one else could do it.

[brittle totem]

Yeah that is the biggest down side with tesla but their actually a lot of body shops that is tesla certified that are allowed to work on your car with out loosing the warranty.

[stoic ledge]

I'm not against the company cars (although probably more than half is unnecessary but ok)... I am against using my tax money to subsidize company cars which are already subsidized, so people who should be driving Polo/Fiesta/Corsa/... can suddenly drive a Tesla and pay basically nothing. That's what I'm against

Luckily thay ended now, which is reflected in the sales numbers

[stoic ledge]

As can be seen here

[sacred aurora]

hello

[charred depot]

tax fuckery seems to always benefit those who dont really need it 👀

[stoic ledge]

Very nice isn't it?

[brittle totem]

Its the same thing here in Sweden most people don't buy their company car use it in their business they buy them to use them as private cars so you pay a bit mote tax on your income but basically nothing compared to owning the the same car privately so that why more then 50% of all new cars here in Sweden is company cars nowadays. And i am not blaming the people that are choosing to own their cars trough the company because I would have done the same if I could. Because its so much cheaper then owning it privately. Even my dads has done that with his Passat. And my Friends dads does the same to with their Teslas.

[charred depot]

im not against electric cars more so modern cars

[hoary pine]

Here in my city they tax the car mostly by the type so company owned cars are a smaller problem.

[charred depot]

id happily have an EV conversion made of standard parts but financially it makes nowhere near any sense yet

[sick bear]

my gripe with EVs right now is how long they take to charge. I can swing by a gas station and go from 0 to full in like 5 minutes or less. As far as I am aware, thats just not possible with electric right now and likely wont be for some time

[hoary pine]

Do you mean EV on shared platforms or turning old ICE to EV?

[charred depot]

old ice to EV

[hoary pine]

That would be some challenges as batteries aren't easy to place, but I think that would be very great.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah but like I said, I'm not against the people having company cars 😛 I am against the fact of subsidizing luxury products such as cars

Like, a Model S/X you could drive multiple years for 0% tax, so that's literally driving for free. A freaking Aygo, you pay 22% as a company car
2019 Model 3, 4% tax, so people driving a 60k Model 3 pay ~100/month while some guy in a 15k Aygo pays almost ~200/month. And that's whay wrong imho

So it's benefit (low company car tax) on benefit (no BPM, specific car tax) on benefit (no road tax) on benefit (no fuel tax), which the average Joe can compensate for driving his 4th owner used car so a "rich" person can drive an Tesla

[charred depot]

its very much possible and lots of people have done it.. at a cost

the motor controller alone could cost more than ive ever payed for a car

[brittle totem]

A modern tesla on supercharger v3 can charge from like 5% to 80% i don't se that as an problem that you need to stop for like 15 mins every 4 hours on road trip. And for you daily driving you can just charge at home over night and that means that you doesn't need to waste time going to gas station during daily driving.

[hoary pine]

Given batteries are big and heavy, I guess it would take more than just pulling out the ICE parts and place a motor to make the vehicle have decent range or driving experience tho.

[charred depot]

I know this

[brittle totem]

You live in Netherlands right ?

[charred depot]

most houses where I live only have street parking so "charging overnight" is eh unless they put in a bunch of charge points

[stoic ledge]

Yes

[charred depot]

plenty people park illegally so not like they are going to get charge points heh

[hoary pine]

Unless you need to do more than 300km a day just charge overnight.
For longer trips you will have to plan your stops at the charger so you will have less freedom.

[wraith rivet]

are road taxes a thing here in the usa? i've never heard of anyone talking about that before

[charred depot]

charge overnight, get sued by a pedestrian : )

[sick bear]

I get that, but all of that is more cumbersome than what I have to do now, and im just not interested.

[brittle totem]

Yeah the whole "car thing" is pretty messed up over their right ? Isn't it unbelievable expensive to own a car privately in the Netherlands compared to rest of Europe ? And yeah your company car tax thing is pretty stupide to that you can basically drive a modern car for free even privately to. Here in Sweden you need to pay a "benefit" tax if you want to drive your company car privately but it still like 50% cheaper then owning the car privately and more then that if you have an ev as company car because you pay even less "benefit" tax then.

[hoary pine]

We usually pay close to half of a car as tax here in Hong Kong
And from what I heard Singapore 1up us, they need a special permit that cost a lot on top of the tax.

[charred depot]

put your car under a company here so you speed and take the L on a big fine for the company failing to identify driver

certified richie movie

[stoic ledge]

Especially for ICE it's fairly expensive, new/import cars (basically on first registration) have to pay an emissions tax which is already like 4-5k for a base Golf, and then road tax which for petrol is easily €60/month, diesel double, for a Golf sized car. Go to something like a 5er diesel, you're paying like 200/month in road tax. Emissions tax can really fluctuate from car to car tho, there are cases of cars costing more in tax than the car itself

But yeah such a tax also exists here, which allows you to drive a company car for private use. For EV's that used to be 0-4-7% up to any value, and 22% for any other car. Currently, it's 16% up to 35k and 22% above for EV, and 22% for other, which is to offset the additional cost for the same car in EV form. Which I'm okay with. That's also being reduced now every year until 2025, then all will be equal in expectance of EV becoming cheaper

[charred depot]

do you have any old tax systems for like old cars or is just get fucked

like pre 2001 cars here have a different old tax system

£290/y over ~1.6l £170 odd under

[stoic ledge]

25-40 y/o have a 25% rule, where you pay 25% but you can't drive it 25% of the year (dec-feb)

40+ y/o is excepted from tax

[charred depot]

2001-2017 was based off co2 and fuck if I know the current system

[stoic ledge]

But if you want to daily a 25-40 y/o car all year you pay full price

[charred depot]

what im meaning is like we have different pricing systems depending on when the car was made

[brittle totem]

On really old cars here in Sweden i think it is after like 30 years you don't need to tax for them anymore at all on them.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah no base price is determined on weight of the car and fuel type, age isn't a factor

[charred depot]

ah

suprised they dont look at emissions but I guess that makes it easier and can be applied to all ages

[stoic ledge]

So a 1986 petrol car of 1200kg is taxed the same as a 2022 1200kg petrol car

[charred depot]

heh

[stoic ledge]

Emissions are apparently only important on first registration

[charred depot]

yeah I believe on 2017- cars we have that first registration shit

but thats a long way away for me heh

[stoic ledge]

For which you can use the system which was present at the day of first registration, so if you import a car from 2015 you can use the calculation method of 2015 (of the current system, whichever is lower)

[charred depot]

2017-

[stoic ledge]

You basically need a PhD to understand the tax system xD

[charred depot]

thats the first registration payments

[stoic ledge]

What's that, road tax or fax on registration

Ah

Very cheap

xD

[charred depot]

then this is the yearly thereafter

[brittle totem]

For an example the "benefit" tax per month for a Tesla model y long range is around 5600sek which is around 560$ but you don't pay the full 560$ you only pay the same rate as you tax so if you have a tax of 50% which is pretty high but then you only pay 50% of that 560$ for the "benefit" tax on the car which is around 260$ a month which is stupid cheap for 80k car.

