cars

[dawn shell]

I don't think it's that bad of an idea

I'd use a rotary generator if they existed

putting in a car would work just fine

man I just miss the Furai

[inner otter]

ah no im not doubtful about rotaries

[hexed kayak]

ev onwers already think their cars are 100% maintenance free
you really think those dumbass people will pre mix their fuel

[inner otter]

im just doubtful of them bring another sports car in production today

[dawn shell]

I think anyone buying a rotary already knows what's up

CX series are shockingly decent

[inner otter]

cause the economy is kinda shit and the market for sports cars is sorta saturated atm, no?

[hexed kayak]

normies still buy fancy cars even when they dont know shit. thats why so many ruined rx-8s exist

[hexed kayak]

"thats a cool looking mazda. ill buy it"

[inner otter]

mazda no doubt would do rotary generators, don't they already have a car with one?

[dawn shell]

Midrange-high end sports cars yes, lower end cars where miata and sfr sit I'd say no

[inner otter]

ye but this car would be a mid to high end ish one for sure

[dawn shell]

then again... if the RX7 made a return as a hybrid... yea it's gonna be considered mid-high

[inner otter]

yeah which is why it'd be kinda a troll businesses decision for them imo

[hexed kayak]

we live in a world where a fast yaris can cost up to 60k. its gonna be high end

[dawn shell]

I guess all we can hope is that Mazda perfects the rotary before then

[inner otter]

which is why i doubt itd actually go in production

i really hope it does

i just doubt it will

sorry typing on mobile

[hexed kayak]

me when pontiac was on the chopping block but they announced the g8 ute

[dawn shell]

that yaris is derived from the rally cars I don't think it's fair to compare it to say, a base model yaris

same way I wouldn't compare a base model corolla to the gr corolla

Toyota actually does stuff with the GR badge that's past aesthetics

cough literally ever german brand ever

[hexed kayak]

i mean if you go back 16 years to 08 my car has a poopy eco version but mine uses alot of tech from time attack cars.
it still only cost 25k new

[dawn shell]

and you can get a K24a in the Honda odyssey

an engine that when built is capable of 1000+ hp

but a GR yaris is much closer to those rally cars than to a base model yaris

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/missthepoint-the-point-gif-7984004

[dawn shell]

My point is that the Yaris is legit a street legal rally car

it makes sense it's gonna cost a lot

[hexed kayak]

cobalt ss is a homologation car for SCCA its also the street legal version of its race car couterpart. and it was dirt cheap

[dawn shell]

it's also american

[hexed kayak]

using mostly opel and saab parts

[dawn shell]

I mean with that argument you could also create a case for the Dodge Neon SRT4

MSRP of 20k

[misty mantle]

Because GM

[hexed kayak]

i mean its almost the same argument. they were used in scca and other forms of racing and some teams had factory backing

[dawn shell]

Yea

Tech in that Yaris is far more advanced, though.

Like even the GR Corolla is what, 37k without dealership tax?

[hexed kayak]

they are 50k used rn near me

[dawn shell]

well that's cause everyone is fighting for them

and paying that stupid markup

it's not supposed to be worth that much

one of the few cars that appreciated in the first year, somehow

[hexed kayak]

it is but if you consider the era the cobalt ss was also very advanced for what it was. they came out of the box with launch control and boost by gear. and the syncros are specially made to handle flat foot shifting all in 08 for 25k

[dawn shell]

which... is perfectly in line with what it would be worth now

same as the GR Corolla, equally advanced tech for its time period

[hexed kayak]

i forgot to mention im in canada so its cad

[dawn shell]

Ah

Well it's somewhat close

calculator wouldn't take exchange rates into consideration as well as other stuff

[hexed kayak]

the one thing is though cobalts never ended up with a massive markup. dealers actually couldn't get rid of them even though they were setting records

[dawn shell]

2007-2008 had the Canadian Dollar actually matching or exceeding the value of the American dollar

same as 2010-2011

[hexed kayak]

wtf happened to the world

[dawn shell]

then it's been downhill since

[dawn shell]

that as well yep.

[dawn shell]

Too many factors to list. It's all bad though

so your 25k CAD would've been = 25k USD

so it'd be 36.4k USD now, which is just under 50k CAD today

[hexed kayak]

[dawn shell]

argument still holds true, Cobalt SS is like the GR Corolla and priced basically the same MSRP wise accounting for inflation

GR Yaris would've been one step above that, and demands a premium above that as well

but yea shortage and dealership markups suck

[violet meteor]

guys can someone help me i think i broke my car

So i was trying to change sun visors and i did this

now it will drain my battery whenever i touch it

[hexed kayak]

you fucked with whatever detects the visor being open

[misty mantle]

Yeah

[violet meteor]

Its the cable yeah

i lost it

How can i take it back from there

now its turned on 24/7

[hexed kayak]

pull the headiner

[violet meteor]

Is it a hard thing to do?

[hexed kayak]

depends on the car

[violet meteor]

gold 5

fold

Golf

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/ZrDRO9pfjtU

you dont need to get the whole thing out

just the front so you can bend it down and find the wire

@

@violet meteor

[violet meteor]

ok thanks

[pure pond]

Blowby, nah its a inbuilt steam cleaner

[vocal mural]

Testing out legal H4 retrofit LED

[charred depot]

straight to hell

[hexed kayak]

People just need to save up for retros

the stock housing before mods:

[dawn glade]

wonder if that can be available for my car

probably not but won't be cheap

[hexed kayak]

it can be done on anything with wheels

you have to make them yourself

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/

[dawn glade]

oh
yeah that's the kind of project that I'll start and never finish

[hexed kayak]

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/bixenon-morimoto-mini-d2s-stage-3-crk-d2s?quantity=1

you can put bi xenon projectors in a geo metro if you wanted too

@dawn glade

[dawn glade]

lol

that's USD right

[hexed kayak]

yes

[dawn glade]

damn
well... I'll check that out once my heating system is done paying I guess

[hexed kayak]

you can see like 600 feet down the road with retros

and because they use projectors they have a cutoff line so it never blinds anyone

[dawn glade]

oh nice
that was my concern

[dawn glade]

well the higher trim of my car comes with projector
sadly wiring and connectors are way different so it's not a direct fit
maybe there's adaptor tho
I should look for that

really nice defined line

love that

[hexed kayak]

as long as there is the same ammount of wires you can just chop your connectors off and put the ones you need on.

im gonna be doing that with my volvo after i fix it

it has shitty plastic lights so im changing the wiring for the pre facelift lights made out of solid glass

[dawn glade]

yeah sadly there's not
I have h4 on which daylight are handled by the bulb
on the projector model, daylight are some led strip under the projector

maybe I should try to find the pinout for both and just yolo it

[hexed kayak]

just wire them together and make them run at the same time

[dawn glade]

might try that

[hexed kayak]

its the kind ofproject you can make yourself have no choice but to finish

you can buy a second set of lights to mod or use the ones alreadt in your car.

if you use the ones you have you cant drive a car with no lights thus you will finish it

[dawn glade]

a second set is definitely needed here for me

[mighty spindle]

Got 2 new Hyundai’s within the past 3 months for my fiancée and myself. A 2024 Santa Fe Calligraphy and 2024 Kona Limited. Got them both fully wrapped to protect the paint. These were the original colors.

