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Honestly the more I delve into this thing the more i'm just flat out dumbfounded it ran at all, what with the timing tensioner being unhooked when I got it, to no advance, to absolutely hosed up carb linkages, to all of it. And it's only ever left me stranded the one time the ballast resistor failed.
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SierraEchoBravo posted:Apparently that thing only lasted a couple feet before grenading one of the motors and the gear box. The video poster (read: father of the year) casually mentions that there were pieces of copper embedded in the seat the kid was sitting on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivCx_CKNOZE
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Initial results from today: with the vaccuum advance working and the butterflies adjusted, fuel and idle screws set. Not really any more power, but (hah) low to midrange performance is much improved and so much smoother. It just feels smoother in general. Before it took an act of god to get over about 73mph and anything over that would steadily climb my temp gauge into concerning territory and now it actually just kept pulling until just shy of 90  temps are noticeably cooler across the board, especially on freeway exiting and hitting stop lights. A good day.
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The hamsters needed to breath man.
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That's just the magic of Honda. Goddamn things are near unkillable, as exemplified by my t-boned Insight that still drives perfectly.
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SierraEchoBravo posted:Apparently that thing only lasted a couple feet before grenading one of the motors and the gear box. The video poster (read: father of the year) casually mentions that there were pieces of copper embedded in the seat the kid was sitting on. That's............ scary.
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The concept of going 90 in that tiny box scares me.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Before it took an act of god to get over about 73mph In case anyone else was curious about this it turns out hurricane-force winds are considered an act of God by most insurance policies.
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veedubfreak posted:The concept of going 90 in that tiny box scares me. One of these:  Will do an indicated 105mph (which is funny when the thing is gear limited to ~96mph) downhill with a tailwind along the M45. It's exactly as pants-shittingly terrifying as you'd expect, somehow that air dam on the front didn't do jack squat to stop the car going light at those speeds. Colour me suprised.
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Gas door hinge decided today was the day it couldn't go on any longer and sheared off. Due to the unlikely nature of finding a similar door quickly, I repaired the hinge as best I could with a section of coathanger. Aint pretty but it works.
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Apr 11, 2014 21:14
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Hello new thread title 
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You know, I've never seen John Waters and Steve Buscemi in the same room together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPaHme0
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You know, I've never seen John Waters and Steve Buscemi in the same room together.  Columbo has gotten to the bottom of this mystery for you.
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Apr 11, 2014 23:23
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This thread continues to impress. I wish I could contribute to its Kickstarter.
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jammyozzy posted:One of these: One of these:  will do 130 on the same chassis, with a 0-60 of around 8.5 seconds. I don't recommend cornering at anything like that speed though. On the bright side, the weight of the engine does keep the front wheels down pretty well.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Gas door hinge decided today was the day it couldn't go on any longer and sheared off. Due to the unlikely nature of finding a similar door quickly, I repaired the hinge as best I could with a section of coathanger. Aint pretty but it works. Pigfoot sighted.
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Apr 12, 2014 00:42
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dubzee posted:Pigfoot sighted. My coworkers absolutely hate it  
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You need some new coworkers 
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Man I never post in AI but this is my favorite thread You've got somebody in this forum working on Koenigseggs and a thousand-horsepower Corvette, a man who welds manifolds to spit in the eye of god, someone who's put a turbo the size of an island nation into a rattly civic, all kinds of poo poo. Then there's 13 inch dick, happily scribbling in his notebook "minor victory today: barbed wire on the steering wheel is rusting off. feel like the car is getting too reliable, might have to buy a new one soon."
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13 INCH DICK posted:My coworkers absolutely hate it Smart man. Pissing off co-workers whilst appeasing the girlfriend? Win-win.
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How could anyone hate that thing? It's loving awesome.
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Still need eyebrows.
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13 INCH DICK posted:My coworkers absolutely hate it That is one awesome color of tool box. If my coworker had a primus looking pig on his tool box I would pet it every day.
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Wolfsbane posted:One of these: One of these:  Will do about 85 mph if the sunroof is closed and the road is level. And I even lived to tell the tale!
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Hit my emblems with some cheap paint just to try and make them a little more readable. 
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Cakefool posted:Still need eyebrows. Seriously. I could prolly walk into that shop and put them on if he refuses to.......
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Negromancer posted:Seriously. I could prolly walk into that shop and put them on if he refuses to....... Please, do.
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The pig is probably going to end up kidnapped and sent on a round-the-world goony adventure.
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InitialDave posted:The pig is probably going to end up kidnapped and sent on a round-the-world goony adventure. It should be like a chain letter. Everyone gets a week with the pig. And then a year later half a dozen goons reveal they hosed the pig.
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Rhyno posted:It should be like a chain letter. Everyone gets a week with the pig. 
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Felt the car needed something.
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 The center image needs to be a Black Widow, though. I'll be on the lookout at the dollar stores.
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Want to trade up to a slightly larger old civic? 1982 Honda Civic Wagon - $1095 (kirkland) 
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That pig looks like something from a Primus video.
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Rectal Placenta posted:That pig looks like something from a Primus video. I'll just leave this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtffv9bpB-U
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Someone broke into my loving garage last night and stole the GF's bikd, my leather jacket, a box of DVDs, my bluepoint multimeter, and my loving spider shift knob. Doors were all closed this morning but noticed my car door was hanging open and then found it all missing.
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WTF! Does the complex have any sort of security! It's a terrible feeling when your things go missing, been there done that. (sounds like dumbass kids considering the things that were taken)
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13 INCH DICK posted:Someone broke into my loving garage last night and stole my loving spider shift knob. That's hosed up. Renter's insurance? How do you protect irreplaceable property? At least you still have the pig.
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13 INCH DICK posted:Someone broke into my loving garage last night and stole the GF's bikd, my leather jacket, a box of DVDs, my bluepoint multimeter, and my loving spider shift knob. Doors were all closed this morning but noticed my car door was hanging open and then found it all missing. Wow that is loving terrible, what the gently caress.
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