[stoic ledge]

Kind of hard to explain, but
I and II are CO2 ranges
Take your CO2 emissions value and substract (I)
Multiply that value by IV
Add III

[charred depot]

the amount of revenue streams they will be losing on the transition to EV's is quite substantial

and considering that they are subsiding the EV's too heh

currently no road tax and no money earned from a chonking fuel duty ofcourse that will change once EV's are everywhere

[stoic ledge]

So 150g/km = 150 - 109 = 41 * 137 +2010 = 7627

[stoic ledge]

Yeah same here really

[charred depot]

cant wait for mileage tax for EV's when they take over 👀

[stoic ledge]

Oh and I forgot, diesel gets an additional 86.67 per g/CO2 above 75g/km

So 150g/km diesel is the 7627 from above + (150 - 75) * 86.67 = 7627 + 6500 = 14125

https://c.tenor.com/7crdHrZL5dsAAAAM/po-dies.gif

[brittle totem]

It will probably be way worse for gas cars to when the milage tax becomes a thing to.

[charred depot]

this is just when the car is first registered right, not on transfer of ownership

[stoic ledge]

Luckily same for us xD

[charred depot]

cheeky unplug speedo cable

[stoic ledge]

Imagine if you have to pay 14k on each ownership transfer

Ngl an odometer is not required in a car

So a per mile system can be easily fooled. Also, what so you do when you drive abroad? Still tax them per km?

[charred depot]

Well they have to get the lost revenue from somewhere

could just crank up that income tax

[stoic ledge]

Heh even higher

We currently tax by weight, can do that

2500+kg EV's tax go brrrr

[charred depot]

yeah but if you think most places in Europe fuel duty is like 50% of the cost right

making up for that

[stoic ledge]

Percentage wise electricity is even more I think

But, by absolute numbers, less

[charred depot]

but the entire point is you pay less (electricity)

for now

[stoic ledge]

Heh 1kWh is 65c here currently

[charred depot]

still beats like 2 euro fuel

[stoic ledge]

So if you drive fairly economical, you do 16kWh/100km = 10.40/100km, = 5L/100km for petrol currently. Definitely achievable

Not much in it really

[charred depot]

thought it would be less kw to be honest

[stoic ledge]

But, can't really tax the electricity if it comes direct from solar panels, that doesn't go through your meter. And also, don't want to tax the electricity much harder for the rest of the house

[charred depot]

the cars are so confuserised they could easily have a phone home mileage system required by big government

[stoic ledge]

Well electricity is currently 3 times as expensive as normal, usually you'd be around 3.50/100km which is rather cheap

I still beat that with LPG tho

[brittle totem]

Electricity cost is no joke here in Sweden for us in was bit over 1000$ in February last year and we don't even have anything special that consumes a lot of electricity at home.

[charred depot]

ofcourse someone might work out how to defeat it but :/

[stoic ledge]

Glad our electricity usage is covered by our solar panels... As long as netting is a thing

[charred depot]

or just ANPR cameras everywhere to determine distance : )

[stoic ledge]

Solely drive country roads -> gg ez, no cameras

[charred depot]

suprise mobile tax detection unit

day ruined

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

all the motorways around here are getting that smart shite so its something they could easily achieve

I say that, theres one maybe two motorways near me

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

they have variable speed limits camera enforced but the signs are literally dying

[stoic ledge]

Ngl, hoping for a company car so I don't have to worry about anything.

And then get a big diesel for tbe fun drives which doesn't matter as I just pay per distance

[charred depot]

I may be ditching university to become a roadside technician for a breakdown company so ill be condemned to a van turning up to people to pop open their bonnet and go yes its fucked m8

[hoary pine]

From what I heard form cities doing that just ask everyone get a sticker tag on the car if you want legally drive on certain roads and have receiver on every enrty/exit.
So basically our old toll systems.

[charred depot]

Theres no toll roads in Scotland but when I was down in England I had to go online after my journey put in my reg number and pay.

I guess you could do it before but

[stoic ledge]

Hmm toll road system, don't think that'll happen here. But could be

Damn it's 2.30AM... really gotta go now

Cya

[charred depot]

the main bridge here used to have a gate toll system it was awful

cya

waiting on people fumbling around for pound coins

[brittle totem]

Same here my dad only pay for the distance that he is driving and its pretty oudated to so the price he is paying doesn't match the gas prices at all so the fuel economy doesn't matter for him at all. But the sad thing is that the wait time on a Cupra formentor was to long so couldn't get one it would have been so much funnier if he got a cupra instead of a diesel Passat.

[hoary pine]

I honestly think coin or even manual RFID needs to go from the toll stations given the alternative are pretty easy now.

[charred depot]

yeah

been removed since 2008 and havent had a toll road since in Scotland at all

[neat swift]

more for “supercars at a drive thru”

[uneven wolf]

Do not do this,

Coming from 9 years of automotive maintenance and an ase certification in general automotive knowledge,
i can say for certain that this will literally murder your filters and injectors, causing hundreds of dollars in repair bills.

DONT! I know gas is expensive but it’s not worth it!!

[sacred aurora]

why are taxes so insane where you guys live

[hoary pine]

wtf why would people think this is good idea

BTW I know one effective trick most people wouldn't do.
I call it right foot discipline.

I can get 20% save by this trick (against myself, so YMMV)

[uneven wolf]

Yeah the right way to maximize fuel economy is to sparingly use accelerations (no metalgassing), and to keep the tachometer as low as possible

The slower the engine is spinning, rpm, the less gas being used.

[odd steppe]

So apparently getting roof rails on a Mini Cooper F56 is 9 hours of labor?

[uneven wolf]

😏

Anything is possible in under a minute if you’re willing to jerry rig it

Whether it’s done correctly is another story

[odd steppe]

It's... drilled in and involves taking off the headliner as far as I understand

There's no rack system avail without it

[odd steppe]

I've seen jank VHB'd options that look OEM but lol I'm not relying on VHB for automotive

[uneven wolf]

Pro racing teams drill the bolts through the headliner for easier maintenance

Hell they sometimes even remove it

[odd steppe]

You used to be able to side clamp on the R56

[uneven wolf]

I feel you man

[odd steppe]

Now it's just

Aaaaaaa

So yeah 9 hrs of labor at BMW shop rates

I'll let you guess the cost

[uneven wolf]

DIY it and it’s just the cost of the rails

But I’m guessing at Beamer it’s over 900

[odd steppe]

diy and I fuck shit up probably

The parts are 600

[uneven wolf]

American dollars

[hoary pine]

I would say they did go easy on you if they charge less than 1 grand.

