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KozmoNaut posted:But none of them are put together quite as well as the R8, and I don't think any of them nail a sporty yet relatively comfortable suspension setup quite like it does. Your dislike for VAG products is probably quite rational. Although if you can afford an R8, you can surely afford the repairs to it.
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Yugo in that pristine shape and still functioning belongs here. That's the only car I have literally seen leave its exhaust system behind at a stop light.
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Sep 10, 2012 21:14
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jonathan posted:The r8 is a hell of a car in an empty parking lot. This is the best description of the R8 I have ever read. There was one parked next to an SLS up at Silverstone the other day, I only noticed because it was conspicuously not the SLS. But in isolation, yeah, it's a really pretty car! It looks sleek and sexy and fast, and then something more interesting pulls up and it might as well be a 911*. *please note, I'm not trolling here, it's just that 911's are kind of anonymous, which suits them just fine. And at least Porsche compensates for it on the GT3 by providing some pretty garish paint jobs.
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blk posted:Not sure if this thread is replacing the other ones (ie the cell phone pic threads), but:  That's Fink Roman. It's from a typeface that is based on the hand lettering of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.
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Boat posted:That looks cool as poo poo. Air to water intercoolers and ceramic coated everything? Goddamn. Coating the compressor outlet pipes was a dumb loving idea, you can get rid of a huge amount of heat before the intercooler with a nice bare aluminum tube.That setup looks nice, but its just making the charge cooling work harder. That and water to air cooling is so efficient and very heavy, why have 2 coolers?
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I don't know if the Hot Wheels talk is played out, or whether somebody's going to make that thread, but I thought this is pretty AI. Picked it up today.
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stizu posted:
Holy crap, you're right. I've seen it on some of my buddy's little girl's toys; I guess they appropriated it with zero fucks.
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Sep 10, 2012 22:00
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I went car shopping with a buddy today and this was on the first lot we stopped at. 1963 Corvair Monza in amazing shape. We crawled all over looking for major rust and found none. Sadly I could not get my friend to buy it.
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Sep 10, 2012 22:57
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This awesome old Jag parked up in our car park the other day. It was beautiful. Also hit the first big milestone since I've had this car... 
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DJ Commie posted:Coating the compressor outlet pipes was a dumb loving idea, you can get rid of a huge amount of heat before the intercooler with a nice bare aluminum tube.That setup looks nice, but its just making the charge cooling work harder. That and water to air cooling is so efficient and very heavy, why have 2 coolers? Could the outlet pipe thing be because the intakes are also right the gently caress there? Getting rid of the heat before the intercooler makes sense, but maybe not if it's just going to heat the air going in anyway. As for the two water to air cores, it seems they share a circulation system? Possibly easier to source/package two smaller single cores than a larger core and split piping or a dual inlet dual outlet core. Anyway, more fun piping! Very large turbos.  Very tiny turbos.  One turbo per cylinder? Sure. Why not.   Not many packaging concerns in the open air.  Packaging? What's that? 
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Boat posted:Could the outlet pipe thing be because the intakes are also right the gently caress there? Getting rid of the heat before the intercooler makes sense, but maybe not if it's just going to heat the air going in anyway. The turbo outlet temp is WAY hotter than the engine bay will ever be. Engine bay of a moving car is pretty much ambient. Compressor outlet temps are like 300F or more. However, I'm not convinced you get much heat transfer to or from air moving quickly in a pipe or manifold. Never been sold on those phenolic manifold spacers either. On that audi to make 1100hp each turbo is moving almost 600cfm through 3" pipe which works out to air velocities of over 100mph. An air molecule is only in there for a fraction of a second and not a lot of cooling/heating is going to happen. Also it looks like the cold side is just powdercoated black for looks, not insulated or anything. On a related note I get so mad when people buy giant e-bay bar and plate intercoolers. Yeah it flows a lot and has a low pressure drop but it doesn't do poo poo to actually cool the charge air. For content here more on that ridiculous time attack car: http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/id/2697/sneak-peek-the-nemo-racing-evo-part-1.aspx 
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Boat posted:Could the outlet pipe thing be because the intakes are also right the gently caress there? Getting rid of the heat before the intercooler makes sense, but maybe not if it's just going to heat the air going in anyway. Stylish and compact packaging was obviously the first goal with that system, symmetry is something really intertwined into that design. Parallel cooling is a bit of a pain with single pump/reservoir/exchangers, and series cooling would make for a cool intercooler and a significantly hotter intercooler, which is just plain bad design. I wouldn't have done dual coolers, I wouldn't have coated the turbo outlet pipes, and there's probably other things that would be changed to make it more simple, possibly more reliable, and maybe even better overall performance.
