cars

[misty mantle]

Rip

[charred depot]

Reminds me of those videos of water just running off peoples cars meanwhile me watching the droplets gripping my bonnet going a tonne.

[misty mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W_Y8MsAd2bA

[charred depot]

paints pretty decent on this car otherwise, does have alot of nasty far gone stone chips on the bonnet

[wraith rivet]

that’s so stupid

won’t be able to get it delivered either?

order it from a store across the border perhaps

[hexed kayak]

Maybe. We will still have it when they change the formula but when has a company ever changed the formula of something and it hasn’t gotten worse

[wraith rivet]

true

I hope they differentiate the two though so you can tell new crap vs old goat

[wispy cloak]

Isn't it anything with over 10% voc

So basically anything aerosol that is automotive related

[halcyon grotto]

wd41 when

[timber oar]

Oh here we go whining about aerosols 😂

[misty mantle]

#tech-chat-1 Has turned into shitpost central.

Id rather be talking about this

[timber oar]

I'm not even complaining that this chat is talking about it

I just get tired of governments pulling shit like that

I'm right there with you

They need to go down to the corner drug store

They need to find something

Called Viagra

[wraith rivet]

does anybody here ever have trouble reading the dipstick? whenever I try to do it it always comes out with it being like half covered in oil or completely dripping wet a foot up the Ching

[timber oar]

And it'll help them

[wraith rivet]

idk if when I do it I’m making it hit the side of the little tube or what

[timber oar]

Oh I don't think the bot liked that but I have it blocked lol

[coarse jewel]

same here, also inconsistent height.

[wraith rivet]

yeah I can’t figure it out

[timber oar]

It's not the easiest

Best to wait for it to all settle to the bottom

I always pull it out and clean it, then put it back in and take it out again

Works better

[wraith rivet]

I do that but still 🤷‍♂️

[coarse jewel]

yeah, I do that. But it still comes out weirdly.

[wispy cloak]

@wraith rivet you're wiping it off then checking right

[wraith rivet]

yep

sometimes it comes out looking like this

just super uneven for whatever reason

(ultimate diagram)

[coarse jewel]

I've had that.

[timber oar]

Well it sloshes up into the tube

Especially if you drive like me

[coarse jewel]

It's fun, my car is starting to burn just enough oil to get the low oil light a couple weeks before the next oil change. So have to add like a half quartish a couple times a year before the actual change. But it's hard to tell how much because of the dipstick being so inconsistent.

[wispy cloak]

I don't burn oil

I just leak it

[coarse jewel]

I drive a Subaru that just went over 100,000 km

[timber oar]

I didn't know that was possible

I hear those break

[coarse jewel]

Aside from one generation they get good reliability, like 500,000km easily. The WRX gets 200,000km. The headgaskets are sensitive to the break-in period though. Be very careful to not floor it for first 500km-1000km

[hexed kayak]

They took my ar15

[hexed kayak]

Have you checked the manual to find if the oil is supposed to checked when running or off and warm or off and cold

[timber oar]

I don't think people know what break in periods are

[hexed kayak]

My built motor wasn’t treated like it has a break in period

By some luck here it is 120k km later still eating up 26psi

Did a leak down test last week and it showed 7% 6% 7% 7%

[coarse jewel]

Modern Corvettes set the redline to I think it's 4000 RPM for the first I think 500km than moves it to 7000ish RPM after.

I actually like that system.

[timber oar]

Oh so cars actually don't let you abuse them lol

Imagine

[coarse jewel]

I'm sure there's a way to override it, but I like it so I don't accidentally redline a brand new engine.

Also good for the idiots that don't know engines need a break-in period.

[hexed kayak]

it can actually be worse for the car sometimes

its supposed to be driven in a highly varied way for proper break in but people just hit the highway and cruise until they unlock the rev limiter

[timber oar]

Well engines need to be treated correctly and if people are too uneducated then the car may as well protect itself

[coarse jewel]

exactly, people don't read the manual and they don't teach good car care in school.

[timber oar]

People can barely operate the damn things without looking at their phone

So they clearly didn't pay attention to basic driver training

They aren't reading a manual

[hexed kayak]

they just install ipads in them now

built in distraction device with Netflix and all

[coarse jewel]

I like screens in cars, gives you more control over infotainment. But they need to disable control if moving and use physical buttons for common shit like volume and climate control.

[wispy cloak]

I have a double din in my truck with android auto that I mostly use for navigation

It's great

[timber oar]

I love buttons

Buttons are the best

[coarse jewel]

and obviously disable the obvious distractions while moving. My 2015 WRX has imo the perfect touch screen balance. All the frequently changed stuff is knobs/buttons. Screen is for Nav, Bluetooth settings, and advanced radio/music/CD player settings.

[hexed kayak]

and when all that tech becomes obsolete and unable to keep up with modern infotainment?

[wispy cloak]

I kind of wish I still had a physical volume knob but that's basically the only compromise I made with this head unit

[hexed kayak]

imagine 15 years from now your tesla doesnt have the computing power for whatever apps we are using then

and the screen looks like shit

[timber oar]

I have a manual tune knob as well as volume :p

[wispy cloak]

I don't listen to the radio anymore

[coarse jewel]

A 20 year old radio screen looks like shit. You own an old car, you'll have an old feeling computer. Aside from self-driving most software isn't gonna get harder to run.

Can also just make the infotainment easily upgradeable, call EU to do some pro-consumer shit.

[halcyon grotto]

the screen wont look like shit

[wispy cloak]

I can always just put a different double din in my truck

If they don't outlaw my engine first

[coarse jewel]

EU is only banning sale of new cars, and they're even banning engines, just Gasoline engines. Synthetic fuel and Hydrogen already have exceptions.

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/leonardo-leonardo-dicaprio-django-unchained-meme-gif-18513725

and loose out on the profit of a new car

[timber oar]

Oh broadcast radio sucks

[hexed kayak]

cant do the eu stuff here in canada tho

[timber oar]

But I still think manual tune is cool

[coarse jewel]

Like I said, EU does pro-consumer shit. Gives auto manufacturers the apple treatment.

[coarse jewel]

Next gen Apple's got USB-C

[timber oar]

Seek and scan functions in my experience are usually slow garbage

[coarse jewel]

EU is a big enough market that they can actually make shit change, though the auto industry is already used to inconsistent regulations and making nation specific models so auto industry may be immune.

[halcyon grotto]

turns out indicating right in a 1st gen bmw mini the wrong way can result in you turning off your headlights

skill issue on my part

didnt notice coz led street lights are brighter than the headlights basically

[coarse jewel]

If I miss my blinker switch I accidentally turn on my high-beams.

[halcyon grotto]

genius design

but I would imagine perhaps safer than the mini

[hexed kayak]

alot more stuff will get harder to run than just the self driving software

[coarse jewel]

it's good design just the little selector wheel is kinda loose, needs some duct tape.

[halcyon grotto]

maybe this is why other brands move the headlight switch away from the stalks

[misty mantle]

If I miss my blinker switch, I turn on the wipers

[hexed kayak]

new versions of apps will come out that get slightly harder to run eventually they cant do anymore and drop support and then you get the version you have which will eventually just become unsupported by the service all together

[coarse jewel]

I don't see music software or even nav getting anymore advanded. Can already get pretty damn good sound out of current streaming softwares. And nav is just a map with voices.