[odd steppe]

oh no it's quoted 3k

lol

And then I need to get the racks for it

[uneven wolf]

Take it back, you got ripped off

[odd steppe]

so another 900

lmao

or 700 I guess actually

[uneven wolf]

For 3 grand I could have an entire engine rebuild with a turbo kit

[odd steppe]

The other option I have is a tow adaptor

but I find that inconvenient

[uneven wolf]

I am so sorry for you mate,

[hoary pine]

Unless you are going to sell them soon or if you are driving those hyper luxury cars the Brand shop usually aren't worth it.

[uneven wolf]

Exactly! Go to a mom and pop

They usually are smarter there too

[odd steppe]

I'm not really sure who would install at cheaper rates if it takes the company 9 hours

but I can check around

[uneven wolf]

Corporations don’t get that big without swindling costs

[odd steppe]

OR I COULD ASK @pallid sky

[uneven wolf]

@odd steppe where do u live

Canada I’m guessing

[uneven wolf]

Companies allways overcharge

I garuntee if it takes the company 9 hours it would take anywhere else 6 hours or less

Also it would be cheaper, as dealership/companies add a “convenience fee”

[hoary pine]

Keeping a full "genuine (brandname)" service record helps second handed price, so many people with those half million cars probably keep doing it.
But for average us we just go to the average local workshop :p

Also they got a nice lounge and people in suits to talk with if you are into that kind of things.

[uneven wolf]

Here in America I bought a Cadillac Escalade from the showroom,
I wanted a bigger alternator because I like sound.

They quoted me 800 dollars and 7 hours to install a 200 amp alternator

The part is 170 dollars and labour comes out to 75 dollars, at my rates, (alternators are only a 30 minute job, don’t be fooled)

So it would cost around 280 dollars said and done if I’d have taken it to a local business,

And only 170 if I put it in myself

PS I’m ase cert. so I’m a pro technician, and if I was to put it in myself, it would be approved on any service record.

An ASE isn’t a hard thing to get, just a lot of learning, but it will save you a lot of coinz in the future

[odd steppe]

I saw this on Youtube too but it doesn't look like Thule's selling it anymore. I had something similar on a 3-D before. Also wondering how it wouldn't interfere with the glass.

[uneven wolf]

It looks like they are using the weather sealing lip for the rigidity,

My educated guess would be that there is a screw that tightens a plate that rests in the lip to the top of the car
Like a monitor or microphone arm

[odd steppe]

Confirmed it's discontinued

So you need to find leftover parts

and it's been gone for 4 years now

Another thing that sucks about that setup is the capacity is reduced

Two bikes is too heavy for it

[uneven wolf]

Probably because the design allows water to leak in through the weather stripping

[odd steppe]

Um, not necessarily

The entire 3-door adaptation lineup's gone

Not all of them caused weather seal issues

[uneven wolf]

It’s a cool idea for seldom use cases

[odd steppe]

In that case yeaaaaaaaah I don't know

[uneven wolf]

Saw some cool wheels, was on mobile so I couldn’t get shutter speed correct

Here’s a cool picture of the caddy,
btw it has a vortec 3000 LS series v8 that has around 620 ponies after the suspension upgrade and port&polish

[elfin venture]

If you watch this you are going to die of cringe

[uneven wolf]

My Floridaman mobile is cringier

[elfin venture]

OK I will say it is

[hoary pine]

Looks like he is having fun so, well.

[sinful creek]

I'm picking up a manual Honda prelude on Sunday(US cst) with an h22 JDM swap motor, it has a turbonetics 60mm turbo pushing 8psi. It has oil pressure, boost and air-fuel gauges. When I test drove it everything worked amazing and it was super fun. When I meet back up to pay for it, what are some big things to look out for mechanically and what is the best course of action down the road to maintain it?

It will be my first boosted vehicle

Oh and what should I do if I want to drive it as a daily

[uneven wolf]

being perfectly blunt here,
but remove the turbo, or at least install a bypass valve, because daily driving a turbo has no real benefit and adds lot of problems for longevity of your mechanical systems.

[uneven wolf]

but yeah remember that the more in the line from intake to exhaust, the more that can go wrong at the stoplight.

that's why SOHC NA engines like the LS series are so great and reliable, because they are so damn simple and they're easy to work on because they are so damn simple.

in DOHC type vtec engines like the h22, i would suggest a timing belt change to a chain if it isnt already, because even the slightest warping on a rubber belt can fuck your timing up and you could end up blowing a rod. (it happens a lot)
this also might add a cool hemi-esque sound to your revups

make sure to oil the turbo regularly if you don't remove it, and if its semi-bypassed, oil it after 7 ish hours of total runtime at 8 psi because i am thinking you would be metalgassing on green lights with a tricked out prelude like that : )

[sinful creek]

Yeah the blow off valve is limited to 8 psi that turbo can push up to 12 psi lol. Are timing chain conversions that hard? Also sounds expensive like I have to get custom sprockets

How would I go about "oiling" a turbo?

[dusk ocean]

That is silly

[dusk ocean]

Relax. None of what @uneven wolf posted makes any sense at all.

The blow off valve does not limit the boost pressure - that is the role for the wastegate. There is no reason to worry about driving a turbo h22 as a daily especially at very reasonable pressures from what it seems.

Converting from a timing belt to a chain is... that's mind bending lol

The belts are made of kevlar reinforced rubber and last 75k - 100k miles per replacement usually

A turbo car tuned properly will generally get better mileage than it's NA counterpart. For instance I do a lot of turbo BMW setups and a stock S50 or S52 (3.0/3.2L) 6 cyld will get like 28 mpg highway while the same exact car/engine but with a tidy tuned gt35r will do 30 - 32 mpg while cruising. Much more available torque under the curve and requires less throttle angle to do the same work on the highway. Sure, it can also get worse mileage if hooning, but that's the beauty of it.

Soonaekoo does not sound very experienced but I've got one BMW chassis with 210k miles about 115k of which are on aftermarket turbo setup making over 600rwhp - 900 rwhp. No issues with anything that I didn't intentionally do.

60mm low boost on an h22 is rock solid so long as the tune and supporting parts are good quality

[sinful creek]

Yeah, the previous owner said it was street tuned by a professional and he's been daily driving it so I'm not too worried, but would it be a good idea to get a Dyno done? The motor has 150k and it's pushing about 250-300 whp

[dusk ocean]

@sinful creek more practical suggestion - when you check it out, ask about the tune, who tuned it, is it a stock ecu flash (like hondata) or a piggyback or standalone, etc. When looking at the air/fuel gauge, ask if its a narrowband or wideband gauge/sensor. For oil pressure - make sure it is working, ask if its an electronic or mechanical oil pressure gauge and take a look at actual oil pressure especially when the engine is warm and at idle

[sinful creek]

But nothing exact since it hasn't been on a dyno

[dusk ocean]

I would not worry about a dyno

[sinful creek]

It's hondata

[dusk ocean]

I have cars that break necks on dynos and have shit street drive-ability

[sinful creek]

Lol

[dusk ocean]

the most important thing from the sound of it to you is that it drives well

so make sure it does that properly - no stalling, no smoking, etc.

