cars

[stoic ledge]

Usually it are 305's xP

[stiff bloom]

at least 1st party

[compact grotto]

I wouldn't know

[charred depot]

80-90's french cars best cars

[white heart]

Sadly, Renault might also be giving up the Mégane RS soon

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/FK1xdLoAV30?t=7
a good sounding mustang

[stoic ledge]

Nobody is buying it really

[white heart]

Which I find hella sad, I really like those small sporty car

[stoic ledge]

Which is a shame tbh

[white heart]

Yeah unfortunately, it's a good car too

[stoic ledge]

Only German stuff slightly sells for that

🥲

[white heart]

Really sad, prolly not impressing people since it doesn't have too much hp

[stiff bloom]

WHAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[stiff bloom]

facts

[white heart]

Yep, car doesn't sell well enough, rumors so far, but it might happen

[stoic ledge]

Idk for other countries, but in NL it has gotten wat too expensive (emissions tax), Germany only buys German, and the type guys who import them only think Audi and VW is cool, Renault = French = nah

🥹

[stiff bloom]

mannnnnnnnn the Megane RS was probably the best hot hatch on sale currently imo

(having never driven one ofc )

[stoic ledge]

Don't think Megane RS is even sold here anymore

[hexed kayak]

im not saying the new mustangs cant sound really good . its just everyone makes them sound like ass with the exhausts they put on them

[compact grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/asu-gif-24119609

[stiff bloom]

that's a fair take, but also not really fair to attribute to the car itself? idk

[stiff bloom]

ewwww no

I mean it's a great car I'm sure but it's woefully underequipped in most areas compared to other hothatches

also hot take: hot hatches aren't AWD

[hexed kayak]

and its specifically that top of the rev range racket that pisses me off

[stoic ledge]

Cancelled in NL in 2020

[white heart]

Sad

[compact grotto]

They wish their manufacturer had the balls to make it AWD.

Instead of wrong wheel drive.

[stiff bloom]

nah making a FWD car AWD ruins the dynamics

sure you get the launch but they feel so off

only the bigger ones tend to have any success

[white heart]

Fwd is decent. Dont see the wrong with the Mégane RS being fwd

[hexed kayak]

i mean when 90% of the ones you see are like that its techincally "the way the car is" atleast to you

[stiff bloom]

that makes sense but also it isn't how the car comes from factory which is... unfair to me. idk

[hexed kayak]

i see more loud v8 mustangs than i do stock ones of any engine

[compact grotto]

You don't. You think you do because you notice the loud ones.

[stiff bloom]

and that's extremely subjective. I could easily have seen more stock ones than non stock

[compact grotto]

But statistically, you dont

[stiff bloom]

and who's to say who is right?

[stoic ledge]

Megane RS Ultime (= final version) would cost almost 90k here

[hexed kayak]

trust me i do. i notice everything in traffic. my autism brain has a thing for tracking all the less than common cars i see

[stiff bloom]

FUQ

[white heart]

holy shit thats expensive

[stiff bloom]

that's so brutal

[white heart]

im not sure i can even defend that

[stoic ledge]

30k less in Belgium or Germany

[stiff bloom]

i defo cant, I can't even defend the CTR being 40k

[hexed kayak]

even just a weird trim of some shit box ill notice

[stiff bloom]

that's totally fair

[white heart]

i mean even as a proud patriot i cant defend that lol

[charred depot]

How much would a saab engine fitted to a Lada cost for road tax

[stiff bloom]

right?

[hexed kayak]

however much a stock lada costs because its not modded

[stiff bloom]

okay i'm convinced this guy is sexually attracted to ladas or smth jesus christ

[hexed kayak]

you arent?

[charred depot]

I see 4 every day

[stoic ledge]

Road tax? Idk, I can check if you have an empty weight for me 😛

[white heart]

ye lol, the cool thing with the megane was that its cheaper than most other sport car usually

[charred depot]

I would imagine its around a tonne

[compact grotto]

If a GR Yaris isn't a hot hatch, a FWD hot hatch isn't then a "sports car"

[stoic ledge]

Well an RS3 is €110k to it's cheaper than that at least

[white heart]

at least ig

[hexed kayak]

i noticed a lumina on the opposite side of the highway yesterday

[stiff bloom]

sure, I'll agree with that

[stoic ledge]

Then it's not crazy expensive but I'll check

[white heart]

sure

i honestly dont really know what a hothatch is, i prolly know the french word but english ? nah

[stoic ledge]

€464/year

For a petrol weighing 1000kg

[compact grotto]

historically, light FWD hatchbacks with a hot engine and some suspension tuning vs. the standard model.

This is a commonly accepted definition. TBH its not exactly written in stone.

[white heart]

ahhh ok

[hexed kayak]

the gr yaris isnt a hot hatch. its satan distilled into a compact toyota

[stiff bloom]

think golf GTI, Focus RS thru Mk2, Civic Type R

[stoic ledge]

Astra OPC

[white heart]

i like the civic and the golf

[stiff bloom]

sure im not familiar with that one but ill run with it lmao

ok haha

[compact grotto]

I don't think I agree that simply driving the back wheels as well as the front makes it not a hot hatch. Its still hot, its still a hatch. I mean.........

[stoic ledge]

308 GTi
208 GTi
Clio RS
Corsa OPC
Fabia vRS
Polo GTi
Fiesta ST
i20n
i30n
...

[cold cypress]

oh yeah

i love the astra

[stoic ledge]

Astra 💯

[stiff bloom]

that's fine, you can disagree, like you said it's not a strict definition

[white heart]

i love the gti model on peugeot

[hexed kayak]

renault 5 turbo: am i a joke to you

[stiff bloom]

I just don't think AWD really fits the HotHatch persona, yknow?

[stiff bloom]

well that had a hatch in the same way that the cybertruck has a bed

[cold cypress]

hm pretty sure it depends on the body type of the car!

so a fast light hatchback= hot hatch

[stiff bloom]

"yeah, technically? but good luck using it lmao"

[hexed kayak]

hey now. it had a normal trim model with a usuable trunk. it still counts

[compact grotto]

I mean that's just whatever the hell it wants to be

[stiff bloom]

well the hot version has to also be usable lmao

imo ofc

[cold cypress]

the gr yaris is tinyyy

it’s hatch is small

[compact grotto]

My ownership experience was a 97 Integra GS-R and a 2012 VW GTI.

[stiff bloom]

and its also smaller than a regular yaris' cuz of the awd

[white heart]

my grandpa used to drive a gti, older model tho

[stiff bloom]

ditto with the mk3 focus rs

[cold cypress]

yup we have a normal hybrid and it’s tiny

not as tiny as our aygo but you get the point

[stiff bloom]

also i'm iffy on homologation specials. those are more sports cars imo. ESP with the R5 being rwd

[cold cypress]

now why would they not make a hot hatch version of the aygo just for fun and giggles

[stiff bloom]

cuz aston martin did it first

https://youtu.be/9N5s1z7-JnI?si=NJUzd5917ZQ71ZWb

[hexed kayak]

that would make the cobalt ss supercharged a true sports car. cause it was a homologation car for SCCA

[stiff bloom]

pfffffffff no way

[cold cypress]

ok but the second gen aygo would look good as a hot hatch

[stiff bloom]

really? They hardly changed anything

[white heart]

hilarious car

[stiff bloom]

look i love me a cobalt ss as much as the next guy (hell i got the hatch version), but no way thats a homologation special

[hexed kayak]

everything but the body is different on those cars. different torsion beam different control arms etc

it can all be bolted onto any cobalt though

[stoic ledge]

Technically an up! GTi existed

But it was quite disappointing

HHR SS Panel Van tho

[hexed kayak]

if you dig deep on the ss forums you should be able to find info about it

theres even a prototype supercharger relating to that stuff

[stiff bloom]

aw jeez well sorry but I ain't about to go do research, if i cant find it in the first couple google pages i give up haha

[hexed kayak]

there was i think 3 or 4 made and people are running them to this day

its called the h62

[stiff bloom]

yeah i wanted one of those super bad until i learned the panels have literally no back seats, and that heavily killed it for me

[hexed kayak]

you ever hear about the ion land speed record in 04?