[hexed kayak]

calculations for routing and traffic data will become more advanced

[coarse jewel]

Most software hasn't gotten harder to run unless it's graphics or AI shit. Phone processors have barely changed in 5+ years. Can't tell the difference between a brand new phone or 5 year old phone in terms of speed.

[hexed kayak]

its probably gonna have ai added to it at some point

[timber oar]

As long as you got Android Auto or car pay

[halcyon grotto]

most routing and traffic stuff is offloaded anyway no?

[timber oar]

I think it should be fine

[coarse jewel]

Yeah most routing and traffic is just internet and not locally ran, and that stuff already exists and NAV doesn't even get close to overwhelming even older computers.

[hexed kayak]

i would assume its not always because your car will at some point will loose signal cause of a shitty area

[coarse jewel]

Plus NAV software is already known for eventually losing updates and becoming crap. Which is why phone clips are a thing.

[halcyon grotto]

anyway taking like a second more to calculate a route in 20 years is hardly a car wrecker

[hexed kayak]

i had to manual download all my maps and directions locally from gmaps to get around detroit because i wasnt paying that phone bill

[halcyon grotto]

like you're not constantly calculating routes

[coarse jewel]

I've had cars shut out the NAV because they recalculated at the same time they lost connection. Usually it'll try to recalculate for a couple minutes before giving up and just closing out.

But routing is extremely linear which makes it easy to process.

[timber oar]

I've seen aftermarket head units that can use your phones mobile data for Internet instead of it's own

[coarse jewel]

It's turn x direction at intersection of y and z street.

I gotta upgrade my nav though, my college campus doesn't even exist on my nav.

[halcyon grotto]

I liked the approach where your phone is the screen but that all kinda fell apart when they didnt update the app

[hexed kayak]

this is why i dont like screens and nav hard built into cars

given enough time it becomes dead weight that ruins your fuel milage

[timber oar]

I mean who are we kidding anyways

Not like we are going to be allowed to drive the cars we have in 10 years

[hexed kayak]

have fun with that.

you will see me putting all my shit on a boat to some 2nd world country if that happens

[halcyon grotto]

I dont think it'll be that bad in 10 years

maybe in certain less developed countries like germany

[timber oar]

I'm mostly being a smartass but governments are quite tyrannical

[coarse jewel]

Why though? It's better than not having it and I can just buy a phone clip for $30 which I'd have to do for a car without a nav. And it consumes minimal power and is relatively light for a car. Plus I can upgrade it, it uses a standard form factor and has an ability to update it using an SD card.

[halcyon grotto]

tbf in britain the public will eventually lay over and take it

[hexed kayak]

some cars im looking at you volvo have the stock nav screen tied into the airbag system so you just cant remove it

[halcyon grotto]

just make the entire country ULEZ

[coarse jewel]

Combustion Engines aren't getting banned in the EU, just Gasoline engines. Synthetic fuel is a fairly easy conversion. Porsche is already developing synthetic fuel kits for engines.

[coarse jewel]

Well that's a volvo issue, not a screen issue.

[halcyon grotto]

simply dont buy a volvo with the nav screen

[coarse jewel]

Buy a 2015 Subaru instead.

[hexed kayak]

volvo is just the only one ive seen do it. i bet its common asf on cars now since they were doing this 20 years ago

[coarse jewel]

My 2015 Subaru doesn't do it.

[timber oar]

The radio has no business being tied to airbags

[halcyon grotto]

I'd expect it from one of the germoid brands

[coarse jewel]

Yeah, fuck volvo and their anti-right-to-repair bullshit.

[hexed kayak]

unplug the radio and the airbag light comes on

[timber oar]

I mean I wouldn't really care but that still shouldn't be a thing

[halcyon grotto]

surely some volvo owner has found a simple fix

[hexed kayak]

the fix is a 400$ aftermarket module

[timber oar]

I'd just have an airbag light 😂

[hexed kayak]

you know if that light is on NONE of them work right

[halcyon grotto]

from a cheeky little internet search some people have the light come on when they mess with the radio without disconnecting the battery first

[timber oar]

I drive shit that is before those were a thing

I don't really care

[halcyon grotto]

not saying that's the fix ofc

[hexed kayak]

its different when a car is designed with airbags in mind

[halcyon grotto]

idk the wiring diagram etc

[hexed kayak]

ill never drive a car with an airbag light again ive been in a wreck in a car built without airbags and a car with broken airbags and i got fucked up in the car with broken airbags

[timber oar]

I just kind of expect that I'm going to get fucked regardless

I'm used to being on bikes too so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hexed kayak]

im trying to live long enough to hop on a space ship out of this shit hole

[timber oar]

I'm here for a good time lol

[hexed kayak]

bikes are really rare here

i see maybe 2 a week

[timber oar]

Where?

[hexed kayak]

montreal

its not if you end up in the hospital its when

and not because you cant ride but because the other drivers here will run you down

[timber oar]

Not like that's any different here

People can't drive for shit

[hexed kayak]

its especially bad here there used to be alot more bikes and id see 3 or 4 get hit by cars a day

[timber oar]

Half the people I drive around are looking at their fucking phone

[hexed kayak]

hell ive been rear ended 3 times this year

[timber oar]

Will not take charge of the intersection when waiting to do a left turn

Don't know the counter clockwise order of a 4 way stop

[hexed kayak]

volvo took it all like a champ though

[timber oar]

Turn signals don't exist

Hell stop signs may as well not exist

I appreciate driving to work at 4am because the roads are empty

[hexed kayak]

i wish people here didnt use them at all. its a 50/50 chance they turn it on and go the opposite direction

[timber oar]

That's great 😂

[hexed kayak]

call me racist but its because of how many immigrants we have. they all come from countries where they give licences away and then they can transfer it here with no test

[timber oar]

Yeah we give licenses away here like that

[halcyon grotto]

that sounds damn stupid

[timber oar]

Might as well just leave them in cereal boxes and be done with the DMV

[halcyon grotto]

surely they would notice a higher incident rate or somethin

[timber oar]

Lmao looking at you expecting intelligence

[halcyon grotto]

🤷‍♂️

[hexed kayak]

they cant because that would be racial profiling

so they just stare at the numbers with blinders on

[halcyon grotto]

can we not have just a spoonful of racial profiling then

[hexed kayak]

[halcyon grotto]

where I live alot of the new residents of the uk either become an uber driver or a deliveroo person

the deliveroo cyclists are utterly stupid most seem to have no idea of what roads even look like

[hexed kayak]

and then they drive their scooters around like its fucking thailand

[halcyon grotto]

exactly lel

I met a mechanic that worked for one of these ebike leasing companies that all the riders use

he hated it because none of them give a rats ass about anything cycling related its just a job

i guess that's fair enough though it is just a job for em

[hexed kayak]

he learned that day what its like to work in the auto industry

[halcyon grotto]

well the auto industry is the opposite kinda way surely

[timber oar]

That's why I didn't go into the automotive industry

[hexed kayak]

beggingn people to maintain their cars and they refuse cause its just a car

[halcyon grotto]

not opposite I mean that more cyclists as a % will be people interested in cycling

I'm a bike mechanic on the side so I at least have a taste of the non cyclist kind

worst customers for repairs but some can be the best for selling bike hehe

[hexed kayak]

We have a bunch of food delivery idiots on scooters here and they get mad at my ebike

[halcyon grotto]

bruh why

hogging their cycle lane eh?

