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Of 90s Oldsmobiles that is one of the more interesting ones with a 3.4L 24V DOHC V-6 with two cams for each cylinder bank. Lots of maintenance, but 220 or so horsepower which was pretty good for the time. They also made that model as a sedan and a convertible.
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PBCrunch posted:Of 90s Oldsmobiles that is one of the more interesting ones with a 3.4L 24V DOHC V-6 with two cams for each cylinder bank. Lots of maintenance, but 220 or so horsepower which was pretty good for the time. Do you know any DOHC motor that has a different number of cams for each cylinder bank?
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Since it seems like a safe place now, I've always wanted a Convertible Cutlass
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RealKyleH posted:Do you know any DOHC motor that has a different number of cams for each cylinder bank? I always thought the D stood for duplicate 
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blugu64 posted:Since it seems like a safe place now, I've always wanted a Convertible Cutlass I admit I have a soft spot for them as well, but only because I went to the Indy 500 when I was 9, and the black & silver Cutlass Supreme was the pace car with Chuck Yeager at the wheel. I thought they were so awesome. Later on in high school, my auto shop class had a 1989 black & silver Cutlass Supreme coupe that was donated to our school after a run of them were damaged in a flood at the production plant. Instead of demolishing them, GM donated them to schools. We were not allowed to drive it on the street, or GM would take it back. So my auto class got to rebuild it, and it was showroom-quality when we were done. It only had 8 miles on it; the furthest it ever drove was from one end of the shop to the other. I think it has since been crushed. 
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DropShadow posted:I admit I have a soft spot for them as well, but only because I went to the Indy 500 when I was 9, and the black & silver Cutlass Supreme was the pace car with Chuck Yeager at the wheel. I thought they were so awesome. That's a great story - if I saw chuck yeager drive one I'd want it too! That's cool with the shop class too, just too bad you couldn't really drive it.
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RealKyleH posted:Do you know any DOHC motor that has a different number of cams for each cylinder bank? No, but double overhead cams could be misinterpreted to mean two cams, one for each bank.
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ghost posted:
That sounds familiar. We traded my wife's 2004 Wrangler Rubicon for a 2009 Si. She loves it and I really enjoy driving it also. We had many years of fun off roading the Rubicon but we stopped doing it and switched gears to the Civic. 
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Awesome, Si buddy. It's definitely a fun little ride.
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ab0z posted:That's a great story - if I saw chuck yeager drive one I'd want it too! We heard stories of another high school that got one. Their shop class used it as a parts runner or errands car. One day they showed up to class and it was gone. GM had taken it back and crushed it since they broke the agreement.
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I already posted this in the cheap car gloat thread but here goes: Thursday night I bought a 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 for $1100. The car has only 131k miles, has power windows/locks/mirrors/sunroof, cruise control, air conditioning, a radio with six-disc CD changer, and every single thing works. The ZX2 is not everyone's favorite car, but it has a nice little 2.0L 16V DOHC motor, a five-speed manual and a fully independent suspension designed by Mazda. I have a 1991 Mercury Tracer LTS posted earlier in this thread. The Tracer is going to trade all its interesting parts over to this car and then the Tracer will be sold. I have wanted to do track days for a long time and this car should be a lot safer than my LTS that had no airbags and signs of a fairly serious collision on the driver's side. You shouldn't take anything to the track that you can't write off it ends up crumpled into a ball. Anyway, here are the pics:     Oh yeah and it said this on my new insurance card: 
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PBCrunch posted:The ZX2 is not everyone's favorite car, but it has a nice little 2.0L 16V DOHC motor, a five-speed manual and a fully independent suspension designed by Mazda. I have a 1991 Mercury Tracer LTS posted earlier in this thread. The Tracer is going to trade all its interesting parts over to this car and then the Tracer will be sold. As you know, the ZX2 is a BG chassis car. So, if you don't like the power output of the poo poo-tastic Zetec, you can easily bolt in a; - 1.8L BP - 2.5L KLZE Then it becomes an interesting car. Also, my old ZX2 was a 'cool' model too (until a truck with roof trusses decided to run a stop sign); (car came with the covers)   
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PBCrunch posted:
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PBCrunch posted:No, but double overhead cams could be misinterpreted to mean two cams, one for each bank. No it couldn't, because one per bank would be SOHC. DOHC and SOHC always refer to the number of cams per bank. FWIW, my friend had an older(1992 I think) GP GTP with the 6 speed manual transmission. I have never seen one since, though I can see how that engine and trans. combo would pretty much be considered the king poo poo back in the early 90's. We also used to have a white Olds Cutlass convertible at school, as well as an LT-1 T/A and a 30th anniversary Z/28.