[sinful creek]

Yeah I've driven a few manual cars and this one immediately drove amazing compared to them lol

[dusk ocean]

Nice - yeah souunds like its sorted

You can usually tell within 30 secs if you are buying someone elses nightmare

[sinful creek]

It's an aggressive clutch though so stalling in first happens lmao

[dusk ocean]

Yeah I mean more like you roll to a light and the engine falls thru the idle, etc.

but since its hondata its all stock idle control, etc. it should be pretty good

[sinful creek]

But yeah everything else seemed solid idk if the a/f was wideband but it was showing 1-1.15

[dusk ocean]

that's in "lambda"

[sinful creek]

Ahh

[dusk ocean]

which is fine

was it swinging back and forth wildly at idle or was it pretty steady

[sinful creek]

Nah

The coilovers are awesome and it's had an alignment recently

[dusk ocean]

the E85 tune may raise questions

does it have map switch for pump gas

also yeah 6 puck clutches are a little brutal, but you'll get used to it

I went from a 6 puck to a 3 puck to a 4 puck

[sinful creek]

No it would need to be retuned I've got plenty of e85 stations where I live

[dusk ocean]

and then i said fuck all this and went to a carbon fiber twin disk

[sinful creek]

Lmfao

[dusk ocean]

OK so long as you have e85 stations - does it have a flex fuel sensor

[sinful creek]

Idk

I'll have to ask

[dusk ocean]

You'll want to check because E85 can be 50% ethanol or 85%

with no sensor the ECU doesn't know the ethanol content and the tune will be on/off

so worth checking

[sinful creek]

For sure

[dusk ocean]

S300 does suppoer the sensor

support*

[sinful creek]

Maintenance wise though what's the next thing to do

[dusk ocean]

if i brought that car home today I'd do a boost leak check and compression check

maybe a leak down check

compression/leak down just for my own peace of mind

boost check to make sure its not leaking anywhere

[sinful creek]

Aight I got a mechanic friend with those tools I can take it to for all that

[dusk ocean]

Yeah - for boost leak what I do is pull the air filter/inlet to the turbo and clamp a PVC pipe cap of the right size in the silicone coupler/etc.

Drill a hole and put an air fitting, hook up to an air compressor and pressurize it

listen for leaks

While doing a boost leak check I'd also give the compressor wheel a jiggle

in and out, but also concentrically to make sure the turbo bearings are decent

it'll move a smidge but should not contact the housing

[sinful creek]

Awesome, thanks for all the help you know a lot and that all seems pretty reasonable if I run into anything you mind if I @/dm you?

[dusk ocean]

Sure np

[sinful creek]

👌

[dusk ocean]

Good luck

Sounds like a fun car

[sinful creek]

Yuh

[uneven wolf]

what he neglects to mention is that turbo bmws lose an average of 20 percent of their value each year, and the parts are absolute dogwater. if youre talking longevity, NA is the way to go

[dusk ocean]

Lol

I bought my E30 for $1800 they sell for $15k+

[uneven wolf]

my man, dont defend bmw
they have almost as bad of a reputation as Maserati for overpriced cars that break down and cost too much to repair literal plastic parts

[dusk ocean]

No offense bud but I don't personally think you're qualified

[uneven wolf]

😩

im not going to argue, but i think youre a fanboy

[dusk ocean]

K

I've got 9 cars and my BMWs are broken the least 🤣

But you told a dude to convert a car to timing chain...I'm the newb

[uneven wolf]

okay m8.
pun intended, milage may vary. but seriously, vortec lsv8s last an average of 500,000 miles

[dusk ocean]

My e34 daily driver 525i had 415k miles

I got rid of it because I had a kid and needed reliable ac

My E46 330 did 350k miles

I had a ls1 trans am very broken who cares

[uneven wolf]

👍 ⬆️ trans ams were shit, congrats you won a 🏅

[dusk ocean]

It's the same engine bro

[uneven wolf]

not at all m8 XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[dusk ocean]

Piston slap like you wouldn't believe

[uneven wolf]

XDDDDD

[dusk ocean]

Dude just put a bypass valve in and convert it to a timing chain

[uneven wolf]

bro said the ls1 was the same as the vortec 3000 XDDDDDDDDDDD

[dusk ocean]

Same bottoms ends there bud

I'm not sure you've ever seen inside of an engine before so I'm going to hang this one up

[uneven wolf]

yeah okay man but the ignition chambers are n ot only 2 whole litres apart, they burn on completely different compression methods

okay man

youre a freken genius

[dusk ocean]

Ignition chambers?

What is an ignition chamber

Lol

[wraith rivet]

lmaoo

[sinful creek]

I'm witnessing the great divide rn

[dusk ocean]

Compression methods

Oh my god dude

[uneven wolf]

combustion chambre, we call them ignition here

bro

[dusk ocean]

No you don't I sell ECUs in the UK and Australia nobody calls an ignition chambers

[uneven wolf]

I LIVE IN US

[dusk ocean]

So do I

What are you doing dude

[uneven wolf]

HA

[wraith rivet]

nobody in the usa calls it an ignition chamber lmao

[timber oar]

What fucking ape calls them ignition chambers

[dusk ocean]

This is bizarre

[wraith rivet]

[dusk ocean]

I got to go do weekend stuff My brain hurts

[wraith rivet]

have fun

[uneven wolf]

whats the difference when you think about it

im done im so tired

[sinful creek]

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-portal-falling-ravine-cliff-gif-20998948

Me falling into this gap in logic

[timber oar]

See my issue with bmw is that they go out of their way to make things hard to self service

[timber oar]

The 90s ones were pretty doodoo i don't like how they look

[uneven wolf]

they were all round bad cars with neutered performance

[timber oar]

I'm ls swapping a 79 though

[uneven wolf]

oh cool, they should be a pretty good mix

[timber oar]

Year ago before i stripped it

[uneven wolf]

idk why but seeing the air duct at the top for the manifold makes me want to scream COLD AIR INTAKE

[timber oar]

That was the downfall of the original engine

A previous owner left that off and that's the top of the air cleaner

[uneven wolf]

when you finish the build, you should enter this thing in us called the bandit run.
the guys that host it are really cool, i joined with a vortec swapped Saturn station wagon, and they were like, sure.

[timber oar]

So weather destroyed the engine

[uneven wolf]

its for owners of the trans ams, but if you like american cars in general its a fun time

[timber oar]

I would love to do that

I've put a lot of effort into this car so far and it still has a long way to go

I dare say my all time favorite car

Even though I'm 20 i do know what Smokey and the bandit is :p

Thats why i like it

That and cannonball run

[uneven wolf]

i loved the early 70s American muscle before the tariffs hit especially, because they looked good, sounded good, and were quite powerful

[uneven wolf]

ive always wanted to do this one, but i never did it

[timber oar]

Well

They had i think the turbo trans am 2nd gen in a few shots

More than one iirc

[uneven wolf]

😩

[timber oar]

But the opening of the movie with the cop chasing the countach, the cop car was anothet 2nd gen trans am xD

[uneven wolf]

do you remember KITT from another cheesy 80s show?