[hexed kayak]

Ive done all the stuff to remove the speed limiter and put a higher voltage battery in so they get pissed when they are running flat out on their e mopeds and i blow past on this

top speed of 72kph

[halcyon grotto]

ah right lol different kind of ebike

why even have gears at that point

[hexed kayak]

idk its always in the highest gear

only time it goes down is for realllllly steep hills

[timber oar]

So it's like a transfer case with low

[hexed kayak]

no its a 7 speed sprocket it just has so much power you only need 7th or 3rd

[timber oar]

Lol

[wheat falcon]

im in the usa, the amount of people that seem to have 0 driving experience or basic common sense, is overwhelming

[wraith rivet]

real

drivers ed needs to be made harder

[sacred yoke]

meanwhile at mount fuji

[coarse jewel]

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/cars/ shocked Tesla is second best for privacy.

JDM, GM, and Mopar are particularly bad.

[wet summit]

i miss 4wd so unbearably bad

get stuck in literally anything and you're gone

[wet summit]

don't buy a new car, never worry about privacy.

[sacred yoke]

Tfw old car bans where I live

[wet summit]

dumbest shit i've ever heard

[sacred yoke]

Ye

[fathom socket]

this exactly i’ve seen new cars with google assistant or alexa i don’t need them listening while i’m driving

[nova moon]

Not too bad for a 22 year old Honda I'd say
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/392302854120931335/1149949175249780806/IMG_1257.jpg

[hexed kayak]

what am i supposed to be lookin at

[nova moon]

411.6mi to a single tank

[formal horizon]

just did 600km on 3 quarters of a tank in my manager's diesel 2016 manual c220

[wheat falcon]

them older hondas get crazy gas mileage

my buddy drives a 08 civic that gets 30+ mph

[desert wasp]

In some cities here Diesel cars are already banned and they wanna ban gas cars too in a couple of years

[brittle totem]

Nah this is way better 😉 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJn51UXu/

[wet summit]

sittin at taco bell rn

mf supposed to be open at 8

[sacred yoke]

lul

[halcyon grotto]

Well the motor will do most of the work until you get to the higher speeds

With a hub motor they lose power as you go faster

[vocal mural]

Have been at Tacobell once.

[wet summit]

i ended up getting food lol

they opened late

[hollow pasture]

figured yall would enjoy some borg Warner gore

[hexed kayak]

weld it and send it

[hollow pasture]

nah it's being rebuilt

[hexed kayak]

where did you find a new case

[hollow pasture]

speaking of which I blew the headgasket on my civic

rebuilding that myself

[hollow pasture]

it's not my transmission it's my coworkers out of his lincoln mk7

[hexed kayak]

ahh

i wish my trans could be rebuilt

[hollow pasture]

I did however buy everything I need to rebuild my d16

everything short of a new block head and pistons

[hexed kayak]

Everyone who knew how to rebuild the f35 is retired or dead so they stopped making parts for them. So the only option is replacement if anything happens to mine

And they are fucking expensive

[charred depot]

F35 is super common here

[hollow pasture]

tragic

[charred depot]

I am sure I have thrown a working one in scrap

[hexed kayak]

With a 3:82 and an lsd?

[charred depot]

nah

[hexed kayak]

Damn

[charred depot]

but you can just swap your LSD over, was considering fitting one to my saab.

one wheel peel machine

[hexed kayak]

The 3:82 lsd only came in the 08-10 cobalt ss from what i know

I may do an f40 swap if i blow mine up

[charred depot]

Theres loads of Quaife diffs and whatso floating about here as its quite common to mod GM tat here

B204 swap literally every vauxhall.

[stoic ledge]

F35 with the 3.82:1 was only on the Zafira A 2.2 in Europe apparently

Doubt it had an LSD

[hexed kayak]

Saab modding of this gen isnt common here at all. So its just the cobalt and ion redline guys who use them

There is like 3 companies for parts relating to the delta platform in North america

Zzp ottp and powell performance

[hexed kayak]

Powell is an old ass man now so his stuff wont be around for much longer

[misty imp]

BOYS

[charred depot]

I sold a Saab engine, F35 and some other bits for £50 earlier this year to this guy

[misty imp]

I want one so fucking bad

an rx8 in good condition with not alot of miles

BRO

[charred depot]

Valve cover was mine heh

[hexed kayak]

It might actually be worth it for me to buy a transmission from you depending on uk-canada shipping

[misty imp]

BRO

[charred depot]

Only £60 to ship a gearbox from Scotland to England and have them lose it

[misty imp]

is this a good buy or what

[charred depot]

No

[hexed kayak]

No its not far from needing a rebuild

[misty imp]

2006 Mazda RX8 Evolve edition, 231 6sp manual with 85k miles on the clock.
Cream leather/alcantara interior, lowering springs, stainless exhaust.

Paintwork needs some attention in areas but it's generally in pretty good condition.

Comes with:
Spare low compression engine
6sp box
Carbon prop
Stainless tubular manifold
Sohn adapter (clean oil feed)
11t starter motor
Spare alloys
Prodrive PZ suspension
Various front/rear lights
Plus whatever else I can find.

Needs taxing (still within two years), ideal for a little winter project.

[charred depot]

What's NI's roadtax compared to ours they are like £600-700 to tax here

[misty imp]

r8 + cr 12 de swap? tuned??

Also went car spotting today

[hexed kayak]

I imagine it wouldn’t be too expensive to buy one before i need it and put it on the worlds slowest boat for the cheap shipping

[charred depot]

And have them lose it heh

Have to do multiple to make it worth it probably

[hexed kayak]

Probably “lose”

[misty imp]

saw some neat cars, lotus carlton, lotus elise, rolce royce phantom, R8, gen 6 and 7 evo

some OLD GM

[hexed kayak]

“Mate this will fit the 9-3 sitting behind my flat”

[charred depot]

One that UPS lost from me eventually turned up 2 months later and they wanted their insurance payout back

[misty imp]

Also a 720lt

[charred depot]

Threatened legal action if I didnt return the money I called them some choice worlds and nothing more has come of it heh

[hexed kayak]

Fuck ups

[charred depot]

UPS definetely do Fuck ups

[hexed kayak]

They tried to charge my card 3 times for 1 600$ import charge

And then the dude fucking dropped the box and ruined half my parts when giving it to me

[charred depot]

I miss this NG900 I had, it wasn't a turbo though so beh.

Never failed me other than the shock bursting into the boot but I removed it and continued driving.. well bouncing along.

Then finally the rear axle cracking, maybe something to do with driving it slammed with engines in the back heh

£450 car though

[hexed kayak]

i wish we still had sub 1000 cars like the uk

[charred depot]

People don't like old stuff much here heh must be scared of the MOT man

[hexed kayak]

you can get cool shit for no money there

[charred depot]

Very rarely do I pay over a grand for a car but they usually don't have a MOT and need a little work.