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Cage posted:Its not quite a dent, it just slightly goes inward at that point. Is there anything I can do about it? Paintless Dent Removal -- PDR -- is very effective at getting these out and is way cheap, like $50-100 tops for something like that.
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Meathole posted:FWIW, my friend had an older(1992 I think) GP GTP with the 6 speed manual transmission. More than likely it was the 5-speed.
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Well I will resurrect this thread. I have been lusting after this car with the rest of AI for a while. And today, I became the proud owner of a White Hot G8 GT. Let me tell you this car moves. For only having 360hp, it certainly can get out of its own way. The GM rebates and incentives certainly helped and I think I didn't do too bad with the total cost either. $27k I guess you can add me to the list of AI posters that have these rocket sleds now. Ohh and my wife isn't a "car person" but she loves this car. 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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_firehawk posted:G8 GT
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xopher.white posted:Wow, the white makes the car appear very unassuming. From everything I have heard, white ones are pretty rare too. On the first day of driving it. I got two separate "thumbs up" and one idiot in a Honda who yelled "GTO's Suck" at me. My friend who was in the car said than any attention is good attention.
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Here's my car, excuse the lovely cell phone picture. 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT in dark bronzemist Metallic. 
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2002 Volvo S40 1.8 SE. 97k on the clock. Got it recently to replace my older S40. I'm really enjoying it, it's in nice condition and drives very well. Compared to my previous car, it has lots of fun toys too. The photos are pretty rubbish, camera phone. Only real change since those photos were taken is the change of tyres, 4 X Pireli P6000.   Covered in rain, living in the North of England, this is how it usually looks. Lord_Kev fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Sep 13, 2009 |
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Took some new pictures of my ride over the weekend         Oh, 1993 VW Corrado SLC, for those who didn't know.
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_firehawk posted:New G8 Hey new G8 buddy. Just curious, does yours have bluetooth?
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omgitstheinternet posted:Took some new pictures of my ride over the weekend Oh god that door line that extends along the hood and up past the c pillar uunngggghhhhh   Why do I have so many 80's-early 90's cars that I want?
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omgitstheinternet posted:Why is the window down .
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Hi AI! I've been wanting to post my car up for over a year now, but somebody stole my camera while back. No matter now I have a new one. I've had this 2005 Civic Si HFP for a year now. My last car was a non-GSR Acura Integra so the power upgrade was nice. Plus it has some of the most comfortable bucket seats inside it. Im not in love with the kit that was on it, but that was the original owner of the car's decision. I do feel gypped though from having the 6spd, 190 HP engine that came with the next edition of the SI. It's roomy and looks cooler than a fit IMO. I love it for what it's worth. The car sounds good at low RPM while not being too gaudy at high RPM. Now I need to work on putting my T3/T4b into it because v-tech is not enough to make me happy. .JPG) .JPG)
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GET EM SLUGGER posted:Hey new G8 buddy. Just curious, does yours have bluetooth? It is supposed to, but I looked at the build date and its 6/08 So I am truly doubting it does. I checked the g8 boards, and supposedly there is a new onstar and bluetooth module you can get that will give you real bluetooth support like it was advertised. Hell mine didn't even come with an owners manual so I am having to figure stuff out on my own. But the dealer is supposed to order me one. If you don't mind did yours come with xm radio asctivated? Because my xm isn't turned on and the dealer isn't calling me back.