[timber oar]

Hell yeah

[uneven wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/knight-rider-kitt-david-hasselhoff-the-hoff-serie-tv-gif-7202134

[timber oar]

I want a 3rd gen like that to go with my 2nd gen

I almost bought an 83 that was way more junked out

But then stumbled across what i have rn

That 83 was selling for 800 bucks to tell you how junked it was xD

I might have the old post image

Nah i don't see it anywhere

[uneven wolf]

the 80's/90's are the only time i think that the corvette was the worst sports offering in gm

[dense shard]

70s tho

Big engine ~200 horsepower

[uneven wolf]

yeah the 70s were rough too

[timber oar]

70s corvettes look great

[uneven wolf]

but they really fucked up with the technical revolution in the 80/90

[dense shard]

Did they tho?

[uneven wolf]

i have a friend that has a white 69

[dense shard]

The ZR-1 is probably one of the pinnacle Vettes

Took GM 30 years to produce an engine as advanced for the vette again.

[uneven wolf]

please just read https://www.autolist.com/chevrolet-corvette/chevy-corvette-c4-generation

[dense shard]

I'm not seeing anything in this thing that points to GM fucking up.

[uneven wolf]

https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/top-10-worst-corvettes-of-all-time.html

nearly all of them are c4

[dense shard]

3 of them are C4s

of which the 95 pace car they don't like because it's paint is weird.

Not because it was bad

[uneven wolf]

guarantee if you were to buy one now, it would have a check engine light
they were built like shiz and they are horrible to work on

the electronics especially, are horrible

[dense shard]

As were most cars of the era.

And each successive year was improved on.

[timber oar]

I have a 94 caddy with an lt1 engine that would have been in the corvettes i believe

[dense shard]

Otherwise someone here is going to have to defend the C3's smog pumps, emissions, and still less then stellar build quality.

[dense shard]

yes

[timber oar]

Over 200k on it and it starts instantly every time

Tons of power

[dense shard]

Before Cadillac decided to use bubblegum for bolts in the northstar

[uneven wolf]

but compare them to literally any other gen besides 1st gen, because that wasn't a sports car, and youll see what i mean

[dense shard]

I am, and the C3 was worse.

[sinful creek]

Man's the type of guy to say ABS ruined the Corolla

[timber oar]

Lmao

[dense shard]

There is nothing worse than a malaise era American car with emissions.

[uneven wolf]

but at least they drove for more than 200000 miles if you loved them

[timber oar]

Nahhh who needs abs 😂

[dense shard]

Anything goes 200k if you loved them.

[uneven wolf]

not c4

its c4, it blows up

[dense shard]

So do C7s

[sinful creek]

But it has ls ;(

It has to last

Lmao

[dense shard]

Hell I'm not sure there are any first year C7s with the original engine.

[uneven wolf]

not all ls are the same,

[timber oar]

Well afaik not all ls engines are amazing

Just some

[dense shard]

C4 didn't have the LS

It had a small block, but it wasn't an LS

[uneven wolf]

no it had an l8x

[timber oar]

What year?

[uneven wolf]

ls didnt come out until 90s

[timber oar]

If it was early 90s it should have an lt1

[dense shard]

Or LT4 I believe

[timber oar]

Ye

The first ls engines didn't hit until late 90s i don't believe

[dense shard]

The best small block Chevy built in the 90s wasn't a small block.

[timber oar]

I've heard a lot of controversy over whether or not the engine I'm putting in the firebird is an ls

I really don't know

I really don't care either

[dense shard]

I mean... if it's an LS it's an LS.

[timber oar]

Its a 2004 truck 5.3

[dense shard]

Otherwise could just be a what... small block 350? or something

[stoic ledge]

I still find it funny when a 5.7L or something is called a small block

[dense shard]

It was about the bore spacing.

Technically the 7.0L LS7 was a small block

[timber oar]

People argue about that era of engine and whether it's an ls

I just care about it making power

[dense shard]

If you care about power, should have done a K-swap brah

[timber oar]

Its a cast iron block lm7 so i think it will work

[uneven wolf]

yeah they were in development for the gt version of c4 in 97 i think

[stoic ledge]

Yeah found that out later, but first I was like wot and I still find it funny 😛

[dense shard]

pretty much

[timber oar]

I'm not putting a k series motor in an American muscle car xD

[dense shard]

But think of all the people you'd make very angry.

Like actually very very angry.

[timber oar]

Yeah I'm one of them 😂

[dense shard]

Angrier than Linus on paint.

Only vette you'd get me in would be either a C5 or C6

Gotta have the LS

[timber oar]

One of the benefits of this setup is that i don't have to fabricate engine mounts or anything like that

I just buy all that shit from Holley

I really don't see myself getting something like that right

[dense shard]

What ever works

[timber oar]

I barely even know what I'm doing as it is

[dense shard]

I know people are keen on custom soluttions

But I love my turnkey solutions that let me engine the finished product

[timber oar]

I just hope i put that 4l80 together right

[dense shard]

It's a GM transmission. Don't worry it'll explode soon anyway. That's how the joke goes, right?

[timber oar]

I had to convert it to 2wd from 4wd so i pulled it all apart

[dense shard]

🤔

[timber oar]

It would have gotten a stick shift but i wanted to try adding paddle shifters

So i have a trans controller that will let me wire some up

[uneven wolf]

hey, but a testament to the designer of the vortex compression typed vortec LS
my water pump, ( cast iron and half the size of my engine fsr) my rear distro box and my suspension broke before i even got my first check engine light

[dense shard]

Not much of a testament to anything else tho

[uneven wolf]

XD but at 400,000 miles

[timber oar]

Das a lotta miles

[uneven wolf]

heres my exact engine, btw

https://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/l94/

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ENGINE IS SO EASY, except the power steering pump which requires removing the alternator, but everything else is a dream to work on

[dusk ocean]

Put it in a Datsun and it's not so easy

[uneven wolf]

too true m8

i stuffed this into a 2004 saturn l300 sw

but the placement of serviceable parts are awesome

[wraith rivet]

this is one of the ugliest cars i've ever seen

https://electrek.co/2022/06/23/toyota-recalls-bz4x-electric-cars-wheels-falling-off/ like the exact same car lmao

wtf

[civic spoke]

Toyota and Subaru has a couple of shared platforms.

