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mayodreams posted:Homemade butterfly exhaust valve? That would work, right?
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kimbo305 posted:Homemade butterfly exhaust valve? That would work, right? I think that's a throttle body. 
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| # ? Mar 24, 2009 20:50 |
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Aeilerto posted:I think that's a throttle body. Yeah a cheapo spare part that has all the pieces you need for the job.
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| # ? Mar 24, 2009 20:59 |
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Can someone explain those pictures in more detail? I mean I get the "godawful welds" ones and the "this will never hold" lifted trucks, but the internals stuff is a little arcane to me.
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| # ? Mar 24, 2009 21:00 |
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mayodreams posted:This has to be a joke, right? I don't see a driveshaft or any other means of delivering power to the wheels.
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| # ? Mar 24, 2009 21:34 |
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meh, lame
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las nalgas
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   The world famous Pink Lady.
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Psylocibe posted:The world famous Pink Lady. It's like the incarnation of  in real life. Truly horrifying.
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OrangeFurious posted:This has to be a joke, right? I don't see a driveshaft or any other means of delivering power to the wheels.  "Hey Cletus, how will we connect that there driveshaft once we raise the car up?" "Is you dumb Earl, we'll figgur that out later."
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OrangeFurious posted:This has to be a joke, right? I don't see a driveshaft or any other means of delivering power to the wheels. It's probably still in the build process. Or maybe the money ran out after paying off the shocks and everythin... oops nevermind.
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| # ? Mar 24, 2009 23:14 |
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kimbo305 posted:Yeah a cheapo spare part that has all the pieces you need for the job. Yeah, looks like an OK DIY exhaust cutout to me too?
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| # ? Mar 25, 2009 01:15 |
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mayodreams posted:Rest of pix: http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/epicfaildiyturbo/ Some of those welds are loving nuts. We did better work in 9th grade auto shop.
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| # ? Mar 25, 2009 01:18 |
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meltie posted:Yeah, looks like an OK DIY exhaust cutout to me too? If its an aluminum TB you're gonna have some problems.
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| # ? Mar 25, 2009 03:27 |
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goatse guy posted:
Hot, that's quite the upgrade from the CLK she was pushing before. I don't even mind that the door's open in that picture. 
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mafoose posted:I think he goes by streetfighter on hybridz.org. It's a 2JZ-GE NA-T swap with a 2 or 3 speed auto trans (don't remember which). We most certainly do not condone his street racing and have been trying to get him to quit it, but there is no denying the car is brutally fast and deceptively so. Goddamn. After watching those videos, I realize just how fast that loving thing is. I've never been in it racing anyone, so zero frame of reference other than "holy loving poo poo, this thing is going to loving kill me." Oh, and it was faster than that the last time I rode in it, and he's about to get about another 200 horsepower. I'm not sure which iteration of his evolution this was, but I think it was the setup before the last one.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.
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einTier posted:
People are going to make fun of his 4" exhaust in parking lots, never knowing that the car actually needs it. 
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oxbrain posted:People are going to make fun of his 4" exhaust in parking lots, never knowing that the car actually needs it.
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| # ? Mar 25, 2009 06:28 |
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Hope this hasn't been posted yet:   Source article: here My first thought was "How are they going to get the paint off the wheel wells?", but then I remembered, "Art Car"
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mayodreams posted:Rest of pix: http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/epicfaildiyturbo/ They had to go and include the redneck turbo foxbody from turbomustangs.com. It looks silly as hell, but the dude has gone 10s in this POS.  Click here for the full 800x600 image.
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Psylocibe posted:
Is that just a bug with a firebird front, delorean doors, and a godawful body kit?
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Matlock posted:Is that just a bug with a firebird front, delorean doors, and a godawful body kit? The Pink Lady was a show car, I believe a '55 Oval window, done in the '80s by a European metalworker who loved hot rod style poo poo. It was well known in the VW circles.
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Crosspost from TFR
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xopher.white posted:Crosspost from TFR are those antennae, or lightning rods?
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Butt Reactor posted:are those antennae, or lightning rods? Tesla field generators. 
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Butt Reactor posted:are those antennae, or lightning rods? I would hazard the guess that the car is remote driven.
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Psylocibe posted:Perfect 50/50 weight distribution my rear end
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xopher.white posted:Crosspost from TFR Butt Reactor posted:are those antennae, or lightning rods? Reminds me of this:  Real question: The turret mount, is it maned by a soldier / person, or electronically controlled? Badass either way.
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Some exciting new trucks coming out of Daimler. And we've already discussed our love of flat black.   
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Hagetaka
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I just read all that on autoblog, very exciting! I am glad to see serious development in trucks for fuel economy. The US really depends (perhaps too heavily) on trucks to move stuff around, if this tech could significantly improve fuel economy and emissions it would help clean up the air as well as lower the cost of moving goods around by reducing the amount of fuel used.
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Neocon 4Ever posted:I wonder what kind of damage a blow-out would do on that fancy body work over those rear wheels?
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 18:13 |
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DefaultPeanut posted:
The box to the right of the weapon looks awfully lot like a sensor of some sort, and it doesn't appear there's any room for a person to be up by the weapon. I'd guess either remotely controlled, or controlled from inside the truck.
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Sockington posted:I wonder what kind of damage a blow-out would do on that fancy body work over those rear wheels? The ultimate question is will the fuel saved before the blowout cost more or less than the repairs. Not that most truckers in the US would want one, they're still fixated on wood paneling and chrome.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 18:29 |
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Where are the mirrors? That tiny thing hanging off the top of the door?
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 18:41 |
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Javid posted:Where are the mirrors? That tiny thing hanging off the top of the door? No mirrors- cameras (less wind resistance) quote:
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 18:45 |
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Too bad the standard fuel-saving measure at most trucking companies is to penalize the drivers for getting lovely mileage, while sending them on lots of runs in the southwest in the summer, blaming their "wasted" fuel on "excessive idling". I doubt any national carrier is going to start buying those in large numbers unless they're actually as cheap as a normal fleet truck, or close enough to make it worth it with the fuel savings (which the phrase "cabin infotainment center" leads me to doubt) I want to drive that thing so bad, though.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 19:02 |
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Javid posted:I want to drive that thing so bad, though. Freightliner? You admit to wanting to drive a freightliner?  Anyway, that truck would be illegal in CA. California hates black trucks!
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InterceptorV8 posted:Freightliner? You admit to wanting to drive a freightliner? Really? What's all this about then? I drive through the LA harbor daily, and now that you mention it I can't remember the last time I saw a black truck or bus.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 19:15 |
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Sockington posted:I wonder what kind of damage a blow-out would do on that fancy body work over those rear wheels? A lot less damage than the crap that it typically kicked up onto my car.
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InterceptorV8 posted:Freightliner? You admit to wanting to drive a freightliner? Can you ever say that you're in a truck that isn't SOMEHOW illegal in CA?
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| # ? Mar 26, 2009 19:30 |
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Javid posted:Can you ever say that you're in a truck that isn't SOMEHOW illegal in CA? http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3105403 DRIVING WHILE BLACK! Soon to be a REAL CRIME in CA. I have gotten a couple level I in CA, I'm completely legal. How? hosed if *I* know.
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