[stiff bloom]

https://www.yourcobalt.com/threads/h62-supercharger.41769/

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that makes it so great

[stiff bloom]

They were used in the time attack cobalts, they were not production. I'm not sure if it was powell that modified the m62 or if eaton/gm teamed up. I'm not sure the history completely but it was never put on the assembly line

ohhhhhhhhh whoops i misread

(your comment)

[stiff bloom]

na wazzat

[hexed kayak]

fyi powell is the guy who designed the suspension for the cobalts
he does custom work on them to this day

idk if you know

[hexed kayak]

"In an attempt to massage peoples perceptions of the plebian brand General Motors took to Wendover, Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats on Friday, October 17, 2003, with a highly modified ION Red Line quad coupe, racing it into the record books in the process."

"Managing 342.282 km/h (212.684 mph), the Saturn, piloted by General Motors veteran and pro driver Jim Minneker, reached a record top speed for the G/Blown Fuel Altered class. No small feat, the pumped up ION tromped on the old record set by a modified 2001 Honda Civic by a convincing 46.986 km/h (29.196 mph)."

https://www.auto123.com/en/news/modified-saturn-ion-red-line-sets-record-on-bonneville-salt-flats/43797/

[stiff bloom]

Pretty badass

[misty mantle]

Fastest saturn ever

[stiff bloom]

I mean actually I'm petty sure saturn has an orbital velocity of several hundred thousand miles per hour so there

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/haha-kid-laugh-laughing-naughty-gif-16857180

[stoic ledge]

Best GM Saturn is the Saturn Astra

[hexed kayak]

sc1 supremacy

and L series

[stiff bloom]

Hmmm that and l are close imo

Prolly give the l the slight edge because it wasn't as badge engineered

[stoic ledge]

GTC skyroof tho

[stiff bloom]

Saturn is exhibit #4784577 on how gm just can't let us have nice things

[stiff bloom]

We never got that

[hexed kayak]

i used to have a stupid L series
shitty rotten wagon that was lsj/b207R swapped and made 280hp

[stiff bloom]

Amazing

[stoic ledge]

Wasn't the L-series some Vectra underneath?

[hexed kayak]

and the g8 ute

[stiff bloom]

Nah iirc it was bespoke

[stiff bloom]

And the fiero and gto and Blackwing and ss and and and

[hexed kayak]

it was going into production. until pontiac shot itself in the back of the head 7 times

[stoic ledge]

GM2900 platform, same as Vectra and Saab

[stiff bloom]

Wait what was? The l series?

[hexed kayak]

pontiac g8 pickup truck

[stiff bloom]

I was taking about l series chassis here

[stiff bloom]

O. But at least it wasn't same as Chevy

[stiff bloom]

Ah

[stoic ledge]

It wasn't a 1:1 rebadge no

[hexed kayak]

we also cant forget to mention the chevy SS
that gm never advertised beyond allowing you to build one on their site

and then killed it cause it didnt sell well

[stoic ledge]

Saturn Aura was a Vectra C

Different interior tho

More... Chevrolet

[hexed kayak]

how many cars do you get with this wheel over there. cause in my time in the junkyard ive counted 23 different models this wheel came in

@stiff bloom i know a mod you might like for your hhr

and mk would approve cause its oem

[stoic ledge]

That's the funny thing... None, the Opel's had a slightly different wheel

Cruise control on the indicator stalk

And screen wheels on the steeringwheel

Classic GM

[hexed kayak]

corvettes had an identical wheel but its much much nicer

[stoic ledge]

Making the same but slightly different

All the switchgear you see there is not used in any Opel

[hexed kayak]

if you mean the stalks thats probably a good thing. they like to randomly snap these days cause of nearly 20 years of sun

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that, but also HVAC, steeringwheel, radio...

We had these scroll wheels on the steeringwheel

Took OPC wheels as there are more close-ups of those

[misty mantle]

It's the same wheel with a different horn emblem and grip portion

[hexed kayak]

i know. thats the point

drop in upgrade

[misty mantle]

I bet there's a chevy emblem under that Corvette emblem

[hexed kayak]

there isnt. they make like 12 different badges for that wheel

one of them says SS and is exlusive to the HHR SS

[misty mantle]

They just glue it over the chevy one

[native ermine]

ew Opel

[hexed kayak]

thats still makes me mad. why didnt the cobalt get it

[hexed kayak]

I cant hear you over the opel noises

[winged raft]

Better winter car/daily?

[hexed kayak]

neither

get a shitbox and dont look back

[misty mantle]

A merc or beamer for a winter car?

Hell no

[hexed kayak]

either really rich or really dumb

[hexed kayak]

fwd is fun in the winter

nothing like almost spinning out then flooring it and having the car straighten up

you can do some pretty cool pirouettes if you take advantage of lift off oversteer

[misty mantle]

Even a rwd is fun

Though you can spin out a bit easier

[hexed kayak]

yeah but that gets old in 5 mins once a really bad snow happens

[native ermine]

your not a real driver till you daily rwd manual every winter

especially in heavy snow driving

[winged raft]

What if we're past that

[hexed kayak]

i did that for a few years and now never want to again. i got tired of driving down the highway at a 45 degree angle

[winged raft]

AWD performance with a nice interior, what's wrong with that

[misty mantle]

Everything

[hexed kayak]

because everyone's driving beaters that only have to last 4 months. its not a matter of if but when your car gets smoked

[stoic ledge]

Same air vent as the Astra tho

That part transferred

[hexed kayak]

[winged raft]

Maybe if you're doing a bunch of snow driving

What if you just want a speedy year round car to drive

That could handle a ton of snow

[hexed kayak]

Mine drove out of this on bald tires

[winged raft]

https://tenor.com/view/romanoffslvr-romanofflvr-gif-25692536

[white heart]

?

