cars

[dusky torrent]

good

[hexed kayak]

ive got some cool, shit in boxe

let me go find it

@dusky torrent

[feral reef]

My mom had one of those for a while

terrible for motorways.
can confirm

At one point we had like 5 people in it, IIRC it couldn't reach the speed limit

[sacred yoke]

My 2000 Toyota MR2 turned into a 2004 Citroen C2??

[feral reef]

Those wheels almost look purple with all the brake dust

Classic Ged Gedding the roundabout

[charred depot]

funni

key to driving 50hp cars is no braking

only go

even when I am driving 50hp I have people in fest stuff slowing me down infront when joining the motorway.

they'll go really slow then floor it at the end like plsbro I need the full length

[misty mantle]

Bois, I saw a F-150 Lightning yesterday

[sacred yoke]

They are painted black

[halcyon grotto]

tbf they're going under 20

[charred depot]

the 306 on 20 year old tyres will do it at 2mph

when I bought it driving it home the first roundabout I was nearly backwards

[hexed kayak]

i cant imagine 50hp

ive ruined myself lol

[charred depot]

its alright when you only drive slow stuff, now that I have a quick car its like fucknell GOOO.

[hexed kayak]

i drove mt gfs car around for a couple days and i rev it out to 5500 to get the same feeling i get from my volvo hitting 2500rpm

and thats 140hp in her car

[charred depot]

old cars are generally pretty light so its in most cases not so bad.

1.1 petrol with a little extra load

my friend got alot of flack from internet experts about this towing setup, went 400-500 miles like this.

[hexed kayak]

its like 2000 pounds right

or 900kg

[charred depot]

yeah I guess, often less.

[hexed kayak]

cobalts are like 2985

[hexed kayak]

as long as its rigid its fine

[charred depot]

my full size saloon has a big diesel lump so its 900kg.

A frames are great but a legal minefield here.

[hexed kayak]

what does the engine weigh?

[charred depot]

probably about 200kg

[hexed kayak]

samn thats alot for a small little motor

[charred depot]

chunky iron block

[hexed kayak]

isnt it like 1. something L

[charred depot]

1.9

its probably just under 200

[hexed kayak]

ahh the lnf motor i have in my storage unit weighed in at 298lbs but thats an all aluminum motor

[charred depot]

Old saab lumps are the same, great but heavy AF

over 200kg I think maybe.

[hexed kayak]

yup i have a lsj (lk9/b207r) in the unit next to the lnf motor and it weighs in at 355lbs and its also aluminum

[charred depot]

Dont know about the newer "non saab" stuff just the B2x4 / B2x5's

[hexed kayak]

its still based off those engines

[charred depot]

I mean not really

[hexed kayak]

that gen of saab motors is a mix of the gm ecotec and the saab h motor

ive also noticed saab guys are wimps when it comes to bulding those engines

[charred depot]

its just like totally different

Saab people prefer to stick with the B2x4 / B2x5 stuff as they are pretty much bulletproof stock.

know someone with a drag car and I am pretty sure all the internals are stock.

[dusky torrent]

lmaooo

[hexed kayak]

saab people are afraid of the ecotec version

[charred depot]

Vaux people wanting big power just fit the saab engine :^ |

[hexed kayak]

ive seen them ripping the engine out and fully building the engine to make 370hp

[hexed kayak]

meanwhile ive ran 580 on a stock block

and they swear up and down thats impossible

most cobalt people are too poor for built engines so they found out those engines can do 500+ stock

[charred depot]

Cheap power is the B204 so people tend to like that

[hexed kayak]

how cheap?

cause the b207r with a a stock cobalt ss ko4 turbo is a 1400$ 360hp engine

[charred depot]

OG9-3's with the engine can be picked up for £500 here

[hexed kayak]

thats kind of expensive to me

[charred depot]

A car scraps for alot here so you get most of that back

[hexed kayak]

oh shit you mean the whole car. i tohught you mean just the engine

[charred depot]

oh yeah an entire car

usually with rusty rear arches but I mean you could bodge fix it.

[hexed kayak]

i was like thats not cheap a b207r is like 180$ from my local pick n pull

[charred depot]

2002 honda civic I scrapped a couple years back got £350. prices are up now.

[hexed kayak]

but a whole car makes more sense

kinda sad rn

theres a sportcombi in the junkyard here

https://kennyupull.com/part/saab-9-3-2008-kup-laval-787942/

[charred depot]

also cheaper in the sense that you literally dont have to open the engine at all for reliable power.

[hexed kayak]

they are uber rare here

[charred depot]

common as shit here but nobody wants them tbh.

Considered getting one as a daily as they are cheap

[hexed kayak]

ive seen 2 in the last 6 years

and 1 for sale

[charred depot]

dying off now a bit, rear arches are tragic on them.

definetely alot down south where rust isnt so much an issue.

[hexed kayak]

rust is wierd where i am

[wraith rivet]

Did you go on 3 wheels at the end 😳

[charred depot]

not its just a very rolly car heh

[wraith rivet]

ahahaha

don’t roll it

https://tenor.com/view/top-gear-reliant-robin-jeremy-clarkson-richard-hammond-james-may-gif-25295350

[charred depot]

when its actually gripping up it gets pretty hilarious angle.

I had a coworker ask if there was something wrong with my suspension as I max gripped it around the junction leaving.

not 2CV level but

[charred depot]

its a death sentence here for many cars as yearly inspections and whatso

[hexed kayak]

itd been awhile since ive driven a car that rolls alot

last one was a cadillac

[charred depot]

Got a welder here so I can do some pigeon shit patches every year as I dont really care but when you are having to pay a specialist gets expensive quick.

some people get the fail for a hole and suddenly think their car is a death trap and can never be fixed

[hexed kayak]

This thing would drag a bumper on the road if you took a corner hard enough

[hexed kayak]

npcs

[hexed kayak]

i also has 7 ash trays

and 4 lighters

[charred depot]

drove a old british rover P6 and it was awful, I bombed it into a bend and everyone in the car didnt quite have faith in it.

was leaning like fuck understeering

"ooooooh"

[hexed kayak]

i dont miss cars like that tbh

[charred depot]

couldnt even tell

Thinking of buying a sand blaster be useful for respraying steelies

got my rare steelies just rotting away on there

[feral reef]

My Miata rolls like crazy too

Wanna get coilovers and swaybars to fix it

[charred depot]

cut springs, no suspension, no roll : )

[brittle totem]

How many freedom points does this get 🤔

[civic spoke]

[wraith rivet]

At least 7

[charred depot]

Behind a few pickup drivers today, in their big utility vehicles going 2mph through slight amounts of standing water

[brittle totem]

So what is 10 then ? 😳

[wraith rivet]

it’s a non linear points system

eating a burger and fries from McDonald’s gives you +1

big ram truck +7

tank is +100

etc.

fighter jet +10,000

[hexed kayak]

i forget just how fucking big those trucks are till i see pics of them near other cars in Europe

[civic spoke]

Hood of it goes over the dang roof of the Peugeot Bipper.

