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StormDrain posted:Won't someone just post a picture with their car inside the lines please?  I am a saab haver 
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Lightbulb Out posted:That sounds so familiar.. Would you just look at this garbage?? e: Ok that was rude. Here it is at last weekend's SoCal Vintage BMW show:  e2: :o fishmech_1.1_RC posted:This fuckin thing: fishmech_1.1_RC fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Oct 25, 2013 |
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meatpotato posted:No turbo plans, but I won't eliminate the possibility. I did it for the technical challenge and thought it would be more reliable and efficient than carbs. My conversion was pretty standard as far as cheap 2002 MegaSquirt conversions go and was pretty close to this one: http://www.zeebuck.com/bimmers/tech/Megasquirt/megasquirt.html Thanks for that link. After reading it, based on price of parts alone it seems to make sense if you're starting from a stock engine. I'm lucky in that mine already has tuned DCOE 45s so I'll stay with those since they make wonderful noises.  I definitely have some room for increasing the performance in other areas. Lightbulb Out posted:That sounds so familiar.. Another 02 owner, yay! I'm pretty sure I've got the same front strut bar. fishmech_1.1_RC posted:e: Ok that was rude. Here it is at last weekend's SoCal Vintage BMW show: Another early model Granada Red?!?! What year is yours? Mine is a 68. I don't have archives, so I can't see your thread, how much is there? Do you discuss the fender flare installation?
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Mat_Drinks posted:Thanks for that link. After reading it, based on price of parts alone it seems to make sense if you're starting from a stock engine. I'm lucky in that mine already has tuned DCOE 45s so I'll stay with those since they make wonderful noises. It's a '69, most of my content posts in the thread I've put here: http://www.spaghettiblender.com/blog/ (do people even still use the word blog??) You can email me at spam@spaghettiblender.com and I'll send you my real email address if you want to ask me any questions. I'm considering putting a new thread together of what I've done in the past ... 3 years ... but for now you can do that if you'd like
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fishmech_1.1_RC posted:It's a '69, most of my content posts in the thread I've put here: http://www.spaghettiblender.com/blog/ (do people even still use the word blog??) You can email me at spam@spaghettiblender.com and I'll send you my real email address if you want to ask me any questions. I'm considering putting a new thread together of what I've done in the past ... 3 years ... but for now you can do that if you'd like I don't have any pressing questions right now, but will e-mail you anyway just in case. The 2002faq seems good, but the forum formatting is difficult to deal with and while search seems to work pretty well there it seems like links between threads and image links are often broken due to their upgrade. That project blog definitely looks like a good read, but you should go another thread. Or poo poo, feel free to post about your 02 thread in my thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3523249 Once I've finished a few more things with my basement and garage my thread will pretty much be about my 2002 anyway.
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I moved out of the city and joined a 2% Van club. Oh gently caress, what did I get myself into now? My 1976 Chevy G20 (LWB, 5.7l V8, TH350), original engine. Just had the transmission rebuilt. Just shined the front end up, waxing half done, fender flares and chin spoiler to be added soon. Looking for a windshield visor and some cragar wheels. According to the service book it once had dual side exhaust. It'll have that again if I've got anything to do with it. The previous two owners are loving divine human beings. I have every single thing logged that has ever happened to this van. Has 4 rotating captains chairs and a table built in between then. Reupholstering next year (seats, shag, folding couch bed). Has power throughout, ready for a new stereo!     And my 1983 Yamaha xs650 that is too low for its own good. Pipes going flat after a few years of bottoming out and throwing sparks. Going to have to swap for some tracker style pipes soon.   
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Oct 29, 2013 04:57
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Holy poo poo, I love your bike. I wish I knew more about them, and wasn't so drat convinced I'd kill myself if I bought one. e: for the sake of it, my car and my (slower) bike.  e2: and a better shot my car and my OTHER bike: 
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Oct 29, 2013 05:02
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Nerolus posted:I moved out of the city and joined a 2% Van club. Oh gently caress, what did I get myself into now? Any pics of the inside? How much do these vans cost ?