Cool desireable stuff atleast to me though

[hexed kayak]

i see car throttle pickup cars all the time that somehow still have mot left

the last couple cars they got have been shit thats parked for decades though

[charred depot]

Atleast in Scotland the average life of a car is like 7 years old rarely see even 10 year old stuff

Everyone finances stuff these days so

[hexed kayak]

isnt everyone poor in the uk

[charred depot]

I guess most people also see driving clapped out shit as "unfashionable"

poor because spending all their money on financed stuff yeah :^)

I was always annoyed when I was young as I was driving around stuff worth like £500 but would pay the same insurance as some new driver in a brand new Fiat 500 or some shit

[hexed kayak]

you know suprisingly that makes sense to me

[charred depot]

If their car gets written off its 10k out of the pot whereas I get £500

[hexed kayak]

yeah but they are less inclined to drive like an ass because it wont be 500 to replace to the car

in the eyes of insurance atleast

[charred depot]

Yeah still I was a outlier that was a nice considerate driver when younger now im a dickhead.

[hexed kayak]

we both know they are gonna drive like shit anyway

[charred depot]

Ive tried to stay in stuff with 50hp and whatso as it keeps me out of trouble but then decided to throw a turbo engine in a 305

[hexed kayak]

i hate anything under 200hp

even if not to go fast i just like to have zero effort getting moving

[charred depot]

You can lose your license quite easily here on motorways its hard to resist doing over 100 when I have like 100hp.

Keep it under 90 and all is fine.

[hexed kayak]

@charred depot https://youtu.be/YfHSJfKCFS4?t=309

funny volvo joke

[civic spoke]

The timestamp is a bit wrong, I assume. Because the joke came 30 seconds later.

[hexed kayak]

you dont need context i guess

[civic spoke]

I figured that you just needed to start from 5:23 to get all of the context needed.

[hexed kayak]

that doesnt mention their reason for finally breaking 200 years of neutrality

[serene salmon]

ouch, I had a mint 9-3 for a month, could've gotten it for 750eur, but let it go. Very lovely cars

Got a 'new' daily though right now, no privacy violations in that one mehopes 😄

[formal horizon]

the ae86 Levin of Europe

[boreal sleet]

ooo those are nice pictures! did u take'em?

[stoic ledge]

No a camera

runs

[boreal sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/simpsons-homer-bart-why-you-little-gif-17376912

XD

lol

[formal horizon]

so the car I'm driving while I'm in Germany for a few days is my new boss's wife's 2016 c220 manual

it's so weird, a manual diesel merc

from 2016

manual in itself isn't bad, quite the solid car

and a wagonn

so it's better

[stoic ledge]

Nothing of what I just read sounds weird to me lol

I'm more surprised it has a light interior

[boreal sleet]

wagon in europe is like the f150 of US 😅

[serene salmon]

[feral reef]

Who specs a Merc with a manual

[serene salmon]

Anyone who values driving experience

[dusky torrent]

if i were to buy another e90, it would be a black 328i with a black interior and aluminum trim

oh and with the m sport package

[serene salmon]

I have too many shitboxes, need something reliable to daily (As I'm literally dailying a 1991 passat I posted above rn)

Really hard market rn, cars are either boring to hell or maintenance/privacy/reliability nightmares

seriously considering picking up some new utilitartian Dacia or alike and kitting it out myself

[wraith rivet]

real

[serene salmon]

Depends on suspension, they can be alright

[charred depot]

Get a Peugeot 305 : )

[serene salmon]

I drive a 1991 passat right now, want something a little bit more modern 🙂

[charred depot]

305 with a 2.0 hdi swapped into it

[serene salmon]

also had few 206s, I got one to drive a local rally like lemon race, it proved to be unkillable

sick little nugget

[charred depot]

Yeah here you get the vauxhall and ford people whatso knocking the cars because they are french but get something old like a 205 and they are pretty good.

After driving old fords which were horrible and yet worth 5x my car I was like what the fuck

[serene salmon]

I almost bought my friends Opel (2015 Astra), but I read that the engines are basically defective from the factory and need chain replacements every 100k km or so, otherwise they knock and blow up

his had chains replaced 20k km ago, and knocking already is coming back

worst part? Opel is still using that engine in brand new cars

[charred depot]

Old vauxhalls didnt drive too bad but were dull once into fwd territory.

[serene salmon]

I'm looking for something modern right now, as I have plenty old cars to toy around with

need something bland and reliable

[charred depot]

Why bore yourself

[serene salmon]

Because I own 8 cars and the only one that is drivable right now is 1991 passat

[charred depot]

I've tried having a newer car but just gets left in the sidelines as would much rather be driving a 305.

fix them quicker heh

[serene salmon]

(I'm being a liiitle bit cheeky, as two are spares cars and two are left over projects I'm unlikely to touch again this decade, but otherwise it is true, out of 4 "proper" cars I own, three are in garage)

[charred depot]

I have to drive alot for work and only have my 305's insured at the moment one recently got cooked to the highest degree with me thrashing it without coolant

Leaked out through the radiator I believe.

[serene salmon]

crunchy forbidden dorito source

[charred depot]

back running now with stop leak in it as I am too cheap to pay for a recore, radiators cant be bought.

[serene salmon]

that's clean

for an 80s car that is

[charred depot]

Yeah 305's are usually fucked heh, this one was tucked away in a barn since 1998 due to engine failure.

I put it back on the road a year or two ago

[serene salmon]

nice

got a 3d printer yet?

[charred depot]

Yeah

[serene salmon]

godsend with old nuggets

[charred depot]

Used it to make moulds for subframe bushings to pour polyurethane into

[serene salmon]

woah

[serene salmon]

That's seriously cool

[charred depot]

Would have been stuffed without it, well would have needed to use a lathe and whatso

[wraith rivet]

osha training 💀

hours of silly animated 2d videos

also shark truck

[obsidian magnet]

got a short shifter on my s5 today and damn it feels weird

[wraith rivet]

what’s your s5 look like?

I don’t recall ever seeing it

[obsidian magnet]

give me a second let me go out and take a picture

[wraith rivet]

Cool

[obsidian magnet]

its dark out now though

[wraith rivet]

aw damn

[obsidian magnet]

video is all over the place I am heavily drinking tonight haha

wasnt really a picture I guess lol

cel on due to intake runners being stuck closed I broke a vacuum line on accident and im too lazy to pull the manifold to fix it

would like to get my exhaust put on so it sounds more like a v8

[wraith rivet]

very nice

but the rev right after starting 😭

what year?

[obsidian magnet]

09

if you cant see the temp gauge is warm

I went to get dinner before that

also had it running at like 2k rpms for 10 mins while I sprayed seafoam in the intake boot

so I started it after letting it heatsoak for like 20 mins

my other car ill bang limiter until it warms up from a cold start lol

[wraith rivet]

[civic spoke]

Oh, I heard that Scania might appear on Canadian roads Soon™️

[novel relic]

Da top view of da vroom broom

[dull cedar]

holdup

is that a hood spoiler on a regular hood

and a glass sunroof?? what market was this sold in?