[sacred yoke]

My mom's car is 60 HP

And it's much more fun to drive than my MR2

Every merge is a WOT pull

[hexed kayak]

I prefer big torque

[sacred yoke]

The torque is surprisingly ok

It's got a wide range

It's surprisingly equally slow at most rpm ranges

The engine feels a lot like a slower 1zz

It's also rock solid in terms of reliability

It also makes insane noise for how small it is

[hexed kayak]

4000 pounds

[hexed kayak]

I prefer low end tq

[sacred yoke]

It's got plenty, but it is comically slow

For some reason, when we put it against my friend's Alfa Romeo hatchback I gained all time on corner exit

[hexed kayak]

I dont think it has anywhere near enough for where i live

[sacred yoke]

What's the speed limit where you live?

[hexed kayak]

This street has a 400ft elevation from start to finish

12% grade

[sacred yoke]

Nah, it'll do it

[hexed kayak]

Yeah screaming at 4k rpm

My volvo goes up it at 900rpm in 3rd

[sacred yoke]

after citroen i downgraded to a celica

[hexed kayak]

This hill was steep enough for me to hit 90kph on a bmx bike

When i was younger

Only ever did that once

[hexed kayak]

Low powered cars here usually die around 80k km because they spend their whole life at 4-7k rpm

[sacred yoke]

Most psa tu1 engines I've known are over 150k km

Some even in the 300k range

[hexed kayak]

Not in this city

[sacred yoke]

I live in a hilly place too, don't worry

[hexed kayak]

These arent hills Montreal is built on the side of a mountain

[civic spoke]

I forget what the Citroen Nemo died at, car my father had at his company.
If I remember right, then the timing belt snapped.

[sacred yoke]

Isn't that hills? Yeah Barcelona is also on the side of a mountain

[sacred yoke]

I drive my dead grandpa's Citroen C15 sometimes, such a fun van to drive

[hexed kayak]

Yeah but it has weaving roads that aren’t steep our roads just go straight up. If you have bad tires you wont even make it up

[sacred yoke]

Classic Spanish racing video

https://youtu.be/wwI1UnU2SmI

[feral reef]

DOWNGRADED? don't let Nomii hear this

[sacred yoke]

It was a beat up Celica with originally 18 inch rims

With /35 sidewall ratio

It was trash

But the steering and the gearbox are amazing

Now I have a slightly less dramatic car but that's in much better shape

[charred depot]

C15 is similar setup to 305 estate / vans, rear axle is axle is identical.

be getting a C15 rear axle from spain soon as my 305 estate's one has collapsed.

[patent basalt]

Thoughts on dodge hornet

Have an appointment to check one out Monday

For reference the car it’s replacing would be my 2014 crosstrek with 84k miles

[hexed kayak]

@patent basalt AVOID

its a chrysler product built by alfa romeo in Italy

[wraith rivet]

big boy truck is more important than everyone else

[timber oar]

Well

Dodge is the brand that tells you what to do when you see it

[patent basalt]

I’ve had good luck with dodge and fiat suff in the past

And don’t keep my daily’s for long

[hexed kayak]

yeah but his is those and alfa

i havent seen a north american alfa older than 3 years with no electrical problems

[patent basalt]

True, haven’t tried those,

[hexed kayak]

the hornet is also put together by Italians

you know. the people who cant make a car with good wiring even if you pay them half a million

[dull cedar]

upgraded*

[patent basalt]

That means baguette in trunk on delivery?

[hexed kayak]

Thats the french

With Italians your car smells like Parmesan and cigarettes

A man also follows you around on a tractor talking shit about your cars clutch

[white heart]

can confirm

[analog mason]

alfas are good here in australia, my dads 2005 GT never had electrical issues for the 10 years he owned it, just some door trim falling off, my uncles 4C is about 5 years old now with no issues and my 2017 giulietta veloce has never had a thing go wrong, and my self and uncle do drive hard often

[little ore]

Context : A rallye meeting & testing event occured yesterday 07/10/2023 in Paracuellos del Jarama - Madrid (Spain), and I obviously get my professional camera with me to do this photos and then edit them and gave a little bit of filter (LUTs) to be better, my camera is a Canon EOS 1200D with an objective of 18 to 55mm, I want to change it to an 300mm objective

[hexed kayak]

they dont do so well here because of the amount of rain snow and salt our roads see. shit just corrodes

[misty mantle]

Oh god no. Avoid at all costs

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle i just ordered this for my cobalt

Cobalt tensioners have been discontinued since 2018 but the cayenne uses the same one

These cars also use an intercooler pump you can find in a mustang

[hexed kayak]

[formal horizon]

[civic spoke]

Meanwhile, you have me...

[hexed kayak]

Rip

Junkyard?

[wispy cloak]

How

[civic spoke]

The part? Or?
I'm driving to a shop to have them replace it, along with the belts, etc.

[wispy cloak]

I bmw too!

[civic spoke]

I currently have a pair of zip ties that's running from the crank, to the water pump pulley.

That should be enough to get me the 5-6 km's to the shop.

[charred depot]

Dropped a tank on a car today as it was clogged and couldnt be blown out with air gun, basically nothing in the tank but a little bit of felt. Confused put it back together blockage is gone.

wtf

[charred depot]

fortune favours the bold

we have these floods all the time and always some goofy ass people think they can make it.

My pump boost reference hose is clear and I can see it has water in it heh.

Need to setup the intake a bit better.

[formal horizon]

socal

[wispy cloak]

Deezul

Wait no

That was premium

This was diesel

[formal horizon]

where

[wispy cloak]

Central Illinois

[formal horizon]

ah

makes sense

I'm hearing it's as low as 2.85 in Georgia

[midnight steeple]

Hey im buying a car and im having trouble between picking 2 engines

E46 - pro & cons
318i 105kw (2003) vs 330d 135kw (2001 preface)

Ill specify closer

318i 105kw - 10-12l of gasoline in city - top speed 218kmh - 0-100kmh 9.2s
330d 135kw - 8-9l of diesel in city - top speed 228kmh - 0-100kmh 7.2s

330d is a sedan whilst the 318i is a coupe and has some things done on it and the paint looks better

330d has 160k km
318i has 180k km

318i comes in with winter and summer tires
330d comes with only winter i think

I love the coupe but im horrified by the fuel consumption

[carmine summit]

getting close

car fired for the first time since July so now I'm getting all the accessories moved to this engine so I can put it in for good

[dusky torrent]

does this sound like a diesel?