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MrSaturn posted:Holy poo poo, I love your bike. I wish I knew more about them, and wasn't so drat convinced I'd kill myself if I bought one. You won't, unless you're functionally retarded perhaps. If you don't ride drunk (or high I guess) and actually take a safety course before you start riding, you're at about 8% higher accident risk than in a car. So what I'm saying is, start trawling CL for bikes!
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iv46vi posted:Any pics of the inside? How much do these vans cost ? I haven't taken any pics of the inside yet. The table and chairs, insulated wooden interior and the current rotten old toxic green shag are the only thing cool things about it. It is currently housing the canoe rack that used to be on top and a pair of snow tires that will be on soon. Maybe I'll snap a few tomorrow. My van was $850, about 1.5 hours away and I drove it home with the transmission slipping every once in a while (gently caress yeah, cruise control in a '76!). The transmission rebuild cost me $500 via a one legged vet I found on craigslist. In decent shape, $1500-$3500. I'd just buy on the low end of decent and move up from there personally. I bought it for a fun hobby and something great to go camping in do some goofy oldschool 70's customizing to. I personally recommend the 70's Chevy's over the dodge and fords because of the ease of finding parts. A whole lot of interchangeability with the Chevy/GMC's of that same time period unlike the Dodges and the Fords. The engine is SUPER easy to work on. The 350 engine and TH350 transmission are very very common and you can still easily find parts for them. I'm a novice and not having too hard of a time fixing it back up. Nerolus fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Oct 29, 2013 |
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Oct 29, 2013 05:58
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My truck, got totalled out in february of 2011, bought a (supposedly) rust free cab from wisconsin for $300 that ended up being pretty rough so welded 2/3rds of the cab to my existing 1/3rd and gained a sun roof as well as doing the bedside... I have more pictures besides these if anyones interested All pics go to album before  after  Bonus rx7 picture(s)  edit:added are ex seven and links BigFuzzyJesus fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Oct 30, 2013 |
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Oct 30, 2013 18:49
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 The loving engine is perfect. 750 bucks for a running driving 7.3 powerstroke.
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Oct 31, 2013 20:07
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God drat, you stole that thing. That's a good price for the bare motor.
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Oct 31, 2013 20:12
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The tranny light is flashing but it has at least first second and reverse.
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Oct 31, 2013 20:21
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Powershift posted:The tranny light is flashing but it has at least first second and reverse. The autoboxes in those are pretty poo poo. Fortunately plenty of places have figured out what's wrong with them and you can get a proper rebuild/built up trans for about $4k. And you could still make money on that truck if you were to flip it.
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Oct 31, 2013 20:43
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Cut up some rusty corrugated metal and fasten it on that cage and you got yourself some mad max poo poo. You gotta leave that cage on.
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It's almost like late 90's/Early 00 Japan at work now. One of the other kids has a black NA Miata (not the one in the background that was a trade in), and we had a used FC on the lot for a while 
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Nov 1, 2013 01:16
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So the ones parked on the gravel leak a hell of a lot, then?
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Motronic posted:The autoboxes in those are pretty poo poo. Fortunately plenty of places have figured out what's wrong with them and you can get a proper rebuild/built up trans for about $4k. And you could still make money on that truck if you were to flip it. The transmission still has all the gears, but has a intermittent shudder in reverse. No engine codes, no trans codes. It was insured and registered to december 2013. Apart from the inital sale/registration, and most recent registration, the only carfax entry is a steering/suspension inspection at a brake shop 2 years/15,000kms ago. The alternator looks brand new, and one battery is marked oct/12. The oil is fresh and synthetic, the trans fluid doesn't smell burnt. It has 4 wheel disks but i think the front rotors are warped. The truck has an hour meter installed and it's at 5500 hours. I can't figure out why this was sold as a non-runner.     Now to decide what the engine is going to go into....
