cars

[silent elbow]

doubt it

[vocal mural]

@fathom socket

[fathom socket]

Oldenzaal?

[vocal mural]

Yes.

[fathom socket]

Have you seen the Golden one

[vocal mural]

I was visiting the DNAT in Bad Bentheim today, and drove along the Heisterkamp location near Oldenzaal.

[charred depot]

starts on the button

[severe flame]

maybe

[kindred gate]

After 6+ months of work on this routy little 2 stroke, its running how it should be. It went for its first ride outside of my street today and did fantastic, especially since it was carrying two people. Thats all just wanted to share since I'm really happy that my bike runs : )

[halcyon grotto]

based

[tawdry lance]

wanted to post a nice pic of my little car before i tear into it and redo all the wiring and stuffs.

[obsidian magnet]

just be honest and say "before it sits on jackstands for the next 7 years and never runs again"

lol

[eager geyser]

any subie fans?

2001 forester s, 260,000 miles. currently undergoing a full rebuild of engine.

[fathom socket]

Had a love hate relationship with my impreza

[deep zealot]

the loudest stock car i’ve ever owned

[fathom socket]

Lmao

[smoky current]

Not cars, but...

[deep zealot]

It’s so fun to rip it

and the gunshots are loud

it’s fast so it gets a pass

[misty imp]

Finally some good fucking news

I think the worn bearings are only on the back

I might get away with usijg manual tools instead of a whole ass hydraulic press

[deep zealot]

Clean

[tawdry lance]

i only work on one part at a time to make sure it doesnt end up like that. But its probably gonna happen

[misty imp]

Musculine urge to get a threaded rod some nuts and washes to pull that stupid bearing out

[tawdry lance]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

[misty imp]

FUCKKK

AAAA

60£ for a new hub anyway

Or spend 15£ for the bearing itself and some tools

[tawdry lance]

Take this oppurtunity to swap to disc brakes

[misty imp]

I need something to get the bearing out

Its drum brakes homie

[tawdry lance]

Yeh

Swap it to discs instead

Upgrades

[misty imp]

I cba

[tawdry lance]

Embrace the moneypit

[misty imp]

Its already got 100k miles on it

[tawdry lance]

Thats like factory fresh

[misty imp]

And am im planning to upgrsde my car next year

[misty imp]

Not here in the uk homie

Its already falling apart

[tawdry lance]

tbh i dont know how much 100k miles is in metric

But yeh nissan micra isnt exactly the ultimate car

Imo get a volvo with a diesel engine. Those bad boys can take all kinds of abuse.

[charred depot]

Im in the UK my daily is nearly 40 years old on 154k miles with a engine on 240k heh.

Probably done more than that as alot of my ownership the speedo has been disconnected as gearbox upgrade didnt have the take off till I got an adapter.

[tawdry lance]

Speedo delete gang

Well my speedo cable snapped in my case

[charred depot]

It was a bit annoying going through cities with loads of speed camera's like "I hope I am doing 30"

[tawdry lance]

I used my phones GPS as a speedo

Works really well

[charred depot]

My phone was decent for a while as a GPS speedo, seems to be a bit spotty as of late.

[tawdry lance]

With realdash i hooked it up to my ecu too to get some other fun values as boost pressure and revs and stuff

[charred depot]

Car doesen't have any confusers but want to setup a little screen with some monitoring.

[tawdry lance]

[charred depot]

More detailed stuff like cooling system pressure, etc.

[tawdry lance]

I wanna get some like servos or something and build my own custom guages that my ecu just tells where to be at or something

Proper racecar stuff

But also that doesnt cost 5 bajillion monies

[charred depot]

My cars a indirect injection diesel but I wanted to make the throttle fly by wire essentially roboticized looking at boost pressure etc

I like fast diesels but the rolling coal bit is a bit annoying with old basic pumps.

[tawdry lance]

Yeh

Imo getting something like a haltech ecu makes all that so much easier. Everything is basically pnp

Even for diesels cause you just say "this runs on diesel" and it converts most of the values

[charred depot]

Hardest part is getting injector drivers and whatso

mines is too old to have any kind of electric injectors

Id like to run a newer HDI eventually but need to get one running standalone.

[tawdry lance]

Tbh i think it could be easier to maybe engine swap to something newer if you cant find a new ECU that you can wire in injectors

I know (since i am swedish) there are ALOT of Volvo D5s lying around here

[charred depot]

Custom ECU setups are really expensive for diesels as not that much traction.

Id stick with Peugeot Citroen engines as dont want to be making up mounts and custom driveshafts.

[tawdry lance]

Ahh

Yeh i guess

[charred depot]

If I get a complete car will be able to make it work easy enough.

[tawdry lance]

Here its not anymore expensive than gasoline.

[charred depot]

They are more expensive everywhere are diesel injectors are more complex to control

Essentially need to have a custom driver board made.

[tawdry lance]

I feel you should be able to just rip it out of another car and wire it in

But idk im more of an E85 kinda guy

[charred depot]

I was meaning for a custom ECU setup rather than making some OEM ecu work without the rest of the car.

Alot of post 2001 stuff has some tight integration with body control

[carmine summit]

the only diesel injection you can control with just electronics is a common rail system

everything else has a mechanical component to it

[charred depot]

well they all have a mechanical components

VP pump is basically as controlled as a common rail setup

[carmine summit]

what injection pump is on your current engine

[charred depot]

VE

[tawdry lance]

Car contains mechanical components

[carmine summit]

not at all

i know a little bit about diesels lol

[charred depot]

same

[carmine summit]

VP injection all you have control over in the ECU is dynamic timing adjustment and injection quantity

with common rail you can control start of injection, injector duration, injection pressure, quantity, and a whole bunch more

[tawdry lance]

Is that an AC pump i see? Disgusting. Better delete and sweat your butt off!

[carmine summit]

VP37 is just a VE pump but the top half is replaced by some electronics

[carmine summit]

this car hasn't had working air conditioning since I bought it, but I figured out today I'll be able to make it work with the ALH swap lol

I'm gonna finally have air conditioning, it'll be great

just in time for fall

[charred depot]

Don't have much experience with VP as PSA went straight to commonrail

makes it annoying for injector options when MTDI'ing newer engines

[tawdry lance]

Whomever took out the AC in my evo deserves their shoelace broken

It be hot

Also as a side note. Old diesels are way better cause they will run on anything from crude oil to rocket fuel

[carmine summit]

I was looking into converting a VW 2.0l common rail into an mTDI, what I figured out is that it's possible but it will take custom injectors to do

completely custom, not just modified stock injectors

[charred depot]

It used to be quite common in the past here but the ECU's are so well understood at this point it doesen't make much sense.

[carmine summit]

you'd also have to use much larger nozzles because VE injection pressures are way lower than common rail

I'm sticking with VP37 TDIs for now, we didn't get any good PD TDIs and I'm starting to get the hang of custom ECU tuning on these

[charred depot]

Im basically stuck with VE indirect injection setup or common rail.

[carmine summit]

VW swap

ALH/AFN/AHU/1Z

[charred depot]

Too much of a faff would be cheaper just to buy a Custom ECU heh

[carmine summit]

once i get my car running again next project will be to strip down one of my 2 spare ALH engines to start building it

one has 150psi of compression, one has 2 bent rods

[charred depot]

Ive been tempted to build up the bottom end on one of my engines but have only had head issues heh.