[stoic ledge]

Not really

[stoic ledge]

22 y/o diesel with 160k km... just 7200/years, what bad for a diesel. Probably only done short trips, never up to operating temperature

[hexed kayak]

thats what a car with direct injection fueling sounds like

[dusky torrent]

what's the other type of injection

[hexed kayak]

mpi

multi port injection

[dusky torrent]

what does mpi sound like

[hexed kayak]

quiet

[dusky torrent]

huh, puzzled to why a luxury car like the one in that vid doesnt use mpi

[hexed kayak]

most modern cars use gdi

i have one cobalt with gdi the rest are mpi

This is my lnf cobalt and its direct injection. You can hear the pump ticking like your car

This is my supercharged cobalt that is multi port injection

No ticking

[dusky torrent]

yeah, quieter

[hexed kayak]

mpi injects fuel into the intake ports of the motor and it helps clean the valves
direct injection injects fuel right into the cylinders and doesnt clean the valves but has a much finer fuel control and better economy and uses an in tank pump and a cam driven pump

@dusky torrent

Mpi usually also runs around 60 psi of fuel pressure in the rail

Gdi can be around 2k psi of fuel pressure in the rail

[dusky torrent]

very cool

[wispy cloak]

The reason it probably reminds you of a diesel is because virtually every modern diesel is di

[carmine summit]

indirect injection diesels sound about the same too

which is the only other kind of diesel lol

[obsidian magnet]

autocross today went amazing

gave the e46 some not straight at all stripes and we had slow taped out on the back of it

with 350k+ miles on the bimmer my friend was able to keep up with the same times new vettes were running lol

[patent basalt]

Bro my luck is so different from others, the most reliable most easy to work on cars ever are e36 m50 powered bmws

I have never had an e36, e39, or e38. Break on me ever

But every gm and ford I have breaks constantly

[obsidian magnet]

bmws last longer when you dont take care of them

its a trade secret

[glad mantle]

I was able to get my GoPro 12 working finally, and with it I tested it using my M6

There are surprisingly few POV videos of these cars. They are absolutely brutal in the high RPM range

[glad mantle]

||probably because all their rod bearings are exploding||

[deep zealot]

Beautiful S85 noise

I love the E63 M6. It's just so ugly that I cannot stand to look at it

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1040149277239955508/1158457071361069076/IMG_5585.mov

B58 hoonery

much better on a dig though

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1040149277239955508/1160239957932265623/IMG_5665.mov

[wraith rivet]

(filmed in Mexico)

[feral reef]

Might have just bought myself a set of coilovers

[obsidian magnet]

Hopefully not maxpeedingrods

[hexed kayak]

or racelands

bc racing or bust

[hexed kayak]

ive used a maxspeedingrods turbo before

it was on the worlds worst turbo setup for a 2.2 l61 and the motor and turbo blew in a day of shenanigans

[obsidian magnet]

I run h&r on my Audi

I had one in a kit I bought for my e46

Sold it for 50 bucks

You can upgrade the bearing and it'll be fine

[hexed kayak]

yeah but i wasnt expecting any life out of that car

it had multiple lifter ticks

didnt even tune it

just boost and go

[obsidian magnet]

Lmao

[formal horizon]

this is not playing brah

but I can imagine now nasty it is

used to have an 08 e60 m5 about a year ago

original manual

in Silbergrau

[feral reef]

haha no, MeisterR ZetaCRD

[obsidian magnet]

ok good to know lol

[charred depot]

should have got a wuhan war whistle holset dump truck turbo :^)

[vocal mural]

I

Is such high temperature Ok?

[feral reef]

Seems quite high

[civic spoke]

Just on the edge of it starting to be too high.

[feral reef]

Yeah whilst obviously a different car, I'm not sure I've ever seen mine be above 100

Even when sending it, although when doing the sending I'm probably not paying too much attention to the temp

[charred depot]

common on some newer stuff to have nominal temperatures that high for emissions reasons

[feral reef]

Ah wait a sec

That's the LPG car

Those run hotter too right

[feral reef]

Or is it not?

[charred depot]

102 and 105c thermostats available for 1.0 chebrolet sparks

[feral reef]

up to 102 and 105?

[charred depot]

that is the desired temperature.

[feral reef]

Ah okay

Thought you meant like a dial

[charred depot]

New BMW's are all like it, some people fit a lower temp one when mortifying.

think they go up to ridiculous temps now by electrically changing it for economy vs performance.

bleh complexity.

[feral reef]

hey @stoic ledge Guess who's finally getting solar

[civic spoke]

Car won't be fixed today.
And it's becoming even more expensive to fix.

FUN FUN FUN.

[charred depot]

Some amount of brake dust for steelies

[hexed kayak]

bmw issues

[hexed kayak]

paint over it

[vocal mural]

It is

[charred depot]

Thinking of painting the car with this blue

[hexed kayak]

do an old man color

[vocal mural]

The parts shop (PartsPoint) seems have given me a thermostat with 102°C opening temperature 🤔 (Febi 174949)

[charred depot]

I already have a maroon one heh

If I am going to the effort to paint a car I want to yknow do something different.

It will look like shit but the car already is, shit..

lots of it needs welded before I can think of painting

probably do that this week / weekend.

all the door bottoms, valence and wings are totally fucked but I do have a pair of decent wings which are rare.

tempted to weld them up despite having new ones as bit of a waste on this shed

[wispy cloak]

@charred depot can you relate to this

[charred depot]

Only car I had where 4 wheels did the moving was a Subaru Impreza GC8, got rid of it before anything could break

when I got it actually the front driveshafts were ready to go, basically undrivable.

Got it for free, fitted new driveshafts and sold for like £500 to a friend who it has been faultless for.

If I had kept it many things would have broken, just the way it works.

It was tempting at the time to remove the center diff, weld it and get rid of the front driveshafts to make it RWD.

[sweet valve]

This is bs I'm trying to decide between getting a challenger or a truck instead because I want to go hunting and shit and now everyone including my family is telling me I have tiny pp 😭😭😭😭 lmfao

[obsidian magnet]

A challenger 🤣

[misty mantle]

[wispy cloak]

Why not get an f150

Then you have a truck and can go faster than a challenged dodge

[stoic ledge]

Your neighbor?

Your sister?

The pope?

No I give up

[sweet valve]

Honestly idk I just recently realized I'd probably need a truck to go hunting and hauling stuff but idk shit about cars let alone trucks and I was trying to pick between f150 or ram 1500 they're about the same price and I'm sure both would be suitable for what I'd need it for so idk

At this point I'm pretty much just flipping a coin or going based off how the interior looks lol

I'm still learning 😭

[wispy cloak]

The f150 has a higher towing and hauling capacity

[opaque marsh]

I have made a terrible decision

[sweet valve]

Alright I'll get that one and put big boy truck tires on it

[boreal sleet]

Man I mma try this later this week.. record the sound and send it here, yall are more experienced than my garage guy xD and everytime I drive to him to show the sound it doesnt make it anymore haha

[vocal mural]

@stoic ledge The abolishment of LPG-G3 road tax advantage isn’t still approved by 1st and 2nd chamber, is it?

[hexed kayak]

he could get an old porsche suv and throw some tires and a light bar on it if hes doing more hunting than towing

[eager grove]

Ok does anyone know anything about what a body on frame car/truck actually is?

Because I've heard that the Rivians are body on frame -- but the reason that they're different from a traditional truck was just that the body and the bed are one piece.

But other than that, as far as I could see from pictures/explanations there wasn't much of a difference -- the Rivians have a skateboard chassis with motors and batteries and normal trucks have a ladder frame chassis with an engine, no biggie.

But AlexonAutos (who's very detail oriented and usually well researched) described it in his most recent video as a hybrid unibody/body on frame because the body is bolted to the chassis.

What? What other option is there? how is an F150 body connected to the chassis??

[wispy cloak]

Why

F150 faster

And who wants a deer carcass in their trunk

[hexed kayak]

cayenne is better off road

[hexed kayak]

roof racks exist

[wispy cloak]

I'd rather have the f150

Does the cayenne even have 4wd

Or is it just awd

[hexed kayak]

full time 4wd

has a good low range too

[eager grove]

What do you need to tow/haul? What's your budget? What age vehicle are you looking at?

