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Well I was just informed that if I "rewired" my electric fan to run off a pulley amd belt then my car would run "way cooler dude."
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| # ? Jun 13, 2009 20:24 |
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| # ? Feb 09, 2010 19:19 |
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Sweevo posted:I seem to remember it being one of the more common "secrets THEY don't want you to know" snake-oil scams until HHO came along. Acetone+rubber= bad news! Hope he is running SS fuel lines. Rhyno posted:Well I was just informed that if I "rewired" my electric fan to run off a pulley amd belt then my car would run "way cooler dude." As if, what, car companies stopped using the much simpler and cheaper pump-mounted fan because it worked too well?
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| # ? Jun 13, 2009 20:40 |
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digger_smolkin posted:Well then, where are all the 6.9/420 Yeah, I was going to go over to the switch for glowplug things, until I found out someone had already Mickeymoused the gently caress out of the glowplug system and I'd drat near have to start over from tracing wires. It's so hosed up I don't even know how they worked when they did work! Starter got replaced after a tank full of B99 thought it would be loving funny to gel at 55F so it has one of those new loving kick-rear end sweet gear reduction starters on it. gently caress the 90 pound rebuilt one, this is like half the weight. Just bought a new set of JOHNSON CONTROLS SPECIAL BATTERIES because well, $75 a pop and three years beats my last set at $175 a loving pop and pop after three years. CDR valve? Is that next to the muffler bearings? 
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| # ? Jun 13, 2009 22:21 |
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folks? Why don't we have a thread?
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InterceptorV8 posted:CDR valve? Is that next to the muffler bearings? No, you dolt, it's behind the conflabulator, you have to use an eleventy-second/inch spanner to remove it. ...  The crankcase depression regulator valve functions like a PCV valve on a gasser does. The immense compression in the cylinder forces a lot of gases past the rings on these motors and causes oil leaks and burning. The CDR vents the crankcase to the intake. It is located right under the back side of the air filter assembly, at the back of the intake manifold. It has a round diaphragm housing on a flanged pipe with a vacuum line going to it. Take it off and don't lose the o-rings that seal the ends, then soak for an hour in gas. You can test it by applying vacuum to the fitting, if you don't hear it pop open and closed, it's shot. Good luck finding a new one, I can't. I have heard of handy folks rebuilding them, though. I got the gear reduction starter, too, it does kick rear end. When it's warm, it cranks up faster than my bosses' '09 Silverado. Also- Interstate Batteries, if there's one near you, has 'blemished' batts for 24.99 a piece, got a couple in Feb for less than the cost of one anywhere else. digger_smolkin fucked around with this message at Jun 13, 2009 around 23:09 |
| # ? Jun 13, 2009 23:03 |
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At work: "Yeah, my orange car (SRT-4) weighed 2100 lbs!" "No, it didn't. My car weighs 2200lbs without anything in it." "I lightened it up! It was like 2500 from the factory." "OK, man."SRT-4's curb weight: 2860+.
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| # ? Jun 15, 2009 09:36 |
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The best I have heard was when I had my old '84 mk1 rabbit GTI and I needed a new alt, so I head over to the neighborhood schucks, only to have the guy at the parts counter tell me "The first year of the gti was '85". Of course I say , yes that was the first year of the golf/mk2 gti, but the rabbit gti was imported in small numbers in '83 and '84. He continued to argue with me over this until I went and grabbed the tittle out of my '84 GTI that I had driven there. But of course he knew more then me about vw's, cause thats HIS aircooled bug in the parking lot, which was a POS and beat to poo poo, and not even in the hoodride style.
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| # ? Jun 15, 2009 19:09 |
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Negromancer posted:He continued to argue with me over this until I went and grabbed the tittle out of my '84 GTI that I had driven there.
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| # ? Jun 16, 2009 02:13 |
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Charles L. gently caress posted:hmmm...where to keep this piece of paper that determines legal ownership of my vehicle? tucked behind the sun visor should do nicely poo poo I meant registration, not title. I actually ended up losing the title to that car.....
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| # ? Jun 16, 2009 16:12 |
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kimbo305 posted:It's still apples and oranges because those two models still might not have the same suspension setup or weight distribution. I think we'll need a couple of modified Subaru Imprezas to settle this.
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 00:28 |
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digger_smolkin posted:'84 6.9 IDI, stupidly simple motor that will burn just about anything. If some people here are only familiar with the GM diesels of that vintage, check out these old Internationals if you ever see one. The WVO finally rotted the original fuel return lines on my '85 6.9, I replaced them with polyurethane ones and am trying to sort out the lovely wiring again. I need to just take out all the wires and start over, because there has been a lot of amaturish wiring done on this thing even before I started monkeying around with it. FOrtunately starting fluid works safely if you disabled the glowplugs.