[carmine summit]

whichever one I pick is getting the bore enlarged to 81mm, BHW pistons, Integrated Engineering connecting rods, ARP hardware throughout, and possibly a ported head and cam

I have a compressor wheel here for a hybrid turbo that will be efficient to 22psi of boost and will flow a TON of air with a ported head and higher RPM

but I'm wondering if I should do compound turbos

[charred depot]

Just run a decent turbo with a VNT : )

[misty imp]

Instagram detailers:

[charred depot]

surge and send the head the moon

[carmine summit]

the idea is VNT small turbo, wastegated big turbo

[charred depot]

Id like to run a VNT but know I will fuck up the control.

[carmine summit]

https://gfb.com.au/products/boost-controllers/manual-boost-controllers/v2-vnt-boost-controller-reliable-and-effective-boost-control-for-vnt-vgt-turbos/

just get this

[charred depot]

have one of their products on my turbo atm

[carmine summit]

thats one of the things ive come across in my research trying to figure out how to use a VNT in a compound setup without exploding it

it would be easy if I could have 2 separate MAP sensors, an N75, and a wastegate solenoid, and have the wastegate and N75 maps read off different sensors

but that's beyond my skill level lol

[charred depot]

It's a daily so I really should leave it alone but.

[carmine summit]

so is mine lol

[charred depot]

Have to drive alot for work so its ideal when I dont break down on the job heh

just a broken shifter linkage though, left me stuck in neutral half way through the junction.

[carmine summit]

left is stock ALH compressor wheel, middle is the turbo I'm currently running, right is the hybrid I'm going to build

33mm, 35mm, 46mm

[charred depot]

I had a decent T2 but by some divine intervention I am sure it was on 230k miles

Stuck with a little K14 at the moment.

[carmine summit]

I had a T3 on but I'm going to go back to a K14 until I build the T3 hybrid

spools fast enough and will flow better than a VNT15

[charred depot]

The T2 even consumed the filter built into the oil feed and was fine heh

I have to work out a intercooler setup first but not much room without cutting alot due to being older and not having a plastic frontend

Probably go with a water to air setup to save cutting massive holes for boost pipes into the structure.

[carmine summit]

VP TDIs can do the funny popcorn

[charred depot]

No popcorn for me, these VE setups go for silly money

[carmine summit]

what size pump elements do those have

[charred depot]

9mm but swapping to 11mm is common and simple enough.

[carmine summit]

im used to VW AAZs and 1.6 TDs, which i think have like 9mm

ok yeah same thing basically

I have an 11mm VP37 for my ALH but it leaks a lot, need to order the special socket so I can take it apart and reseal

[charred depot]

Id like to leave it 9mm as the 11mm never seem to be quite right

something about it messing with the dynamic advance.

[carmine summit]

you don't really need 11mm on an IDI

that size at least

[charred depot]

alot of people have upgraded to it but usually with silly setup

like compound turbo's and a supercharger.

[carmine summit]

yeah

I used to really like the IDI engines and wanted to do everything mechanical

but tbh the TDIs are so easy

[charred depot]

Theres unfortunetely no middleground for me with PSA's engines. this or go full commonrail.

[carmine summit]

small investment in tools, a little bit of learning, and I have way more control

ive thought about a common rail swap

i wouldnt really gain much from it though

[charred depot]

I just need to buy a complete car really to get all the wiring

[carmine summit]

you already have a VE pump

I wonder how hard it would be to swap to a VP37 from a VW TDI and just use MK3 TDI/B4 Passat electronics

[charred depot]

Ive though about that but never seen it done.

[carmine summit]

keep the IDI but make it electronic

the only thing you're missing really is a needle lift sensor on cylinder 3

for timing

and a crank sensor I guess

[charred depot]

It does exist for these as very late ones had a VE pump with some semi ECU integration

was just to control the advance to replace the mechanical advance setup.

Lots of people have messed around with these and have not seen a VP fitted, but the charm of these has always been the lack of an ECU which may be why. Was more popular to mess with 10 years ago aswell.

Its time has passed getting quite hard to get ahold of now.

[carmine summit]

I'm wondering if there's some kind of electronically controlled A pump or P pump I could make work on an ALH

P pump doesn't have dynamic timing, idk much about A pumps

[rugged lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5WKlewg2bM

[misty mantle]

It got the fuel pump integrated into the injection pump?

[charred depot]

yes?

[fathom socket]

https://youtu.be/NMfoR92FPXQ?si=VIAqJtcyHJBMyd0J

Good lord

[gritty saffron]

My lawnmower that does 60mph

[hexed kayak]

that would have been fun to have on woodward ave

[dusk ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHBR5nWIhAs

hnnnng

[little hollow]

It has found track time and confused many of the older generation and made at least one crown victoria purist (why?) Furious. Mission: success

Only drawback, I was not driving and was otherwise engaged elsewhere

[topaz vessel]

Was this Lemons?
I assume no, because not caged?

[little hollow]

not lemons

[topaz vessel]

I do love the cat...

Then again, I loved Deadmau5's Ferrari... even if Ferrari didn't.

[dull cedar]

the purrari is legendary

fuck ferrari and their legal team

[brittle totem]

@silent elbow Yeah this f2 race is pure chaos.

[silent elbow]

Well i just woke up

[brittle totem]

Yeah I recommend you to watch It from the beginning such weird race and chaos all they way.

[brittle totem]

Yeah and a very unexpected winner to.

[silent elbow]

Now you got me curious

[brittle totem]

Overall a very fun race to watch because of the unpredictability the F1 race cant top this for sure.

[civic spoke]

Man. The profile of the new Mercedes GT is whack. Old one is better.

[silent elbow]

Is rain predicted for f1?

[ionic anvil]

About cars I'm very close to one 😄

[stoic ledge]

Maybe it'll pass, maybe not

It'll definitely be close

[silent elbow]

neat, youre on the paddock?

[ionic anvil]

yes mate

[silent elbow]

thats badass dude

[ionic anvil]

I took the foto like 09:00 in the morning

like then its all so chill there

like right now its overcrowding with people

[silent elbow]

305k weekend attendance, thats wils

wild

[stoic ledge]

95% Dutch probably

I considered going, but then saw tickets were 400 per person on sunday, and it's very difficult to get there... so yeah I'll just watch it from the couch

[feral reef]

And stay dry at the same time

[stoic ledge]

And literally see more

[silent elbow]

i wanna go to monza one year

[stoic ledge]

Expecting some hard rain at 16:10 (which is still during the race)

[silent elbow]

this race is a clown fiesta

[vocal mural]

Doesn’t seem to happen.

[stoic ledge]

Yup appears to have shifted to 16:50

Light shower at 16:35

Although might still change

[silent elbow]

Hard rain

[stoic ledge]

[little hollow]

What happened there?

[dull cedar]

ferrari likes to sue people or customising their cars

you pretty much don't own your ferrari

[little hollow]

You own it, do what you want with jt

Good thing I care not one bit about "fancy cars"

Pagani? Yawn. Ferrari? Bland as white paper. Lamborghini? Eh. Porsche? All beetles gussied up in fancy dress.