Because if you ain't carrying 4x8 sheets of plywood then just get the 4WD Maverick

[wispy cloak]

I choose the f150 for fun factor

[hexed kayak]

https://youtube.com/shorts/WYRPRzQAmNw?si=VA8XEy70T_MoLWrg

[eager grove]

A maverick has a bed that's easily big enough for hunting equipment and dead deer and fishing rods or whatever, but it's like a normal car that you can just use and will be way cheaper on gas and insurance

and it would easily be able to handle hunting trails or snow or whatever

[hexed kayak]

https://youtube.com/shorts/-MhlPGfIxLM?si=Zcf_Uu7soXmlpseF

[wraith rivet]

🤔

[stoic ledge]

Nope not yet

But that makes it difficult to make long term plans

🥲

[wispy cloak]

Insurance is about the same on a truck vs a car for me

Also it's unibody

Which is scary for repair purposes

[eager grove]

unless you need to haul more than 4k lbs or 1500lbs getting a vehicle the size of an F150 is an enormous waste of money

who cares about repairs when you could literally buy 2 mavericks for the cost of 1 F150

[wispy cloak]

The f150 is fun

The maverick is not

[hexed kayak]

the mav is also crazy over valued so buying one almost guarantees you will end up upside down in it

[wispy cloak]

This is also true

And fwd "truck"

Just couldn't do it

[eager grove]

You'd need the AWD one obviously

[wispy cloak]

I love the old rangers

New rangers are too big

[eager grove]

I do think the FWD Maverick has its place though--it's the reason it's selling so well

[charred depot]

nissan micra and a trailer is all you need

[hexed kayak]

its selling because ford cant make awd ones fast enough

[wispy cloak]

I like the f150 because of how much power it can make and how fast it can go

Along with still being usable

[eager grove]

Lmao

If youi want a fast car

why buy a truck??

But also fun is fun

[hexed kayak]

[eager grove]

more power to you

you do you

[wispy cloak]

If you want a fast daily that can still be driven in the winter and used

[charred depot]

you need higher fuel prices lol

[eager grove]

but this guy is asking about utility

[wispy cloak]

I can't not like it

[hexed kayak]

do you realize how fast trucks are now? some of them leave ferraris in the dust

[wispy cloak]

They've done that since the 90s

Syclone

[hexed kayak]

syclone

[charred depot]

Its easier to have a fast car than a bloody truck

[eager grove]

I do, it's the dumbest thing ever. But that's pretty much just the Raptor, the Lightning and the TRX

And a base Maverick is $25k (if you can find one) and does 40mpg

So if you need a truck sometimes

[hexed kayak]

there is about 10-12 more fast trucks than the ones you mentioned

[eager grove]

to like tow or haul normal sized things

[eager grove]

Not that can leave a ferrari in the dust

but yeah

[hexed kayak]

yes

[eager grove]

Depends on the Ferrari I suppose

But yeah. For the price of a well equipped F150 you buy a nice, fun fast car and a FWD Maverick. Given that over 50% of full sized half-ton trucks are used 'less than once a year' to tow or haul

[hexed kayak]

you are ignoring all of Hennessey's trucks anything shelby has built and yenko trucks

[vocal mural]

I hope that is doesn't come thru the plans.
LPG and CNG is much more cleaner than petrol

[eager grove]

I suppose. But I guess I think of those mostly as special editions

the 775HP Shelby F150 starts at $135850 lmao

[stoic ledge]

Yes it's a ridiculous plan, but makes sense for our ridiculous country

But then I'm not going to invest 3k in a new install

[wispy cloak]

Have you not heard of the fp700

That starts at like $45000 with a brand new truck

Base model

[hexed kayak]

or the yenko sc 800

[stoic ledge]

Astra apparently did an actual 18.81km/l - 5.3L/100km - 42.5 MPG US - 53 MPG UK

Not bad, but not quite the 4.9L/100km the trip computer mentioned

But with those numbers petrol is also not that bad

[wispy cloak]

I think the kit with install at a dealer is like $11000

[hexed kayak]

800hp silverado

[wispy cloak]

You can also do it aftermarket and go even faster

[vocal mural]

LPG doesn't have crap in it, does it?

[stoic ledge]

What crap?

[eager grove]

According to a quick google, it does 0-60mph in 4.1 seconds and does 1/4 mile in 12.4 seconds. That's like Audi RS3 fast, not Ferrari fast

[eager grove]

Lol you can modify anything

[vocal mural]

Like bioethanol
Some websites mentions that it have 105 octane and no additives

[stoic ledge]

LPG is a mix of propane and butane, and is a waste material of the refinement of oil

[vocal mural]

I am just a beginner on car technology anw

[stoic ledge]

No, no ethanol lol

[charred depot]

If you want to go fast a streamlined light car is always going to be a better base rather than starting with a boat anchor heh

[stoic ledge]

Don't even think that's possible with a gas lol

[eager grove]

I really don't get the appeal of a 700HP truck. Must be terrifying to, you know, actually drive

[wispy cloak]

Unopened engine

It's close to the same weight as a mustang

And is the same drivetrain plus 4wd

So more grip on the street

At least for a scsb

[hexed kayak]

not as terrifying as driving a 400hp fwd car

[eager grove]

Really? I'm sure that's terrifying too, but still

[wispy cloak]

And from everything I've heard ford has a very good traction control system

[hexed kayak]

their auto brake disribution to fix slides works really well

[eager grove]

I'm pretty sure I'm right in thinking that such things don't exist from the factory, right?

[charred depot]

Sure they do atleast 350hp does.

[eager grove]

like the most powerful FWD cars that I can think of is like the Golf GTI/Civic type R at like, what, 260HP, 280HP?

[charred depot]

Know people with B204 stuff running silly power and a open diff.

[vocal mural]

🤔

[charred depot]

Their power is basically pointless even in the dry, just lights up a wheel.

[hexed kayak]

olds toronado made 400hp 500tq

[stoic ledge]

Also had that before

[hexed kayak]

lincion mkz makes 350hp 400tq

[eager grove]

hahahaha what is this thing! 7.5L V8 in a front wheel drive coupe?? hahaha that is so random

[charred depot]

ideal daily

[stoic ledge]

Random US car yes, FWD but V8 Moter

[eager grove]

Lol it's 0-60 was 7.5 seconds 😂 😂

How is that even possible???

[wispy cloak]

8.1 with fwd

Or whatever

455 I think?

[eager grove]

Hahahahaha - it's pretty much as slow as the current ford maverick 0-60

[wispy cloak]

Don't know my gm stuff

[eager grove]

what the actual fuck

[hexed kayak]

because its busy trying to veer to the left into trees and kill you

[eager grove]

The hybrid ford maverick

[stoic ledge]

That moment when 400hp is barely faster than my 150hp 1.4T

[hexed kayak]

they also came with a 3 speed

[eager grove]

Yeah no kidding, that is obsurd!!