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Powershift posted:I can't figure out why this was sold as a non-runner. WTF? That is awesome. You done gud.
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Powershift posted:Now to decide what the engine is going to go into.... A Fiero, then make it look an F250.
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Nov 1, 2013 02:34
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Slap a new bed on it, flip it for a billion dollars, then use that money to buy 10 more 7.3 donors.
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kastein posted:Slap a new bed on it, flip it for a billion dollars, then use that money to buy 10 more 7.3 donors. Reaching supercriticality after only one purchase is pretty impressive, if this works.
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Picked up a new 2014 Mazda3 S Grand Touring hatch yesterday. Really happy with it so far. The pop up heads up display is pretty awesome. Had to wait a few days to get it because apparently most of the dealers have one of the S GT in stock and they're almost always red which was the bottom color on my list. Planning to black out most of the car, minus the tailights (I got pulled over for doing a light tint on my Acura a few years ago). Going to powdercoat the rims, paint the chrome badges and tint the windows (that's mostly for the drat FL sun than anything and needs to happen ASAP). I'll probably leave the chrome trim on the grill, I actually like that.
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West SAAB Story posted:So the ones parked on the gravel leak a hell of a lot, then? No they just throw cars in employee parking all the time cause they are jerks 
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Nodoze posted:It's almost like late 90's/Early 00 Japan at work now. One of the other kids has a black NA Miata (not the one in the background that was a trade in), and we had a used FC on the lot for a while How's that 2.5RS for rust? What about that NA? Will you ship that? 
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That Suzuka s2k looks clean as gently caress (from here, anyway). That and the laguna blue are my two favorite colors.
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a digital orc posted:That Suzuka s2k looks clean as gently caress (from here, anyway). That and the laguna blue are my two favorite colors. Thank you, it's mine It definitely has it's share of rock chips and the bottom of the bumper is a little scraped  Seat Safety Switch posted:How's that 2.5RS for rust? I think it's pretty clean actually. I've never sat down and gone over it that close cause I still haven't figured out whose car it is, but every time I see it I want one. I can't recall seeing any rust but I know the paint is a little fudged in a few places. That NA in the back is a 93 with like 80k, I think, on it. It's a no AC car which is why we still have it, and now isn't the season for regular people to roll in and buy one now either. Where you trying to ship it to
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Veegie posted:
Only one sharkfin?  (That car is A Good Thing.)
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Recently rolled 70k in the s2000 but I keep it clean  
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Those cars have a great engine layout. If you are into those sorts of things. But really, its real nice.
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seriously looks like theres 2 cylinders missing in the S2k
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Ferremit posted:seriously looks like theres 2 cylinders missing in the S2k Only if you think it should have 6. Like I do.
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Veegie posted:
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wallaka posted:Only if you think it should have 6. Like I do. Only if its 6 in a line
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Ferremit posted:Only if its 6 in a line Of course. gently caress V6es.
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Today I traded out our 165k mile TSX for a brand new thing.  Seems pretty good so far. Clutch and shifter are slightly heavier than the TSX but not burdensome. Good dash layout, with nice big analog tach under the huge digital speedo readout, and a nice sized screen off to the side for fuel economy/music/rearview camera (who knew?). Good seats, handles nicely. A bit too quiet, so exhaust and intake will come soon.
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How much did you get it out the door for, if you don't mind me asking. Here are some cars, they're scared of the snow.  Also, here's a loud video of the powerstroke starting up in sub-zero temperatures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl2JdidR-Uc $750, i'm over the drat moon
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Powershift posted:How much did you get it out the door for, if you don't mind me asking. MSRP was $23505, and I walked out for $20k even with tax and tags, etc. Wish I'd have gotten a better trade on the TSX, but what can you do? It has 165k miles and a CEL. We got $4800 for it which isn't horrible.
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