$1500 LT1 swapped rust bucket? Oh yeah

[dull cedar]

building your own mid engine v12 car > buying any supercar

[little hollow]

That's still too rich for my tastes

[feral reef]

“Light shower”

[stoic ledge]

Well that was the expectation at that time

Changed 12 minutes later

[feral reef]

ZOAB on racetracks

[silent elbow]

Whistlindiesel might disagree 😂

[dull cedar]

they can't sue you if the car is burnt to a crisp before they're even aware of it

[silent elbow]

I kinda loved what he was doing with his ferrari

[fathom socket]

The crazy part about it is you sign a contract when you buy it
Don’t wanna deal with it? Don’t buy it

[silent elbow]

amazing race today

[dull cedar]

that only applies to the first owner

and is exactly why you hardly ever see real car people buying ferraris. lamborghini and many other options exist

[fathom socket]

Oh yeah that’s what I mean
All the complaining in chat rn is about first owner buyers that didn’t read the contract they signed

[fathom socket]

Shiiiiit if I had lambo money I’d have something built instead

Probably buy an LC 500 and give it to a shop
“Put a 6 speed in it idc how much it costs.”

[dull cedar]

if I had new ferrari money I'd build an entire car instead

https://www.hartleyengines.co.nz/collections/hartley-v12-toyota-1gz-fe

🤤

[fathom socket]

Real

The LC body is just gorgeous

[dull cedar]

japan's only production v12 deserves to be more than just a luxury car's smooth af engine

[fathom socket]

Isn’t it a 5.0L V12?

Yea it is 🤤

[charred depot]

Factory fuel and boost XUD9TE in a 305.

[fathom socket]

What was that bing sound????

Sounded not great

[charred depot]

spare parts from fitting the engine

[fathom socket]

Ah ok ok

Engine sounds great

[misty imp]

Seeing a spit fire fly by rn lul

[wraith rivet]

can anybody here with an automatic miata confirm that if you press and hold the downshift paddle it will keep downshifting? like as soon as it's within the rpm range

i heard this somewhere and im curious if my car does it too

[fathom socket]

Which gen?

ND1 or ND2?

[feral reef]

How many people even own an auto

[fathom socket]

Iirc it’s close to 50/50 76/24 for the miata

My bad 76/24

[stoic ledge]

Which is manual and which is auto?

[fathom socket]

76 manual

[stoic ledge]

Buying an automatic Miata is the same as a vegan burger: it doesn't make any sense

[fathom socket]

Again my bad

[fathom socket]

Eh there’s people with disabilities ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[coarse jewel]

Really, figured manual miata would be more popular than WRX. WRX is like 70% manual

[fathom socket]

I was wrong and immediately corrected myself

[stoic ledge]

Sure, it's not their fault they're vegan

runs

[coarse jewel]

ah I see

[fathom socket]

I mean like my future brother in law
He only has one arm but likes cars so

[stoic ledge]

Sure that's a valid reason

Otherwise automatic Mazda's aren't great and a manual should be the only option

[coarse jewel]

In seriousness I've heard there's a few brands of Vegan burgers that are really good, and it's technically healthier and better for the environment but I still prefer beef.

[coarse jewel]

My last boss had 1 and 1/2 arms, drove manual.

He manual swapped his Ford Falcon from the 60's

[stoic ledge]

Apparently you can only get the automatic Miata in the RF in Europe, or at least NL

[stoic ledge]

I was just joking, everybody needs to determine it for themselves 😎

But generally no "meat-replacement" I've tasted came close. Some which actually were nice were those who didn't try to imitate meat

[hexed kayak]

I finally found a picture of my shitbox on Woodward its way in the background though

[fathom socket]

There’s a few meat replacements that are REALLY good, but they cost so much it’s not worth it

[coarse jewel]

that car looks like a Wigeon from BeamNG

[hexed kayak]

I think it is

Its called the citicar

[wraith rivet]

prob nd2

[hexed kayak]

Ive been looking for my cobalt ss in videos knowing damn well its not important enough for people to focus on it

[wraith rivet]

😭 im just asking because my car would have the same auto that would have

[fathom socket]

What am I looking at

[hexed kayak]

Me trying to act like im important cause my car ended up in the far background of a yt video on a channel with 4k subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j064UWLN9PI&t=163s

skip to 2:30

[fathom socket]

I take back my statement earlier
I want the latest batmobile
I want that turbine sound on a car

[wraith rivet]

yikes

supposed to be 26 city

[hexed kayak]

yikes. tf is that

all my cars get better milage

[fathom socket]

Is that a miata????

Man what the fuck I get 25 at worst driving like an absolute ape

[wispy cloak]

[hexed kayak]

i think i got 9mpg while driving woodward

i couldnt fucking believe it

[wispy cloak]

If I drive with a lead foot then I get 9.8mpg

[hexed kayak]

9mpg out of a 2l 4cyl

[feral reef]

I'd get 20mpg doing like 200 kph

[fathom socket]

I was cruising at 80mph at 3700rpm and got 49 like bruh

[carmine summit]

worst fuel mileage I've gotten was like

45mpg US

lots of city driving and hard driving

[wraith rivet]

2015 Mazda 6

2.5 non turbo

idk why it’s so bad

it is true I do 100% city driving but 21 is 5-7 less then what it’s rated for

[coarse jewel]

That's reasonable for 2.5l non-turbo city driving

[charred depot]

is it an auto, mazda auto's are garbo

[wraith rivet]

true

it’s so lazy

[charred depot]

just for fuel economy even in current times atleast on some models is quite a bit worse than the manual offering.

[wraith rivet]

even on the newer models? I thought they started using Toyota parts in their transmissions

[charred depot]

Atleast the 2 here is definetely worse not sure

[wraith rivet]

Mazda 2 😳

[coarse jewel]

autos are heavy and often will shift at times poor for fuel efficiency and gear ratios sometimes hurt fuel efficiency

[charred depot]

modern auto's should be better but eh

[fathom socket]

If you drive a cvt REALLY gently you get dogshit mpg

[wraith rivet]

often times I have to manually downshift because it just won’t

[coarse jewel]

True, but it varies. Like the modern WRX has a CVT that allows you to optimize for fuel efficiency or power or use set gear ratios with paddle shifters to simulate a DCT.

honeslty best use of CVT imo

[fathom socket]

If I kept it under 2000 rpm in my Impreza i’d get like 19 mpg city

[coarse jewel]

Is it Turbo? You might want a bit more RPM to engage the turbo which will improve your fuel efficiency. I tend to keep my WRX around 2000RPM-3000RPM and get like 28 mpg

[fathom socket]

No it was NA

It’s something to do with time spent accelerating and resulting energy needs blah blah

In short driving it harder resulted in 27 mpg city

[feral reef]

This was hilarious, and a bit scary at the same time

Dash cam is aimed up a bit too much sadly, so we miss most of the action 😂

[stoic ledge]

Flitspaal 50km/h

Jezus Christus

[feral reef]

This was slightly scary too

[charred depot]

we have loads of flooding like that here all the time, you'd think the amount it rains here we would have worked drains out.

[coarse jewel]

where? Germany? Weren't they just in a giant drought?

[charred depot]

I'm in Scotland.