[charred depot]

no replacement for displacement

[eager grove]

They get that much HP out of 2L Turbo 4cyl now, from the factor

[charred depot]

blasphemy

[eager grove]

1/4 the displacement, same horsepower, twice as fast 0-60 lmao

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/0tVilgrKwS0?t=56

[charred depot]

would confuse people that didnt know it was FWD

[eager grove]

Not even trying to do a burnout there, just couldn't put the power down lmao

[hexed kayak]

they have NO grip thats why its so slow lol

[charred depot]

reminds me sorta of trying to do a handbrake turn in a citroen.

which had the handbrake on the front wheels

[eager grove]

😂

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/cO7phPa3QqM

https://youtu.be/S7Lshplx2dM

[eager grove]

I bet it got so many miles to the gallon

[hexed kayak]

i understand EXACTLY what you mean

[charred depot]

funni tho

[hexed kayak]

my black cobalt ss is a b207r with a open diff saab f35 making 215whp and in the wet it squeals the inside tire in corners

luckily my 400hp cobalt does have an lsd f35

[charred depot]

my 50hp 305 did that but thats because the suspension is a bit rolly :^)

for all intensive purposes there is no weight on the inside wheel

[hexed kayak]

"ooohh classic american muscle".....

[charred depot]

but a actually good balance as its french not american

[hexed kayak]

the americans made alot of DUMB fwd cars

this thing right here is a fwd normal ass sedan with a 5.3l v8

hes just cranky cause his wife wont let him do that in the panda

[charred depot]

its just the winter tyres on the front, if I had the summers fitted it wouldn't have made a sound and he'd be unphased.

considered lowering it but it would just ruin it. has more ground clearance than these crossovers and "suvs" you see going about.

go over speed bumps at the speed limit while people crawl down to 5mph

[hexed kayak]

you dont need to lower it just see if you can put together a good sway bar setup for it

[charred depot]

rear wouldnt be hard but front would be a bit annoying

[hexed kayak]

idk the car but it my head it sounds fairly straight forward

[charred depot]

well its just the bends that the front has

it does some route to avoid the gearbox n stuff

[hexed kayak]

you find a thick bar that fits and then just custom fab some end links that will work with the stock suspension

[charred depot]

id have to get it bent to avoid the gearbox among other things.

[hexed kayak]

that about a different than stock mounting location?

like instead of above the subframe have it under

[charred depot]

would be funky to link into the front of the control arms

unless you did like under and near the front of the car

would hit the wheels so has to stay basically exactly where it is

[hexed kayak]

im thinking in terms of a cobalt subframe so in a cobalt it was thinking you would put it under on the top crossmember

[hexed kayak]

might actually be fairly straight forward if you took out the stock went to a shop and said i need this but thicker

probably expensive though

[charred depot]

yeah

I specifically have these because I like how they handle

if I wanted a planted car id get something else

[hexed kayak]

dont you auto cross it?

[charred depot]

fuck doing autocross in a car without power steering

atleast the ones that are done in fucking parking lots

[hexed kayak]

im probably thinking of someone else then cause i thought you raced it

[charred depot]

track days sure but

[hexed kayak]

im sitting here like why tf dont you want it planted if you race'

[sweet valve]

Honestly aside from hunting I'd probably haul scrap metal and maybe dirt/compost from the landfill maybe an atv if it fits in the bed in the near future probably some logs/trees and wood from the hardware store from time to time

The max of my budget would be about 35-40 around there but obviously would prefer to spend less while checking as many boxes

And as far as year It doesn't really matter to me I just want it to be reliable for a few years and look good inside and out lol like I really like the interior of the newer modern trucks

[charred depot]

I like being able to go maximum attack driving through town normally heh

It is from just before peugeots turned into oversteer machines https://youtu.be/0pIhO_VFFgA

[hexed kayak]

for that budget you are going to end up with some base model v6 truck

[charred depot]

Like my 306 for it but its a bit much sometimes on old tyres.

[hexed kayak]

an f150 as base as it gets starts at 34k and thats 2 seater cab

[charred depot]

£2k Mercedes LWB Sprinter

[sweet valve]

Yea I know I was looking at them earlier although if I don't end up getting a truck I'd probably just borrow my grandpa's 15 year old f150 whenever I need a truck

[hexed kayak]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1425166334697010/

right at the top of your budget

price is cad

40k usd

[charred depot]

bit much heh

[sweet valve]

That's a whole lotta truck lol

[eager grove]

Have you looked at a Maverick AWD @sweet valve ?

a 3500 seems like wayyyyyy overkill

Also that truck is hideous

[hexed kayak]

better than most i see rolling around

[eager grove]

Giant lift and body kit

just why

What mountain are you climbing over that requires that much ground clearance

[carmine summit]

not a good alternative to a gas 1/2 ton, completely different market

also yeah that one is hideous

[sweet valve]

Yea I was checking them out they look pretty good and the price is good I just gotta see the bed in person I was looking at the xlt because it has the advanced 4wd and that one looks nice with that vs the xl with awd lol

[hexed kayak]

where did you find the price

[sweet valve]

At the top of the mobile website

[hexed kayak]

i doubt you will pay close to that

the maverick is suffering from being violently marked up by dealers

used ones go for like 35k

and that opens you up to becoming upside down in debt from owning that truck

because their value is artificially inflated

[eager grove]

This isn’t true everywhere, but is unfortunately true in a lot of places

[hexed kayak]

i just saw a 22 xl with 40k miles for 29k

that's 3.5k ish over msrp of a same spec brand new 2024

[eager grove]

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicle/693393745?city=Decatur&driveGroup=AWD4WD&listingType=NEW&makeCode=FORD&modelCode=FORDMAVER&newSearch=false&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fnew-cars%2Fawd-4wd%2Fford%2Fmaverick%2Fdecatur-ga%3FisNewSearch%3Dfalse%26searchRadius%3D500%26sortBy%3DderivedpriceASC%26trimCodeList%3DFORDMAVER%257CXLT%26zip%3D30030&searchRadius=500&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&state=GA&trimCode=FORDMAVER|XLT&zip=30030&clickType=spotlight

Brand new 0 mile XLT for less than $31k

[hexed kayak]

still 5k more than a 2024

not as bad as that 2022 though

[midnight steeple]

anyone with a e46 318i N42B20a longterm?

need to know fuel consumption and opinions on the reliability of the engine overall

[wispy cloak]

That's the eco engine right?

1.8 4cyl?

[sweet valve]

https://www.greenwayford.com/used/Ford/2018-Ford-F-150-dd9f421e0a0e0a992cac085ce93ff9ab.htm#

There's this one for 26 idk if that's good 🤷‍♂️

[eager grove]

It’s tough to know. On one hand, if you’re going to use your truck as a truck 4-5 times a year and you can borrow one for that, then spending 26k on something that’s 5 years old and has 76000 miles on it and ugly brown cheap cloth seats seems silly

But if you’ve decided on a truck and you’ve got good evidence that that one has been looked after properly and it has towing and payload numbers you’re happy with then you could certainly do worse

[misty mantle]

Depending on your price range and how often you’re actually going to use it, I would get something older.