[hard sandal]

Space ball

Miss mine

[winged raft]

I bet they're bulletproof

[hard sandal]

Yeah they are PCV, cracking cylinder walls, angle gear, 4C adjustable suspension, radio

The M66 is a damn good transmission though

[hexed kayak]

Every issue mentioned but pcv is very avoidable

[hard sandal]

🤷🏼‍♂️ I just listed off the common areas of failure

[hexed kayak]

Cracked walls is an R issue
Angle gear is an AWD issue
4c is classic electric suspension issues
Radio meh thats more of a hit or miss thing than a common problem

Thats why i got a 2.5t fwd without 4c
All the volvo none of the problems.
Radios been replaced with aftermarket
And i have a replacement pcv system on standby

[hard sandal]

The radios on those cars have a decently high failure rate and they’re a pain to find that’s why most of these have an aftermarket head unit

[hexed kayak]

mine still works. its just shit :(

[hexed kayak]

where do you live cause radios are easy here.

you need one? i can get 4 rn

https://kennyupull.com/auto-parts/our-inventory/?nb_items=14&sort=date&input-select-brand-1750285648-auto-parts=VOLVO&brand=volvo&input-select-model-352338720-auto-parts=S60&model=s60&input-select-model_year-281411305-auto-parts=All+Years&model_year=all-years&input-select-branch-179261502-auto-parts=Multiple&branch[]=1457182&branch[]=1457184&branch[]=1457185&branch[]=1457189&branch[]=1457192&branch[]=1457198&branch[]=1457202#search-filters

@hard sandal

[hard sandal]

I don’t need one I’ve not had my S60R for over two years now

[hexed kayak]

joke

[hard sandal]

But the radio in mine worked it was just the fact that the radio in the R’s is hard to find

And they’re old now so things stop working

[spare summit]

We ended up going with a ford escape 2020 se.

It was 16500 out the door with all taxes and fees.

84k miles on it.

[hexed kayak]

https://kennyupull.com/part/volvo-s60-2008-kup-ottawa-859539/

i might actually have to go pillage this car. people will not fucking stop bumping my car and what was once a prestine paint job at 324k is now a prestine body with scuffed up bumpers and a fender

[hexed kayak]

someone even managed to put a nasty dent in my trunk without damaging the bumper more

[hard sandal]

I’m sorry

[hard sandal]

Gotta love how people least hit things to hit em, a ford ranger backed into my daily in an empty parking lot and destroyed my right rear quarter panel

[hexed kayak]

rip

[hexed kayak]

you had an s60 so you know how fucking hard it is to dent the trunk without fucking up the bumper

theres like a 4 in buffer

[hard sandal]

Oh yeah you got a whole ass dinner table hanging off for the rear bumper

[hard sandal]

That’s wild

Looks like someone hit it with something rather than a collision

[hexed kayak]

i dont talk to people theres nobody i could have pissed off

[hard sandal]

People are just assholes

[hexed kayak]

still i bet who ever did that was expecting a bigger dent

small hits dont lift paint

[hard sandal]

They probably were, I bet they didn’t account for Swedish steel and build quality

My R still to this day has yet to be beaten with a more satisfying door shutting experience

[hexed kayak]

thats the thing i hate the most about cobalts

its like closing a flimsy closet door

but they are fast as hell on track sooo

[hard sandal]

They’re fast because they’re flimsy lol there’s no material to weigh them down

GM and Chrysler were both bad about flimsy cars though

[hard sandal]

The Volvo even sounds more satisfying

Solid and sturdy

Turbo brick superiority

I found a $500 E46, I just received $600, the universe is speaking to me

[hexed kayak]

s60 doors:

cobalt doors:

[hard sandal]

Literally though 😂

[hexed kayak]

do it

then burn up the clutch drifting and sell it to a 16 year old for 2k

@hard sandal 🇸🇪

Thats an authentic ikea food court flag bud.
Show some respekt

[hard sandal]

I’d probably keep it lol I don’t have a fun car rn and I have an insatiable thirst for one lmao a manual 330ci would scratch that itch

[misty mantle]

Iykyk

[supple anchor]

Not me with a German plate on the front of mine

[supple anchor]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/785598329052594176/1243329507511767191/IMG_3739.jpg?ex=665265d6&is=66511456&hm=d1d5b6d093fc2e3f2724b1d860ae5423b010307f21933c8c775f740fabeed966&

Me fr

[hard sandal]

Jokes cause redblocks don’t need parts those mf’s are indestructible

Also why they have no junkyard finds, they don’t break 😂

But they make like negative horsepower so I mean

[hexed kayak]

ever seen a cuban car?

the dimensions on some of those cars are sometimes .5 to 1 inch bigger all aorund just due to all the paint layers

[hollow pasture]

Bro this is an eg coupe this been on south-carolina its whole life

[winged raft]

Anyone hear about Mr Sqeezite Benzington

[hexed kayak]

its an early 90s honda. they spent the 00s and a good chunk of the 10s getting resprayed everytime a new 16 year old got it

ive seen so many hondas with 6+ colors

[cold cypress]

how would we characterise the 1.6 tdi in the tiguan

[wraith rivet]

😂

[hexed kayak]

i want to try to find a diesel gate vw

[violet meteor]

hi please help me

So i have this random problem on my VW 1.9 TDI

When I accelerate moderately-hard my car makes a grinding noise for 2 seconds until i let go of the pedal and my car loses speed in that time

This happens very very random (2 times a day, never in a month, then once again after) and 90% when i use my AC

whats wrong

[civic spoke]

No idea.
That's a super vague description.

[violet meteor]

i wish i could record it but

It happens so rare and random

thing is i never had it happebed

with AC off

[civic spoke]

I wonder if it's the cabin fan giving up the ghost. But that shouldn't make your car lose power/speed.

[viscid vault]

Not that I have ever heard of anything similar before, but I suppose dying AC compressor could do that. It takes power from the engine via serpentine belt, and spins freely when not on.

[supple anchor]

I wouldn’t go that far

Mine had developed some slight rod knock

To be fair I can’t blame it after 400k miles

[hard sandal]

Well I was exaggerating but yeah half a million miles is pretty damn reliable lol

[supple anchor]

I’m swapping the engine

[hollow pasture]

Man it's actually scary getting a block ready for devconning

The actual amount you have to score the top inch of the coolant jackets

Stupid and scary

[hard sandal]

What are you devconing?

I’m just curious what you’re building that you gotta do that lol

[hollow pasture]

D16z6 block with a y8 head, big cam, big turbo, motors gonna push probably 12-15 psi

Block already has iron sleeve inserts just no cylinder support

Devcon will be my cyl support

[hard sandal]

Ahh gotcha, hell yeah man

[hollow pasture]

I'm building this motor to put the beat down on e85 N/A K series swaps

And also to bully scatpacks and golfs

It's probably gonna peak out at like 600 when I get it tuned for e85, that motors going in a chassis that weighs less than 1800lbs tho

Yes this is the daily :)

[white heart]

So true

[misty mantle]

Had some idiot going the other way go too far into my lane while I was driving home a bit ago, I had to put the truck in the ditch
That wasn't a fun ride
Nearly had 5 gallons of 15-40 in my carpet

[native ermine]

Welp

🙃

husky compressor just threw it's rod

[stiff bloom]

yeah i threw that in there yesterday ;P

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/all-ears-hear-out-im-listening-attentive-hearken-gif-22832705

[stiff bloom]

wait really? This thing is exclusive?

[hexed kayak]

yup

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom

[hexed kayak]

.

[hexed kayak]

my ptsd has been triggered /s

[stiff bloom]

o eww no gross, i hate alcantara

esp on street cars

[hexed kayak]

there is like 100 different wheels for the vette cause people actually give a fuck about them

[stiff bloom]

tho at least its a place that requires high grip

[hexed kayak]

you can get a carbon wheel

[stiff bloom]

o shid, any that don't have shitty buttons? MK's scroll wheels looked neat tho almost definitely wont interact well with the MFD

[stiff bloom]

deezwons

[stiff bloom]

that's so tacky. I love it

peak mid-2000s content

[hexed kayak]

I can put up with it cause its mostly oem plus.
Its not like those god awful momo wheels like look like a 90s arcade racer cabinet

[stiff bloom]

all that stuff is equally good to me, just so long as you're selfaware lmao which of course most people don't

[hexed kayak]

One of those baby compressors threw a rod and gave me this scar @native ermine

[dawn glade]

oh
damn
I got the digital one from Canadian Tire
will be careful when operating it

[misty mantle]

How in the name of all thats holy did that happen

[hexed kayak]

i tired to fill a high pressure bmx bike tire

the compressor grenaded around 160 psi

[misty mantle]

Like the air equivalent of dumping a bunch of water into a running engine and having it go boom?