[coarse jewel]

ah

[charred depot]

This is quite a common thing heh

[coarse jewel]

need some dutch people lol

[charred depot]

Know quite a few people that have hydrolocked their car

"just a drizzle" https://youtu.be/2iWb_ABa9P4

we had a bad spell earlier this year, I considered routing my inlet to inside the glovebox by drilling a hole in the bulkhead so I could bomb through everywhere

[halcyon grotto]

dont even wanna know what the bolbo gets

definitely feels like sub 20

most competent edinburgh driver

[icy osprey]

Lambuggati

[feral reef]

Yeah as a Dutch person, I was not ready for the amount of standing water in Germany

[coarse jewel]

hell, I watched the dutch GP this morning and absolutely no standing water despite the tons of rain and the track tried super quickly. They do know their water management and safety engineering

[charred depot]

polo looks like they might rush move into lane 2

[carmine summit]

imagine not hydrolocking your engine, couldnt be me

this post made by i have 3 engines sitting in front of my car my garage gang

[hexed kayak]

i left a 2.0 ecotec in my driveway with no plugs or injectors in it

i drained the water from the cyls changed the oil put it in a chassis with a blown engine and sent it

pretty sure that thing is still on the road somewhere

[topaz vessel]

I am surprised this did not turn out worse than it did.

[hollow pasture]

we did redneck demon core things lastnight

it sits soooo much better now

I hated how it sat on the old dead struts

[hollow pasture]

these are from before my coilovers

[carmine summit]

I drove my car through too much water while it was running and bent multiple rods, got it home pulled injectors and cranked to get the water out

put it back together and it ran

[hexed kayak]

low compression engine mod

reliability 100

[hexed kayak]

straight cancer

[fathom socket]

That’s more than the car

[hollow pasture]

it is on lowering springs but ok buddy

currently sitting a little under max height

I still need to put my tie rod end links on and do my alignment tomorrow, then I'll set proper ride height

got it running and driving for $2200, only thing it actually needed was some suspension love and maintenance
new struts or coilovers, went with some adjustable coilovers just haven't slammed it on its nuts because I value my oil pan

next up is a bushing kit for the entire car

https://www.prothanesuspensionparts.com/82010

can't make it fast and look cool if it's just going to fall apart

frame and subframe are dead even, never been in a wreck, all interior peices are still there it just looks like a shitbox because it's been sitting for a fat minute

[fathom socket]

That’s…
One of the simplest consoles I’ve ever seen

One plug? Lucky

[edgy musk]

Was having trouble pressing buttons and battery was dead in the radio and had to replace a dead digitizer, because it was registering at 3 inches above where I was pressing

So I pulled it all out to work on it inside and air conditioning because it’s 102 out here

Everything in this car pops off by putting on it

[fathom socket]

Yea be careful with the heat
I gave myself actual heat exhaustion the other week and that shit took me like 5 days to fully recover from

[edgy musk]

It’s screws no tabs to pull everything from the windscreen all the way down to center consul cabinet thing

There’s for holding in the radio system and two holding in everything around the shifter

Very convenient to work on if cars are this easy to work with. I might as well throw a turbo on my 2012 civic.

[hexed kayak]

what are some good 4x100 wheels

even just oem ones

That cobalt i bought my gf is fucking 4 lug

I have around 6 sets of 5x110 wheels for cobalts but nope i end up with a 4 lug car on steelies

I would have just put my stock turbo ss wheels on it

[deep zealot]

Very fun car, would drive again but the clutch is weird

[hexed kayak]

i recently saw someone burn up a clutch in one of those

[deep zealot]

yeah cuz the bite point is low as fuck so it hops and bounces if you let it off too early

[hexed kayak]

sounds like the clutch in my cobalt

more rpm

[misty mantle]

Thats just a modern manual for you

[hollow pasture]

Kosei k1s

that's what I'm putting on my honda if I can't get a set of mugen mf10s

[hollow pasture]

that's because you aren't giving enough gas when letting out

[hexed kayak]

Dont think they would look good on it tbh

[misty mantle]

Give it about a quarter throttle and slowly let the clutch out.

[hexed kayak]

Plus they cost 1/3 of the car

[hollow pasture]

oh well that's entirely valid

[misty mantle]

Shitbox city

[hexed kayak]

I’ll probably try to find some used oem wheels from honda or vw or something

Or ill spend the money converting the car to 5 lug

[misty mantle]

Your local pick-n-pull -probably has a fuckton of them

[hexed kayak]

Cause then i can use saab wheels and alfa wheels

Gm has really nice oem wheels

@misty mantle

[deep zealot]

i was giving it a lot of gas it was just a low bite point

i learned manual in BMWs which have a much higher bite point

[hollow pasture]

word

just means you aren't matching rpms properly for that engine and transmission

[hexed kayak]

as long as you can find the bite point and hold the car right on it it shouldn't be that different

[deep zealot]

I know I was just used to another clutch

which is why i was hopping it

[hexed kayak]

its probably different with v8 tq but i rev my car up to 3200 to start

I also have some dumbass lightweight flywheel

[fathom socket]

I rev to like 1300

If that

[hexed kayak]

I can go lower. But the quick release of the clutch loads the engine into boost a bit and then i can just take off without the worry of bogging

[fathom socket]

Boost? What is boost, I have no boost

[misty mantle]

Half of the server: Laughs in naturally aspirated engine

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle

Me: laughs in cool hp noises

[fathom socket]

Turbo noises 🤢 (personally)

[misty mantle]

Both my parents vehicles have turbos. Mine doesn't

[hexed kayak]

All my cars are turbo and 1 is supercharged

Actually with that new cobalt i have 1 n/a car

[fathom socket]

We’re NA all the way baby ride or die

[hexed kayak]

[fathom socket]

Or until electric takes over (hurry up)

[misty mantle]

The engine in my Bronco was actually a popular engine for aftermarket turbocharging

[hexed kayak]

N/a go brr

[misty mantle]

Wtf, it takes so long to return to idle

[hexed kayak]

Its a cobalt thing

They have stupid rev hang

[fathom socket]

Is that a heavy flywheel thing

[hexed kayak]

if you are in alot of trafiic with a maual cobalt sometines it will change the idle speed to 1800rpm

[hexed kayak]

its an auto it doesnt have one

[misty mantle]

Autos have flex plates. Manuals have flywheels

[fathom socket]

I thought it was a manual ok 😔

[hexed kayak]

4 spd slush box

[misty mantle]

This one is a auto

Manuals are the better transmissions

[hexed kayak]

tall gear f23 is what i want

they came in the fuel saving detuned cobalt xfe and if you stick it in a cobalt ss you have the gearing for 200+ mph

my turbo cobalt runs out of gear at 172

[fathom socket]

Manual or electric les gooooo

[hexed kayak]

manual plus electric

[misty mantle]

If I end up inheriting my grandpas '96 Silverado 2500, I'll probably run it until the 5.7 Vortec thats in it blows or wears out, then find one of the detroit diesels that year of Silverado got and a manual trans and swap it

[fathom socket]

Honda insight moment

[hexed kayak]

nah i just want a straight electric motor bolted to a 5 speed

[waxen mural]

I drove manual most of my live, why do you guys want to have a race car transmission in stop and go traffic? I really don't miss it

[misty mantle]

I live in the mountains. Stop and go traffic doesn't exist here

[hexed kayak]

did nobody ever teach you slow rolling?

you can stay in 1st gear at like 5kph that way

[waxen mural]

idk, my DSG seems doing it fine, if I ain't using auto-follow anyways. Not possible with manual

[hexed kayak]

i can sit in traffic for 45 mins and touch the clutch 4 times

[misty mantle]

Manuals will always be the better transmissions.