@novel relic ^

[stoic ledge]

Belgium

[novel relic]

Yee, the sunroof is aftermarket though

@dull cedar

[dull cedar]

ah

[novel relic]

Its quite nice though, was installed in 92

[feral reef]

Does my car technically have a sunroof?

[charred depot]

Nice being able to accelerate up that hill now instead of losing speed

[hollow pasture]

day one of the rebuild

[charred depot]

I try not to tailgate as my brakes are mondo shit but it does happen alot here

Sometimes people wont move over unless you get close to them so its a balancing act

Ive tried flashing but that seems to piss people off more than just getting closer

I think some people have issues when a 40 year old clapped out piece of shit passes them so do get some people randomly sort of chasing me after I pass them

just so they can move back infront of me and slow down so I overtake them again...

overtaking some 2023 fancy shite on a motorway and they randomly start speeding up

pls use cruise control

Its especially annoying on roads which are average speed camera zones as you can just book it past them and piss off.

problem is here most roads are 2 lanes at most so its 50 odd mph in lane 1 and people wanting to do 80-90mph in lane 2 heh

then a truck limited to 56mph wants to pass some cars doing 50mph and everything is down to 56

I feel bad when a massive truck is sorta forced to overtake cars on a motorway...

[hexed kayak]

buy a radiator for a honda

i always see those old hatches with small little rads

[charred depot]

I need a big radiator though, idi diesels put out alot of heat.

[hexed kayak]

take rad measurements and head to the pick n pull?

[charred depot]

205 rads are sorta the closest thing but everything is a downgrade really

[hexed kayak]

i mean not having a hole is an upgrade

[charred depot]

these are original sized radiators but are for a non turbo diesel so even arent good enough

fixed with stop leak

[hexed kayak]

is there enough room to stack 2 non turbo rads?

[charred depot]

I only have one that doesen't piss water out they are unobtanium

and no actually heh

I cant change my oil filter without removing the radiator or disconnecting a engine mount

[hexed kayak]

maybe a non turbo rad and an front mout interocoler sized rad as a second? or no space behind the bumper?

[charred depot]

No space and I need a front mount intercooler soon

which will take up what little space is available

Its fine at the moment but do worry a bit for track days.

A ally thickened 205 radiator would probably work well just not spending money until I need to heh

might be changing the engine again which will be direct injection so wont need a big radiator.

[hexed kayak]

im lucky with my car and rads

they only made a few thousand ss cobalts but they take the same rad as basemodels which they made a couple million of

[charred depot]

these used to be everywhere but now there is like 20 on the road so

[hexed kayak]

steal the lead off someones roof and solder your rad

[charred depot]

I have one which is covered in solder

Im making a custom level sensor that actually works so wont be too big a deal if another leak springs.

[hexed kayak]

whats your plate? im trying to see if for some reason i can find a rad

nvm its right there

[charred depot]

There is one available that's been made to order but they want like £300

[hexed kayak]

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/car-parts/radiator-parts-10203/peugeot/305/305-ii-581m/2346-1-9-d

[charred depot]

yeah none of these have been available for a long time

Doubt production will be spooled up again for a customer base of like 2

[hexed kayak]

reminds me of my monte carlo

took me 7 years to find a heated seat button

[charred depot]

Have same issues with stuff like windscreen's, have a spare but wont fit it until I have to as really hard to get ahold of

[hexed kayak]

would the rad from a 504 505 or 604 work

[charred depot]

Nah

closest thing is from a 205 / 309 which works and they have a market so ally rads are available

[hexed kayak]

the ones i can find are worth more than the car

[charred depot]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181047840330 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352731393352

something like this but its stopped leaking at the moment for the most part so not too bothered

[rugged lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WIpQI1J4cFY

[rugged lynx]

karen proofing is turning into an industry

[charred depot]

Heh can get OEM 205 rads like that for £50

they are a bit smaller than 305 rads so ideally id get an ally one to compensate.

[hexed kayak]

run coolant though an a/c condenser

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/314233377028?epid=4015490656&hash=item4929c4d104:g:eTAAAOSwD9BjdLa0&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8EIXNQn2CIfHre1lExifQ9NpABYY0dhlRreQNEk7T4hAiqDd7tJjjS%2FfaP%2BXTVTCGpmDsYDTMe5iTDwwlN4D93NRqsPOdf8uv78nWT2KQ1aLwsirgndvrat0ePSoANJo9xXy%2FRDw6ykqzWWCVxoeZFYXfs%2FeBzlrdOyP9gXgeHkYpu%2B5VxsKtctcmIiCYgeE%2FmHcHRfHZL5SsZXnrKQzVDNMtu5V0yBSD3S8Aofuq%2Fz%2FRLAVZdsv7jB1RI1M9cGBueHg0gb%2F4aZ%2FUfKqJivEM7rIEkXQxxxk7KP6djEqO1OsCbhFoLC7VGsS5jHz%2FxFrjg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-byvf7PYg

click it quick in case warship gets it

looks ALOT smaller

[charred depot]

For a phase 1 probably petrol which theres basically 2 left of

phase 1 (pre facelift)

[hexed kayak]

i just had a thought

you may have luck looking in africa

[charred depot]

the shipping alone makes it not worth it but would be good for some panel cuts

Everyone asks me for good rear arch cuts I am like yeah thats never gonna happen

[hexed kayak]

might be more worth it to get a whole car fomr there and sell off the parts if people want stuff that bad

i did that once

[charred depot]

Too expensive and theres not really that much people looking for parts

I basically know all the 305 owners in the UK

[hexed kayak]

not africa but i brought a car up from costa rica

@charred depot marketplace in france has like 100 of the things

[charred depot]

Yeah but then you have to deal with french people

Considered importing one for parts

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/understandable-have-nice-day-have-a-great-day-have-a-good-day-nice-gif-20850110

I have to deal with fake french people every day

[charred depot]

lol

[hexed kayak]

banger car

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/339749888478711/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

@charred depot

[charred depot]

Couple units up do banger racing, generaly in unstrengethened stuff though.

Cars come back barely recognizable

[hexed kayak]

ive seen videos of it. watched some old estate get the tail light relocated to behind the drivers head

[charred depot]

Lots of injuries but its good fun n all that : )

I live near a couple of historic tracks which have about the same safety standards they did 30 years ago heh

[hexed kayak]

just a giant metal plate so the drivers side doesnt deform and a pole so the roof doesnt cave in over the driver

[charred depot]

I prefer the unstrengthened stuff but the noise when these smack into the wall and speed they go is also something else

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/dGA5QxKDek8?t=505 poor little orange estate

[charred depot]

Its tarmac here so they get up to some speed it amazing what they walk away from

everyone should drive banger racers, road safety sorted :^)

[hexed kayak]

ive done a couple banger races here in clapped cobalts

one time they put ramps on the straightaways

cars flying 8 feet in the air

[charred depot]

Ive considered it but im too lazy to do the prep like just let me drive my car heh

A drift track here does a lemon race every year which I might do as its basically just stock cars only no changes.