After the wrap, they are space blue and paprika orange.

[violet meteor]

hey you here?

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-confused-face-confused-look-im-confused-im-so-confused-gif-15238349812417673237

@violet meteor

[violet meteor]

Will taking off the headliner affect sound isolation of the car?

[hexed kayak]

not unless you plan on driving with it fully removed from the car which i said you didnt need to do

[violet meteor]

Yeah its not fully removed but i can tell its not 100% glued

[charred depot]

nah I hate these even properly installed

[violet meteor]

@hexed kayak

the gap here

[charred depot]

they work under the presumption roads are made level but constant elevation changes here mean you do get blinded by them and it is like a flashbang

[hexed kayak]

its fine

[hexed kayak]

honestly thats just the people who put the lights in not wanting to make sacrifices
i sacrificed almost 1/3 of the range on mine so that the only way they blind you is if im coming over the crest towards a 15% downhill grade

[charred depot]

I like soft cutoff lights as its less like there is crazy people behind you every speedbump

[hexed kayak]

i bet all of those were bmws

[charred depot]

I see it alot from VAG cars and mercs.

the VAG stuff the auto levelling seems to go to piss on turning their dipped beams into high beams

how headlights should look

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle

[misty mantle]

[hexed kayak]

Damn i just found a sad fucking picture from when i was in Detroit

I was inside an abandoned gm factory

@misty mantle

[misty mantle]

Cobalt SS?

[hexed kayak]

yup 05 or 06

[misty mantle]

Can't have shit in detroit

[hexed kayak]

i think it was a 0 mile unreged car

[misty mantle]

Still sad to see it like this.

[violet meteor]

if i turn on my interior lights but theres no lightbulb

will it use battery?

[hexed kayak]

no

[tepid wing]

Maybe if there is a light on the dash and from stuff like dimmer circuitry, but it should be extremely small amounts if it's even measurable.

[misty mantle]

Depends on the lights that're on that circuit. if it's just that dome light, then no, it won't

If it's the dome light and backlighting on the radio, HVAC controls, and cluster, then yes

[misty mantle]

A couple of guys in a different server I'm in were just arguing about trucks 💀

[sweet valve]

https://youtu.be/IN-cRLecPxs?si=kMf3RDJhAu4TllHP

This is the hottest shit I've ever seen

So unfortunate this doesn't last longer than a day

[fathom socket]

1986 Oldsmobile Incas Concept

engine: Quad Turbo Inline-4
power: 171.5 kw / 230.0 bhp @ 5600 rpm
driven wheels: Transverse Mid Engine / 4WD

[native ermine]

oof why can't we live in a future where all the cars looked like this

[white heart]

Look like a weird DeLorean kinda

[bitter compass]

Isn't any picture of Detroit sad?

[hexed kayak]

no lol

Detroit is full of cool cars

@bitter compass

corvette inside a mcdonalds built from an old car dealership

[bitter compass]

Cool cars doesn't mean it isnt a sad looking city

[hexed kayak]

im guessing youve never been then

detroit being a dying shithole is something said by people who have never been there

detroit is nicer than Montreal

[bitter compass]

Tbf i think every American city is ugly

[flint sable]

A brand new nuggggg

[rugged lynx]

takes like 8 coats to get this effect though

[sweet valve]

I mean that's nice and all but it's not as sexy as this 👇

[flint sable]

Mirage GT with big blue flakes

[vocal mural]

120€, Osram ones

Nightbreaker LED H4 (retrofit for reflector)

[rustic night]

I broke a bigger than normal car

[paper sandal]

can a broken brake booster cause the engine to run lean?

[wraith rivet]

Hey @misty mantle @hexed kayak I ran it for 10 minutes on the hose, then changed the oil again and ran it for another 10 mins and it sounded smoother BUT

Near the end it started making this kinda high pitched noise as can be heard in the video

Could it just be something to do with the jet because it’s not fully submerged in water? Or something more serious inside the engine

[hexed kayak]

scary noise . could be something minor like a pulley. could be real bad like a crank or cam bearing

[misty mantle]

I don't think these have belt drives on them

everything should be gear driven

[hexed kayak]

[wraith rivet]

🥺

[misty mantle]

I would get it out on the water and see if the noise continues

[wraith rivet]

This is what it sounded like just a minute before, that squealing noise kinda slowly got louder

[stoic ledge]

Can be if vacuum operated

[wraith rivet]

Yeah that’s a good idea

[hexed kayak]

if it does its time to pull the oil pan and valve covers

check for scoring on the cam and crank

[wraith rivet]

I don’t think it even has an oil pan

Apparently it’s part of the block

[hexed kayak]

tf kind of rotax motor is that

[misty mantle]

Honestly, I'm not suprised.

[hexed kayak]

tbf ive only worked on one rotax engine

it was supercharged

[misty mantle]

All the rotax engines I've seen are 2-strokes

[hexed kayak]

@wraith rivet

[wraith rivet]

Dudee those jet boats are so sick

[wraith rivet]

Idk 😭

[misty mantle]

Speaking of, this one a 3-cyl efi?

[wraith rivet]

all I can tell you is it’s a 2018 seadoo GTI SE 130 with a 3 cylinder NA rotax

[wraith rivet]

It’s direct injection

[misty mantle]

Ok, so it is EFI

[hexed kayak]

di just means it puts fuel in the cylinders instead of the intake ports

[misty mantle]

I'm tryin to save up for a jet ski, gonna be working 5 days a week once I get out of school

[wraith rivet]

What does EFI stand for?

[misty mantle]

Electronic fuel injection

[wraith rivet]

Ohh I thought it meant external fuel injection for some reason 😭😭

non direct injection

[misty mantle]

Direct injection also means that a lot of carbon can build up in the intake ports

[hexed kayak]

its more commonly called tuned port injection since it injects fuel into the intake

[wraith rivet]

Ah I see

[hexed kayak]

true plain old "efi" is just a carburetor shaped object with a couple fuel injectors instead of jets

[misty mantle]

And then there's port injection with the injectors on the intake manifold angled at the intake ports

Though I just realized Bob already mentioned that

[wraith rivet]

So you guys just say I should take it to the lake and see what happens

[misty mantle]

Yeah

If the squeaking stops, it was just the jet drive. If it continues, the engine is probably fucked

Hopefully it's option A

[hexed kayak]

If The noise is cam related that woukd be the best of the bad things

[misty mantle]

True

[hexed kayak]

Cause that can all be fixed without tearing down the block

[wraith rivet]

god I hope it’s not the engine

[misty mantle]

If anything, a new engine is about 2.5k

[hexed kayak]

that actually isnt too bad

[misty mantle]

This unit is going for around 8-9k used

So not a bad price for a engine

Def cheaper than a reman engine for the RMK-800 I used to have

[hexed kayak]

if its a common rotax a used one may be cheaper too

[wraith rivet]

interesting interesting

[misty mantle]

Welp, I just found out why the blower I was working on was bogging past half throttle. The carb was on backwards so the engine couldn't run the diaphragm pump in the carb

And i though the carb was on right since it was like that when I got the damn thing

[hexed kayak]

ah yes the joy of owning used gas stuff

30 min repair starts with 5 hours of undoing the previous owners work

[copper salmon]

Had to help my old man friend lift his harley he dropped it in his drive way hes 72 told him he is going to need a lighter bike

[misty mantle]

Not even mine, it belongs to a friend

I'm like the 3rd person who has worked on it

[hexed kayak]

he went all boomer on you didnt hee

[hexed kayak]

thats 2 too many

[misty mantle]

No kidding

I was wondering why the carb adjustment was facing the back of the fan housing

[random remnant]

Average Australia Ute in Australia

[limber whale]

Unlikely Facebook W

[tepid wing]

Sell it before it rusts and loses even more value.