[hexed kayak]

you just leave a big gap in front of you leave the car in first and drag the brake

[waxen mural]

here in Metro Vancouver any gap is immediately seized

[misty mantle]

And if you have to stop, just pop in in neutral and brake

[hexed kayak]

not leaving a big enough gap

i leave 2 semis worth of length

[hexed kayak]

you dont even have to clutch in for that

[misty mantle]

Exactly

[hexed kayak]

just light pressure on the shifter and it will pop out on its own

[hexed kayak]

if you pay attention to traffic you will see atleast 3/4 of the semis doing the same shit cause they are manual transmissions as well and 15x as hard to get moving

[misty mantle]

And take longer to stop as well

[wraith rivet]

why do people prefer turbos over superchargers? it seems to me that superchargers are a lot better performance and sound wise

idk

[feral reef]

Fuel economy

[stoic ledge]

As superchargers need Initial power from the engine

[civic spoke]

Turbos are generally better, because you use waste energy to produce power.

[stoic ledge]

Turbo just runs of exhaust fumes

Which is already present

[civic spoke]

Yeah

And turbo's produce more peak power. No?

[wraith rivet]

I get fuel efficiency but isn’t supercharger more immediate power? and more consistent throughout the rpm range

[stoic ledge]

Depends, but supercharger are linear with the RPM while turbos can focus on rev ranges

[stoic ledge]

Sure, doesn't need to spool up

[civic spoke]

As said. Superchargers require power to produce power.

Turbos use waste, to produce power.

It's even easier to swap a turbo on a vehicle that already had a turbo as well.

[wraith rivet]

true

[fathom socket]

I can never remember
Is it high load/low rpm that electric motors hate?

I’m not an engineer

[fathom socket]

You should choose a supercharger because WWWIIIIIIEEEE

[hexed kayak]

superchargers also have a reliability issue to them

a simple belt failure means you Are dead in the water

and in the motors i deal with superchargers will peak at like 450hp max effort while turbo cars blow by and go all the way up to 900

[hexed kayak]

Im pretty sure my motor also hates being blasted with 26psi of boost but i still do it

[wraith rivet]

🥺

[wraith rivet]

a belt failure would be pretty rare wouldn’t it

[hexed kayak]

Not with a supercharger

[wraith rivet]

as long as it’s in good condition and tensioner and whatnot is good

they randomly pop off even if it’s in good condition?

[hexed kayak]

Well they usually have an additional 25-150hp being dumped into it

[stoic ledge]

Buy it, only 0 USD

Too much for an Audi

[wraith rivet]

Nooo 😭

I’m gonna see what it sells for

idk if the market is still weird or if things are back to normal

[stoic ledge]

I think they're going more back to normal currently

Still slightly high

But for buying it's the best in like the last 3 years

I'll be looking at this one tomorrow (says reserved... For me )

Visited an identical one earlier this year... Literally half the mileage and 20% cheaper than that one

[wraith rivet]

Looks nice

[stoic ledge]

Now I hope it's actually as described as it's literally at the other side of the country

[wraith rivet]

how long is that?

[stoic ledge]

It's especially the equipment which is nice for the type of car... In the US it's a compact? But it has stuff like ventilated and massaging seats, matrix LED headlights, etc etc

[wraith rivet]

here that could mean a 23 hour drive hahaha

[stoic ledge]

Yeah no small country, but I have to do it after work but the dealership closes at 6 so I have to leave during work ...

~300km

So 180 miles

[wraith rivet]

Massaging seats 😳

Oh not bad

[stoic ledge]

But with traffic that's still going to be a pain

But I've arranged I can take the development car as a test drive towards that dealership so I can do the drive under work hours

😎

[stoic ledge]

Yes

Only for the driver

But tbh that's perfect

[hollow pasture]

I grabbed my coilovers for $300

[stoic ledge]

Who needs more

[hollow pasture]

yeee

honda parts are dirt cheap

I'm not doing anything to the engine until I restore suspension and body fully

only thing suspension wise I need to do is bushinga

until I find a crv donor yes it is fwd

it's not stock but it's not built built

it's sleeved with rods and a head

nothing too fancy just a little bulletproofing for a turbo

hehehe

best part about hondas is you can take the entire engine apart with 2 12mms and a 10

[misty mantle]

Check your local pick-n-pull. If you have a trailer, they would probably let you take a whole vehicle if they have the one you need. Or bid on a few wrecked ones on Copart

[hollow pasture]

praise be thy late 90s honda engineers

[hollow pasture]

I'm not worried about that until I get another car I can daily

[misty mantle]

Fair

[hollow pasture]

for now it's a restoration project to get more practice

[misty mantle]

But yeah, those are a few options for getting a donor CRV

[hollow pasture]

I smacked a 392 on my way to work 2 days ago

[misty mantle]

They should really keep the TRD stuff to the Taco and ONLY the Taco

[hollow pasture]

does the 4 runner not exist to you??

[misty mantle]

Somehow i forgot about that. Yeah, the Taco and the 4-Runner are the only 2 that Toyota should have TRD packages on

[hollow pasture]

let me be abundantly clear

I'm not a honda boy

I just like cars and hondas are insanely easy to maintain and build to be quick on the cheap

[misty mantle]

I'm a Ford guy when it comes to cars/trucks, and a Honda guy when it comes to ATVs and bikes

[hollow pasture]

:) it's about the experience not the brand

[hollow pasture]

Found On Road Dead

[misty mantle]

Yep

[hollow pasture]

love ford pre 2001

that's about all I'll say

[misty mantle]

Pre-01 is better than everything after that for sure

[hollow pasture]

yeee

my girl has a 95 3.8l mustang and for a v6 it's stupid fun to slide

the honda is definitely going to be more fun to take up the Saluda gap though

[misty mantle]

My family of broncos

@hollow pasture

[dull cedar]

someone gave ford too much money

2 new broncos

[hollow pasture]

I grossly hate the tiny new bronco

it's absolutely unhinged and disgusting

[misty mantle]

The sport is just a Escape with different panels

[hollow pasture]

the big bronco I'm vaguely fine with

[hollow pasture]

THATS LITERALLY MY PROBLEM

same engine

same drive train

same skid plates

[misty mantle]

The Full-size in the back is my dads, the Sport is my moms, the II in the front is mine

[hollow pasture]

yea the full sizes are ok

I personally think the raptor bronco is mean as fuck

[misty mantle]

Bonus, the II and the full-size are both manuals

[hollow pasture]

h a w t

this honda is my first manual

I'll never go back to an auto my dudes

it's just not possible

[misty mantle]

My dad had wanted a 2-door hard top manual, but all the ones our local dealer had were higher packages than this one. This one was on the lot because someone backed out of it after it was delivered. Got it at sticker price because my dad goes through out local dealer for fleet trucks, so he knows a guy

Its a '23 Big Bend with a dealer installed lift and Mickey Thompson tires on beadlocks, with the 2.3 turbo and 7-speed with the crawl gear

The Sport, My mom had traded in her '13 Explorer that she bought new from the same dealer for. Sh had test-drove a new Ranger, Explorer, and this specific Sport, and chose this.