[hexed kayak]

i decided to hit it and the car rolled mid air and slammed down onto the passenger side doors

[hexed kayak]

ive been working up the energy to make the trip and do 24 hours of lemons

https://24hoursoflemons.com/

that site is very american in the way its written

[charred depot]

basically just ends up as a banger race https://youtu.be/CyKTzpS4w6A?t=1635

[hexed kayak]

van man didnt even reach for the brakes

[wraith rivet]

bruh

https://www.amazon.com/Airthereal-MA5000-Commercial-Generator-Deodorizer/dp/B0795P2674?crid=VRJS3OC701DI&keywords=ozone%2Bgenerator&qid=1694368090&sprefix=ozo%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685&linkCode=sl1&tag=ube0d-20&linkId=56ed9a7c79ebabc67ba5583798b14321&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&th=1

[rugged lynx]

what????

why are people still living in that state?

create a new state already

[hexed kayak]

you should be hoping they stay there

they will leave and make the place they go another califonia

[rugged lynx]

oh yeah

can we get another wall?

i heard from the montana and idaho locals. they try to move there thinking its cool, but they cant stand the winters and other locals dont welcome them either so they leave

as soon as it gets a little hard they are out

i noticed this with jobs too. pick a job that is hard and you wont have to deal with a certain type of person

yeah but you probably wont get fired for something you said

never seen this

are you working with dude bros?

oh yeah they cant quit

dude bros also quit if it gets too hard

you can hate someone there is bad people

just out of high school dude bro, yeah they might talk like that for a little while

they cant get a job worth anything so they are in the military

oh i read marine lol

i mean, they are on a ship full of men for months

lol

why is called the bbc? lol

they protecting their butthole lol

[hexed kayak]

big box company

the hypocrisy

[rugged lynx]

what? so they must let guys do them or its homophobic? yep we are done here lol

[hexed kayak]

he says this after saying a homophobic slur

<@&750150305383186585>

[rugged lynx]

ehhh

oh no my sensitive ears

/s

[hexed kayak]

someone got banned for this literally 5 mins ago lol

[rugged lynx]

pfft ok i expect a warn in 10 seconds

[hexed kayak]

@robust magnet

@rugged lynx he just got banned

[rugged lynx]

yep

[hexed kayak]

doesnt expect me to understand context

mf replace that word with the nword and see how much sense you make

[rugged lynx]

based

[stoic ledge]

Wait who just got banned?

[hexed kayak]

quaad

[rugged lynx]

tbh the context was he was describing what he was called, idk about perma ban

[stoic ledge]

Big oof

[rugged lynx]

he sounds mad about locker room talk on a ship full of guys lol

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

2.0 petrol XU10 or 2.0 diesel DW10 mdecisions.

The estate is petrol so would make sense to keep it as such but.

but I really like diesels...

[tame steppe]

anyone got any '69 stingray wallpapers

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/google-exists-google-search-it-geekboy-geekboy-cz-gif-25933207

[tame steppe]

t r i e d

[hexed kayak]

it took more work to open discord come to this channel and ask than it would have to open google and type "69 stingray wallpapers"

[hollow pasture]

yknow

I've seen some redneck shit before

and I mean that

but holy shit

who takes the time to cut a intake manifold gasket out of a fucking road sign

[charred depot]

what size is that engine heh, so much room to work with

[hollow pasture]

it's a 1.6l sohc vtec

whoever was inside this poor engine before me

was a fucking genius

[timber oar]

That's next level redneckery

[rugged lynx]

i have use cereal box before

[hollow pasture]

dog I grew up in a cornfield and we did better than this

I wouldn't be as mad if it was actually torqued

but I fingy loosened every nut

[timber oar]

Especially when you can get bulk gasket material and make whatever you need

And a harbor freight torque wrench is 20 bucks

[hollow pasture]

that's literally my point

the only bolt that was remotely tight was the hardest fucking bolt to get to

[timber oar]

Lmao

[hexed kayak]

But did it leak

[hollow pasture]

nope

that's why I said they were a genius

it worked

incredibly well

I didn't notice it was weird until I took my manifold off

[deep zealot]

Fast 428

[wraith rivet]

swim 😳

is that wheres328

[wraith rivet]

where's 981* just realized

[misty mantle]

That red RTV?

[hollow pasture]

no bro

that's a caution sign

[misty mantle]

Bro wtf

[hollow pasture]

that's literally one of these bitches

[misty mantle]

The previous owner used a caution sign to make a readily available part

That’s some next level shit right there

[hollow pasture]

nah that ain't even next level

that's just

ultra redneck

"I already went to the parts store 3 times today

[misty mantle]

Was it actually sealing?

[hollow pasture]

so let's spend 3 times longer manufacturing a sign into a good gasket

[hollow pasture]

actually better than the oem one

[misty mantle]

Wow

[hollow pasture]

just cause it's redneck

doesn't mean it won't work well

[misty mantle]

What car is it?

[hollow pasture]

my 95 civic

[misty mantle]

Figured it was something Honda

[hollow pasture]

that "gasket" is going on my wall bro

it's beautifully stupid and ingenious

though for how dirty my head is

[misty mantle]

Full rebuild?

[hollow pasture]

I expected my sleeves to be trashed

[hollow pasture]

top end rebuild

[misty mantle]

Looks average for something from the 90s that gets driven daily

[hollow pasture]

bottom end has eagle rods already

[misty mantle]

Ah

[hollow pasture]

naw

with how black and sooty it is yes

but the corrosion from the coolant

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[misty mantle]

Can still see the crosshatch

How many miles is even on it?

[hollow pasture]

when I say the lower end was rebuilt less than 30k ago

[hollow pasture]

chassis and engine total has 227k

been rebuilt 3 times from what I can see

this also has a gsr type r head

not the cheapo y8 head

[dull cedar]

would be pretty good looking for original, but rebuilt 3 times? nah. looks bad

[hollow pasture]

yea it's entirely from my pcv valve

that's all oil blowby at least the soot

it's also getting rebuilt this soon because the headgasket went

[dull cedar]

my 3S with fucked rings that was burning a lot of oil looks better than that thing

[hollow pasture]

so that has a lot to do with the scorching

[hollow pasture]

yup that's what happens when your pcv valve let's straight oil through into your intake manifold

it has a newer rocker assembly and a very very new cam

[dull cedar]

such a complicated valvetrain lol

[hollow pasture]

not really

first time I've taken a engine apart and it made sense to me with little to no research other than bolt pattern

[dull cedar]

compared to a dual cam hitting the valves directly, yeah, it's complicated lol

[hollow pasture]

single jingle gang

[misty mantle]

Not really.

[hollow pasture]

it's literally 4 lifters per cyl

1 per valve

plus a vtec lifter

the valve assembly in the head tho

fucked

I hate it

and everything about it

[dull cedar]

(not my image) https://mmiautoparts.com.au/cdn/shop/products/A70101CB-1C27-4743-95E1-E8F46137196B_1_201_a_480x480.jpg?v=1614928166
even the dual vvti head for the 3S is very simple

[misty mantle]

Here’s some fucked up shit.

[dull cedar]

and even the vvtl-i 2zz head is surprisingly simple https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-0hgfsT7L.jpg

[misty mantle]

Don’t know how you find a single cam and a rack of rockers complex.

