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Thought I'd go play with my new camera and take some decent photos of the car.
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Wow, that XR-8 has the whole ST205 Celica look going on with that front-end
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Sockington posted:Wow, that XR-8 has the whole ST205 Celica look going on with that front-end  Click here for the full 428x1260 image. 
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Coronet XX posted:What in the goddamn is that? Believe it or not, apparently it came from the factory looking like that. It's a V8 ute and therefore automatically awesome, but my god, Ford, was the Taurus not punishment enough?
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To make up for the not-so-nice looking front end Ford gave it a 5.6L Windsor(factory stroked from 5.0)making 250KW/500nm with a manual transmission and LSD =  Basically with an exhaust and a tune you can run a mid 13 pass and then tow your boat or haul a whole heap of crap the next day. It's pretty fun and handles well for lolpushrods and oxcart suspension.
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I don't know WHY we couldn't get a G8 ute.
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Ozmiander posted:I don't know WHY we couldn't get a G8 ute. Take G8 sales. Divide by normal:mullet factor.
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ChunksNensja posted:Thought I'd go play with my new camera and take some decent photos of the car.
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Sockington posted:Wow, that XR-8 has the whole ST205 Celica look going on with that front-end I was thinking more along the lines of the Integra, but yeah, I had to do a double-take to make sure it wasn't some crazy fascia swap.
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kimbo305 posted:Take G8 sales. Divide by normal:mullet factor. You severely underestimate how many people love trucks.
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Ozmiander posted:You severely underestimate how many people love trucks. And the F series/Silverado/Ram is what people buy, same as last time those utes were here.
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But how much has "HURR, LOOK AT MUH HEMI" truck fagging grown since the 80s? I can't drive ten feet without having my zuk rammed off the road by a pimped out ram 1500.
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Ozmiander posted:But how much has "HURR, LOOK AT MUH HEMI" truck fagging grown since the 80s? I can't drive ten feet without having my zuk rammed off the road by a pimped out ram 1500. And hence why no one wants a ute.
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kimbo305 posted:And hence why no one wants a ute. This is unfortunately true. People don't want trucks as practical vehicles for hauling loads and towing stuff (which a ute would work for), they want a big MAH TRUG that stands out from (and above) the crowd of leetle cars.  Not really the same market.
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kimbo305 posted:Take G8 sales. Divide by normal:mullet factor. Are you advocating people grow mullets?
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If it gave me a $1000 discount on a ute, I'd do it. Wouldn't you? I'll wear the flannel for free.
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ChunksNensja posted:To make up for the not-so-nice looking front end Ford gave it a 5.6L Windsor(factory stroked from 5.0)making 250KW/500nm with a manual transmission and LSD = Like you said the AU copped a lot of flak for how it looked, but I really think they had it sorted on the series II-III XRs. Finding the stroker motor with a manual transmission is pretty awesome. I wouldn't think twice about choosing a super pursuit over a SS ute even though I'm about as pro-holden as it gets short of being a perpetually drunk V8 supercars fan. sadnessboner fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Jan 3, 2010 |
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My car still looks like a piece of poo poo but at least it's fast and handles well. S14 pre-facelift RB30DET engine.. RB30 block with RB25 twincam head. All the usual mods. Should be taking it for tuning & a dyno run this weekend hopefully, trying to chase 280-300kw at the rear wheels. Not really into drifting or any of that kind of poo poo, I just like the car. ShaunO fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Jan 3, 2010 |
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ShaunO posted:My car still looks like a piece of poo poo but at least it's fast and handles well. Was the RB swap difficult? I had heard that RB's were too long to fit into Silvias. Also, did you use a regular RB25D head or a NEO head?
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Taaaaaaarb! posted:Was the RB swap difficult? I had heard that RB's were too long to fit into Silvias. Also, did you use a regular RB25D head or a NEO head? I don't know, but i love him for saying "pre facelift" instead of fagging it up with japanese words.