Or maybe use it for parts.

Sell the rest for scrap.

[hexed kayak]

i have that same bob ross bobble head on the dash of my volvo

[copper salmon]

Naaa

[elfin terrace]

All clean

[fathom socket]

Mazda Savanna RX-7 GT Limited

Production Years: 1986 – 1988
Engine: 13B 2-Rotar
Aspiration: Turbocharger
Power: 138 kw / 185 bhp @ 6500 rpm
Driven Wheels: RWD
Curb Weight: 1280 kg / 2822.3999 lbs

[white heart]

Nice cars

[raw cosmos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyANNH05a-Q

[violet meteor]

shield from under my car

Should i replace it?

is it damaged too much?

[misty mantle]

Nah

[latent bronze]

Has anyone heard much about the Vauxhall Ampera/Chevrolet Volt? I’m looking at buying one and I’m wanting to know what people have heard about them?

(They’re the same car, I’m in the UK so the Vauxhall Ampera is more readily available)

[misty mantle]

Gotta love GM and their very inbred brands

[limber whale]

Another Toyota model I’ve never heard of

[dawn shell]

THe issue with the cybertruck is that... if you crash it, you die.

That's what happens when you have a car that doesn't crumple

[misty mantle]

The issue with the cybertruck is that it even exists to begin with

[limber whale]

And everyone else dies too

Battering ram

[dawn shell]

no

Cybertruck is an alright concept

[limber whale]

But if you give it a car wash without pressing a button you can kill it completely so that makes up for it lmao

[misty mantle]

It's a inbred Pontiac Aztec

[dawn shell]

it's just a really poorly executed final product

Pontiac Aztec was just ugly

had it been styled better it would've been so ahead of its time

[misty mantle]

Still looks better than the cybertruck

[dawn shell]

bascally crossover SUVs before crossover suvs were a thing

[dawn shell]

I don't think so.

[limber whale]

It do

It just does

[misty mantle]

It really does. The cybertruck is the ugly one here

[limber whale]

I also don’t think it looks that bad and kind of like it so what do I know

[dawn shell]

...

Aztek liker detected
opinion rejected

[limber whale]

an opinion on the internet. Kinda scary isn’t it

[misty mantle]

Yeah, scary shit

[dawn shell]

I'm not saying the cybertruck is good, I just don't think it's worse than the Aztek

Tesla won't go bankrupt because of the cybertruck... guess what killed pontiac

Neither car is any good, though.

[misty mantle]

GM being GM is what killed pontiac.

[limber whale]

That is true

[dawn shell]

They killed off the Firebird/Trans Am for the Aztek

then garbage after garbage made GM almost go under

[misty mantle]

GM is just a bunch of severely inbred brands now

[dawn shell]

not my problem

I'll keep buying either Japanese or German

Japanese because reliable

[misty mantle]

Same. Only GM shit I deal with is pre-2000

[dawn shell]

German because I find overengineered things fun

B58 is unironically really reliable

[misty mantle]

I deal with GM products from back when Pontiac still existed

[dawn shell]

ahhh

[misty mantle]

Mainly this

[limber whale]

Got the parts I needed from upullit and also free keys

I do not own a Toyota nor an old car lol

[misty mantle]

Go steal a toyota with 'em

[limber whale]

Probably could

If I see a supra I know what I’m doing that day lmaoooo

[stiff bloom]

holy shit a real aztake

[compact grotto]

Throwback to replacing my old RX-8's oil cooler line.

Ahh, the north east.

[charred depot]

Its a Mazda it would do that in the sahara desert

[misty mantle]

Lol

[wicked whale]

Luckily my rx7 isn't anywhere near that rusty 😬

And it's.... 20 years older lol

Oh wait nevermind

The chassis isn't rusty.... The coolant passages and o ring grooves are

[misty mantle]

The fuck were you running? Straight hose water?

[wicked whale]

My best guess is that's 20 years in a field with straight water

[misty mantle]

Needless to say, those housings are fucked

[wicked whale]

I daily drove it with coolant for a year and change, I was like "huh my coolant temps are high ill flush the radiator" and it flushed the coolant seals out

[wicked whale]

Oh yeah

It's getting a 4.3 V6 with a nitrous plate and a manual valve body 4l60 right now but I have a 13b I'm building to go back in it

[compact grotto]

oh damn!

[wicked whale]

And it's 12a so I can't find housings for cheap 😭

I love the 12a but I just can't afford it I'll have to go 13b

[misty mantle]

At least it's even GETTING a rotary put back in it

[wicked whale]

Eventually. I'm not doing anything to the car that can't be reversed.

[misty mantle]

You say that, then have to break out the cutoff wheels and sawzall

[wicked whale]

The V6 will keep the balance and let me keep building the chassis until I have my semi-pp 13b

[wicked whale]

Already have the mockup block in it, not happening lol

[misty mantle]

Good lol

[wicked whale]

That's the main reason I didn't go with the 350, it's a little longer so I'd have to modify the firewall

4.3 is 1 bore spacing shorter

[misty mantle]

The 4.3 is the S10 V6, right?

[wicked whale]

Yeah, I had a crate 99 S10 vortec engine sitting around

[misty mantle]

Ah, nice

I wish i had a 302 just laying around....

[wicked whale]

Except for long enough that it needed some work so it's at the machine shop getting a hone cam bearings and a few other things

[wicked whale]

I have a 304, it's in a jeep tho

AMC is kind of ford

[dull heron]

i had a 302 when i had a bronco

[misty mantle]

AMC is parts from the Big 3 that they stopped using 5 years ago crammed into a AMC shape

[wicked whale]

Lol yeah

I had a 360 but my shop burned down around it a long time ago

[dull heron]

350s are so much cooler though

[misty mantle]

Rip 😢

[wicked whale]

Idk man the AMC 304 is a sweet engine, I believe it's the only V8 the CJ series jeeps ever got

[misty mantle]

350s are cool and all, but I wanna keep a Ford powerplant in my Bronco II when I get around to dumping that 2.9 V6

Hence the 302

[dull heron]

hmmm

why keep ford though, isnt it pretty easy to swap in the older broncos

[wicked whale]

https://accessories.ford.com/73l-megazilla™-612hp-crate-engine-m6007mz73/?fmccmp=marketplace-gs-cta-accessories

Here's a ford for ya

[dull heron]

my 302 made a whopping 129 horsepower

[misty mantle]

This is a Bronco II we're talking about. The small guy

A 302/old 5.0 is a common swap for these trucks

[wicked whale]

5.0 is also a great platform they just snap in half at like 450 torque

You have to brace the block

[misty mantle]

Anything above that and I'm gonna have to start upgrading suspension components

[wicked whale]