The II was a Facebook marketplace find and was going to be my dads, but then he ended up getting the '23, so the II ended up in my hands

[stoic ledge]

I find it weird Ford doesn't sell the Bronco Sport in Europe

Quite certain I'd sell well

[misty mantle]

Because it would make too much sense if they did, just like bringing their European cars over to North America

[civic spoke]

I know that the Bronco itself is available here at the very least

The trim levels we have is the Outer Banks and the Badlands.

[misty mantle]

Thats justifiable. A lot of your roads aren't as big as ours and cant fit a truck with wheels that stick out past the fenders, or just a truck on stock suspension, for that matter

My dads Big Bend has aftermarket wheels and suspension, and the wheels stick out a good few inches from the fender

[novel relic]

Brum brum

[misty mantle]

MR2?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah true they added those this year I think

[stoic ledge]

Yeah true, imagine Ford doing sensible things

One Ford in 2010s, yeah how did that turn out

[novel relic]

Celica mk5

[misty mantle]

Ah

[dull cedar]

may I suggest looking at some MR2 photos

[misty mantle]

I'm not that good with imports

[novel relic]

I can tell haha

[misty mantle]

I'm a Ford and Chevy guy

[feral reef]

Everytime I see your car I want it

[misty mantle]

I guess the only "imports" I can say I'm really good with are Honda Bikes and ATVs

Even then, my rancher was manufactured in the US

[novel relic]

Lmao, i also wanted it

I got a ford here
Puma, used to own one

[feral reef]

I don't need a second car.... but

[misty mantle]

I doubt this works at all

[novel relic]

Is funny tho

[misty mantle]

You would be better off using a leafblower

[misty mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaS87HdLlpM&pp=ygUacm9hZGtpbGwgbGVhZiBibG93ZXIgdHVyYm8%3D

[novel relic]

I seen that done by mightycarmods

[misty mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjC00J8FaM&pp=ygUacm9hZGtpbGwgbGVhZiBibG93ZXIgdHVyYm8%3D

Literally the rustest car these guys have

[wraith rivet]

True

[novel relic]

Mines also rusty

[wraith rivet]

99% of the time nobody else in the car

in my case anyways

unless you carpool or somn

[misty mantle]

Holes in the floor and frame rusty?

[feral reef]

This one is absolutely mint https://www.autoscout24.nl/aanbod/toyota-celica-2-0-gti-benzine-rood-b2726ed7-8e42-47d3-85f5-4d4ed0afe731?sort=standard&desc=0&lastSeenGuidPresent=true&cldtidx=3&position=3&search_id=1b4g9m4jral&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=2

Very expensive though

[novel relic]

I got 1 hole in the wheelwell on the rear driver side i wanna get fixed next month

[misty mantle]

Thats nothing compared to most vehicles in the salt belt here in North America

[novel relic]

I got double the km than that red one

I'm at 278k

Km that is

[feral reef]

Similar to this one https://www.autoscout24.nl/aanbod/toyota-celica-2-0-gti-airco-originele-staat-benzine-zwart-d7cd046f-ed94-4fb8-ac55-26a1a72d6fe5?sort=standard&desc=0&lastSeenGuidPresent=true&cldtidx=1&position=1&search_id=1b4g9m4jral&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=2

[novel relic]

It was rust free last summer, so it pains my heart

[feral reef]

Those are 2 of a total of 4 for sale 😂

these 2 are the only GTIs

[novel relic]

I got the sti

🥲

Big power 💪

[feral reef]

How much power is the STI?

[novel relic]

Wanna get a 20v silvertop head thi

Its 105hp lmao

[misty mantle]

172,000 miles relatively mid. My '87 Bronco II has about 187k Miles

[dull cedar]

something ain't right here. it shouldn't have that front bumper

[feral reef]

It's a factory wide body or something

[novel relic]

20v silvertop 4age head fits right on the 4afe block
50ho increase

[stoic ledge]

Yeah same

And If people join, they should be happy they can go along 😛

[misty mantle]

My grandpas '96 Chevy Silverado has about 150-someodd-thousand miles on it

I gtg.

[stoic ledge]

I mean it even has heated seats in the rear, it's already well equipped for passengers

[feral reef]

What makes this car unique is the factory supplied wide body kit. This was a factory option offered only for the 2 liter variant. This is the same kit that is also on the turbo and Carlos Sainz edition. Only 10 of the latter were registered in the Netherlands at the time. Of the wide body probably even less because in Belgium and NL the turbo was not part of the Toyota program, this body kit was only offered by Toyota in Belgium and the Netherlands. The kit was a costly factory option which is why only a handful of them ended up on Dutch plates, of which this is probably one of the last original Dutch wide body versions.

[dull cedar]

holdup, toyota offered widebody on the regulars???

[novel relic]

I know a place that does widebody replacement pannels

On the celica they did

[dull cedar]

even weirder that it has that bumper then. it's the style of the pre-widebody gt four bumpers

gt four widebodies were 1991+

[novel relic]

They did a facelift in 92

[feral reef]

Apparently it's also the last ever registered in NL (in 94)

[dull cedar]

91

[feral reef]

It is registered as

TOYOTA CELICA 2.0 LIFTBACK GTI E2

[novel relic]

My celi is the last registered celi in Belgium thats not under oldtimer plates

[feral reef]

lol, this one is quite cool https://www.marktplaats.nl/v/auto-s/oldtimers/m2005044981-toyota-celica-2-0-gt-tc-16?correlationId=a8b6d3f4-cd1f-4916-a7e0-3ab33fc8bf53

[novel relic]

4th gen

[hexed kayak]

I wish we had shit to check how many of x is left here in canada

[novel relic]

Such low kmmmm howww
https://link.2dehands.be/m1958010146?utm_source=android_social&utm_content=vip&utm_medium=android_social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons

[dull cedar]

now I wish the 20th anniversary cars would've been produced a few months later, could've been widebodies then lol

[feral reef]

That's a very nice kilometerstand

[novel relic]

He had to stop driving to get that pic before it rolled over

[feral reef]

https://www.2dehands.be/v/auto-s/toyota/m2014289332-toyota-celica-1-6-sti

1.6 benzinemotor met een vermogen van 105 km.

[novel relic]

Vermogen van 105km
Nice

I hate the popups in different color

[feral reef]

Yeah that's awful

[novel relic]

Painted the valve cover nicely tho

Other than that

Uhhhh, tf are those rims, steering wheel and spoiler color

[feral reef]

Yeah, this person has a distinct lack of taste

The steering wheel is probably the worst part

[novel relic]

If youre gonna change it, get a good one like what the hell

[feral reef]

Really nice custom steering wheels aren't even that expensive

[dull cedar]

for context: 1000 20th anniversary celicas were made for the 1991 MY between 90-12 and 91-3. these were top spec GT-Rs with 4 wheel steering, TEMS shocks, 4 wheel abs, allll the possible features. 1/3 were manuals, rest autos. all Identified by being ST183s with the 742 paint colour, and their obvious 20th anniversary stickers

[novel relic]

I wanna get a specific momo one and thats 250

[dull cedar]

you're expecting the poverty-spec AT18* celica owner to have good taste?

