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I think that's the first time I've seen one window both sides of the block.
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The best part is how it takes a sec to scroll down... "Okay we've got a head, a blo....oh"
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Jun 15, 2012 17:31
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So how peppered with holes was the starter?
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Jun 15, 2012 17:35
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This is awesome. Like IOwnCalculus, I looked at it for a second thinking "What the hell is that gree...oooohhhh." Here's one I can safely post now, been a few years since it happened. Reg numbers obscured to protect the innocent, even though the plane's in completely new livery now and not even in the country anymore:  Saab 340, for the non-aviation guys. Wee bit of a problem with the downlock on that right MLG. Apparently there is a bizarre sequence of maintenance events that will allow the whole mechanism to go up over center past where it really belongs, allow you to install the gear pin, and apparently still support the weight of the plane as long as it's stationary or being towed forward. The collapse happened when the tug driver went to push it backward into a parking spot. I'd been working under that same wheel well for a good portion of the day repairing a wire harness. I still shiver a little bit when I think about the possibilities.
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Jun 15, 2012 22:13
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Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzFGUUR1UDI
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Jun 16, 2012 06:00
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Boat posted:Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. Ah, the poor Blue Meanie (the blue Commodore) The red Commodore one was funny. "It's still moving, get a fatter bastard to sit on on the boot opening" You Am I fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Jun 16, 2012 |
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Jun 16, 2012 09:20
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 Is that a KA24? Too much doriftu?
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Jun 16, 2012 10:09
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Boat posted:Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. I would love to meet the man who thought that the right place for a dyno was above head height. Even with the easier underbody access, they still manage to fail to secure the vehicle!
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Jun 16, 2012 10:32
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Or the one who said "yeah, let your entire family walk all over the platform" or "hey I think I'll stick my hand in the engine while this comically large turbo spins up."
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Jun 16, 2012 14:03
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Godholio posted:"hey I think I'll stick my hand in the engine while this comically large turbo spins up." That one had me puzzled
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Jun 16, 2012 14:13
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Boat posted:Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. Why do people sit on the back of the cars while they are being dyno'd?
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Jun 16, 2012 14:56
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c355n4 posted:Why do people sit on the back of the cars while they are being dyno'd? "Fat blokes" is a valid unit of measurement for torque at the wheels.
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Jun 16, 2012 15:16
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I like the diesel at the end. Just watching it made me feel like I had just smoked a whole carton of cigarettes, I can't imagine what it must have been like in that room. Lung cancer anyone?
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Jun 16, 2012 17:02
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The one at 2:40 is the best. The guy running the dyno just calmly looks over at the car when it dies.
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Jun 16, 2012 17:26
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Boat posted:Was looking for something else and this turned up. I think a few of these dyno disasters have shown up in here, but lots of new content as well. Lots of fun, and terrible terrible tie-down setups. This is why I am thoroughly terrified of performance forced-induction.
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Jun 16, 2012 19:19
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c355n4 posted:Why do people sit on the back of the cars while they are being dyno'd? Because a couple of fat dudes in the trunk is a valid upgrade for any RWD performance car.
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Jun 16, 2012 19:41
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Where did that giant turbo come from? I've driven semis and they don't have ones that big. One of those huge 2-3 story earthmovers maybe?
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Jun 16, 2012 19:52
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The red NSX about halfway through the video was my neighbor in the early 2000's. He was running a 150 shot of nitrous and that was their first WOT pull. Didn't go so well. So he ended up spending around $40k on rebuilding the engine with all forged bits and having a twin turbo kit installed. At 9psi he ran low 10's at the local drag strip and was kicked out for not having a cage on his first visit. I rode in it right before I moved to CA and it was the fastest most ridiculous thing I've ever been in. He took it up to around 170 (or so...the speedo started wiggling and wasn't reading properly over 150) on the _highway_ and that was enough for me. More money than sense.
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Jun 16, 2012 20:36
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InitialDave posted:To try and press them into the rollers more. I like that it doesn't work the first time, and the apparent thinking is "We need some FATTER blokes!"
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Jun 17, 2012 00:14
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Krakkles posted:I like that it doesn't work the first time, and the apparent thinking is "We need some FATTER blokes!" but luckily being an Australian mechanics some especially fat blokes were easily found. tobu fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Jun 17, 2012 |
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Jun 17, 2012 02:24
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Yeah, don't bother tightening that strap, just get your buddy to sit in the trunk.