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Because I'm still waiting (4.5 weeks and counting) for my wagon back from being repaired after a not at fault crash I'll post a couple of my loan car:  Lots of fun, but it won't exactly be ideal for moving house this weekend :/
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dissss posted:Lots of fun, but it won't exactly be ideal for moving house this weekend :/ not true  
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EL Bombastico posted:not true Also good for lumber   My car, hoping to get rid of it in the spring and get something faster and in beter condition...
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The almost restored 2 fizzle: Bought it from a middle aged housewife in NJ. one of four thousand verts made in the us from that year and counting so I don't have the balls to mess with it/wrap it around a telephone poll.
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_firehawk posted:From everything I have heard, white ones are pretty rare too. On the first day of driving it. I got two separate "thumbs up" and one idiot in a Honda who yelled "GTO's Suck" at me. My friend who was in the car said than any attention is good attention. Someone tried to run a "cavalier" and lost, only to find out it was a GTO.
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I think the GM curse of DasVolk has rubbed off on me. I have had this drat G8 4 friggen days and the leather is already starting to peel from the door handle. I mean seriously GM, build quality. I guess its a good thing I didn't buy this car based solely on the quality of its interior and instead for that monster of an engine under the hood.
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Holden was plagued by lovely quality control during the VT-VY Commodore days, but I thought they would've fixed that with the VE. Sad to see they haven't.
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_firehawk posted:It is supposed to, but I looked at the build date and its 6/08 So I am truly doubting it does. I checked the g8 boards, and supposedly there is a new onstar and bluetooth module you can get that will give you real bluetooth support like it was advertised. Hell mine didn't even come with an owners manual so I am having to figure stuff out on my own. But the dealer is supposed to order me one. If you don't mind did yours come with xm radio asctivated? Because my xm isn't turned on and the dealer isn't calling me back. If you have a cupholder in the rear floorboard (rather than in the passthrough in the back seat) you have a 09.5 which should have Bluetooth. If your rear cupholder is in the passthrough you have an 09 (like me) with no Bluetooth. I had to call OnStar to activate XM radio while I was sitting at the dealership. Maybe that might be what you could try? I am interested in getting hold of that reprogrammed Onstar box with Bluetooth included. Also, I tuned mine with the Superchips Cortex today and holy poo poo is it like a whole different car now. I already had an intake and axle backs and the tune really woke it up.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:If your rear cupholder is in the passthrough you have an 09 (like me) with no Bluetooth. My rear seat is setup like this. But I bet if I had a GXP I would have the working bluetooth right?
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PleasantDirge posted:The almost restored 2 fizzle: Still gonna rock the automatic though?
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_firehawk posted:My rear seat is setup like this. But I bet if I had a GXP I would have the working bluetooth right? Not necessarily. There were 09 and 09.5 GXPs I think. Best bet is to wait for Chris White over on G8board to get the reprogrammed Onstar units with Bluetooth generally available. It's in the works. Not sure what his business model will be - if he will provide the module or if you'll have to find it, etc... but he has been able to get the Bluetooth retrofitted in to the 09s. That's what I am planning on doing with mine. Mine didn't show Bluetooth on the window sticker so I wasn't expecting it, but as I understand several people were told by the dealerships that their car would have it when in fact it did not. That to me is justification for not adding features in mid model year. Leads to a lot of dissatisfied customers with the early build models.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Stryker Blue 09 Pontiac G8 GT with sport and premium packages. Yeah you pretty much have the G8 I wanted, only I wanted a sunroof too. But I had to settle with what was left. And Honestly, I am pretty happy with the white.
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