[cold cypress]

does the qashqai have timing chain issues? we love the car but had a mechanic tell us to stay away

[eager grove]

Every mum in England drives one, so problems can’t be that bad

What year?

[stoic ledge]

Most importantly, what engine

1.3 TCe is definitely better than de 1.2 TCe

[eager grove]

No replacement for displacement

[cold cypress]

2016, 1.6dci

it’s a top trim too, we love it

but if it’s that unreliable we’ll be looking into the grandland

[eager grove]

You’ll get the odd one with issues but I think in general you’ll be fine. Can’t imagine it’s going to be much more or less reliable on average than a grand land

[violet meteor]

why the noise at the final

[pure pond]

thats normal

[violet meteor]

it doesnt happen in the other direction

[compact grotto]

Meh, coulda gone longer.

[white heart]

Dust filter for ac ?

What is that

[civic spoke]

Looks like your average intake filter.

[white heart]

Thanks

[white heart]

I like

Look good

Honestly id kill for a good Peugeot as my first car

Something like a 406

To be fair rn Im struggling to learn the laws of the roads

[worldly oasis]

I never even studied

And passed first try

Use common sense

[nova vortex]

reminds me of olden top gear

[limber whale]

Was leaving a concert for a smaller artist last night and I saw a cybertruck in the parking lot for the first time in person

And I can confirm

it looks pretty stupid

longer than I thought it would be for some reason

[misty mantle]

If it wasn't for Clarkson slapping one of the show's producers, we would likely still have those 3 legends on Top Gear

[tepid wing]

Are there places you can rent a garage for project cars? 🤔

[spring basin]

That’s called a storage unit I think

[misty mantle]

Yeah

[tepid wing]

Hrm, didn't think that doing actual work in one was okay.

[misty mantle]

As long as you get it fully cleaned up after, they don't care

[wraith rivet]

that's what i thought too, something about that picture maybe the colors or somn idk

[white heart]

You see the thing is that we don't only learn rules of the road but also how a car work, which part to fix, and tons of other shit

First aid and other shit

Common sense just ain't enough esp since most rules don't even make sense nor the questions do

[worldly oasis]

sorry im too american to understand

if you dont cause multi car crashes on your drivers test its basically home free here

[winged raft]

Idc what else they teach or don't teach they need to start nailing it into people to MOVE RIGHT

[white heart]

Your test is just driving for a bit right ?

Here I think I'd rather do a test on every subject at once than pass my driving test

[wispy cloak]

Finished at 2am on the dot

Took about five hours

[nova vortex]

true 😭

[nova vortex]

the top gear track

[misty mantle]

3.0/4.0?

[tepid wing]

That used to not be the case and it really needs to go back to real tests with regular follow ups.

[wispy cloak]

2.3

[leaden solar]

stearing rack mb? maybe even the tire rod needs replacing since my dads bmw x3 had the same type of problem by having rubber sounds

[violet meteor]

is it a problem if the car drives good and theres no weird movement

[leaden solar]

not really just the rod is worn out

[violet meteor]

ok thanks

[leaden solar]

if it's starting to pull then it's a problem

[violet meteor]

wdym by pull?

[misty mantle]

Oh, I only saw 3 exhaust ports. I forgot the Alternator hides one of them from certain angles on the 2.3

[wispy cloak]

The power was trying to escape

[misty mantle]

Uncle Rodney, is that you?

[misty mantle]

Also, back when I had my ranger, I had did spark plugs on it. I had managed to get the spark plug that's right next to the alternator cross-threaded, and it ended up blowing out while my parents were using the truck for a dump run while I was out of state

I'm never living that one down

[wispy cloak]

That's a big womp womp

[misty mantle]

Didn't end up needing a head, luckily

[leaden solar]

make the whole car move to one side

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle you ever seen how oem or die volvo people are?

Someone in a volvo group asked what spark plugs they should buy and this was posted

[misty mantle]

[misty mantle]

Wait until they realize that their tires aren't volvo ones

[vocal mural]

Bosch iridium

[misty mantle]

Ford motorcraft

[white heart]

Clean ngl

Those tyres are nice

[coarse oriole]

i got this for free

[white heart]

What's that ? A turbo ?

[wraith rivet]

How?

[coarse oriole]

75mm turbo

[coarse oriole]

luck

[white heart]

Nice

What you're gonna put it on ?

[coarse oriole]

crown vic

its not ment for the crown vic but im going to make it work

[white heart]

The police cruisers ?

[coarse oriole]

yeah

[white heart]

Nice

[hexed kayak]

wait until they realize volvo plugs are bosch plugs

[tame steppe]

oh yeah

[hollow pasture]

I finally got the boys together up ceasars head in NC

Next stop mnt sassafras then tail of the dragon

The eks brakes were absolutely coooooking on the downhill

I've got videos of the downhill in the miata but idk if I'm allowed to post those here

[hollow pasture]

Oh and for those who don't know, this is what ceasars head is

[nova vortex]

what does a wastegate do?

[leaden solar]

On a turbo?

[nova vortex]

ye

the spinny bois

[fair moon]

Limits the boost pressure so you don't keep spooling and adding boost until you grenade your motor

Basically there's (usually a spring) something that will open the wastegate in the compressor at a certain pressure to let air out so it won't keep building boost

[dusty dome]

Why do cars go t..t..t..t after you turn them off? I heard it's the radiator cooling down and the metal contracting? Can I get a second opinion on that?

[fair moon]

yeah

hot metals cooling off

[leaden solar]

yes metal

[hollow pasture]

Regulates the boost pressure either with a spring or a a boost controller that forces the wastegate to open above or below specified pressure

[nova vortex]

e

so if I remove the waste gate, can I get more power?

[hollow pasture]

Uh

No

That's how you overboost a motor and send a piston to orbit

@nova vortex I very highly recommend doing alot of research about aftermarket support on your motor

Do not just remove a wastegate

If you do that it won't recirculate the exhaust Gas pressure back into the motor

Eg you'd make vacuum boost and nothing more

Effectively you'd be running a turbo motor naturally aspirated

[nova vortex]

me no have motor

me have brain power for assetto corsa

I'm tryna tune some cars

and it includes touching the wastegate

[fair moon]

until you send a rod through your block maybe

so maybe about 2 seconds

well it depends what you mean by remove

by remove you mean force shut? rod through block
by remove you mean delete? you'll make zero boost

yes

assetto models engine damage

[nova vortex]

managed to disable it

[nova vortex]

basically open flow the thing

[fair moon]

So no boost

[nova vortex]

yay

my brain doesn't work now

[fair moon]

if you increase the stiffness of the spring (wastegate pressure) that will increase the boost pressure before it opens

[nova vortex]

so higher value wastegate = more 🔥🔥

[hexed kayak]

I just did a light speed oil change

@misty mantle

Under 4.5 mins with one hand

All on video

[misty mantle]

Impressive

[hexed kayak]

Too big to send but ig this is close enough

@misty mantle ngl i should upload that to youtube as a no bullshit oil change tutorial

[misty mantle]

GFs cobalt?