If it's a crawler anyways the gearing will help with torque so you really don't need it

[dull heron]

one of my friends has an international scout 800 with a 350 in it lol

[misty mantle]

Which I'll probably have to swap the transmission and transfer case

[misty mantle]

This is my daily

[wicked whale]

Ah

Yeah the 5.0 would be a great choice. You could probably salvage one out of a town car ECU and all and swap the cam with the mustang cam

[misty mantle]

I've got plans to eventually turn it into a crawler, but that'll be after I have my own place and more reliable truck

I plan on getting a wrecked '90s areonose F-150 from copart and robbing it for parts for the swap

[wicked whale]

Cool

There are a lot of people that do the 5.0 swap in the RX7 chassis but the company that used to make the kit for it doesn't make them anymore

Guy that lives up the road from me bought the last swap kit that they ever made

[dull heron]

isnt the whole point of an rx7 the engine though

dont really see why you would want to swap it

[wicked whale]

The first generation chassis with the 12a barely made 100hp and no mechanic would touch them because they were the first major car in America with a rotary, so they got swapped a lot

It's less common now but a lot of them ended up with Datsun 4 cylinders and L block straight 6 and gm/ford small block v8s

[dull heron]

gotcha

[wicked whale]

They also look really good with a big intake

[dull heron]

2 carbs??

thats odd

[wicked whale]

Big Holley highrise setup

It has a single carb and a turbo now, I'll see if I can find pics I saw him at a show recently.

[dull heron]

thats interesting

how you run a carb with a turbo? that ruins your air fuel mixture

[dull heron]

unless you run it rich af at lower psi

[wicked whale]

This is his current setup

[dull heron]

damn

[wicked whale]

Boost prepped carb and a boost referenced fuel pressure regulator

[misty mantle]

I think you can get special carbs for turbos

[dull heron]

oh interesting

[wicked whale]

My old old 13b had blow through Weber carbs on it

Old turbonetics kit from the 80s

[dull heron]

thats cool af

[wicked whale]

These are from right before I put a 12a in it. It ran like ass in this state because it had compression problems

[misty mantle]

Oh god, a fram filter

No wonder that engine died
/s

[wicked whale]

This engine came from Mazdas race program with those filters on them and like 15 spares

So I kept running them lol

[white heart]

The seat make it look like shit ngl

[misty mantle]

When you get the 13b in it, I would run a Wix or K&N

[wicked whale]

When I first started working on this car for a friend of a friend before I owned it he got it from a Mazda dealership that raced it through Mazda, it came with three engines and a bunch of turbos and stacks of wheels and tires and spare shocks and suspension and all kinds of stuff but that guy went to prison and then the car disappeared and popped back up for sale later with nothing but a single engine and a few of the spare filters and stuff so I bought it cheap

[wicked whale]

I've already told him I'm not a fan lmao

[white heart]

Please buy him a new seat or sum cause that color is fucking awfull

[wicked whale]

Lol not my car not my problem

[misty mantle]

I bet everything else was sold off

[white heart]

Look like the typa seat you'd give to a baby to sit in or sum lol

[misty mantle]

Guy prob got a shitton of money out of it

[wicked whale]

It all was, I've seen bits and pieces in rotary groups. The worst part is most of it was scrapped. Like the 20+ old school custom panasports built for that car

I have 4 of the wheels left, 1 of the exhausts, the original transmission, and a few other parts left from the original race stuff

[misty mantle]

At least the car made it through

[wicked whale]

Yeah I was battling the town crackhead for it he wanted to make it a farm cruiser, glad I managed to grab it before he did

Hopefully it'll make it another 40 years, I'll electric swap it if I have to

[misty mantle]

I aint putting any EV componetry within a mile of my Bronco

I'll diesel swap it and use cooking oil to run it if I have to

[wicked whale]

I helped EV swap a little MG and they might not be the same experience but God damn are they fun

Just all the torque all the time

We set it up with a clutch and the factory transmission too so you can drive it manual if you want to or you can just leave it in 3rd and drive it like an electric

[tepid wing]

EVs are fun.

I was going 70 on a freeway stomped on it and it was still punchy.

[fathom socket]

1980 - Aston Martin Bulldog

Engine: Twin Turbo V8
Power: 447.4 kw / 600.0 bhp @ 6200 rpm
Driven Wheels: Mid Engine / RWD
Weight: 1727 kg / 3807 lbs
0 – 60 mph: 5.1 seconds

[wraith rivet]

@misty mantle @hexed kayak we took the jetskis to the lake today and the problem one wouldn't crank at all, the other one was fine. when we got home we opened up the trouble one and somehow the muffler/exhaust system was full of water again??? we then opened up the good jetski (that we used all day) and there was also water in that one's muffler but not as much? like wtf

i have no clue what is going on with these things

[faint marsh]

Who’s is that

[fathom socket]

Wish it was mine

[faint marsh]

I’m sure we all would 😭

[misty mantle]

If it's set up like a inboard/V-drive boat, the water going through the engine should exit through th exhaust

[wraith rivet]

i belive they have heat exchangers because there's a coolant tank in them, the exhaust cooling is probably just straight up lake water but still idk why it's getting stuck in there

[misty mantle]

Has the problem unit been over heated at all?

Also, where does the exhaust come out in relation to the waterline?

[wraith rivet]

Not that I know of

[wraith rivet]

I'm pretty sure it comes out where the jet is, so below the waterline

[misty mantle]

That would probably explain the standing water in the exhaust

As for the engine being flooded again, does it seem like it's lost any coolant?

[wraith rivet]

I'll have to go check but I don't think so

if you're talkin about the head gasket being blown i kinda doubt it the water being pumped out is either perfectly clear or kinda yellow ish (oil)

plus the coolant is bright pink lol

[misty mantle]

ah

[misty mantle]

Was the engine free?

[wraith rivet]

not 100% sure i think it might be hydrolocked again

it just wouldn't turn over it'd try but wouldn't spin

and that's what happened before we found the water in everything

(the first time 😭 )

[misty mantle]

If it is hydrolocked again, something is fucky with the exhaust

[wraith rivet]

yeahh that's for sure

[faint marsh]

Called a Durango a grand chareoke 😭

[cold cypress]

we’re going on a trip in our favourite 1.0!

[nova vortex]

guys which merc should i take it on a twisty road?

my brain cant decide

[novel relic]

What gen, the older you go the less itll be since old cars need maintenance and its easier to start with say, an NC miata, since its newer and wont need as much to keep it running in the longer run+ na prices are stupid and its affecting nb prices sometimes. Nc still has its value being newer and more tuning potential

[civic spoke]

Miata is always the answer.

But really. They are fine as a first car. Just a bit expensive to purchase at this point.

But maintaining should be fairly affordable.

Then there is no need to worry about it just yet

And license for a 'normal car'?

That sounds like Australia or something.

Ahh.

Fine. I'll do it myself.

I mean. That's Europe for you.

Well aware. As someone with a CE license.

Honestly. There's really no need to look at cars yet.

You're what? 14 years old?

So another two years until you're 18 and can get your license then.

No real need to sweat about it.

Hopefully the car market will have gone down by the time you are actually buying a car.

The issue we have right now is that value of older cars are through the roof, since people like to keep their older cars in favor of new fancy cars.