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Boat posted:One turbo per cylinder? Sure. Why not. I want to see something like this but with centrifugal superchargers and a setup like the multi-alternator guys use with the mile long serpentine belt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7_HYtWS0Q 
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KozmoNaut posted:But none of them are put together quite as well as the R8, and I don't think any of them nail a sporty yet relatively comfortable suspension setup quite like it does. I wonder if the build quality of a v10 r8 is much better than a non-first-year gallardo... the ride quality difference is probably a result of a couple years worth of spring and shock rate refinement.
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Sep 11, 2012 00:17
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DrPain posted:Still won't pass smog. No smog testing in Minnesota.
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That 2000GT is as good looking as any vintage Ferrari.
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MiniFoo posted:I saw something today. I was conflicted as to whether to post it in the Terrible thread, or here. I think it fits here, purely because it's still somehow on the road. I'd love to turn a Yugo into a Q car.
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The only car who come close to the Singer Porsches when we talk about details in my opinion is the ICON Bronco.  
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The 3-quarter view sells it so much better!
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I'd love to own one of those but I'd never be able to take it to a trail.
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Olivil posted:The only car who come close to the Singer Porsches when we talk about details in my opinion is the ICON Bronco. Where the gently caress are the details of it? A side shot with some syf0n close ups doesn't tell me the whole story here.
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Is it just me, or does that remind anybody else of a Land Rover Defender?
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Sockington posted:Where the gently caress are the details of it? A side shot with some syf0n close ups doesn't tell me the whole story here. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/10/31/icon-bronco-quick-spin-review/ They make a CJ7 and FJ40 version as well.
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Here's a sorta build thread: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3933492/1968-ford-bronco and their page: http://www.icon4x4.com/overview/br/content/mechanical And yes, I would do terrible things for one.
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BMW art car.
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Phone posted:BMW art car. Its better than Falken's normal paint scheme, but that's still not saying much
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Paul Boz_ posted:Falken livery is one of my favorites.
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Krakkles posted:Quoting this to show just how wrong Brigdh is. The Mustang kind of actually looks good, but the rest make me cringe. Something about that shade of green is just off. Reminds me of pond scum or something
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MiniFoo posted:No smog testing in Minnesota. I think he was being funny and saying it can't pass smog because it would have to run to make it.
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Brigdh posted:The Mustang kind of actually looks good, but the rest make me cringe. Something about that shade of green is just off. Reminds me of pond scum or something
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Rhyno posted:I went car shopping with a buddy today and this was on the first lot we stopped at. Where did you find this? I would love to get my hands on an early vair.
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http://www.auctionsamerica.com/events/all-lots.cfm?SaleCode=TB12 So, this guys insanely eclectic collection is coming up for sale.. Including 6 or so 323 GTX's, a couple of skylines, some familias, even a four door turbo 323... (All images my hosting)       
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Viggen posted:I think he was being funny and saying it can't pass smog because it would have to run to make it. No, that Yugo can't pass smog because smog is faster.
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The Falken livery would look really good on a Starter pullover jacket
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Viggen posted:I think he was being funny and saying it can't pass smog because it would have to run to make it. The yugo is one of two cars that wouldn't smog brand new. tmyk
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MiniFoo posted:I saw something today. I was conflicted as to whether to post it in the Terrible thread, or here. I think it fits here, purely because it's still somehow on the road. Beautiful in every way. 
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