[sweet valve]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ZvNV0z1UY

History is fascinating

[hexed kayak]

have you seen that commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnQXRxW9VcQ

[misty mantle]

How’s this for a spark plug? The tiny one is a Champion RC12YC out of some sort of Briggs, the big one is out of a Cat V16 that runs on Natural Gas

Specifically, this big boi

That spark plug came out of this very engine

[wraith rivet]

oh my

that’s huge

()

@misty mantle what phone do you have? that pic looks very crisp

[patent basalt]

That would be a glow plug

Those cat 3516 engines are solid, 2000hp

Also used in big ass mining trucks

[south jewel]

Locomotive Engineer enters the chat --- chuckles at "that's huge" --- speaks only in 4400 hp

😉

[carmine summit]

almost looks more like a C175-16 than a 3516

which is closer to 3750hp

give or take

[wraith rivet]

cruise ship engine operator (idk lmao) enters the chat

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dk0u2lhV4K6E&psig=AOvVaw3IJjBQqeg2CBvON1Vne6vG&ust=1697005275802000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBMQ3YkBahcKEwjYtfi26-qBAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBA

[south jewel]

When I work the port I occasionally consider that the ships there are pretty much the only things that have more horsepower than a freight train (typically 8800-22000hp here).

[brittle totem]

Just wait 3 years and this guy will somehow have made 5000hp 4 seater 😉

[civic spoke]

The Gemera is stupid impressive as it is.
What transmission is it even using?

[brittle totem]

Same as the jesko i think they V8 version of the Gemera has the same engine as jesko so I guess the transimmssion is the same.

[civic spoke]

I guess I could just wiki it. Let me check.

Yupp. Or uses the light speed transmission.

[patent basalt]

4l60e

[midnight steeple]

It's 2l

[obsidian magnet]

I could fit that in my friends Miata no problem

[misty mantle]

iPhone 12 mini

[misty mantle]

Nope. Spark plug. Natural Gas engine

Not a diesel.

Also, this is a German-made gen set Cat slapped their branding and color on and called it a day

[misty mantle]

Think a LS block would be able to handle 8000 horsepower?

[civic spoke]

Most hear CAT and instantly assume Diesel

[wispy cloak]

Literally exactly what it feels like listening to anything in the audi

[cunning olive]

It's getting there, free celica :D

05, has a rust (normal), seized calliper and a rotting exhaust pipe, apart from that runs fine

Calliper is only the guide sleeve luckily.

[hexed kayak]

Smort

[empty valve]

Any tuning ideas for my clc203?

[hexed kayak]

its it supercharged?

[empty valve]

Compressor Diesel

122hp 270nm torque

Dont really wanna mod the engine yet cus thats stock pre owner had a PP Performance chip tune wich is a pretty known company around here and its got TÜV

So its prolly more than that but i dont really like the optics of the back and wanna see what i can "legally" do

[hexed kayak]

are there any smaller supercharger pulleys and bigger heat exchangers/intercoolers available for it supported by TUV?

cause those are 2 simple and unintrusive mods you can do for a good power bump

you could do the black strip on the back

not the lights though

ugly asf and a liability

[empty valve]

Truee ill check up on that thx

Also yours looks nice

[hexed kayak]

its not mine

its from google

[empty valve]

Damn

Think id look good with a small spoiler?

[hexed kayak]

yeah

ducktail

[empty valve]

Ye

[hexed kayak]

or a small lip

[empty valve]

Already has a small lip

Thought id extend the back a bit make it a little smaller and lower

Gonna be a lot of effort but should look really clean if i do it right

[hexed kayak]

@empty valve paint it purple

[charred depot]

suprisingly slow, is it a 1.6 or something

finally a diesel car I can beat in a race heh

[compact grotto]

The grill would make sense here.

Also that’s pretty badass.

@dusk ocean

[wraith rivet]

that actually looks good

damn

that’s precisely where those massive kidney grilles should live

not on any normal sized car

[compact grotto]

Exactly

[ripe ginkgo]

Damn

[primal tapir]

ngl that is sick

[wraith rivet]

anybody here work at a dealership doing maintenance? what’s the best way to get a job doing that

should I just go door to door at every single dealership near me with copies of my resume

[compact grotto]

Pretty much. You can check websites for listings but otherwise.. yeah.

[wraith rivet]

Cool I’ll try it

I really hope I can get my foot in the door with the auto industry

because there’s always demand everywhere, so having the skills and experience is like a safety net wherever I go

if yk what I mean

[hexed kayak]

i wish this existed

[hexed kayak]

if you want my 2 cents find something else to do for work if you genuinely enjoy working on cars for fun

becauuse after 5 years it wont be fun anymore and you will never want to touch your own stuff because why would you want to come home from your job to do your job

[wraith rivet]

I’m not gonna do it as my career but just a “filler” job I could say

I see what you mean though

I’m not sure if that’d happen to me personally

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/r0ETvWWrgVg?t=1278

mf bet or broke alll 8 rods

[wet summit]

21 savage says "this ain't no regular f-150 it's a fucking raptor" when the song came out the raptor was still lame

it now being a trx copy cat makes it cool

[wraith rivet]

Lol

personally I have to say I like ram more than ford based off of interior quality and looks

but both are better than Chevy

we had a top of the line brand new Silverado for a month before realizing it was crap

so then traded it in for a ram

but I don’t absolutely hate any of them (don’t start a war like in any instagram comments section plz)

[coarse jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/speedzone-acty-pizza-truck-race-gif-12672190

Best truck

https://tenor.com/view/subaru-baja-baja-subaru-gif-2055481228968816967

second best truck

[random siren]

https://tenor.com/view/ruth-gordon-subaru-ad-brat-tv_ad-gif-10188737

you have your generations wrong. if there's no seats in the bed - you're in the wrong gen 🙂

[hexed kayak]

tax evasion seats

[random siren]

chickin tax!

except they were awesome if you were in high school and your friend had one of these.

[patent basalt]

Subaru brat needs to return

[brittle totem]

BMW has done it again it just keeps getting worse for every year🤢 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ3X6u2G/

[civic spoke]

Test mule?

[lost nymph]

bmw truck. let me guess they dont use their indicates

[boreal sleet]

The hood latch on my Passat is stuck 😅 any tips on how to open it

It opens to allow me to hold the plastic thing but the latch won’t let go

[sacred yoke]

I missed driving my frog

[wispy cloak]

Have you tried pushing down on the hood slightly and attempting to release the safety catch

[boreal sleet]

Yup, got my finger and hand stuck XD had to pull the hood latch to open again, got a appointment with mechanic tomorrow morning

[wispy cloak]

Interesting

Does it have a plastic pull tab or one of the things you push to the side

[elfin stone]

@stoic ledge

Finally, a proper rear camera

And I have 2 additional composite inputs

Suggestions are welcome

[civic girder]

PS2

if I can't play GT4 in my car the radio is shit

[hexed kayak]

dig around with a screw driver till you can hit the latch with it

[charred depot]

Trying to buy a car which isnt for sale is annoying.

Google maps, abandoned 305 on the right.

Going tomorrow to wave money at them

[elfin stone]

Hey, at least you have it easy

Our local scrapyard as a f*in DeLorean

[charred depot]

This is just annoying because I know no one will pay as much as I will heh

[hexed kayak]

my purple car was a car that wasnt for sale

getting it was fucking annoying

[charred depot]

its just abandoned cars like "are you gonna sell it": no, "are you gonna do anything with it": no.

[hexed kayak]

fuck them people

[hexed kayak]

give them some bs story about how your dad/grandpa had one just like it and you never tohught you would find one

[charred depot]

ill be turning up in one heh

like 20 of these on the road here atm, having 3 of them would be fun.

control the market inflate their value then set them all on fire and claim insurance.