[hexed kayak]

Yup

[misty mantle]

For some stupid reason I thought it was on the volvo

[misty mantle]

You should

[hexed kayak]

Volvo is even easier

Oil filter is 4in from the drain plug

The way it should be

[hollow pasture]

The way God intended

Shout out Mazda btw

Everything is under a small panel less than a foot wide

[hexed kayak]

It is NOT this easy on my ss

@misty mantle buried

How my arm looks pulling the filter out of those two cars

[terse raptor]

My arm used to be a little bent after I broke it

It's pretty much back to normal now though

[misty mantle]

oof

[charred depot]

My radiator needs removed for an oil change or I have to drop the engine off its mounts onto a jack and move it backwards

[pure pond]

Crusty and some thick bondo🙃

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle im pissed

[misty mantle]

What happened?

[hexed kayak]

Gfs father was like “well since your doing oil changes today”

He came from like 3500km away lol

[misty mantle]

What's he got you doing? Another oil change?

[hexed kayak]

Yup

[misty mantle]

💀

[hexed kayak]

Atleast its got a nice engine

LTG
Baby brother to the lnf in my car

Its also found in the Camaro

[white heart]

nah bruh thats crazy

[native ermine]

its a Jeep thing

[misty mantle]

Looks like whislindiesel got his hands on a Cybertruck

[civic spoke]

RIP suspension and control arms.

[misty mantle]

It aint lasting more than 1 video

[civic spoke]

I mean, yeah.

[hexed kayak]

hes gonna total it in 1 just to prove a point on top of the truck being fragile

[civic spoke]

100% sure that they will end up shooting it, too.

[misty mantle]

Yep.

[civic spoke]

The question is just if they will use a minigun or not.

[misty mantle]

Yeah, probably with the Abrams

[hexed kayak]

i wanna see it fold under a tank track

[misty mantle]

It'll probably get run over by both the Abrams and Monstermax

[hollow pasture]

He has a fleet of 5 cybertrucks rn

And multiple f150s

[civic spoke]

One for each test. Eh?

[hollow pasture]

We all know he's gonna hit 1 small jump and it's gonna fall apart with the Lego breaking noise

[misty mantle]

Oh

1 truck destroyed per video

Yeah

[hollow pasture]

Realistically this is where whistlindiesel either explodes in popularity again

Or bro gets absolutely shmacked by tesla fanboys

[misty mantle]

Cody has already had a tesla drive though a garage door, had said tesla on 10-foot tall wagon wheels, driven said tesla upside down on said wheels, and sent said telsa down a hill on said wheels.

If he didn't get smacked for that, I dont think he'll get smacked for the cybertrucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq5Q1qKW-1g

[hollow pasture]

Yea thats not a cybertruck tho

Also he Def did get blasted for the original tesla video

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle

[misty mantle]

lol

[white heart]

thats fucking hilarious

[nocturne sonnet]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7hdi7FSi7v/?igsh=dWhvOHd1cjB6Y2xh

Instagram

[hollow pasture]

Shoutout the only shop in greenville that has an awd dyno, they normally charge $650 for a dyno tune but for the next couple months , if you get a basemap from them it costs $325, then if you want to fully dyno tune it afterwards instead of paying an additional $650, it's also only $325

[nova vortex]

NAW 😭

[bleak pewter]

oh fs

[nova vortex]

eu trucks are better though

if it means toppling your house

[hollow pasture]

Smh, bro needs to gap these sparkplugs again

[signal hemlock]

Lancer IX best 4wd car

[native ermine]

that sounds like rod knock

[hollow pasture]

It's not knock

Bottom end was rebuilt 2000 miles ago top end was rebuilt 800 miles ago

Extremely healthy motor and race bearings

Taken a stethoscope to every cyl and valve, no knock or tick, gsr motors are super finicky about spark gap

[native ermine]

i see

[tepid wing]

Sounds like a design flaw.

[native ermine]

you mean like a skill issue

[wraith rivet]

Real

so handy dandy

fuck oil change places that panel is missing a few bolts because of them

[hollow pasture]

Don't go to a cheap shop then?

[hollow pasture]

Sorta, they don't really care stock ad long as it's within tolerance

But when you start adding 15+ psi of boost and 1000cc injectors it's kinda hard to balance everything especially with a distributor based system

Specifically with honda dizzys you can either run super clean on top end or you can idle super clean

There is no combination :(

Unless we decide to do a coil on plug swap from a k series

[tepid wing]

And I'm here planning on throwing motors into a car once day. I just don't want to worry about all of that mechanical complexity in the engine.

[tepid wing]

How much power does that produce?

Also apparently the motors Lucid uses are absolutely insane?

[stiff bloom]

https://images.craigslist.org/01313_64y0DkONMut_0lM0t2_1200x900.jpg

man, i miss the days of pretty engine bays

the kicker is, this isn't even special. It's a Saturn L300. Can be yours for the low low price of just a shade under $3000

[tepid wing]

How the heck are you supposed to find stuff like motors? The couple of OEM part websites I checked didn't seem to have them.

[charred depot]

huh? breakers

unless you want to fork out for a brand new one : |

[tepid wing]

Breakers?

Honestly looking for things like physical dimensions, voltages, currents, etc..

[vagrant cedar]

remade the Lark livery on the Jesko in FH5 for fun

also

[fair moon]

I feel like the money spent doing this would be worth the time and pain saved trying to get everything perfect with your current setup

But that's just me

[hollow pasture]

480 on e85

[tepid wing]

That's pretty good.

[hollow pasture]

It's $1700 for the coil on plug upgrade

Plus you need a standalone ecu

[fair moon]

(You're this far in and don't have a standalone ECU already?)

[hollow pasture]

That's 200 less than high hp drag d series motors

[hollow pasture]

Correct

This is a budget build

[fair moon]

Damn

More power to ya

[hollow pasture]

Thanks

It blew up so I tore it down

[hollow pasture]

Oh, I mean I have a aftermarket ecu and data logger, but it's a modified stock honda ecu, not a standalone unit like a haltec or something similar

[fair moon]

Yeah

[hollow pasture]

I prefer hondata though, it gives me way more control over flex fuel tables and boost tables than a haltec unit

It also is literally plug and play as opposed to "man I hope this shit starts"

[hollow pasture]

Alldata, forums, literally just googling hey how big is this motor and what's its running specs

[hexed kayak]

with an attitude like this you should stick to cars under 7 years old

[wraith rivet]

they’re all bad

anybody being paid by the job and not by the hour is bound to care less

[hollow pasture]

Extremely loud incorrect buzzer

[wraith rivet]

in other news we replaced the battery on this jetski because we thought that’s why it wouldn’t turn over, still doesn’t. Checked the oil and noticed it looks kind of milky

[hollow pasture]

I've worked in 3 different 3rd party oil change places, not a single one has paid by job rather than hour

[wraith rivet]

could it be seized 😔

[tepid wing]

Fair enough, I guess I just don't know the correct ways to search for this info yet.

[hollow pasture]

Google is your friend

[hexed kayak]

you also have to remember. its a boat it could just have a leaky engine seal

[wraith rivet]

Wdym?