[novel relic]

Gt-r in japan, shipped to eu is only like 5K

OI

I got poverty spec

No abs, TC, power steering, factory radio, steering wheel tilt, power windows, aftermarket roof windows ect ect

Buuuut, i am the 2e owner

[feral reef]

Why have I transitioned into buying other things on 2dehands.be

[novel relic]

I check marktplaats, fb marketplace and 2dehands along side each other

[feral reef]

I'm actually going to buy some speakers I saw on here a while ago that haven't sold yet

[novel relic]

I got headers, only to find out my original exhaust doesnt line up at the bottom

Gonna need to get p i p e

[dull cedar]

ABS on 5th gen celicas is rare. It's gonna be a struggle to get that all working again in my 20th AE. my regular Celica doesn't have it

though it's toyota... so it's definitely not specific to the 5th gen

[novel relic]

Its fine without abs tho

Just gotta know how to not lock up

[feral reef]

Untill you need it

Which is rare

[novel relic]

Trust me, i have less grip accelerating, compared to braking

Especially in rain, toyos are shit in rain, mine at least are

[feral reef]

This year I gotta be sure to get my winter tires on in time

I missed out on driving the one day we had decent snow

[novel relic]

This year i gotta get winter tires

[dull cedar]

though... the suspension uprights with speed sensors are hard to find. without abs you only have the left speed sensor, and I'm pretty sure I'm missing the right upright

[novel relic]

And not try to make it till summer on..summer tires

[feral reef]

Much better for wear too

So in theory could save some money

[novel relic]

Yea, i used my summer toyos in winter cuz i was broke

Very very little grip, but i made it

Just gotta watch oit for changes in the road like, asphalt to brick

[feral reef]

I was forced to buy my summer tires because for some reason I bought my car with winters on it 😂

[novel relic]

Yea no, that shit aint flying

I bought mine with tires from 09

[feral reef]

I mean, that's a problem even in summer 😂

There is like a tunnel near me that has bricks in it

Can't make loud noises in that tunnel

Well kinda can

[novel relic]

I make loud noises in every tunnel

[feral reef]

car just goes everywhere

[novel relic]

Clutch, rev bomb lol

Sounds less good without any load

[fathom socket]

I just wish there was a miata exhaust that didn’t sound like 4 banger dogshit

[feral reef]

I'm still looking for one 😂

[feral reef]

love doing this 😂

Probably not great for the clutch though

oh that misses some seconds from the start

[novel relic]

Sadness, wont play on my phone for some reason, even downloaded

[feral reef]

You know what's wild

I think the Mazda dealership wiped my dashcam SD card?

[novel relic]

What, why tho

Nvm

I got an idea

Joyride, wipe and move on

[feral reef]

That does seem most likely, haha

Clearly I should have gotten a cloud connect dashcam

Foolish consumer I am

[feral reef]

My PS5 are stupidly grippy

I've made them less grippy by running them at higher pressures

They're at 2.5 now instead of 2.0

A lot less grip

On a warm day with proper pressures I can't really spin the tires

[novel relic]

Same, shit spins constantly, and i only got 105hp like bruh

Next are Bridgestones

My 142nm of torque are just toooo much for the toyos

[wraith rivet]

does Miata have lsd?

I’d hope so

[fathom socket]

The club does

My sport does not
And boy is it obvious in the rain

[feral reef]

Yes

At least, mine does

[charred depot]

Driven an NA and NB but just didnt have the power without massive clutch kicks

but hey not my car

as cool as popups are they kinda get in the way if you are short heh

[hexed kayak]

you will never have an old school supercharged v8 with that attitude

[charred depot]

driving blind

[wraith rivet]

nice

you ever played in the snow before? do some sliding

[charred depot]

how about the absolutely nothing differential

[misty mantle]

Done that on a ATV. Funnest. Shit. Ever

[wraith rivet]

a quad atv? or like a Polaris 4x4

[misty mantle]

Honda Foreman

To be exact

[wraith rivet]

nice

[misty mantle]

My dads. I don't have the money for such a nice quad, nor do I want one that new with EFI.
My quad is a '03 Rancher
Carbs for life

And this was when I still had a sport quad

Only picked up the rancher like 2 weeks ago

[wispy cloak]

@misty mantle I want an atv

[misty mantle]

Honda is the way to go.

[wispy cloak]

The prices hurt

[misty mantle]

Used

[wispy cloak]

They still hurt

[fathom socket]

I’m too poor to understand this image

[misty mantle]

Damn. What are they going for in your area?

[wispy cloak]

I have a good trade offer for a kdx250 right now but I was specifically told not to get a dirtbike

[wispy cloak]

$2000-$3000 last I checked

[misty mantle]

Which models?

I got my '03 rancher for $3400

[wispy cloak]

Basically anything you can still get parts for

[misty mantle]

What exactly are you looking for out of one?

[wispy cloak]

I just want something that I can get parts for and have fun on

[hexed kayak]

its not a dirt bike. its a halfway built supermoto

[wispy cloak]

My mother forbade me from bringing motorized things on two wheels home

But the kdx is a very good deal for me

[misty mantle]

She sounds like my mom

[hexed kayak]

same here

[misty mantle]

Except that extends to 3-wheelers as well for me

[wispy cloak]

I brought it home and she still wasn't happy about that

[misty mantle]

Rip

[hexed kayak]

i bought a pocket bike a few years ago and my mother literally drove 30mins to come yell at me

[wispy cloak]

The deal on the kdx is the wheels on my foxbody for the wheels on his foxbody, the kdx, and the riding gear

[misty mantle]

The moment I move out, I'm grabbing my grandpas Honda 55 to restore and grabbing a Big Red off marketplace

[wispy cloak]

The only catch with the kdx is that the bottom end is blown up

[misty mantle]

So basically anything '90 and on

[wispy cloak]

But it has a brand new wiseco top end

[misty mantle]

Are you looking for anything really reliable?

[hexed kayak]

wiseco is good

i have their pistons in my cobalt

[wispy cloak]

Nope

Just cheap purchase price

I can fix it if it's broken

[misty mantle]

Any running one is gonna be $2-3000 and up

[stoic ledge]

No but the owners have

[wispy cloak]

I might do this kdx trade, fix the kdx, and trade it for something else

[stoic ledge]

[hexed kayak]

it dissapoints me how few cars came with an lsd

[wispy cloak]

Because I'd love to keep the kdx but it sounds like loop city

Especially for a first bike

[hexed kayak]

get a drz

[stoic ledge]

Fact

[wispy cloak]

Also two smokers and me don't get along

[wraith rivet]

shots fired

[hexed kayak]

go tell people you miata has a worse diff than a cobalt

[misty mantle]

Hondas are the most reliable. Kawasaki and Yamaha are also pretty good. Polaris is ok, but not necessarily something I would recommend

[wispy cloak]

My three wheeler is a Kawasaki

[hexed kayak]

blasphemy

[wispy cloak]

But impossible to get parts for because it was a one year only production

[hexed kayak]

all 3 wheelers are a big red

ALL

[wispy cloak]

I want a big red

[misty mantle]

Would say sizuki, but those are mainly 2-strokes

[misty mantle]

Same

I gtg

[hexed kayak]

i want a little one

[wispy cloak]

Those are the killers

Adults would ride them and flip over

[hearty delta]

I love the R8

[hexed kayak]

i searched honda big red on google and got 3 wheelers

i searched honda little red and got delsols and fits

[wispy cloak]

The big red is a model

[misty mantle]

That’s what the big reds are.