[vocal mural]

Can someone explain what that is?

Where the hose fits

[charred depot]

never seen anthing like that, id say mixed coolants but not sure how it would get under the hose so much

what does it feel like?

just looks like ice

[hexed kayak]

park a couple blocks away

[charred depot]

block heh

road network designed by horses

in the middle of nowhere with the only road nearby being the one its on which is a fast B road.

[misty mantle]

And they don’t want to sell it? Damn

[carmine summit]

one of the scrapyards here has an FB RX7

sitting next to a Volkswagen 412 wagon

and a couple other weird old cars, I forget what all

I should buy it tbh

[stoic ledge]

Very noice Can you adjust the angle? You see quite some bumper, basically half the screen

[stoic ledge]

GameCube

[wraith rivet]

idk how people say their throttle got stuck then crash when they can just put it in neutral

[coarse jewel]

The people who get their throttle stuck are the same people who don't realize their car there's a neutral on their PRNDL

[wraith rivet]

“N must stand for ‘nonstop throttle’ so I’ll just leave it in drive instead”

[misty mantle]

The people who SAY their throttle got stuck are the same people who will blame the person they crashed into when they decide not to use the first excuse

[hexed kayak]

thing is most cars have enough braking power to overcome the engine when it hhas a struck throttle as long as once you press the brake down you never lift till the car is stopped

[coarse jewel]

Doesn't it cut throttle mostly anyways when you press the brake on an automatic?

[hexed kayak]

no

if it did break boosting wouldnt be possible

You stand on the brake and gas and it lets you take off under boost instead of waiting for it to build up

[coarse jewel]

I don't know automatics super well, but doesn't it disengage the torque converter when the break is on, so it doesn't cut throttle but cuts torque delivery, mostly.

[wraith rivet]

wdym disengage torque converter

[hexed kayak]

no th brakes and transmission are entirely separate and if what your saying is true my car should have revved to 7k rpm in that video and moved nowhere

[wraith rivet]

is that even possible? thought it was just a cylinder with fluid and 2 impellers in it

[coarse jewel]

I believe the impellers press together once the car is moving, to keep the speeds matched together. But I could be wrong. Haven't done to much research on the function of automatics.

so a lot less torque is passed when the brake is engaged

[hexed kayak]

not even close

[wraith rivet]

I don’t think so

I think it’s just the resistance of one impeller turning the liquid that turns the other one

it’s super tight in there so it only ever spins at different speeds if it absolutely has to

[hexed kayak]

and them spinning at different speeds is what kills them

[wraith rivet]

do they have some kind of piston in them?

yeah that’s why you can’t brake boost for too long

heats up the fluid super fast

puts a lot of stress on it

[coarse jewel]

Wouldn't that just be any time brakes are on?

[wraith rivet]

weird it does say there’s some kind of locker in it

[hexed kayak]

for the 3rd time the brakes have zero to do with the torqye converter

[coarse jewel]

If brakes are on, engine is on. You have no moving on one side, movement of the engine on the other side.

[wraith rivet]

ohhh it says there are 2 separate types, ones that lock and ones that don’t. I’d assume the locking ones are only in higher end cars with more power

[wraith rivet]

if you’re at a standstill yes they’re going at different speeds

[hexed kayak]

they are common in anything that races or tows

[wraith rivet]

gotcha

mine probably does not have a locking one 😔

[hexed kayak]

my volvo has one

[wraith rivet]

damn

can’t it tow?

[hexed kayak]

ive towed my purple cobalt with it

[wraith rivet]

and does it lock automatically whenever you’re driving or does it know when you’re towing or there’s high load or somn

[hexed kayak]

its automatic

[wraith rivet]

that’s pretty cool never knew that

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/7PaT5GN6Lco?t=23

[hexed kayak]

brakes still have nothing to do with it though they will be spinning at different speeds even if you just let off the gas

[wraith rivet]

depends

if you’re already at idle speed they would but if your rpm is higher up it would follow it down to a point

one thing about my car that’s annoying asf is how it downshifts super aggressively when I’m coasting to a stop

[hexed kayak]

thats just trans tuning

if you let off the gas in my volvo after 2 seconds it drops to 550rpm

and stays there till the next time you touch the gas

[wraith rivet]

weird

[hexed kayak]

its the same with my gfs auto cobalt

[wraith rivet]

mine cruises at 1500rpm ish and will slowly drop down to 900 ish then stay there

[hexed kayak]

what car do you have?

[wraith rivet]

Mazda 6

transmission’s pretty eh

very lazy

[vocal mural]

Old boy still working

[brittle totem]

I think new cars does that but not sure about old once.

[patent basalt]

Imma be dumb and lower my crosstrek and auto x it

[shut dew]

Electric bus made in china

[coarse jewel]

lol, my city has been slowly introducing electric busses over the last couple years. Actually has been going well since the only difference to their regular busses is drive train and they've been on hybrids for more than a couple years so not a giant difference.

[misty mantle]

Yet people are too stupid to realize that.

[misty mantle]

I’d like to see an electric school bus try to do better than a diesel one in the mountain area I live in

[coarse jewel]

I'm talking city busses not school busses. Also electric does get better torque than diesel.

[hexed kayak]

evs get dick for range with those kinds of loads though

the ev buses my city bought cant be used downtown because they run out of battery in 1.5 hours with all the hills

[eager grove]

There are cases where EV buses would work, particularly if school is at the bottom of the hill, because a bus that drives to the top of the hill and gets filled with kids will have more battery at the bottom of the hill

[halcyon grotto]

in muh city we had electric buses but they stupidly put small single deckers on one of the main routes

[eager grove]

but there are definitely cases where hybrid buses will have to be the case for the medium term

[halcyon grotto]

obviously that was never gonna work

[eager grove]

If you have a plug-in hybrid diesel bus for example you could reduce a lot of emissions

[bitter compass]

Busses are funny discussions

Some people: REEEEEEEE put wires above them
Others: no wired stupid put stupid large battery into them
Again others: DIESEL PLS

[hexed kayak]

all 3

[charred depot]

I got that red 305 which wasnt for sale : )

crackhead pricing but sadly I am also a crackhead just my addiction is shitty french cars

[hexed kayak]

how muc?

[charred depot]

£700

its a pond on the inside but that just means the floor is solid.

[coarse jewel]

Again again others: HYDROGEN!!!

[hexed kayak]

that means all the door seals are fucked though

[hexed kayak]

not bad

[charred depot]

nah its usually the scuttle on these

means taking the dash out but meh

[hexed kayak]

probably not to bad with how old it is

[charred depot]

they rust really bad there and it leaks inside the car.

[hexed kayak]

not many wires

[charred depot]

no confusers to get fried so not a actual issue other than mold n stuff

They are all pretty bad in winter as this point with having to scrape a load of ice off the inside of the windscreen heh

[wraith rivet]

mfw I see someone watching a movie while driving 😑

[hexed kayak]

uses phone while driving to show someone using phone while driving

[wraith rivet]

I’m not driving lmao

omw to Vegas then Utah to check out a college with my parents

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

was gonna keep it around with the front stripped back loads as a test bed for XUD's but dont have enough room really.