[hexed kayak]

most boats arent actually water tight which is why they have bilge pumps
if it sits on the water for a long time there will be water that sits inside the hull. if there is some leaky seals on the engine water can get into there and mix with the oil

[wraith rivet]

ohh I see

it’s a 2021 sea doo that’s been sitting on a trailer for the past year - year and a half

there’s no water in the engine compartment but I guess it’s possible? maybe last time it was used water got into the intake or somn

I think it could also possibly be the impeller being bound up because apparently someone drove it over a bunch of gravel 😭

[stiff bloom]

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/modern/2024/5/video-new-lexus-gt3-racer-tests-at-spa-ahead-of-2026-debut/amp/

[novel relic]

Well youre a loooong way from home

North limburg (BE)

[misty mantle]

I've seen a Renault Van here in the states

Specifically in Yosemite National Park.

[hollow pasture]

Porque? Why tf is a Texan in the Netherlands

[misty mantle]

More important question: Why did they pay to import their damn car

[hollow pasture]

Bro paid half the price of the car to drive his poopy fwd renegade there

[misty mantle]

Probably more like more than the car is actually worth

[hollow pasture]

Nah it's only $17k to get a car shipped overseas by cargo or ferry

[misty mantle]

More than that car is actually worth. It's a disposable Chrysler product that is probably way past it's life expectancy

[hollow pasture]

It's past it's life expectancy the second it leaves he assembly line

[misty mantle]

True lmao

[novel relic]

(BE)!!! ;-;

[misty mantle]

One of my friends has a 2014 Jeep Patriot that's on it's 3rd engine rebuild and due for it's 4th

[novel relic]

Its also still insured and stuff

It was us spec

So what i think is maybe military?

[misty mantle]

Or just someone with money to burn.

Oh, wait, they own a jeep. Disregard that

[novel relic]

And a fwd shitbox jeep at that

[misty mantle]

Yep. Granted every model jeep has currently has at least 5 things wrong with them

[hollow pasture]

Yea , like the fact it's on the road at all

[misty mantle]

Yeah

[novel relic]

Does this jeep also has death wobble you think?

[misty mantle]

Possibly, though the torque steer may be counteracting it since it's a fwd

The wranglers and Gladiators are the ones that really get it, though

Actually, most straight-axle front end trucks can end up with the death wobble

Half the time it's from a bad steering damper

[hollow pasture]

cough ford

[misty mantle]

Yeah, Fords too

[hollow pasture]

Mmmmmm crispy chippies

[misty mantle]

Crusty

[hollow pasture]

That's a rod bearing

[misty mantle]

I can tell.

Spun?

[hollow pasture]

Oh yall might love this

Coolest exhaust I've seen on a jdm car in south carolina yet

1jz power baybee

[misty mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kK7lQZSks So yall know the Econoline vans that have been made to look like a boat in the rear?

Turns out the rear is actually a boat

[stiff bloom]

As someone whose dad owned an Econoline Centurion for a long time, can confirm that they're all this way

[misty mantle]

Coolest dad on the block, lol

[stiff bloom]

He certainly thought so 😅

[native ermine]

soo is that from the gapped spark plugs or....

same car i mean

[hollow pasture]

No? The fuck????????

The car with the plug shenanigans is me and my buddies project del sol

It's got a 74mm turbo on a GS-R motor meaning it makes beeeeg boost

That bearing is from my d16z6

[native ermine]

ah

[charred depot]

honda owners otw to fit a wuhan war whistle making the car borderline unusable for normal driving

[wraith rivet]

I know how water got into my friends jetski

||hose running before the engine was on, for whatever reason the exhaust is connected to the cooling system so it got filled from the back 😔||

everything was going good, got it cranking and almost running but then it stopped cranking again

tried it one more time and nothing again.. but my friend kept holding the start button and it slowly got faster and faster and turned over

I hope the rods didn’t bend, a bunch of water shot out and it made a terrible noise

[misty mantle]

If it slowly started turning over, he may have bent the rods

[wraith rivet]

big sigh

i told him to stop after i saw it slowly start tuning over but he didn't 😔

[misty mantle]

Engine teardown time

[wraith rivet]

:(

[hexed kayak]

next time you have an engine that may have water in it pull the plugs and injectors

https://youtu.be/K_KXrfRNGks?t=235

this was flooded and it ran again

probably didnt run for very long after cause its a modern audi that was underwater

[native ermine]

doggo

[wet summit]

Just ordered 2 12s, under seat box and a 0 gauge wiring kit

[desert ferry]

Noice

[desert ferry]

My lil shitbox decided to have an the iseu of starting but slowly stalling when cold and when hot barely running its single cylinder 4 stroke air cooled any tips on what it might be is highly appreciated since im nearly out of ideas

The block is a honda gx 200

[misty mantle]

I would start with a carb clean and go from there

[desert ferry]

Thats the thing ive cleaned and tested every external part of the motor im starting to think its due to low compresion

[fair moon]

could be a gunked up carb, could be an issue with the throttle valve, leak somewhere or yeah bad compression

thankfully that's easy to test

[misty mantle]

Valves may need to be lapped

Or it's just time for a overhaul

[desert ferry]

That might be the iseu since the initial loss of power was verry sudden but still running

[desert ferry]

That for sure i figured out the age of the oil

[misty mantle]

Has it ever been changed?

[desert ferry]

It might be the origonal from the manufacturer

[misty mantle]

What's the date code on the engine?

[desert ferry]

Its suposed to be 10-30 thickness

But its thick as hell

[desert ferry]

The motor is from 2013

[misty mantle]

🤦 Yep, she's probably fucked

I would imagine 1 look in the cylinder with a boroscope would tell you your problem

[desert ferry]

A new motor is only 500 with carb and everything due to it being an universal motor used is generators and construction machinery so might go with that route and make it a calm not need to be fixed today

[paper sandal]

I didi a 4200 Km trip with the Yaris I bought from a skatchy dealer

didn't break down by some meracle

[misty mantle]

Toyota moment

[wraith rivet]

i did pull plugs but not injectors

[desert ferry]

btw this is my lil shit box in question

It suprisingly fits 2 people comfortabely

[desert ferry]

Oooo 27 watt bulbs i better not cros u when u got high beams on

Or ima make my high beams 100 watt

[fair moon]

Hot

You'll melt the shit out of your housings

[civic spoke]

Kind of considered those.

I just don't know if the H7 ones are compatible with the E46.

[desert ferry]

Not if i remake my housings to be able to fit a 100 watt floodlight cob array

With cooler

[fair moon]

good luck

I'd rather xeons with e46 tbh

they work plenty well enough

plus oem

so no warning lights when you start the car

[desert ferry]

Ill repurpose my 200 watt peltier based acs wattercooling loop for it if i were to make a 2x 100 watt high beam

[tepid wing]

There is a part of me that wants to put a horn in the back of my car.

[desert ferry]

Easiest hood to remove

[white heart]

funny car

[desert ferry]

Vroom

Its only 1 meter wide

[fathom socket]

1981 - Audi Quartz Coup
Concept / Prototype Car
Production: 1
Carbon fiber Body
Top Speed: 136 Mph
0-60 Mph - 7 Seconds

[wraith rivet]

@hexed kayak @misty mantle I cannot believe it

definitely needs an oil change or two and new plugs but it lives

[hexed kayak]

Lucky bastard

[wraith rivet]

@hexed kayak yesterday 😭

[white heart]

Sound like a nice city car

[desert ferry]

It technicaly isnt a car in the eyes of the law in the netherlands its seen as an scoot mobile that goes 50 if it was electric i would be alowed to drive it trough a mall ur alowed to drive it if ur not handicapped but it is common sense not to ruin it by using the handicap privelege and parking it like ass infront of the store u need to be at

And because ur alowed on bicycle lanes ive been in the city faster than an car

[white heart]

Oohhh like the Citroen ami ?