[dusk ocean]

I'm having to buy most of the rebuild parts for my supercharger build from Budapest

It's getting kind of expensive

[fallow depot]

My brother is fully restoring this 1968 bmw 2002 turbo rn

Just got sand blasted

[dusk ocean]

Nice! Round tails ftw

You want to talk simplistic... The BMW M10

[deep zealot]

Downforce

[dusk ocean]

Hate the red interior

[stoic ledge]

Love the red interior

Everything other than black, +1

That EfficientDynamics sticker tho Never seen that before

[dusk ocean]

That's on every BMW after 2013 or so

Red interior looks like an accident

[stoic ledge]

Never seen it in Europe

[dusk ocean]

It's everywhere in the US

That should tell ya all ya need to know

[stoic ledge]

Maybe not applied here, or immediately removed after/at delivery

I think it was also only applied on diesels here

Specifically the 320d for the F30

[dusk ocean]

Might as well sit in ugly while going slow

[stoic ledge]

Ah 320i also apparently

[charred depot]

I have a few good pumps but would quite like to keep the Bosch one so looking at rebuilding it or paying someone to rebuild it

[stoic ledge]

[bitter compass]

Better than white

[dusk ocean]

White can be dyed though

[dense shard]

I like my white interiors.

Beats all black.

Modern cars are kinda boring. Not even two tone. Just here's your black on black shiny plastic with a hint of maybe carbon fiber veneer.

[dusk ocean]

Except it's usually done with poor execution and in 4 years you wish it were black

[dense shard]

3 years later, and my Corolla still looking fairly good.

[bitter compass]

Both my cars are/were grey on grey on grey - my caddy had light blue vents tho...

If i actually would get something where i could choose interior colour to my desires, id end up with black anyways with light blue stitching sooo... Im probably not the most creative

[serene dagger]

is 44psi too much?

I put sum air in my stinger and the wheel is on 44psi

rest is ~40

[sick bear]

google says the tire psi should be 36. not sure what the card says on your car tho

[dusk ocean]

Yes

[hoary pine]

Unless you have a special vehicle 44 definitely too much.

The tire often can take something like 50 without problem (look for the rating), but driving experience / performance would suffer, usually your car have a sticker telling how much you should pump, look around the driver's door.

[serene dagger]

alright thanks

I'm in the middle of a 15 hours road trip I'm not at a station rn so if I try to blow out some air I might risk putting it at a low tire pressure

I was brave enough to stop at let some air out and now it's down 2psi

so ~42

[dusk ocean]

44 will also surely wear the center of the tire faster

42 still too high. It'll go up as the tire gets hot

I'd Target 36-38

[flint sable]

mach E and a rav 4 had an ugly child

[wraith rivet]

exactllyy omg

[sinful creek]

90's rav4 looks pretty cool imo

[lime pewter]

this pisses me off in the "Transmitting video over 20,000ft?! - HOLY $H!T"
some damm flower stuck in car

litteraly next moment they said about it......

i feel so dumm

[civic spoke]

Parked next to the flowers, and it got caught in the door as they closed it.

[lime pewter]

ye.... i expected that....

[stoic ledge]

I'm bothered more by the license plate position

[civic spoke]

Tow hook adapter.
Instead of drilling/sticking tape to the bumper.

Or wait. The the license plate isn't where the tow hook is. It could actually be a custom made license plate holder.

Looked around a bit more. And there are options to buy where it mounts at the bottom of the bumper like that.

Just not using the tow hook.

What's funky with relocating the license plate from the standard. Is that you might mess with the parking sensors if placed over them.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah those are specific license plate holders, I don't like them 😛

I just like them in the centre, except an Alfa, then it's allowed to have it on the side 😛 Driver side tho

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Alfa's are meant to have them on the side. Especially since they have their V-shaped grill.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so that's basically all of them

Has there been an Alfa in the last few decades with the plate in the centre? I don't think so

Hmm 145/146/155/164 apparently, but since the late 90s all had them on the side

[stoic ledge]

Yeah, doesn't look as good

Ah first gen 166 also had it in the centre, prefer the facelift at the side

Grill got noticeably bigger

In Italy I've also seen Fiat vans with an Alfa grill attached to it

Yeah so basically like this

[umbral tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[civic spoke]

Because it's a shared platform with like 3 other cars.

Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat.

[umbral tusk]

I read it more as people slapping alfa badges on fiats on their own

[civic spoke]

Oh, wait. I missed that.

Time to see if Alfa actually had any vans

[umbral tusk]

One of the first ones I find is that exact same van

in a thread "Alfa romeo van?"

[civic spoke]

They did.

[umbral tusk]

(or well not exactly that one but another dutch one)

"The vehicle in the picture which is from the nineties is a Peugeot/Citroen co-operation with an Alfa Romeo heart glued over the normal grille."

[civic spoke]

Yeah

[umbral tusk]

I like the glued part.

[umbral tusk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroën_Jumpy#/media/File:Peugeot_Expert_white_front.jpg Seems to match pretty well

..no discord not that image

so 1st Gen Citroen Jumpy with a ...alfa badge on it

[stoic ledge]

It's the Fiat version, the Fiat Scudo

So it matches

😛

Both Italian = same

😛

[civic spoke]

Might as well have an Alfa badge.

[vocal mural]

@civic spoke Found you!
(My camera had the wrong scene setting(Sunset setting instead of landscape))

[lofty parrot]

Better than the Tesla’s steering yoke.

[civic spoke]

American vanity plate on a Swedish registered truck?

[vocal mural]

On which plate should the police write the ticket on? 👮

[thin ocean]

does anyone with experience w bodykits wana help me out on smth

[dense plinth]

the whole point of having 4 antenna is so the device can proccess signal better. But they canf't do that if they're just clumped together, miss angled. DJI should include an antenna mount.

[lofty yew]

Cityscape or solar roof?

[bitter compass]

Found an alpina e30 with a bmw m shift knob

But it has the right shifting layout what confuses me 👀

[lofty yew]

Is it a dogleg pattern?

[odd steppe]

don't you wish the SE was a Clubman

[jagged wagon]

Shhh I don't have the money / time for a second vehicle, but part of me has wanted a Clubman forever.

[solemn inlet]

New forced induction setup 👌

[lofty yew]

I wish the SE had enough range to make the kinds of road trips I do.

[lofty yew]

Now you listen here...

What would it take to put you behind the wheel of a new 2023 Clubman S All4 with the Signature Package?

[jagged wagon]

Help! I'm being sold car insurance for a vehicle I don't even own yet that I cannot afford! takes out loan anyway.

[solemn verge]

not enough static pressure 😡

[sinful creek]

😈

[solemn verge]

swag fr

[sinful creek]

yessir

[odd steppe]

Yeah... The Chinese version (upcoming generation) will somewhat but I have trust problems

heck I'm not even that hyped to have found out the batteries from the SE are sourced from CATL

[lofty yew]

Same! I was hoping that BMW would, you know, build them internally (like Volkswagen AG)

Or even Fiat

[odd steppe]

Apparently the Samsung batteries were just ok so who knows

[frigid anchor]

In my car the recommended tyre pressure is 33psi but I fill 34psi , will it make any difference

[wraith rivet]

it'll be fine if it's that small

the more over you go the more uneven tread wear you can get and the higher chance of a blowout you have

[lofty yew]

The rule here in Arizona in the summer is that if you have to choose between going over or being under, choose going over

[bitter compass]

Yes

[stoic ledge]

[stoic ledge]

Wow

[brittle totem]

So "he" bought a car without even looking up the license plate to se witch model it was or is it just in Sweden you can latterly se all the details about a car and history just buy searching up the plate you can even se witch the old owners was and all of their information to and where they lives and what cars they own and everything like that.