I've had my BMW E46 for over 8 years now.

Not really sure if I am going to replace it anytime soon.

Pretty much.

Would be nice with more power. But I'm not too picky.

170* hp is plenty.

I'm spoilt with the built quality.

One of the cars I've looked at to replace my 3 series is just a 1 series.

MAYBE a 4 Series Gran Coupe.

Sweden

USA doesn't get the 1 series.

At least not the hatchback.

I care about the interior quality, I guess.

If I could, then I would love the 440i, 6 cylinder.

Or hell, even the 140i

But I understand how another person feels, and how they pick cars.

They have a bunch of cars, most of them older with a manual.

But all of them have short gearing.

Yeah
It's true.

But really. Lighter weight in general is where it's at.

Power makes you faster on the straights.
Less weight makes you faster everywhere.

[hollow pasture]

Bmw is so atrociously awful with build quality and reliability

Bmw is the single worst luxury brand that's not land rover or Maserati

[tepid wing]

Tesla is probably worse.

[misty mantle]

Squeaky dashes and body gaps that belong under a birthing gown galore

[hard sandal]

Really the only build quality issues are the quality of the interior plastics they’re pretty well put together the interior just breaks after some time, that and the sticky E9X interior door handles

And then there’s the whole cupholders thing but I’m pretty sure someone at bmw said that was intentional to discourage having drinks in the car because it was a car meant to be driven or something like that

And they aren’t as bad with reliability as people say they are either imo, I see more BMW’s over 200k than any other car brand 🤷🏼‍♂️ with the exception of Volvo

[white heart]

Heavy and most old models having engines issues after 2 miles ?

Also pretty pricey + meh reputation of bmw drivers

I don't like German cars either

[hollow pasture]

Yea I wasn't talking about interior their drive trains are dogshit and made of glass

[hard sandal]

Not in my experience with them 🤷🏼‍♂️

[whole iris]

Btw Which E46 is it?

[civic spoke]

320i

[misty mantle]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7zW-9COzeJ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

whistlindiesel

Happy 20th K*lldozer anniversary!!! Unfortunately the FBI forgot to destroy this one piece of the bulldozer in their mission to keep people from idolizing it. We doubted its authenticity until we found these photos in the public records search, I guess they just forgot to pick it up… Absolutely wild. The finder will be kept anonymous. Part of it...

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@hexed kayak

[whole iris]

Which year?

2001?

[civic spoke]

Yeah. First year of the LCI.

I guess build year 2001, model year 2002?

[whole iris]

🔥 🔥

[civic spoke]

Bought it like 9 years ago now.
€5,000 with 70,000 km's on it.

Closing in on 200,000 km now

[whole iris]

Around 120000 miles, DAMN

One of the few reliable BMW’s lol

[civic spoke]

The rims on it are Style 304's from the X3

Bought the rims cheap, for like €200. And then threw on some Pilot Sport 5 for another €500

[whole iris]

Oh sick

[civic spoke]

And slightly lowered with the Bilstein/Eibach B12 kit.

[raw cosmos]

take it from a toyota fanboy: the chevy volt had only one refresh, also chips not (even wires), in new cars post 2015 are probably good for about a decade: then dead https://youtu.be/_QCSNwBtoI0?t=90 . Buy a car on its second or third refresh

[fathom socket]

Maserati Merak SS

Production Years: 1975 – 1983
Production: 1000
Engine: 90° V6
Price: $ 27,620
Power: 164.1 kw / 220 bhp @ 6500 rpm
0 – 60 mph: 9.1 seconds
Top Speed: ~244.57 kph / 152 mph

[hollow pasture]

Shoutout harbor freight for the $90 30 inch roll cart

And it's fuckin purple :)

[rustic night]

The amount of tech in our pumps is getting absurd.

[white heart]

Fair enough

[white heart]

Depend on the models lol, older German car though, I feel like they are as reliable as a frog doing weather prediction

Personally I just want an old 205 gti for a car lol

Yep

Peugeot 205 GTI

Oh the rs model ?

[rustic night]

I have a rare Renault. I have the laguna GT

[white heart]

That's a nice one, I just like Peugeot more for it's looks and design, also their history

[rustic night]

Coupe version with the high tax and a 7 second 0-60

3.5 turbo

Chassis started life as a 2.0 diesel write off

Some of them have all wheel steering, Renault 4control

[white heart]

Ohh I like that one

[wraith rivet]

It’s giving me Honda accord coupe vibes

especially with that color

[rustic night]

Interestingly, it's on the same platform as the Nissan Qashqai

[charred depot]

Why get a 205 gti when you can get a BX : )

[white heart]

my project in life is to turn a 205 gti into a rally car, thats why lol

it do look nice tho

its heavier than a 205 and bigger too

i like how compact a 205 is

[charred depot]

you would be suprised BX's are pretty much the same weight

BX's are extremely flimsy cars

plastic bonnet and boot

[rustic night]

Renault and Nissan are surprisingly similar. The Renault M9R engine is common in Nissans

[fathom socket]

The Citroen CX 25 GTI is a cool car, somewhat forgotten high tech car for it's time

[white heart]

wait holy shit youre actually right

another car to the list of dream garage then

it look really food ngl

i wish i could find a baghera tho

[hollow pasture]

Hey look a prelude without pop ups but it's also a crz

[rustic night]

In the service we call this a doorstrike

[fathom socket]

It's a matter of life and death so you just ram down the whole garage port?

[stiff bloom]

ahhhh man i forget wheel pants. I miss them. In an era where everyone basically has wheel covers for aerodynamics anyway, we really should bring them back

[rustic night]

itll break the truck cos ours are made of fibreglass

[bitter compass]

I don't know why but i like the vw polo pickups i see in south America

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle i think im getting fucking old

i used to be able to rip around in my ss ALL day.
i just went out for 4 hours and now my back hurts, im tired and im legit 4 pounds lighter from all the sweat

racecars and montreal roads

[hexed kayak]

tbf its also the first time ive driven it more than 15 mins this year

[frail stirrup]

My goofy ah two cylinder making funny sounds

[dusk ocean]

wtf is that

[hexed kayak]

a rat in the form of a car

[hexed kayak]

im not even trying to bully that car rn but i just got ptsd flash backs from driving my gfs fiat 500l

that was the only reliable chrysler ive ever seen and i was afraid to step on the gas cause its little weenie motor sounded like it was going to pop if you wanted to get to the speed limit anytime soon

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean of all the things to see I didn't expect to see two, yes two in two days Eneos Grenadiers in my area

two days in a row, two different ones

if you don't know what that is i'm not surprised

[woeful nacelle]

installed remote start on my car

[fathom socket]

1988 Renault Mégane Concept

Type: Concept / Prototype Car
Released: 1988 Paris Motor Show
Engine: V6
Aspiration: Turbocharged
Power: 186.4 kw / 250 bhp

[woeful nacelle]

that thing looks sick

[fathom socket]

looks more like a 90s car than a 80s concept car.