[dull cedar]

because it is

[hexed kayak]

wait till he takes apart a car with cam phasers

[dull cedar]

I never said I don't understand it

I said it's complicated

and both of the heads I used as examples do have hydraulic phasers

[hexed kayak]

its a single cam honda motor. an ls engine has a more complicated valve train

[dull cedar]

I am aware

[hexed kayak]

then why are you calling it complicated it you are aware of how simple it is

[dull cedar]

pushrods in the 21st century

[dull cedar]

because it is complicated. it's all relative

[hexed kayak]

that motor is like lego. all the rockers are one part and you have one timing mark to line up

its not like the head on my motor when i need to manually insert 16 of these tiny rollers in the place they came out of

[quartz crown]

[timber oar]

Arguing about valve trains now I see

Lol

[misty mantle]

Early Ford Triton V8/10: Enters the chat

[hexed kayak]

audi 4.2: also enters the chat

[wispy cloak]

I love it when audi makes one displacement over multiple engines

[misty mantle]

Oh god, THAT abomination

They took what ford did on the 4.0 V6 the Ranger with the one bank and took it a step too far

[hexed kayak]

if i ever get an 4.2 v8 audi and it starts to need a timing chain im throwing the motor away and putting in a different one

[wispy cloak]

They also made a 4.2 with a timing belt

[hexed kayak]

that seems like an even worse idea

[wispy cloak]

Those were the early ones

Honestly they weren't as bad to work on

Because the belt was in the front

[dull cedar]

boganmobile

[obsidian magnet]

My car has this and it's honestly not that bad to work on you just need to get the entire thing out of the car first which is the only pain

Otherwise it's easy

I had a shop change my timing chain out when it went in for a carbon cleaning cause I'm not touching that lmao

[misty mantle]

Whats wrong with GM still using pushrod V8s?

I see nothing wrong with it

1 cam and 1 timing chain.

A few dozen lifters, pushrods, and rockers

The one bad thing about it is the pos AFM

Don't have to pull a timing chain to pull a head.

[hexed kayak]

"its not hard just remove the entire engine from your car to work on it"

wack

[charred depot]

Honestly my engines so easy to remove its sorta worth it for anything slightly serious

[wispy cloak]

More boom boom soon™️

[charred depot]

doing head gasket with engine in place was a mistake

[hexed kayak]

yeah but its also from the 80s and has like 5 wires

[wispy cloak]

My cab comes off easier than the engine comes out with it on

[charred depot]

engine wise I have 2 wires

[misty mantle]

On the F-350?

[wispy cloak]

Yes

[charred depot]

actually 4, stop solenoid, glow plugs, temperature sensor and oil pressure switch

[wispy cloak]

People will do partial engine rebuilds without taking it out of the frame

[hexed kayak]

i wasnt far off

[misty mantle]

Its a old diesel. Doesn't need more than those 4

[wispy cloak]

I have sensors

😢

[misty mantle]

Modern diesel issues

[charred depot]

Ive had the engine in and out on my 305 like 4 times heh

in the span of 1.5 years

[wispy cloak]

An engine out on the super duty without a lift is a nightmare

[hexed kayak]

my car has like 35 clips and a dozen hoses to take off before i can even think about bringing out the engine lift

[charred depot]

I have a 4 post which I just hang them off the end of

[wispy cloak]

My bmw has a lot of stuff

[misty mantle]

You may as well just pull the cab if you are pulling the engine

[wispy cloak]

Can't pull the cab without a lift

[hexed kayak]

kill all the rust while you are there

[misty mantle]

just get 4 strong guys.

[hexed kayak]

Look at this mess

[wispy cloak]

I have crew cab

[hexed kayak]

6 then

[misty mantle]

Make that 6

Possibly 8

[wispy cloak]

I'll probably be working on the bmw again today

[hexed kayak]

No you only need 6 just make sure 2 of them are unemployed and give them beer

[misty mantle]

Fair

[wispy cloak]

Go to home depot

[charred depot]

big of crowabrring and engine out : )

if scrapping the car just use a plasma cutter and done in 20 mins

[hexed kayak]

ive done that

i used to have 7 cobalt half cuts in my yard

i would just cut the front off behind the firewall and keep the hood on to protect the engine

sold them all for really good money before i moved

13k total

[charred depot]

Friends bought something murican with a v8 motar

[hexed kayak]

that looks like a taurus

its a lincoln though right

[charred depot]

shit gen crown vic is it not

[hexed kayak]

i forgot the crown vic used to have a different front end

why tf does a crown vic limo exist

[charred depot]

we have lots of silly limos here heh

[misty mantle]

Its a Furd

[hexed kayak]

same shit less expensive box

[charred depot]

we should cut it and make it short

[hexed kayak]

really fucking short

like 2dr

[misty mantle]

Probably the 4.6. Not a bad engine

[charred depot]

Its registered as 5000cc but someone said 4.8 dunno

[hexed kayak]

it should say under the hood

a sticker that says catalyst

[charred depot]

still in transport from engoland

[misty mantle]

I don't know. I know the newer Vics got the 4.6

[charred depot]

On import stuff sometimes they just toss a rough number at it

[misty mantle]

What year is it?

[charred depot]

1994

[hexed kayak]

its a 4.6

[misty mantle]

Its got the 4.6

[hexed kayak]

complain about it so he doesnt bay the tax on .4l

[charred depot]

Due to a DVLA error my friend had a 13000cc Subaru Leone for a while

[misty mantle]

Lmao

[charred depot]

You need a engineers report to bring it down generally

nevermind it was 15950cc

[hexed kayak]

should have said nothing and put a merlin in it

[charred depot]

I just dont tell them anything, they generally dont care for pre 2001 stuff

[hexed kayak]

rolls powered subie

[misty mantle]

Tonk engine

[coarse jewel]

somehow it still has head gasket issues

[hexed kayak]

[hexed kayak]

it just blows the head gasket and cracks a piston as you install it

[misty mantle]

Any engine you put in a Subi will have head gasket issues. Its just the nature of those cars

[charred depot]

Im not sure if one of my XUD blocks is cracked

I threw a head gasket on it with a new head as that cracked but still exhaust in coolant.

[hexed kayak]

what you cant see cant hurt you

[charred depot]

They are iron blocks so id be bloody suprised

[misty mantle]

Until it leaves you stranded on the side of the highway in freezing temps

[hexed kayak]

really old iron blocks will crack in the part where 2 cyls meet

[coarse jewel]

When you drop the 10mm into the intake port.

[charred depot]

Its not super old but

It could j ust be shit sealing surfaces, it had a composite gasket and for some reason I decided to use a MLS.

[hexed kayak]

cobalt motors hate mls gaskets

they will blow within 10k km on a high hp build

[misty mantle]

The ol 2-stroke Detroit Diesel gaskets may as well be myths

They leaked from the factory

[hexed kayak]

ive seen one of those running with no head gasket

[charred depot]

I am planning to strip that engine down and rebuild it, might take it apart again and stick a composite in with a load of copper gasket spray to make sure its not cracked.

then rebuilt it heh

[misty mantle]

Just can't kill em

[civic spoke]

Saw a mint Volvo 780 today.

[hexed kayak]

my buddy had one that was part of a big water pump and he was just starting to rebuild it and a storm happened

[charred depot]

I lost coolant and drove for miles caning it and it was running great, only happened to randomly check the coolant level at the end of the drive to find absolutely nothing.