[desert ferry]

Kinda

[white heart]

Driving that In a mall would be fun

[desert ferry]

But one thing im alowed to do but will avoid is going on an 80 km/h road my max speed is 50 km/h

And the best thing no taxes only an insurance plate so u its harder to get fined by a speeding camera

[white heart]

Prolly the smart thing to do honestly, here we call those cars yogurt pots

[white heart]

Acting like you could speed enough to get fined

[desert ferry]

15/30km/h zones

But speeding cams are mostly on highways

Anyway ima go sleep

[white heart]

Gn

[pure pond]

a canta

[hard sandal]

Finally upgraded my little Milwaukee box after I got to the point that I was stacking tools on top of tools on top of tools lmao

Also was doing some sketchy shit with this cradle drop but it worked out fine in the end

[hexed kayak]

First wash in months

[hexed kayak]

are you a masochist?

fucking multiair dart and a traverse where all the bolts hit the frame when you try to take them out

[hard sandal]

Traverse is such an easy cradle to drop though, it’s like the 5th one I’ve done a transmission in and I had it out new trans on it, and back in, only around 7 hours of work I would’ve had it finished today if I didn’t have to wait for that damn dog bone mount up top that is always in terrible shape 😂

And I wasn’t working on the dart idk what dudes doing on it I thing the electric power steering is fucky or something

[fathom socket]

1982 - Ford Mustang GT
Engine: V8
0 – 60 mph - 7,5 Seconds

[white heart]

meh

[hexed kayak]

Stock foxbodies are really fucking meh

[hexed kayak]

This base model cobalt is genuinely faster in every way

[paper sandal]

I'm looking for Radio for my car and I keep seeing so many radios for subaru impreza 2009-2014

[white heart]

Ugly

[hexed kayak]

volvos are on the front lines in ukraine

volvo bandvagn

[wheat hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/volvo-xc90-volvo-xc90-cars-auto-gif-15247605

[hexed kayak]

invite me to that server i need that

[wheat hatch]

Sent you a friend request so I can DM it to you

[violet meteor]

can i just superglue it

[charred depot]

Slight production year difference

Like nearly every old "fast" car is slow as fuck alongside modern stuff. Alot more soul though.

[white heart]

Even uglier too ngl

[hexed kayak]

not the point

sensible grandma car dusts bald eagle machine

[white heart]

I mean even a 205 gti is faster lol

[hexed kayak]

i driven fox bodies and trust me there isnt much soul in a stock one

they are pigs

3200 pounds and less than 130hp to the wheels for 1982. they were slow the day they came off the factory floor

[white heart]

i said this as a joke but turn out the 205 is in fact faster

[white heart]

while being a 1.9 liter engine 💀

[hexed kayak]

buick was making 280hp out of a v6 around that time

[white heart]

tbh 130hp can be good, but in a car this heavy ? neh

[hexed kayak]

we all know it can

[white heart]

i love those cars

[hexed kayak]

there is no car faster around track than a single man in a modded miata

[white heart]

small car that are lightweight with 100-200 hp are always bangers

[white heart]

i love the fact it look like a smile

[hexed kayak]

this miata has been on a drug bender for 3 weeks

[white heart]

holy shit what did you feed it

[hexed kayak]

"they took me fookin eyes"

[white heart]

its on some serious juice and roids cocktail rn

[misty mantle]

With a turbo

Grand National go brrrrrrrrrr

[hollow pasture]

Someone local has a 6.4l hemi in a miata with a giant turbo

There's also a local foxbody with a 106mm borg warner

Never seen a turbo make a 351w look small

Literally double the size of my buddies entire head

[hexed kayak]

that turbo is utterly useless on that car

12hp until 100rpm before redline

[charred depot]

Meh I have fun in cars that have 50hp for 2200 pounds.

I rather drive boats than moderns

[hexed kayak]

that little rubber coupling would explode if it was subjected to the full force of that turbo 💀

[stiff bloom]

this is about on the same level o crazy as a miata i saw a while back with a 1UZ swap and a trunk-mounted turbo.

Yes. Just the turbo. The charge air pipes must've been 12 feet long. Prolly could measured lag with a calendar; once you hit July tho you're gonna be golden

The build was hyper clean though. Which makes the turbo setup all the more curious 😅

[hexed kayak]

powestroke owners watching 2 truck loan payments come out of their bank while waiting for their turbo to spool

[charred depot]

charge pipe length doesent really cause lag in reality

[stiff bloom]

right i wasn't drawing a parallel between them, it was just an observation

[hexed kayak]

it can if you have a baby turbo

[charred depot]

really doesent matter

[hexed kayak]

it can struggle with compressing the volume of air in the charge pipes off the hop but once its going its fine

[hexed kayak]

like launch will be laggy but every shift after that will build boost fine

[stiff bloom]

well it's more that the turbo exhaust inlet pipe is long. It's just that when the exhaust inlet pipe is longer, the charge pipe is [almost] necessarily going to be longer too 😅

[hollow pasture]

That's fuckin funny, it dynoed at 3465

At 5200rpm

He's only pushing like 36psi

[hollow pasture]

I adore rear mounted turbos

@hexed kayak

[stiff bloom]

but why tho 🤣'

[hollow pasture]

They sound obnoxious as fuck

Especially with true rally antilag

[stiff bloom]

ah i should have known

[stiff bloom]

the best part is, you don't need antilag (or at least nearly as much) if ya, y'know, don't put the turb in the trunk 🤣

And then your manifold and turbo will be much happier for much longer

#stonks

[hollow pasture]

Turbo lag is always present no matter how long or short the manifold runners and piping is

That's why antilag exists

Rally anitlag fucks

[stiff bloom]

yeah that's why i had the parenthetical there. Obv the goal is to have no lag, but seeing as you can reduce lag by either having a more efficient design OR having antilag, why not do both eh?

unless you just really hate bearings, which is fair

[stiff bloom]

pffffff you call that antilag

https://youtu.be/TqPrlkeMYL4?si=Z2AtIolMv8LgiGq-&t=111

[white heart]

Rally car are insane lol

[stiff bloom]

sounds like a goddamn GAU8

[stiff bloom]

the noise is unreal. Until i saw one irl I thought it wasn't that big of a deal. it 10000% is

[hollow pasture]

That's uh, what antilag used to be, gen 1 antilag

Can't say it's not if it's literally the birth design of it lmao

[stiff bloom]

didn't say its not lmao

i basically said it's baby's first antilag, which it is

[white heart]

Their acceleration and solidity are insane too

[stiff bloom]

for real. basically the only vehicles on earth that can do 0-60 in 2 seconds on almost any surface

and then drive home using public roads

[white heart]

Did you see the 208 they made for pikes peak ? Absolute insane car

[stiff bloom]

Oh yeah the one that Sebastien Loeb drove like a decade ago?