The only info i could find was 3.0-litre turbocharged V6 engine developing 250 bhp

[wispy cloak]

This results in a diagnostic nightmare in 10 years

Towed in because of a no start

Cranks when it gets there

Won't crank the next day

Good fuel pressure

[dull cedar]

but you see, it'll be a future owner's problem, not theirs

[wispy cloak]

Well it's my problem when I have to fix it

I'm the one getting paid to repair it

And jeeps are usually fairly cheap to fix

Parts wise

No

Mopar refuses to use new technology

Not german anymore

Daimler didn't follow chrysler into fca/stellantis

I just use chrysler as a blanket term

Because fca stood for fiat-chrysler automobiles

They still use the 3.6 pentastar

In pretty much everything

[white heart]

i like fiat 500, they are cute car but god they are loud asf

i meant loud when youre inside one lol, outside its pretty silent but inside dear lord the engine feel like its about to blow everytime you accelerate

they look like they are fun to drive

[fathom socket]

I would still own one if i could 🙂

[woeful nacelle]

lol won’t be my problem in 10 years though 😂

[misty mantle]

YYYYYYOOOOOOOO

I think you may be the first person in here with a Hummer

[glad linden]

W

[misty mantle]

inline 5 engine?

[glad linden]

Yeah

[misty mantle]

W

[stoic ledge]

TIL the H3 had an I5

I thought the smaller engines were a V6 and the larger 5.3 was the V8

Cool

[glad linden]

My apologies still getting used to the info cause i just got it and was looking into H3's as well but my H2 is a 6.0 V8 the I-5's were only H3's

sorry for the mixup

[hexed kayak]

This car belongs to a man who takes it up the ass

[white heart]

watch out or he will call his friend who post pictures of skeleton with fire on facebook

[frail stirrup]

Only issue on this car is the clutch, I don’t trust it. It’s a little.. sus. But a new clutch ain’t too bad if you install it urself so if it goes, it goes

• alfa romeo. alfa romeo has their own lineup of cars with the twin air engine (two cyl turbo + fiat multi air tech)

Search alpha romeo twin air

It’s the same engine as the Fiat 500 twin air

More or less identical to the 500 twin air

It is?

Lol

Punto 5 door tho the alpha 3

I rate the twin air engine. No tax, no ULEZ and I get 57mpg mixed driving with mine

That’s imperial in America it would be 68mpg

Idk why we used imperial mpg it’s fuckin dumb 💀

[stoic ledge]

Using Imperial is dumb anyway

[stoic ledge]

Mito is one the same but shortened platform as the (Grande) Punto (Evo)

Actually, Opel Corsa D/E is also on the same platform as the Punto

And the Adam, which is a shortened Corsa E... Is the same as a MiTo 😛

[charred depot]

best fuel ever https://youtu.be/w8r2xnITnqA

its funny looking back on stuff like this, wonder what it will be 10-20 years down the line

[frail stirrup]

I still own a euro 5 turbo disel and a euro 5 turbo petrol. After euro 6, they got so shit lol so I am not gonna buy any newer than that.

Also got an electric which is the best in terms of these eco nuggets but I can’t afford 3 electric cars. Maybe in 10 or so years.

[civic spoke]

Had my car re-inspected today after I failed last month.

They just looked at the replaced shocks, and more or less just went "yupp. That's good"

[charred depot]

we arent really meant to paint the parts we weld for a retest but usually gets covered in seam sealer and underseal anyway and they are fine with it

They make no money off the retest so incentivized to speed it along.

[civic spoke]

For me it was 250 SEK, and I was in/out in like 3 minutes.

[charred depot]

If its within 10 working days here its a free retest otherwise its a full retest you will have to pay for

[civic spoke]

Ahh. Here you have a month to recheck whatever you failed on.

[charred depot]

I pay £45 - £54 for MOT's, there is cheaper places but I like not getting messed about with

If we took one of our cars to kwikfit for an MOT we would get a bible as advisories

[civic spoke]

Prices here vary as well. Depending on time of month and everything.

[charred depot]

There is some places here that offer "free" MOTs but ofcourse they are just looking for things to fix and charge you loads for.

[civic spoke]

Last week of the months are usually higher. Since people are lazy, and always do the inspections last second.

[civic spoke]

Now that's a proper scam.

Because here it gets reported to the government.

At least here it does.

[charred depot]

Its not a scam but it is heh

The dates are pretty messed up here because of cobid the government moved peoples test dates like 6 months so twice as much ended up needing done at once.

[civic spoke]

Some kids commented on my car today. So that happened.

"You think it's lowered?"

I didn't really hear much else of their conversation.

[hexed kayak]

i went out in my cobalt yesterday and the reactions were weird

im used to getting a couple people a day interested in it when im driving but yesterday you would think i was driving a limited production run lambo with all the attention i was getting

i hate getting attention. cops usually arent far away when you get it

[civic spoke]

My car isn't very attention-grabbing. It's just a reasonably looking E46.

Lowered maybe an inch.

[hexed kayak]

tbf my car is bright purple

[hexed kayak]

clean

replace that fender before it infects the whole car

[civic spoke]

I'll look into fixing the corrosion

There are a handful of patches.

[native ermine]

is beautiful

very happy looking car

[charred depot]

I drive slightly distinct cars, I never really get any police attention. passing them going the other direction at 90 in a 60, not bothered.

Some cars I drive you get people laughing at you

I once had a flashy merc cut me off then at the next set of lights he laughed at my car.

[hexed kayak]

i passed a cop at 170kph in a 100 in my volvo and the fucker didnt even react. i was doing 125kph in my cobalt ss and a cop blinked his light bar at me

[misty mantle]

lol

[glad mantle]

nothing beats the sound of this car man, I originally bought it 50% considering flipping it after getting it sorted, but now that it's sorted I don't think I can part with it 😅

I need to get a gopro though so I can actually do a POV drive with it where I push it properly at a track day. It doesn't even reach peak power in this clip (mainly because I don't want it to break traction while I'm holding my phone in one hand lol)

[hexed kayak]

you should sell it and buy something that isnt a timebomb for your wallet

[compact grotto]

I had to scroll up too far to see something french, y'all are slacking

[glad mantle]

I have money set aside in-case anything goes wrong with it

including money to buy an entire new engine if it comes to it

[glad mantle]

I'm currently $20,000 below budget on this car

[compact grotto]

keep it up, no slacking

[hexed kayak]

if your ready for it then keep it
but there is nothing more expensive than a sorted bmw suddenly becoming not that

[glad mantle]

This is my 7th BMW

not new to owning them

I wouldn't keep buying them if money was the concern haha

[hexed kayak]

you know what you should do if you have the space

[glad mantle]

I have a Tesla as my daily, this is just a weekend toy

[glad mantle]

whats that

[hexed kayak]

buy a couple big heavy duty shelves and then 1 or 2 wrecked v10 cars and just build an invetory of parts for yours car so no matter how rare the parts get your always good

[glad mantle]

I've thought about it tbh

If any other really cheap M5s/M6s pop up I'm probably just going to buy them so I have extra parts

because this M6 is in wildly good condition all things considered

especially for the price I paid

[hexed kayak]

dont let it sit and rot though. actually break it apart and store everything

[glad mantle]

Engine bay currently

[hexed kayak]

i still dont know how to feel about the back of these cars

[glad mantle]

The front bumper needs work but I already have a quote for that and I'm getting it fully restored

[glad mantle]

I personally like them, I think these cars have overall fairly "sleeper" understated, but still aggressive styling

[flint sable]

OGH

YOU @glad mantle

i saw your reel with the M6 in it this morning

HAHA

[glad mantle]

lmao

There's another clip of it above

[flint sable]

sounds so good

[glad mantle]

It really does

[flint sable]

lemme grab a pciture of my F10

[glad mantle]

Tasteful exhaust + NA V10 can't be beat

[hexed kayak]

i never thought it looked bad but since getting a p2 volvo ive started to think it looks like a melted S60

[flint sable]

eugh pollen

[glad mantle]

I love F10s

The E63's most attractive angle is from the side imo

it has proper "don't race me" lines LMAO

[flint sable]

yeah the little whoopty curve near the back

[glad mantle]

I think overall it's an attractive, understated car

[hexed kayak]

+hoovie had/has one

[glad mantle]

This vs the Gallardo?
I'd probably take the Gallardo for its handling and styling
...But not by much

[charred depot]

I know of someone that had one of these, they deliberately hydrolocked as if it had been driven through water for insurance after it got rodknock.