[hoary pine]

I was actually impressed by the "took off all 40i to pretend M3" part.

Yet as soon as the Dashboard lights up it says M340i

So yeah no way you don't notice that if you brought that.

It might able to fool bystanders that don't really know much details or looked closely tho.

[brittle totem]

I think that you can code it to say that its an M3 instead of a M340I. But you cant be that stupide to buy a M340I and think that it is an M3. Doesn't the m3 have 2 M buttons on the steering wheel witch the m340I doesn't have their is latterly no why that you can mistake an M340i to an M3 if you know anything about BMW witch the probably knows because they where looking to buy an M3.

[lone fern]

i mean if it was his car the title would say that it’s not an m3

and the owners manual

[hoary pine]

Yeah, one must be really love M3 to pay M3 money for a M3, so most of them would know enough details.
A Rich normie probably wouldn't get a M3 over a 7 series for the same money.

[fathom socket]

a true rich normie would just get an X5

a more civilized oversized metal box for a more oversized age

[pearl tiger]

real men drive 316i compact e36

[hoary pine]

lol I think you are right

[stoic ledge]

Imagine choosing an X5 over a 5er

[hoary pine]

When the one in your backseat have enough weight (in both sense) and you can only keep one car for everything.

[static surge]

imagine choosing an X5.

[bitter compass]

Angry SUV hater noises

[fathom socket]

Romania has supras

And miatas

[hard lodge]

i car

[eager raptor]

rip ryan fellows

[wraith rivet]

Looks like they chopped the back half off of an Aston Martin

still looks good tho

[sudden pecan]

mazda dbs

[dense shard]

A lot of people will look at the badge because that's what they know.

[dense shard]

Looks better.

[zenith herald]

Hey. I got a question for yall. would anyone happen to recognize what car this is based off of? I think its a 1990 era buick regal but im not sure

[sinful creek]

Looks like a Willard Faction to me I tell ya what

[zenith herald]

idk man looks like the gravil grand marshal

[crystal imp]

I love beamng!!!!

[zenith herald]

same lmao

[hoary pine]

i4 m50 probably can get more people confuse

[civic spoke]

I've seen a couple of those.

I remember back when an even number meant 2 door.

Now it means Coupe. Maybe. IDK?

[hoary pine]

i4 m50 are popular AF here
They are EV, have nice performance, have the M vibe, and are cheap.
The non-M one sell quite well too.

[hoary pine]

They also got Hans Zimmer space ship engine sound if you are into that kind of thing.

[hoary pine]

I think it is because the i3 was taken so then need to come up with another number.

[thorn oracle]

what are bmw doing with their grills?💀

[hoary pine]

IDK, they say they gonna place a lot of sensor here but I think they just want to keep their old grill design.

I don't have any theory for the iX tho, why BMW why.

[thorn oracle]

ik right now the cars only look good in all black or dark colours because then you can barely see the grill

[hoary pine]

The iX1 one are back to normal tho, if you don't think too hard they just look like a normal X1

[thorn oracle]

yeh hopefully all the others return as well

[hoary pine]

Wait for the i7 we will see.

Hmm they already have picture, still the huge one.

[pallid pivot]

Maybach X Noctua

[hoary pine]

Isn't too bad on the i7 tho, that kinda wide enough.

[hoary pine]

Noctua premium colour confirmed.

[fathom socket]

Changed the temperature sensor, it was actually damages because sometimes it was giving garbage signals.

But it still overheats

From obd port it hovers around 100-105

At worst it goes to 110

[stoic ledge]

Weird.... I have no idea what else it can be

[fathom socket]

The mechanic tells me the radiator might be to small

[brittle totem]

Didn't he say that it was a 2019 model that was before they got ugly (new generation) of the m3

[brittle totem]

I wouldn't say that they are cheap the cost around the same as M340i. Here in Sweden they are not that popular but I saw a lot of them during our Norway road trip. But the middle class Norwegian is pretty "rich" to and evs are cheap over there compared to the rest of Europe.

[fathom socket]

I honestly think it has not enough cooling capacity

[dusk ocean]

That's hilarious

[bitter compass]

I mean.. he got the better looking car and apparently he didn't realize it for a while anyways

[dusk ocean]

"I dunno I bought an M5 or something"

sir its a 520d

[bitter compass]

Well a Diesel should be obvious

[dusk ocean]

You'd be surprised

You'd think someone would notice their car is 4" narrower

[bitter compass]

Meh

[dusk ocean]

I ordered a replacement screen for the OBC in my E30

from ebay

came in like 1 day...was insane

turns out the seller with like thousands of E30 products for sale is about 9 mins from me

[bitter compass]

I see people on their 3row SUVs on a lane with 2.10 meters width restriction... So I know people don't know the width of their cars

You'd think they'd realize when they cant pass a lorry but na they're determined

[dusk ocean]

I dunno what a meter is but there's a very obvious difference between an M3 and an M340i lol

(joking about the meter)

[bitter compass]

4 inches is like 10 cm 👀

If i know my freedom units right

[dusk ocean]

I base everything around 7.5"

since I am more familiar

that's awesome

[charred depot]

My 305 is such a donk

[dusk ocean]

put a 305 in it

it'll bring it down

[charred depot]

Tis a silly saloon, boot is not well suited for engine moving

I like it as i can spread my stuff out more though

[stoic ledge]

Hmmm that's odd, unless the used radiator has less capacity than the original

But, if it never boils over in any case, ngl I'd probably just keep it like that

[charred depot]

hard to tell what RPM it reached but the redline is like 4200

Pretty sure it went above that

Atleast this one is running away because of a fuel injection issue and not a consuming its own oil issue

Bringing me to the brink of using a petrol engine

Would be running using my lucas pump and injectors but I really want the bosch system which conveniently has been sitting outside for a year

[bitter compass]

Absolut chad move would have been to act like they own a shitbox

[charred depot]

Theres a valeter going through the cars at my work and I am like I cant pay you enough to fix this

the carpet in the rest of the car is grey but the drivers carpet area is just all black with oil it reeks of transmission fluid to the point ive gone nose blind to the small of transmission fluid

Going to try and keep the 305 respectable, the saab is too far gone

[fathom socket]

It's a new one

[lone fern]

applying to run parts at a subaru dealership oh boy

[stoic ledge]

Yeah sorry meant the one you used, the after market one

[fathom socket]

oke

meybe

[wraith rivet]

Um

[fathom socket]

IDK if it's actually thinner than the OEM

[wraith rivet]

That ceramic stuff at the self service car wash is stopping me from cleaning the dirt off lmao

maybe the pressure will get it

hopefully

[fathom socket]

did you ceramic coat dirt?