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Ron Burgundy posted:
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Taaaaaaarb! posted:Was the RB swap difficult? I had heard that RB's were too long to fit into Silvias. Also, did you use a regular RB25D head or a NEO head? I bought it with the swap already done but as far as I know it is not. It has heaps of room length-wise and even enough room to fit a fairly thick intercooler up front. Along with fans on both sides of the radiator. It's not as bad as people think, the engine bay is fairly similar in size to a Skyline. The head is an RB25DET out of an R33 series 2. All that had to be changed were the engine/gearbox crossmembers, the wiring loom/ECU and that's pretty much it. It's using an RB25DET gearbox that lines up perfectly. Seems like a very straightforward swap. This car actually started off as an S14 Q's Automatic, so it's had a pretty big makeover, 5 stud hubs, R33 Skyline brakes, manual conversion etc. Would've cost me a lot more to do all the stuff myself so was good to buy it already done. Ozmiander posted:I don't know, but i love him for saying "pre facelift" instead of fagging it up with japanese words. God I hate Zenki/Kouki or whatever-the-gently caress people call them. Japanese cars are so common here in New Zealand there is no JDM faggotry like that.
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ShaunO posted:My car still looks like a piece of poo poo but at least it's fast and handles well. It looks like they got the BA bonnet bulge back-to-front.
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Taaaaaaarb! posted:Was the RB swap difficult? I had heard that RB's were too long to fit into Silvias. Also, did you use a regular RB25D head or a NEO head? It's not really difficult. The clearance issue you run in to is the RB25 has a engine-mounted fan, that makes it too long to fit. So, you just pull off that and use an electric. The transmission tunnel tends to need a bit of cutting so the shifter will come up right as well.
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Wait, I thought FR Nissans from the 90s also used the same 5-speed manual transmissions.
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Despite the questionable exterior color and very questionable interior color, I am absolutely loving this car. It's just an amazing amount of fun to drive. It's like my Miata, but with testicles.  
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Comrade Flynn posted:Despite the questionable exterior color and very questionable interior color, I am absolutely loving this car. It's just an amazing amount of fun to drive. It's like my Miata, but with testicles. I saw the color and thought how un-manly it looked....then I scrolled and saw the CSC. Badass, and redeems for color by all means (and then some).
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I now drive a catfish. Test drove pretty much everything but fell in love with the 370Z.  
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Robot Smasher posted:My baby is a daily driven Lotus Exige. DD as in 5 days a week? Are you some sort of limber gymnast? I bet after a year you could suck your own penis.
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nutnmunch posted:I now drive a catfish. That's a mighty nice catfish you have there. Congrats.
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Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away If you can use some exotic booze There's a bar in far Bombay Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away Come fly with me, let's float down to Peru In llama-land there's a one-man band And he'll toot his flute for you Come fly with me, let's take off in the blue Once I get you up there Where the air is rarefied We'll just glide Starry-eyed Once I get you up there I'll be holding you so near You may hear Angels cheer, 'cause we're together Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day Just say the words and we'll beat the birds Back to Acapulco Bay It is perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away Once I get you up there Where the air is rarefied We'll just glide Starry-eyed Once I get you up there I'll be holding you so near You may hear Angels cheer, 'cause we're together Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day If you say the word, we will beat those birds Back to Acapulco Bay It is perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say Come fly with me, let's fly, let,s fly, Pack up, let's fly away come take a ride in my spaceship only ~60mpg on the ground, but when I'm orbiting the earth it gets around 600mpg 
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Ziploc posted:DD as in 5 days a week? Are you some sort of limber gymnast? Going on 10 months. I'll let you know.
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Robot Smasher posted:Going on 10 months. I'll let you know. If in 2 months you stop posting, we'll know.
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   1985 Cadillac ElDorado
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My 1991 Mini!   Click here for the full 902x600 image.  Click here for the full 720x600 image.
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Hey there late model LHD Mini buddy  
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Both of your cars are infinitely cooler than any new Mini available in recent years.
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Rhyno posted:Both of your cars are infinitely cooler than any new Mini available in recent years. How and why?
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