[flint sable]

yeah

[glad mantle]

And also the Gallardo is more expensive and doesn't sound as good

[hexed kayak]

i want to defile a gallardo with an iron block truck motor

[charred depot]

two track machines

[glad mantle]

know what actually no

I'd definitely just pick the M6

[flint sable]

one of my headlights has a broken seal but

[glad mantle]

I thought about it a bit more. I've been saving for a Gallardo for a while and I was just like "why would I want that, the M6 has more top end, sounds better, is easier to maintain"

[flint sable]

they are tempting

for sure

[glad mantle]

I'll just save for 10 more years to buy an ancient Huracan instead

[flint sable]

no true

im so glad they made a ton of those

[glad mantle]

yeah

Huracan & Murcielago are my bucket list cars

[charred depot]

Everyone knows you dont buy a E60 M5, you get a 530D and stick M badges on.

[glad mantle]

Murcielago was the poster car for me as a kid

[glad mantle]

LMAO

[flint sable]

🤑

[charred depot]

cheeky remap to go along with it

[glad mantle]

It's wild how many people don't know about the V10 M5/M6

When I take the M6 to meets I get so many confused reactions

[flint sable]

too scared of the V10

[glad mantle]

"what BMW is that???"
"They made a V10????"
"Is that the S65 V8?"

[flint sable]

every time its driven i hope the clutch doesnt explode

[glad mantle]

it's a car you need to buy with money in reserves incase stuff goes wrong

[flint sable]

my dad and i have

tooo many projects

[charred depot]

Can always just commit insurance fraud

[glad mantle]

If your budget is $25,000 and you buy an M5/M6 for $22,500

You've overspent already

[flint sable]

yea

[glad mantle]

I bought my M6 for $9,000

[flint sable]

WHAT

[glad mantle]

I have $20,000 set aside for repairs rn

[flint sable]

yeah

[glad mantle]

yeah

know what's wild too?

[flint sable]

hang on

i also have a

"that was only 9 grand?!" car

[glad mantle]

• Clean Title
• new engine 10,000km ago
• No major damage
• No major claims
• 100% west coast car
• ENTIRELY RUST FREE (I have pictures of the undercarriage if you want to see them 👀)
• Came with a $3,000 eisenmann exhaust
• Passed a full mechanical inspection with the only bad point being the air filters

[flint sable]

aero kit, sports seats and the cool wheels

[glad mantle]

There's one of these near my house for $2,500 currently

I've been thinking of buying it

[charred depot]

Old high spec 7 series used to be like a grand here, I always thought of buying one to see how long I could keep it going on a shoestring budget.

[flint sable]

https://tenor.com/view/dew-it-galactic-republic-palpatine-gif-21847982

[glad mantle]

It needs a new starter

that's it though

[flint sable]

oh

yeah

[charred depot]

Sadly insurance wanted like £5k/y at the time.

[glad mantle]

yeah

I feel that

I pay $8,000/yr in insurance currently

for my two cars

[glad mantle]

These guys are so cute btw

early 2000s porsches are underappreciated for being "ugly"

but like

[flint sable]

happy bug car

[glad mantle]

I just don't agree

I don't think they're ugly LOL

then again I like the E63 M6's styling a lot so

take my opinion with a grain of salt

[flint sable]

<3

[glad mantle]

little guy...

sorry i just still think its hilarious you saw my reel this morning LMAO

[flint sable]

yeah no i clicked on the profile and

i was like

hang on..

[glad mantle]

I'm really happy with how it's been performing. I was worried people would think I was trying to flex or something

the entire video is just meant to be engagement bait

so I can make more content dunking on haters

[flint sable]

GOOD choice

[glad mantle]

Those wheels

I have mixed feelings about those LOL

[flint sable]

ignore the fact that

the wheel badges

fell

off

[charred depot]

£9k car : |

[flint sable]

cantankerous nugget

[charred depot]

Its a little special

[glad mantle]

WOW

That interior looks wicked

[charred depot]

Saab B204 swapped in making over 300hp in a Lada its a proper deathtrap.

[flint sable]

i dont see too much of your content but once in a while i see you cover a species or whatever

[glad mantle]

Yeah most of my shorts are educational stuff intended for newer people in the fandom

I've been trying to make more "entertaining" stuff recently though

e.g. I made a short with one of LMG's "old" RED Cameras of me recording fursuiters

[flint sable]

i didnt know you had worked for LMG

thats neat

[glad mantle]

yeah I was one of the writers

back in 2021

I realized they still had the RED cameras because of one of Gerald Undone's videos

so I messaged one of the guys and then bought the RED Weapon they used in the "watercooling my camera" series

I'm currently re-rigging it atm actually, I have a picture hold on

[flint sable]

oh aweosme

i dont have much experince with cameras other than a cinewhoop drone

[flint sable]

what do the fans cool?

[glad mantle]

The entire camera

[flint sable]

like, the sensor

ah

[glad mantle]

Sensor, onboard computers, PMS

[flint sable]

neat

[glad mantle]

These cameras use A LOT of power

[flint sable]

99Wh battery

[glad mantle]

I have four of them

Each one lasts ~50 - 80 minutes

[flint sable]

can you hotswap

[glad mantle]

for context, my A7S III could be powered for 9 hours off of them

[glad mantle]

I can with an extension plate but I don't need to shoot that long

if I'm doing livestreams I can just power the batteries via USB-C

[flint sable]

yeahyeah

[glad mantle]

they support two-way 65W PD

which is just barely enough

the camera draws like 62W peak lol

which is a ridiculously high amount of power

[flint sable]

yeah for a camera

anyway back on topic to the car thing

this is the current project that has my attention

going to etch and paint this frame for it since the current one is shot

[glad mantle]

how many projects do you have?

[charred depot]

Framed vehicles suck :^)

[white heart]

I love this car

[charred depot]

£5k car, im always amazed how much unibody cars can be rusted and still be structurally sound. wont take much welding.