[hexed kayak]

he lives in a valley so it floods bad and his shop was filling with water so he slapped the heads back on no gasket and started pumping

@misty mantle

[misty mantle]

Was probably leaking oil like crazy

And coolant

[hexed kayak]

it was going everywhere

[eternal cove]

Battery died in my truck yesterday and I just could not nurse it back to life enough to get me to autozone.

Looked it up on Amazon because there is no way I could get a box made of lead shipped to my door for cheaper... right? Same price, prime, no core return required.

[hexed kayak]

probably gonna regret that tbh

probably gonna end up with a recycled second life battery that wont last as long

[misty mantle]

I don't buy bigger batterys off amazon unless its for my ATV. Thats as big as I'll go

You're better off jump-starting your truck and getting a new battery from Autozone and swapping it out in the parking lot

[hexed kayak]

i only buy batteries direct from manufacturer. all my batteries have lasted 10+ years doing that

[charred depot]

Never bought a battery new heh

I just get ones modern cars whine at for free and they work just fine for me

[misty mantle]

Damn. We just had to swap the battery in my dads tractor out yesterday. That was a 3 yo battery

[hexed kayak]

because it was probably a second life battery

[misty mantle]

Nope

[hexed kayak]

you wouldnt be able to tell

[misty mantle]

Bought it new from O'Rileys

[hexed kayak]

they take back cores refurbish the batteries and sell them as brand new

so thats probably what you got

[hexed kayak]

definitely second life

all napas batteries are that way too

[charred depot]

I am sure the battery in my 305 is about 8-9 years old, its unusable in a modern car but still works ok. Got it out of a friends volvo V50.

ABS and SRS was throwing codes from it

[hexed kayak]

i buy batteries from bosch or crown

[hexed kayak]

it should have a date code onit

[charred depot]

I had a decent battery I bought from a crashed car before but then my alternator decided to charge it to 17 volts

for like a week I was like whats that hissing noise when I turn my car off

[misty mantle]

Damn

[hexed kayak]

the crown battery in my black cobalt ss is from 2009

[charred depot]

other than leaking and being bulged it actually still worked ok, put it in a car I sold heh.

[hexed kayak]

my volvo happened to come with a bosch battery when i got it and its froom 2013

[hexed kayak]

its probably an agm battery which needs different treament than a normal lead acid

[charred depot]

nah its normal

[hexed kayak]

that could be why it was throwing codes then. volvos do that when they dont have an agm in them

[charred depot]

it doesen't take a AGM

its a 2009 v50 (ford focus)

the battery was just too worn the modules were complaining about voltage

[eternal cove]

Possibly but not having a ride to the store for a few days or cost of an uber. Its also a redtop, I know they suck now but I know it wont be a reman/refresh. The next battery I get for it will be lifepo4. I move in two weeks so kinda had to make the problem go away.

[hexed kayak]

the stock battery for a v50 is an agm battery

[charred depot]

its not a stop start one

AGM came ~2010

[obsidian magnet]

I'm joking lmao it's a pita to do anything on

Putting my headers on was hard enough

[hollow pasture]

man

the last person inside my engine fucked my head up bro

not only is one of the cam bolts snapped off in the head

the cam groove is fucked

[misty mantle]

Thats fucked up

[hollow pasture]

if you can't do something why would you even try

this is a p08-8 head too

same internals as a gsr

[timber oar]

yeah they done fucked it alright

[misty mantle]

Think a machine shop can un-fuck it or did the previous owner fuck 'er all the way?

[hollow pasture]

she's dead bud

it will still work and stuff

just

it'll leak no matter what I do

[misty mantle]

I wouldn't run a good cam in it

[hollow pasture]

all surfaces still mate properly

[hollow pasture]

I'm just running what came in it

which is a stage 1 blox cam

[hexed kayak]

a good welder and machine shop could fix that

[hollow pasture]

yea

and they will eventually

just not rn

[misty mantle]

I just hate to think what has been through those oil passages

[hollow pasture]

gasoline

coolant

oil

metal

hopes and dreams

I will say tho

for having a blown headgaslet

I expected my cylinder walls to be thrashed

especially with how hard it overheated

[misty mantle]

Remember, it’s a Honda

[hollow pasture]

yup

even my outer walls for coolant are solid

for having 277 some odd thousand miles she's clean af

[hexed kayak]

makes me want a honda

but i cant deal with the average honda person

cobalt people are just as bad but there are way less of them

having an aftermarket that actually exists would be nice though

https://zzperformance.com/collections/ecotec

https://www.overthetopperformance.com/

this is who you can buy from if you own a delta chassis car and want more hp

theres a few dudes making parts in their garage in small ammounts

shit like intake manifolds and head lights and tail lights

[hollow pasture]

that's mood as fuck lmao

I'm not a honda guy

I'm a anything with wheels that's fun to drive and easily maintained and repaired kinda guy

[hexed kayak]

i like weird shit

and an american tuner car is weird

[hollow pasture]

yea

[hollow pasture]

yea dude Japanese engines especially from the 90s

they just last forever

[hexed kayak]

not some rebaged car from japan an actual american deisgned car.

[hollow pasture]

wdym

it's not only not an American designed engine

neither is the drivetrain

[hexed kayak]

im talking about wholesale rebages like the plymouth laser

[hollow pasture]

oh yea yeah

ok that makes sense

I was about to say lotus had a massive part in the cobalts engine development

[halcyon grotto]

bolbo decided to surprise me with a cheeky engine light

hoping I'll be able to dream about it being off and then wake up to a fixed car

[hexed kayak]

if not you know what to do

https://tenor.com/view/speedball-cannon-gif-18004290

[wispy cloak]

Soon™️

[wraith rivet]

😳

[misty mantle]

WhadidImiss? Been passed out for the past hour

[vocal mural]

@stoic ledge Is your Corsa pre-installed with LPG-G3 or aftermarket?

[stoic ledge]

Pre-installed

[quartz crown]

nuh uh!

[dull cedar]

it very much is

[quartz crown]

if mines a boganmobile then this is a bogan-mothership

[dull cedar]

the only holdens that aren't automatically boganmobiles are the HSV models

[quartz crown]

i beg to differ tbh

[dull cedar]

that's what a bogan would say 😉

[quartz crown]

all holdens that are lowered on walkies or simmons r boganmobiles

or lowered on any rim above 19 inches

tho

some

some

suit 20's

bogan hsv

not so bogan hsv

bogan hsv

its a fine line

bogan hsv

[wispy cloak]

Tool review

It's decent

Back drag is kind of high but flex was very minimal under my full body weight

Snap-on was only like $20 more so if I didn't need to buy it at that moment I would've probably just gone snap-on

[viscid atlas]

this sound seems to be coming from the left exhaust, the ticking sound. What do you guys think it is?

[misty mantle]

Could be a loose heat shield, rod knock, any number of things

[viscid atlas]

this is a porsche 2006 911 carrera 4. And its not heatshields because that was checked before

[misty mantle]

May be something internal then

[hexed kayak]

its either lifter tick or a leak at the manifold

my black cobalt ticks like that from the manifold till it warms up a bit

[charred depot]

Remember there was a v6 mondeo going about here with a extreme case of it really fucking ticky