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Jun 17, 2012 03:40
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What's happening with the ones that just have a little puff of smoke and stop? Melting a piston/blowing every gasket?
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Jun 17, 2012 17:11
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Delivery McGee posted:What's happening with the ones that just have a little puff of smoke and stop? Melting a piston/blowing every gasket? Headgasket more than likely, a lot of tuners do all the performance parts but then forget to do engine infrastructure like headbolts, proper performance headgaskets, and connecting rods.
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Jun 17, 2012 17:50
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CommieGIR posted:Headgasket more than likely, a lot of tuners do all the performance parts but then forget to do engine infrastructure like headbolts, proper performance headgaskets, and connecting rods. Simple. Adding stronger head or connecting rod bolts doesn't directly make more horsepower, even if they are actually necessary for the engine to survive at the new power level.
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Jun 17, 2012 18:36
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IOwnCalculus posted:Simple. Adding stronger head or connecting rod bolts doesn't directly make more horsepower, even if they are actually necessary for the engine to survive at the new power level. Yeah, and when someone thinks like this, they just need to step away from the car...
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Jun 17, 2012 18:56
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See also: Not finding out what the correct torque is with the new fasteners.
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Jun 17, 2012 20:07
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InitialDave posted:See also: Not finding out what the correct torque is with the new fasteners. Well if they use ARP like everyone else (who can properly build a performance engine), they come with a little piece of paper TELLING you what to torque to and the procedure.
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Jun 17, 2012 20:16
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Doesn't mean they're going to read it.
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Jun 17, 2012 20:22
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CommieGIR posted:Well if they use ARP like everyone else (who can properly build a performance engine), they come with a little piece of paper TELLING you what to torque to and the procedure. This would mean they'd have to pick up a torque wrench.
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Jun 17, 2012 20:25
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nm posted:This would mean they'd have to pick up a torque wrench. Torque wrenches are your friend. 
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Jun 17, 2012 21:45
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CommieGIR posted:Torque wrenches are your friend. It looks like a Rotax with air cooled modular heads, but I didn't think they made a 6? Please tell me it is out of a motorcycle or some crazy air cooled GAZ, and not from what I think it's from.
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Jun 17, 2012 23:29
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Falkenbok posted:It looks like a Rotax with air cooled modular heads, but I didn't think they made a 6? Please tell me it is out of a motorcycle or some crazy air cooled GAZ, and not from what I think it's from. Corvair
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Jun 17, 2012 23:36
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Krakkles posted:I like that it doesn't work the first time, and the apparent thinking is "We need some FATTER blokes!" Friends used to complain about an unfair advantage in illegal straight line racing when one guy who used to put his fat girlfriend in the right rear seat for traction.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Friends used to complain about an unfair advantage in illegal straight line racing when one guy who used to put his fat girlfriend in the right rear seat for traction. They're idiots that need to go back to high school physics. Extra weight may improve the frictional force, but it also reduces acceleration proportionally, unless you don't have the horsepower to accelerate the increased mass equally, then it hurts  . Best-case is equal acceleration, unless she's there for "launch control".
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Jun 18, 2012 18:47
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She jumps out as soon as the wheels stop spinning.
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Tactical Bonnet posted:She jumps out as soon as the wheels stop spinning. in that case, shes a loving trooper e: content!   my old celica gt. long story short, i didnt give two shits about it, so when someone backed into it and damaged the hood latch, i "fixed" it by "sealing" the gap at the front of the hood with duct tape. it actually lasted for about a year until fate decided that i had gotten too cocky and decided to wreck my world. the hood flipped up and completely destroyed the windshield, and hit the leading edge of the roof so hard that it bent back and slapped the sunroof, taking that out too. more of a failure on my part, but still rather unpleasant. grumplestiltzkin fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Jun 19, 2012 |
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Jun 19, 2012 00:35
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A few years back, I had a Civic with a carbon fiber hood that I didn't latch down securely. It's amazing how drat fast a carbon fiber hood appears out f nowhere and smacks your windshield at 50 mph.
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Jun 19, 2012 14:36
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At that speed it has suction pulling it towards the windshield when it starts to move, right?
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Jun 19, 2012 14:54
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Saw this at the local scrapyard today. British electronics, best in the world mate.
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You have a paved junkyard? Does someone hold your hand, keep a parasol over your fair skin and do your nails after removing the part for you as well?
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