[hexed kayak]

very false

[white heart]

That one look nice too

[charred depot]

frame when not cracking into two pieces

like every pickup after 10 years here triangles itself

[hexed kayak]

you can take a 1950s truck and instead of modernizing it you buy a 00s cown vic pull the body off and then dropp the truck cab and bed on it

[charred depot]

do body swaps with unibody cars too

[flint sable]

The Dakota, a 325xi wagon, a VW Vanagon, a 300ZX SMZ, a 944 turbo S and a showroom stock 300zx race car

[hexed kayak]

takes more than 8 bolts to swap a body with a unibody

[charred depot]

git gud at weldening, I wouldnt do such a thing yet as insurance is aids.

[hexed kayak]

thats what i do as a job

[charred depot]

sad for you

Alot of my friends used to be welders but quit as its a quick path to death

you wear all the ventilation equipment but at the end of the day still end up with 100 tonnes of grinder dust up your nose

[hexed kayak]

thats why im being a cheap mf. so i can rake in the loot and quit before im too far gone

its going well

[charred depot]

Made the mistake of thinking id get away with welding zinc a few times then ending up with the super flu

[hexed kayak]

im not 30 yet and ive got more than my grandparents retired with at 70

[hexed kayak]

ive welded zinc many times and not gotten sick

[charred depot]

well they got to enjoy stuff costing £2 heh

[hexed kayak]

tf did you do

[charred depot]

inside a car

[hexed kayak]

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

[hexed kayak]

yeah but ive had a few decent strokes of luck

got a job in the acrtic that gave me enough for a downpayment on a house in undr 2 years and then in 5 years that house more than doubled in value and i sold it

seems like luck is the only way to make it these days

[charred depot]

Friend was a coded welded for submarines and nuclear stuff, we often joke about that when he does welding for cars as a hobby.

"put that on a welding facebook page and say it was done by a coded welder"

[hexed kayak]

your friend must be rich

they will pay 450$/hr+ for welding on submarines here

[charred depot]

doesent work anymore just fucks about with old cars and raffles them

[hexed kayak]

sounds like the pay over there is similar lol

[charred depot]

wasnt that great, does suprisingly well raffling shit old cars though

[halcyon grotto]

How much daylight should I be able to see through my throttle body

Coz I see maybe a mm on the both top and bottom

[compact grotto]

👀 https://x.com/iquonix/status/1798770901472907307?s=46&t=OB9jCOoj6SJ0gcjnPK2j-A

𝙞𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙭 (@iQuonix) on X

.@BlackPanthaaYT

what is Mitsubishi cooking 👀

Twitter · Jun 6, 2024, 5:36 PM

[native ermine]

hope its not another crossover eclipse

[hexed kayak]

ev lancer looks like 🤮

[native ermine]

im amazed at how Mitsubishi is still a thing here in NA

[hexed kayak]

because poor people would rather buy one as the cheapest new car over learning an ounce about good used cars

[stiff bloom]

Even tho Mirage isn't even the cheapest car somehow in spite of being BY FAR the worst

(in US at least)

[compact grotto]

NGL it hadn't occured to me that they still were. I thought they went away.. but it was just the Evo that went away.

[elfin terrace]

They closed tons of dealerships. But that next gen Evo pic is fake

[compact grotto]

I looked them up and realized that yeah, I see brand new Outlanders out and about, must me the only thing they're selling in any volume anymore

[native ermine]

xD

annnd my point exactly

[native ermine]

oh how they have fallen

[hexed kayak]

i expected it.

mitsubishi was never a true car company

just a company that made cars

cars are one of their smallest buisness ventures

[fathom socket]

1987 Lamborghini Portofino Concept

Engine: V8
Displacement: 3485 cc
Compression: 9.2:1
Power: 225 bhp @ 7000 rpm
Driven Wheels: Mid Engine / RWD
Transmission: 5-Speed Manual

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/f7tR-t67E_k

this is so real it fucking hurts

[languid spear]

Is the idler pulley easy to replace on a audi a4 8ed?

[cloud lance]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/790033699773524

This video literally looks like it hasn't finished rendering at times

it's WEIRD

[cunning surge]

hey yall, I watched Linus hot takes video and got a couple questions, some rando on twitter made a good point and I was like why didnt i think of that...

well he said get an ipad for your car since the infotainment system,

How easy would this be to set up to existing speakers in an older Porsche? I don't want to pay the Porsche tax for the "classic radio" apple car play setup that Porsche offers. And these crap cheap options aren't appealing.
I would love to get an iPad and just use it as my naviation + youtube music.

THANK YOU if you have any ideas or thoughts where to start.

[violet meteor]

wheres the ac pipe please

[civic spoke]

Over the last 75,000 km's or so, I have used around $11,000 worth of fuel. 🙃

[civic spoke]

I think these two?

Can't find the charging points, tho.

[violet meteor]

Hmm one needs to be hot other cold rightm

?

[civic spoke]

There's a high and low pressure side. Look for two caps, usually different sizes to them.

[violet meteor]

you were right

thxx

[vocal mural]

The black ribbon cap @violet meteor

[hexed kayak]

jusdt google ipad dash install. like 1000 people have done it before

[dusky torrent]

why would you install an ipad on your dash?

brawl stars while sitting in traffic?

[worldly oasis]

even better

clash of clans

[dusky torrent]

stimming in traffic goes crazy

[supple anchor]

Thats a funny looking radiator

[dusk ocean]

Jank oe intercooler is jank

[misty mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlfbb-KczGo

Don't buy Hyundai, kids

[civic spoke]

All excavators are more or less the same these days.

I wonder what actually set it on fire.

[misty mantle]

He thinks it was either oily leaves or shit thrown into the area that the boom mounts to by his muchler since he had ran it the day before

[civic spoke]

Sounds plausible.

[misty mantle]

He didn't have a extinguisher on it, and the one he ran and grabbed of one of his other excavators lost it's charge from just sitting

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Some places require you to check up on them, or replace them every so often.

It's like $40 for an insurance.

A normal 6 kg ABC extinguisher is about that price.

[misty mantle]

They're supposed to be inspected by the fire department I think every 6 months or yearly

[civic spoke]

Depends.

[misty mantle]

I've got several decade old extinguishers that are still charged, I def haven't discharged some of them for fun

I try to keep some of them around when I'm working on stuff

[civic spoke]

A good habit to have is also to turn around/shake a normal powder extinguisher

At least once a year.

I have three extinguishers in the truck.

[misty mantle]

We have 1 in the basket on my dads quad when we're out cutting or splitting wood, I should probably get one for my bronco

[civic spoke]

I have two 6 kg extinguishers, and one 2 kg.

Should think about getting one for my car.

[vocal mural]

Powder is crap.
Foam is much better

I still need to buy one for in my car. It isn’t required

[civic spoke]

Depends on the situation.
In my position, then I can't really use foam.

If I remember right, then foam are used for class A and B fires. I require ABC.

[wraith rivet]

Just watched that lol

very unfortunate

I’ve had a fire extinguisher in my pantry for at least 10 years and the dial still reads green 🤷‍♂️

idk how they work exactly

[civic spoke]

Pull pin.
Aim towards the base of fire.
Squeeze handle.

[wraith rivet]

‼️‼️‼️

maaann

[nova vortex]

yall ain't seein' me no more 💀

[white heart]

my dad is gonna make me try a 911 on the nuburgring on his racing sim, how cooked am i ?

[nova vortex]

not as cooked as me

im forced to exceed the damn needle do actually be a man

(320)

infact ima do it now