Honda 3-wheelers

[wispy cloak]

The line is the atc

[hexed kayak]

i know

its still little red

[wispy cloak]

The small frames are 125s I think

[compact grotto]

Perfection. https://youtu.be/AndH7Xm3ds0

[hexed kayak]

the licence plate for my gfs car came in and its dogshit

ive got random plates that are relevant ot the car before

like i had a black ss with z24 in the plate which is a trim available for the cobalt

and i had a supercharged gran prix with m90 in the plate and m90 is the model of the eaton blower on the car

[coarse jewel]

what model?

ooh, thought about getting a C70 from early 2000's

yeah, struggled to find a good manual one

[fathom socket]

Blame the engine tbh

I was really looking at that EX30 but 200mi of range for 40k is a hard no

[supple anchor]

Nah redblocks are where it’s at

[fathom socket]

It’s mazda mx-30 and soltera bad that’s all I remember

[supple anchor]

You don’t want a indestructible tractor engine in your car?

[fathom socket]

Depends
How much

[supple anchor]

Nothing beats the sound of a turbo 8 valve straight piped Volvo

In my car it’s mostly just fan noise past 3000 rpm

[coarse jewel]

Sounds kinda like my WRX just you can less bassy and less squealy

WRX will shake the whole block up to 3000 RPM than scream like a hellcat until it gets to 5600 RPM

[fathom socket]

7500

[hexed kayak]

my volvo is at 313k with no errors

[coarse jewel]

yeah somewhere around 7k on the WRX

stock exhaust btw

[hexed kayak]

actual engine or tach?

[coarse jewel]

tach, I think it's accurate

[hexed kayak]

my cobalt hits fuel cut at 7600

tack goes to 8k people with valve springs can hit 8300 and then you need a standalone cause the ecu wont go higher

[coarse jewel]

wouldn't want to pass tach anyways, like my char to be reliable

[hexed kayak]

those are fun for me to race

pure devastation on their faces

idk why they act surprised

i make abit over 100hp more than they do and weigh 1400 pounds less

chargers like 43xx pounds

cobalt ss is 2950 i think

The new ones maybe

The new one is 485

I make less than it then

Still gap tf out of them though

Im thinking of the 00s chargers. Those are dog shit slow and i leave them in the dust but newer ones are a closer race

[fathom socket]

I feel like gearing would be more important in this instance

[fathom socket]

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/08/29/companies/toyota-plants-system-glitch/

Rip L bozo

[fathom socket]

I’ve never had a good one

I know that’s not normal but it’s an outlier in my life

[wraith rivet]

real

not to be a fanboy or anything (im a fanboy) I think Mazda has some of the best reliable semi cheap pretty luxurious cars

definitely the best interiors in the price range

[foggy nexus]

Part of me's thinking of doing something when I move

The Typ-2K Caddy shares a ton of parts with VW's Beetle/Golf/Jetta/Rabbit of the same era (A5/A6-generation)

Import a Typ-2K, then swap the 07K?

A tune and intake will get me past 200hp

[hexed kayak]

00s gm was the king of cheap luxury

[wraith rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

[feral reef]

It’s kind of crazy how luxurious my MX5 is

That’s like the biggest takeaway from owners of older generations

They always mention how luxurious it is

[stoic ledge]

Yeah but that's with basically all Mazda's, pervious gens were like plastic fantastic and then the latest gens are all pretty nice

They made a switch to be more "up marked"

[civic spoke]

I have zero fear of driving through a red light here.

[feral reef]

Don’t you mean “upmarket”? 😂

[vocal mural]

Welcome back VW original part no 199358500A

[vocal mural]

Special permit?

[stoic ledge]

Yes but fast autocorrect while typing on the can

[civic spoke]

Nope. Our work site is just right in the middle of that crossing. Will just have the laborers close it down if we have to.

[livid sail]

So I took my car to the tesla service center for an alignment. It was 379$ Canadian. After 2 hours and a half in there they told me my car had some parts to be replaced. The front lower control arms and the rear knuckles. They covered it all under warranty and removed the fee for the alignment so I got a free service. They also gave me a Loaner car. Over all great service with them surprisingly.

[civic spoke]

Hey. That's sweet.

[livid sail]

Indeed. The warranty saved me 380$

And the loaner they gave me is wayyy faster than my car

[civic spoke]

Alignment is required. Which is why they paid for it

[livid sail]

I know

Still. At least they found some problems and fixed them. I wonder why the lower control arms and knuckles got damage

[civic spoke]

Could have been why the alignment was off.

[fathom socket]

Their interior and exterior designs are some of the best under $100k hands down
They need to work on software desperately though, especially on the CX-7 and up

[dull cedar]

good way to convince people to upgrade if they've already been thinking about it but not 100% sure

[eternal cedar]

It's pretty standard practice for alignment to be free if an alignment-related component is defective under warranty and needs to be replaced. Every dealer is different and some try to charge customers for warranty work.

[civic spoke]

https://youtube.com/shorts/XlSuG3Zwsjs?si=1cim1qSGtNMWpjt1

[hexed kayak]

they are wear items now. the days of just changing bushings are gone

[wraith rivet]

what have you been in?

my 2015 with the leather perforated seats aren’t too hard

but very supportive

big bolsters or whatever they’re called

[hexed kayak]

mazda seats are made from rocks

[bitter compass]

Rocks good

[fathom socket]

Seeing a non GT mustang
It makes V8 rumble
Makes WIIIIIIII noises
It also tsutustsutsu

My miata is peeing itself

[misty mantle]

If you have a turbo AND a supercharger on the same engine, you are doing something wrong

[fathom socket]

Tell that to Volvo

[hexed kayak]

those motors are junk

[misty mantle]

I saw a V70 the other day

[fathom socket]

Nooooo
Turbo+supercharging a 2.0L not built for either is a bad idea? Say it ain’t so

[hexed kayak]

it was done on cobalts and didnt go well a single time

[fathom socket]

Well yeah
They just took an existing block and slapped some FI onto it

[misty mantle]

Did it end with malace in the combustion palace or less power?

[hexed kayak]

people would make like 450 hp when the turbo by itself would make 380 and the sc by itself 250

[misty mantle]

Oof

[hexed kayak]

they did it by taking the turbo system from the turbo motor and just slapping it on the sc engines with the sc still there

[fathom socket]

Jesus

[misty mantle]

In other words, they would have probably gotten the same amount with a tune

[hexed kayak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s00DhAE_ZO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Bw7cHCjBE

[hexed kayak]

would be like 1/2 the cost to turbo swap the whole car and choose a bigger turbo

and more power

[fathom socket]

Yurp
But still, sounds cool

[hexed kayak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se9ry2L4bWY

heres one with dyno numbers

@fathom socket

@misty mantle

[fathom socket]

I can’t hear any sc whine so I’m out

[misty mantle]

410 WHP and 377 FT LBS of torque, not bad.

[hexed kayak]

twin charged cars dont really do that because the turbo muffles the noise

[misty mantle]

Though I'm still not a fan of twincharging

[fathom socket]

Fucking worthless then

[hexed kayak]

the turbo is compressing ait and then sending it to the sc to be compressed more

[hexed kayak]

thats around want i make just turbo

[fathom socket]

Why not have the SC feed the turbo? Instant turbo power

Idk how twin charging works I just know noises

[hexed kayak]

because it would become as restriction

it would try to make a vaccum in the intake

cobalts with just a tvs blower is what you want to hear