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 01:26 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:"100 psi now, 100 psi three hours from now" none of this post makes sense
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 01:42 |
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SyHopeful posted:none of this post makes sense
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 02:10 |
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SyHopeful posted:none of this post makes sense Makes sense to me.....
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 08:22 |
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destructo posted:It does if you can read? Maybe he doesn't know InterceptorV8 was/is a trucker, and has made posts that would explain everything he said there?
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 08:34 |
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SyHopeful posted:none of this post makes sense Much like my life.
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 09:26 |
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Phone posted:At work: This...way too often. Talking to a guy about a M50 swapped E30 and he mentions it weight 2200 pounds because he removed a bunch of weight...the back seat and a "racing" battery. I walk away before I have the urge to inform him that my fully stripped E30 weighs 2400 with a full tank of gas.
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| # ? Jul 03, 2009 17:52 |
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NitroSpazzz posted:This...way too often. Talking to a guy about a M50 swapped E30 and he mentions it weight 2200 pounds because he removed a bunch of weight...the back seat and a "racing" battery. I walk away before I have the urge to inform him that my fully stripped E30 weighs 2400 with a full tank of gas. I have a co-worker who still swears to this day that his toyota matrix weighs "about 2200 pounds".
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| # ? Jul 04, 2009 03:09 |
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TheMadMilkman posted:Maybe he doesn't know InterceptorV8 was/is a trucker, and has made posts that would explain everything he said there? Maybe, but I skipped to the last page of the thread and figured it out by context, sooo... 
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| # ? Jul 04, 2009 07:58 |
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Overheard at a bar.. some young chick with a fake ID trying to impress some dude "I have a 1964 Bel Air with a V6!"  It was of course determined to be her dads after some discussion and laughter. (The Bel Air never came with a V6, just I6s and V8s)
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| # ? Jul 18, 2009 23:13 |
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Last night I talked to a guy who had some interesting things to say about cars. I was hanging out at a local coffee shop ironically in a hipster area, drinking an ironic beverage and wearing a bunch of things that are ironic. I made the mistake of engaging this guy in conversation, and he shared these sparkling gems with me: 1. GM gen 3/4 v6 and v8 motors have the spark plugs mounted "this far" (uses hands to indicate 10-12") down in the cylinders. 2. This allows them to have a short stroke which makes them FAST 3. "Pontiacs are SO FAST". which ones? ALL OF THEM, especially the old "Bobcat GTO" and the V6 cop cars. 4. he has personally driven a "Lamborghini Countach Roadster" to 205mph. 5. he did 205mph in "7th gear" He became almost visibly angry when I tried to correct him on #1, as I've seen a smallblock once or two thousand times. After number 5 I stopped trying to correct him, and left shortly thereafter.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 16:19 |
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ab0z posted:Last night I talked to a guy who had some interesting things to say about cars. I had a former CEO friend who said his Boxster would pull 3-4G's easily. I could only smile and nod, since he provided me with a healthy paycheck.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 16:23 |
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I troll people at the lot sometimes, like this one kid with an old SVX I told to ask Jeff for a race, "his car's not that fast, it had an intercooler stock so that one in the front doesn't do much" (jeff's STi has run a best et of 11.2, somewhat traction limited).
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 16:26 |
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Schatten posted:I had a former CEO friend who said his Boxster would pull 3-4G's easily. I could actually believe that of a Saab. Gripen.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 16:32 |
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Phy posted:I could actually believe that of a Saab. Saab what? Viggen? (as in the military jet, not the front wheel drive "sports car" that comes with two days of HPDE) Edit: I am a moron. 944 fucked around with this message at Jul 30, 2009 around 19:27 |
| # ? Jul 30, 2009 18:01 |
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Phy posted:I could actually believe that of a Saab. 944 posted:Saab what? Viggen? (as in the military jet, not the front wheel drive "sports car" that comes with two days of HPDE) Yes, I believe that's what he said.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 18:17 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:
I got this 2 months ago when I wanted to source a CDR valve locally for my Hummer. I don't even tell the parts people I have a 90's hummer anymore because that throws them in a loop "Uh we don't carry parts for tanks.. "So I just tell them I need a CDR valvue for a 6.5L Diesel Savannah van with the center mount turbo. Even that's not specific enough since it's usually listed under PCV valves which may get omitted from the list because it's a diesel application. So Now I carry around a text file full of NAPA/Delco cross reference numbers for everything I use or can reasonably replace with hand tools...