[stiff bloom]

I got stuck behind one at a tollbooth

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/851947375891185705/1231707007359389837/PXL_20240421_1312260122.jpg?ex=665adf4a&is=66598dca&hm=4da70a219d6cbaa93a5b1db8c622d0dee411caa06213cd74e77f4f192bcb6a9c&=&format=webp&width=941&height=865

[tepid wing]

Is it just me or does the Chevy ACC not seem to use much regen to slow down?

[white heart]

https://youtu.be/Y20CLumT2Sg?si=I5bz6oVsqBmrwNIr

850hp for 850kg

[white heart]

Nice

[stiff bloom]

ye that's what i was thinking. That isn't a rally car really tho, similar but not quite the same

[white heart]

Really similar tbh, but it's one of the coolest car ever honestly

[stiff bloom]

big facts there

Coolest channel on all of YT is hillclimb monsters. They do all sorts of compilations and they're all amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXwn8jH-el8&t=27s

[white heart]

Imma check it out later

[stiff bloom]

make sure you set aside a few hours, cuz once you watch the first one you'll be guaranteed to have to binge them

[white heart]

👍

[stiff bloom]

To spoil it for you, this is the best-sounding car you will ever hear. If you don't binge all of HCM, make sure to at least watch this. It will blow your mind

[stiff bloom]

https://youtu.be/8kJNgD4VRCo?si=g_7kNaFMZ-B4OSKs&t=31

[white heart]

Oh my lawd that engine

https://tenor.com/view/chefs-kiss-french-chef-perfect-dish-excellent-food-perfection-gif-20341505

[stiff bloom]

right?!

[stiff bloom]

Here's my close second for "best sounding car ever", also on this channel of course

https://youtu.be/LUl5yhXB7xU

[white heart]

Holy fucking Christ what did they feed to that Peugeot

[stiff bloom]

Formula Renault engine. All i know is I want one

apparently it was a prototype that Peugeot was going to field in WRC but they scrapped it and some australian madlad resurrected it

[white heart]

That's one of the best sounding engine I've heard damn

[white heart]

I wish Peugeot had the balls to put such engines in their cars for the public lmao

I like the 205 in that video ngl

[stiff bloom]

some pretty epic intake noise for sure, ditto with that capri. HUGE intake noise

🤘🏽

[white heart]

I feel like it would be the only car you could daily drive without losing your earsight lmao

[stiff bloom]

tru but with sound like that what a way to lose your earsight haha

[white heart]

"Hey bro listen listen to this"
Bang
"Woah this is awesome man"
"What ?"

[stiff bloom]

i mean if you think about it everyone heres a succession of bangs and then they can't hear anymore. We're hear for a good time not a long time 😛

[hexed kayak]

My volvo has failed me for the first time since i bought it

There was a myriad of other codes while i limped it home

@misty mantle @charred depot @wheat hatch

It all began with a throttle actuator stuck code

[charred depot]

Yucky confusers

[wheat hatch]

Noo....

NOOOOOOO!

[hexed kayak]

Finishing my daily activities in this

[misty mantle]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO

[compact grotto]

flip flops.. for shame

[hexed kayak]

Sounds like you cant handle 400hp in the staple footwear of the middle east

[compact grotto]

if that's a stick.. heck no

[hexed kayak]

Skill issue

[hexed kayak]

It is

[compact grotto]

I take them off and slide them under the seat

[hexed kayak]

Clean

[wraith rivet]

the oil coming out of the hydro locked jetski

I replaced the oil and the filter too and ran it for a minute, checked the dipstick and it was still milky?

do I have to let it get up to temp to evaporate the water or somn

then replace it once more

[compact grotto]

You're not going to get all the oil out of a lubrication system with a single oil change

So unless water is still actively getting in, you've just got a bunch of it in lines and galleries in the block

[wraith rivet]

ahh gotcha

I have about 2.2 quarts left of a cheaper oil and then a fresh 5qt bottle of the expensive stuff they recommend

I’ll prob run it a little more, change it again, run it some more maybe take it out and go easy on it, do it one more time

[hexed kayak]

Just fill it and run it for 10 mins and then drain it.

That will dilute whatever water is left enough to just run it

[misty mantle]

Hol up, it's a 4-stroke?

[wraith rivet]

yee

[wraith rivet]

Gotcha gotcha

this time I’ll start it up before turning on the water 😭

[misty mantle]

Huh, I was expecting it to be a 2-stroke

[wraith rivet]

nahh it’s pretty modern, 2018 GTI SE 130

not like a

“trick” kinda one that needs a good 2 stroke

Those stand up ones are sick

@misty mantle you have jetskis don’t you?

[misty mantle]

I don't, I wish I did

[wraith rivet]

Aww damn

[misty mantle]

I'm trying to get one, but my truck keeps sucking my wallet dry

[wraith rivet]

you were the guy I was talking to who lives up in northern cali don’t you? Kinda by mammoth?

[misty mantle]

Well, that and my poor money management

[misty mantle]

Yeah, I'm in the bass lake area

[wraith rivet]

Nice nice

[hexed kayak]

i want to do what roadkill did. 2 vehicles 1 engine
tow the drag boat to the lake. pull the motor from your truck and toss it in the boat them put it back in the truck when you are done

[wraith rivet]

💀

[hexed kayak]

they actually did this

[misty mantle]

I remember that episode

[hexed kayak]

i wish roadkill was still like that.

[misty mantle]

Yeah.

[hexed kayak]

now its just drive this rotten pile of shit with a fully sorted drivetrain

to pick up a project

[misty mantle]

The only real wrenching they do is on Roadkill Garage anymore

[native ermine]

awwe yes i know the coffee creamer like oil from a hydro lock

[fathom socket]

Maserati 222 E
Years : 1988-1993
Engine: V6
Power: 167.8 kw / 225.0 bhp @ 5500 rpm

[wraith rivet]

😂

What happened with your engine?

[paper sandal]

Somehow I've managed to do a 4200 km trip with the most sketchy car I ever bought

Only service I did was 2 oil changes, changing the accessory belt and replacing exhaust on a 2001 yaris

[dawn shell]

certified Toyota moment

[paper sandal]

that toyopet has like 250k km

[tepid wing]

How bad of an idea is stuff like this?

[native ermine]

a series of unfortunate circumstances. dad's e39 was sitting out during a big rain storm all week. i guess the seals on the brake booster were gone because it had sucked up water the pooled in the compartment it was located at. which because it was just understand the wiper cowl that was cracked in that spot. it was able to suck up loads of water

fucked the lifters giving it bad lifter tick which we tried to replace but my dad bought cheap ass parts and the thing still ticks

[whole iris]

Is this car the 2016 Honda Civic EX or LX?

I’m confused between the trims, LX or EX

[wraith rivet]

damnnn

[native ermine]

yep

drives fine tho

just sounds like a time bomb

[hollow pasture]

Looks like an lx

[inner otter]

@compact grotto oh yeah, did u see this? https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/rx-7-re-birth-mazda-iconic-sp-headed-for-production-green-light-complete-with-pop-up

if its true im very excited

heavy doubts but hopeful

havent really been keeping up with car news for years now so didnt even see the sp

[compact grotto]

I’ll believe it when I see it

[inner otter]

yeah me too,car manufacturers patent shit all the time without bringing it to production so i think the title is full of shit

[dawn shell]

It might take a while, but I think Mazda is still dfinitely interested in utilizing a rotary for its size

generator for EV would be perfect for a rotary

[hexed kayak]

it would but its a terrible idea