[stoic ledge]

🥹

[halcyon grotto]

Most structurally sound car in the Ged fleet

[hexed kayak]

am i the only one who lives where it snows and doesnt have tons of rusty cars

[charred depot]

They use a metric fucktonne of salt where I live in Scotland, I think in Canada where it gets quite bad they sorta just giveup and dont in a way.

[slender mural]

Found a G8X buddy at work!

[halcyon grotto]

muh volvo is not looking forward to it

I should probably sort out its current rust before the winter makes it worse..

[hexed kayak]

no they use salt crystals here and salt water brine mixed with sand

[charred depot]

but at a certain point using it is kind of futile

[hexed kayak]

do it before your struts try to escape out of the hood

[hexed kayak]

not really. they just use more of it

[halcyon grotto]

my strut turrets have already been welded lel

pretty ugly job they did but it at least has more metal than it started

[hexed kayak]

i have to swap out my mats in my car every month in winter cause if i leeave it the whole winter i end up with a 4kg salt chunk under the gas and brake pedal just from wgat was on my shoes

[halcyon grotto]

I think all my arches are a bit buggered but I dont have the tools to start yet

[charred depot]

below like -10 15 the costs get so extreme as far as I know its not sustainable

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/rtF_UiwPRYo?t=4
its more sustainable than all these insurance claims

[halcyon grotto]

how quickly can rust go from some small bubbles in the arches to completely buggered

[hexed kayak]

this was montreal where i live

[charred depot]

that's like everywhere here when it gets bad heh

everyone on summer tyres

[halcyon grotto]

tbf it only seems to snow near edinburgh like twice a year

[charred depot]

but i have a suv?!?!

[halcyon grotto]

kek

muh quattro x6 has 4wd where problam????????

[charred depot]

I love people with expensive audi's running fucking ling long and prospers.

Ling longs are a level too shit even for my cars heh

[halcyon grotto]

singlehandedly holding up the entire economy with the repair costs

[charred depot]

I have winter tyres just so I can drive around smug when it snows and all the modern shite getting stuck on summers

I dont actually need to go anywhere

hopefully we get a decent spell this year

[hexed kayak]

snow tires are law here so everyone is sliding down that on those

alot of people actually use studded tirex

[halcyon grotto]

wheee

just a bit of banter innit

[charred depot]

I was trying to get a little angle going but then was too chicken to power through

[hexed kayak]

Me when snow

I miss that jeep

[charred depot]

love winter for sliding about, had alot of fun in my saab one year till I almost ended up in a ditch and thought better of it heh

[hexed kayak]

Ive ended up in the ditch a few times

V6 mustang shenanigans

on pure ice

[charred depot]

at the unit up from us

definetely a different choice.

[hexed kayak]

is that a black cab

[charred depot]

its a fuckin mitsowhatever based on a micra

[wraith rivet]

Vegas has got stands up already for the F1 race

[hexed kayak]

f1 overrated

[stoic ledge]

Mitsuoka Viewt

Interesting choice

[charred depot]

bloody banger racers run better tyres than me

[wraith rivet]

I like that paint scheme

[hexed kayak]

does he have cut tires protecting his sidewalls

[charred depot]

if you look at the tyres they are doubled up, cheating.

yeah heh

he usually has micras, I remember watching him one time and the rear axle was broken off on one side so it was all over the place.

still flying around barely controlling it

Friend had a audi 80 do that on the motorway, vosprung durch technik or something idk.

both sides broken off

[hexed kayak]

rip

literally

[charred depot]

it bounced to a stop, held in place only by the shocks

[hexed kayak]

lol i think thats about to happen to my black cobalt

[charred depot]

I think its a known issue with that period of VAG stuff they used like spherical bearings instead of bushings and if they seized it would fatigue the arm instead.

[hexed kayak]

mines gonna break cause of rust

[charred depot]

had a saab do that

[hexed kayak]

crunchy

[charred depot]

it looked like this before grinded, I was "just gonna weld the crack"

[hexed kayak]

lol

that plan went out the window

[charred depot]

still got welded lol, had to blend it in nicely as you arent allowed then 50 coats of underseal and MOT pass.

was replaced later, just decided to fix it the night before the MOT booking didnt realise how bad it was.

[wet summit]

i replaced both front and rear subframes

i now have 2 EXTREMELY clean subframes on my cavalier

so i went from unbelievable rot to new

[dusky torrent]

these f___ing college kids man. some kid drives an s63

my parents graduated like 25 years ago and even they arent driving s classes or 7 series or a8's or bentleys

[patent basalt]

Send help

Better than it looked last week

My welds are fine

[hexed kayak]

do you have parkinsons?

cause one looks perfect and the other looks like my toilet after taco bell

[patent basalt]

The one on the small piece was hard

The sawzall part was more fun than this part

[hexed kayak]

completely unrelated but there is metal in my weed

[patent basalt]

It was me came from this car

This project is killing me

[hexed kayak]

Pls no report

[patent basalt]

Eat it

[hexed kayak]

Hell no who knows where that metal is from

[patent basalt]

From this pos I brought home

[hexed kayak]

Why are you putting a tube front end on a shit box

[patent basalt]

It was a mint 98 mustang gt that got the front smashed in

It’s otherwise mint and I need room for turbo

A 30k mile 2v is ready for boost

[hexed kayak]

Thrash it

[patent basalt]

It’ll mainly see street and strip use

[hexed kayak]

Listen to that mustangs tires scream in pain

[patent basalt]

I’ve has some 15” rears waiting for it

I plan to run it on sick week

[hexed kayak]

they better be wide

sn95s have shit fitment on the rear

[patent basalt]

I’m not using stock wheels I have sve drag wheels

[hexed kayak]

what size?

[hexed kayak]

the mustang in the videos i sent you is a 94 v6 and its legit got 5 inches of tuck in the rear

[patent basalt]

15x10s in the rear

17x4.5 up front

[hexed kayak]

Biggg

[patent basalt]

Hopefully enough for the build, using an on3 turbo

[hexed kayak]

More than enough with a good road tire

Ive never had wheels that wide but im guessing you could fit like 275s

[patent basalt]

Absolutely should be, it’s gonna be a fun one to drive, it’s an auto convertible

[hexed kayak]

That mustang is my friends car but i was driving in the videos on ice

[hexed kayak]

Tuck city

He still has it but drives an s550 now

[patent basalt]

The tires are a 275/60 15

Those 3.8s are a good engine

[hexed kayak]

you serious?

that car went through 5 of them

[patent basalt]

I’ve had great luck with them

[hexed kayak]

and it only has 90k km on body

[hexed kayak]

1 warped to shit and blown head gaskets 2 with rods out the block 1 spun a bearing 1 smoked the rings and the last one that blew cracked a piston

the one thats in it now is doing well

[patent basalt]

Damn the last 3.8 mustang I had was still strong at 230k miles

[hexed kayak]

i mean we were not nice to that car

We once used an entire tank of gas in 130km

That car was stock

Same car

mf also crashed it into a stop sign once

like bitch cant you read

[patent basalt]

I absolutely baby most of my cars my firebirds don’t get babies tho

This one is beat and abused all summer and then not touched all winter

[hexed kayak]

Okay maybe I miss remembered the stop sign part but still