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 18:49 |
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If you don't have a part number, they will either fail to find the part or give you the wrong one. If you do have the part number they will get the right part 95% of the time.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 19:01 |
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ab0z posted:Yes, I believe that's what he said. Stupid me....I had no idea that was another one of their aircraft and completely ignored the word. Carry on.
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| # ? Jul 30, 2009 19:27 |
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Schatten posted:I had a former CEO friend who said his Boxster would pull 3-4G's easily 
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| # ? Jul 31, 2009 00:22 |
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grover
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Sort of opposite of the garage/store/track but I thought it was funny none the less. My grandparents are extremely fond of Ford Escapes for some reason. They thought they had 2 4WD V6 ones and Hybrid one. My mom needed a new car and ended up buying the Escape. First time I went for a drive in it I assumed it was 4WD as they claimed it was and it had a large "4WD" tag embedded in one of the factory dash panels. First stop light I give it a little gas and it chirps the front tires. Pull over and look underneath the back. Unless theres an invisible drive shaft, rear diff, and axles the drivetrain definitely ends at the front axles. I told my mom but we shrugged it off since she doesn't need 4WD and my grandparents were doing her a favor. Next time I talked to my grandmother I brought it up however just to let her know not to buy from that dealership again. "Oh no it's 4WD!" I couldn't convince her. The best is she keeps insisting it's super sporty/handles great because "it's the same car as a Mazda, so you know it handles great!" The Tribute has a different "sport tuned suspension" and I'm sure it handles like rear end. I love the woman dearly but she is the best example of brand stereotyping I've ever seen. Mazda = Sporty, Volvo = Safe, BMW = $$$ Luxury. Speaking of which, I also asked what year her beloved e46 325i was. She told me it was a 2000. I politely tried to correct her and suggest it had to be 2001+ but apparently she is zee bmw expert. Not that I care too much, but I'm sure she doesn't know what e46 means let alone her engine code...
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| # ? Jul 31, 2009 01:58 |
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God, that reminds me of my best friend's Jeep Liberty. What a steaming pile of poo poo it is. He's convinced it's an unstoppable tank of doom and I don't care to correct him, except every time he brags about what an awesome off-roader it must be since it's "trail rated"(he's never actually taken it off-road) in my own head I'm facepalming. I made the mistake of telling him that Jeeps have to be able to navigate that Rubicon Trail. I never did tell him that it only made it to the end with about half the parts.
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| # ? Jul 31, 2009 07:38 |
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moloo posted:Speaking of which, I also asked what year her beloved e46 325i was. She told me it was a 2000. I politely tried to correct her and suggest it had to be 2001+ but apparently she is zee bmw expert. Not that I care too much, but I'm sure she doesn't know what e46 means let alone her engine code... I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the E46's first year in the US was 1999. She's probably correct.
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| # ? Jul 31, 2009 16:58 |
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moloo posted:The Tribute has a different "sport tuned suspension" and I'm sure it handles like rear end.
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| # ? Jul 31, 2009 18:07 |
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frozenphil posted:I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the E46's first year in the US was 1999. She's probably correct. They didn't make a 325i in 2000, 1999-2000 is either 323 or 328 in the US.
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| # ? Aug 01, 2009 04:53 |
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I was just having a debate with a guy about how is base model, automatic, purple PT Cruiser is a blast to drive and it's pretty quick and clearly I don't know anything about driving if I would say otherwise.
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| # ? Aug 01, 2009 06:20 |
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Psylocibe posted:I was just having a debate with a guy about how is base model, automatic, purple PT Cruiser is a blast to drive and it's pretty quick and clearly I don't know anything about driving if I would say otherwise. Its all relative. If he's been driving crown vics around his entire life, I bet that ridiculous looking POS is a blast to drive.
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| # ? Aug 01, 2009 15:12 |
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944 posted:Its all relative. If he's been driving A Crown Vic is waaaaay more fun to drive than a PT cruiser.
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| # ? Aug 02, 2009 07:30 |
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Elviscat posted:A Crown Vic is waaaaay more fun to drive than a PT cruiser. http://videos.streetfire.net/video/...0608_171850.htm http://www.cardomain.com/ride/731378
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| # ? Aug 02, 2009 11:49 |
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944 posted:Its all relative. If he's been driving Fixed to reflect my current fleet. I fail at cars. That's why I have a motorcycle
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| # ? Aug 02, 2009 16:52 |
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Sorry...didn't mean to offend anyone who likes driving around on their sofa.  Yes, I could have dug deeper for worse cars. The Cavalier seems like a good choice, as would pretty much any old man style Buick. At least the PT Cruiser is less of an "appliance".
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| # ? Aug 02, 2009 22:05 |
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