[wraith rivet]

No haha

It’s on top

[fathom socket]

maybe I could buy a Peugeot Racing radaitor

[fathom socket]

it seems the aftermarket one is 18mm thick.
If i did check correctly it should be 24mm thick

[stoic ledge]

Is it? Can't really find factory dimensions, but Valeo has 2: 18mm for manual and 27mm for the automatic version?

[fathom socket]

IDK

maybe a thicker one could solve the overheating issue

turning on the heat on max cools it down enough to maintain the temperature

[stoic ledge]

Does makes sense, but kinda stupid to get another new radiator...

[fathom socket]

maybe I could go the the mechanic that did this

since I have comeback to poland, but the problem I can't drive when engine temp gets to 110c

[stoic ledge]

Just drive extremely fast so the engine gets more fresh air

😎

[fathom socket]

that's what I'm planning to do when I return

but can't do it when I go to work

but yeah. from what I can find it should be thicker for my model year

[stoic ledge]

Could be true

[dusk ocean]

Thickness alone does not decide success though (no inuendo)

[fathom socket]

but ths radiator was pretty inexpensive

[dusk ocean]

Yeah that's okl

[fathom socket]

I just needed my car to go because the OEM bursted due to a small hole

[dusk ocean]

it could be a 2 pass, 3 pass, etc.

or it could be shit

but thickness alone does not qualify the effectiveness

[fathom socket]

also It didn't start overheating till summer

[dusk ocean]

Depending on fin density a thinner radiator actually has lower statis pressure in front of it so has potential, maybe, to cool better

so many variables

[charred depot]

I like living in a climate where my radiator with barely any fins left packed full of calcium is acceptable

god knows if the fan works its never gotten hot enough, needs a new thermostat.

[fathom socket]

but I might blame the radiator because nothing else is wrong

[charred depot]

inb4 just needs bled

[fathom socket]

also I'm with no thermostat installed

[dusk ocean]

your car is overheating w/o a thermostat installed?

[fathom socket]

I had my coolant system flushed and the radiator is new

[fathom socket]

yep

[dusk ocean]

What engine

[charred depot]

still french cars are often mmmm when it comes to coolant system bleeding

[fathom socket]

2.0 16v

[charred depot]

305 is bloody annoying to bleed

[dusk ocean]

I suspect you probably have more significant issues than a couple mm thinner radiator

[charred depot]

have you felt the radiator to see if its actually getting hot or if it has cold spots

[fathom socket]

The radiator feels super flimsy

[dusk ocean]

And, do the hoses get pressurized relatively quickly?

Flimsy?

[fathom socket]

It just like bends without using the force

[dusk ocean]

lol we need a pic of this

[timber oar]

oh god i just finally figured out your picture is thermal paste on a cpu

[dusk ocean]

That's correct

[timber oar]

i always thought it was an amazon box for some reason

[charred depot]

my biggest fans which arent even needed

[fathom socket]

Idk what even this number is on top

[timber oar]

so wait what is this radiator doing?

it looks straight to me

[dusk ocean]

That appears to be your ordinary, run of the mill radiator on a 2.0L engine

nothing offensive about it

[fathom socket]

All I get is peugeot 206 1.1-1.6 radiators on Google

[charred depot]

the amount of time you have spent on this have you considered visiting a professionel

[dusk ocean]

That appears to be a Nissens brand rad

which is actually a higher end brand

[timber oar]

diy all the way

[dusk ocean]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/363658952014

and apparently used on Ford Mustangs

[charred depot]

diy if you are actually going to make progress heh

[timber oar]

even my local shop that ive trusted for a good 10 years

[fathom socket]

This does not looks anything like mine

[timber oar]

still does really stupid shit

[fathom socket]

Or maybe it's the type of tubing?

[fathom socket]

I don't have a place to do it

[timber oar]

why did the bot just censor that last one lol

[charred depot]

Took my diesel pump to a specialist as that can remain a black box as far as I care

[timber oar]

ohhhhh i know why

nvm

[dusk ocean]

If the car is overheating, and if the original radiator "exploded" I would suspect headgasket issues before I suspect "this radiator is just too small to cool a plebian 2.0L engine"

[charred depot]

block of gold

[timber oar]

you seem to know a lot are you a professional? 😂

[dusk ocean]

I dabble

[timber oar]

so kind of like me then i see

[dusk ocean]

I've been doing this car thing for like .... 18 years now

[fathom socket]

Na. It was because it had a hole and I ran it on water

[charred depot]

oldie :^)

[timber oar]

i probably have an addiction

[dusk ocean]

Yes, but if it "burst" then it was over pressurizing

[timber oar]

im thinking about adding a 5th option to the fleet

[dusk ocean]

I've done things

[timber oar]

that looks about like my firebird right now minus the fenders

[charred depot]

friend burst his radiator putting cold water in immediately, k seal solves all

[fathom socket]

I caught it before it exploded

[dusk ocean]

@fathom socket have you seen the size of radiators honda civics can run on?

[fathom socket]

Nope

[charred depot]

Waters all you need

[timber oar]

i have never thought about putting cold water in a radiator but i imagine if its at operating temp thats going to be quite a catastrophic thermal shock on the system

[dusk ocean]

Turbo 1.8 - 2.2L engines running a radiator that's like 11" wide and 1.25" thick

I suspect you have a headgasket issue or similar

[fathom socket]

Nothing indicates for headgasket

[dusk ocean]

you have a new radiator and its overheating

[fathom socket]

No coolant dissappearing, no white smoke, sniff test gives nothing

[dusk ocean]

Bud if I had $5 for every time I thought that's what it took...

[charred depot]

block testers exist for a reason :^ |

[dusk ocean]

It could be air

it could be a broken water pump impeller

but I doubt it's the radiator being too small

[fathom socket]

Then idk

[timber oar]

especially with how much airflow they get while moving at all

[dusk ocean]

yeah

[fathom socket]

Unless running water pump for 20 mins dry would kill it

[dusk ocean]

how was a water pump running dry for 20 mins

a) yes it could b) you drove a car for 20 mins w/o water?

[brittle totem]

Is thir anyway to turn on dark/night mode on android auto ? Its very Bright right now and annoying during night driving.

[fathom socket]

Because it was winter and I didn't know it was leaking coolant

[charred depot]

my head unit did it based off the lights which were wired in when I had a car with one

[dusk ocean]

yeah usually you piggyback the headlight switch

or

the factory harness has a trigger etc

[fathom socket]

Now what I'm gonna do if I have only 800 euros to fix my car

[dusk ocean]

Did you run the car w/o water for 20 mins?

[fathom socket]

I just assume I did

[dusk ocean]

oof

[fathom socket]

But like in total

And later I drove without any water for like 2 mins