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InitialDave posted:That would be Mr Timothy Westwood. According to his wikipedia page, Westwood was the inspiration for Ali G.
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InitialDave posted:Unfortunately, the reality was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7auxNc0MIrs Do they even change anything with the actual operating part of the car, or is it just a bunch of stupid modifications to make it "ghetto fabulous" as they put it? Because I'd rather have a ratty interior and a kick-rear end engine than that entire clusterfuck.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Do they even change anything with the actual operating part of the car, or is it just a bunch of stupid modifications to make it "ghetto fabulous" as they put it? Supposedly they do engine work, but it doesn't make for good TV. I remember a few of the later PMR episodes where they would mention some work under the hood, but most episodes glossed over it entirely.
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Dec 17, 2014 03:10
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I refuse to believe Westwood isn't satire.
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Aflicted posted:
Westwood is a national treasure, he's the son of an anglican bishop and the whitest most middle class dude in the world and as such, possibly the last person who should be into hip hop. He created that persona and just ran with it, dude's entire career is based on being an utter joke and people really don't know how to take him. He's brilliant. He's also 57. But yeah, pimp my ride UK was a loving travesty. Nobody over here had a cool car to begin with so it basically became 'sticking tacky crap on tacky cars uk'
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88h88 posted:But yeah, pimp my ride UK was a loving travesty. Nobody over here had a cool car to begin with so it basically became 'sticking tacky crap on tacky cars uk'  . Would have been the coolest car on UKPMR.
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88h88 posted:Westwood is a national treasure, he's the son of an anglican bishop and the whitest most middle class dude in the world and as such, possibly the last person who should be into hip hop. He created that persona and just ran with it, dude's entire career is based on being an utter joke and people really don't know how to take him. He's brilliant. He's also 57. OK, this makes a lot more sense. I did click on some video links on his site, specifically him interviewing Lil Wayne, and it was so uncomfortable I couldn't take it. I think a lot of that had to do with Lil Wayne's eyes constantly rolling back in his head like he was blacking out. That show and his website are still terrible though. Next time I'm in the UK I'll pay more attention to this phenomenon.
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Holy loving poo poo today. I started off with simple goals. Get smokes and get to work to pick up tools to work on the Gremlin. At the Walgreens on the corner I get stuck behind some dude literally haggling over some ten dollar toy he's buying. Nice suit but just will not loving pay sticker. Who haggles at a walgreens. Eventually he just accepts and goes to pay and pulls out a loving STACK of twenties and she asks if he wants a bag. Cue him hemming andnhawing over the five cent bag fee. Im sitting in line in full blown nic fit ready to kill. Get my smokes. Get in the car. Blast up the hill heading towards work. Then. It happens. Pedal goes to the floor and my forward motion rapidly gives way to physics and I coast backwards nearly nailing a police cruiser coming up quick. I elect to putit into the curb backwards instead. Cruiser reorients behind me, lights come on. Asks if it died and I say no I think my throttle cable snapped. They offer to push me to the top of the hill. I'm within visual sight of ky apartment one block behind me downhill. They wont let me turn around, so I get pushed to the top. Walk back to the house. Call oreillys. They look it up and no poo poo told me to call honda  Call dad. He's on the hunt for a cable. Walk outside to try to catch the bus to work to get tools for the gremlin. Lock myself out. Missed the bus by 30 yards.  
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Dec 24, 2014 22:23
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Wait, is it broken?
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Get my smokes. Get in the car. Blast up the hill heading towards work. Then. It happens. Pedal goes to the floor and my forward motion rapidly gives way to physics and I coast backwards nearly nailing a police cruiser coming up quick. I elect to putit into the curb backwards instead. Cruiser reorients behind me, lights come on. Asks if it died and I say no I think my throttle cable snapped. They offer to push me to the top of the hill. I'm within visual sight of ky apartment one block behind me downhill. They wont let me turn around, so I get pushed to the top. Have dad stop by the local fixie shoppe.
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Astonishing Wang posted:Wait, is it broken? Cable has slack in it because the last half foot or so sheared off and is now MIA
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This is the 1.2l, right? Poking around on Rock Auto directed me to a Pioneer CA8540. You could order them through Autozone but that doesn't help today. If I were daring, I'd put something together with a lawnmower throttle cable just to limp it home. Sorry dude. e: Viggen posted:Have dad stop by the local fixie shoppe. This isn't far off from my idea, and would probably be cheaper.
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Dec 24, 2014 23:37
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I scored a free. 3 foot tall tin sign at work picking my tools up, noticed they were throwing it away.
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I see a new civic widebody kit in the making. or floorboards.
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Sorry man, that sucks poo poo.  The car, not the sign, sign's cool
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Dec 25, 2014 01:40
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"Let us show you their credentials"
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:I scored a free. 3 foot tall tin sign at work picking my tools up, noticed they were throwing it away.
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Dec 25, 2014 19:30
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2014 strikes again!
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Dec 25, 2014 22:35
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In a stroke of genius I got my car home. I have a manual choke cable hooked to the throttle butterfly.
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:In a stroke of genius I got my car home. I had to drive my old FB RX-7 home 15 miles using the choke cable as a lovely hand throttle once. Fun stuff.
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:In a stroke of genius I got my car home. I used the hood release in the truck for a while. It was interesting.
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It's beautiful.
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Motherfuckin Christmas Miracle right there.
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Dude, I live right around the corner from you. Ping me next time (yes, there will be a next time) and we can tow the thing with a strap and my truck. (comedy option: a strap and the M Coupe) ninja: that is a brilliant hand control.
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Dec 27, 2014 00:21
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Impulse buy at Oriellys.
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The choke setup is more awesome than I imagined it to be. I imagine driving with it feels a bit awkward.
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Lets be honest with the amount of power that engine makes he could have wedged the throttle wide open and just dropped the clutch everywhere and nobody would have heard or noticed him
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Torn Quad Jones posted:Lets be honest with the amount of power that engine makes he could have wedged the throttle wide open and just dropped the clutch everywhere and nobody would have heard or noticed him Hey pal 53 at the crank aint nothing to sneeze at t  SAE Gross when new INCHI DICKARI fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Dec 27, 2014 |
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I have 7 more horsepower than you?  SAE gross When new
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I want very badly to see you rebuild that engine with forged internals, 12:1 compression, and a race profile cam (making power below 6000 RPM is for chumps)
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Dec 27, 2014 02:41
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Theres an article about using goldwing 1000cc dome top pistons and how to build an EB1/2 for power, highest I recall seeing was somewhere around 110hp and using a 1300 CVCC crank to make it some bastard 1.4 sohc.
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110hp in that thing would be amazing.
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Rhyno posted:110hp in that thing would be amazing. All three seconds of it.
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Geirskogul posted:I have 7 more horsepower than you? To be fair your car needs it more considering how much more it weighs 
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I'm not going to lie. i drove to work only using the actual choke. I hooked up the deathcable at work today. Managed to overrev through a turn burn out throw my alternator belt and almost torque steer int oncoming less than 3 blocks from work. poo poo's scary enough I'm taking the bus.
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Dec 27, 2014 04:17
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Should have hit the fixie shop
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:I'm not going to lie. i drove to work only using the actual choke. I hooked up the deathcable at work today. see this is the sort of thing you need for do for a hot rod garage application
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I just want to stress that someone that daily drove this: Thought that the deathcable was simply too unsafe to drive.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_k_BOoXUA Take notes man.
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