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Ouhei posted:Finally finished wrapping my s2000 in a giant sticker: gently caress this is good. What are those wheels. They are also of the "good" type. I also see an aftermarket seat?
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Yeah that's a mighty fine lookin' s2000. Good job!
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Pivit posted:drat, that looks great. Looks like a boiler of some sort.
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Chinatown posted:gently caress this is good. What are those wheels. They are also of the "good" type. They're WedsSport TC105N's in 17x9 +35 with 245/40's all around. The seat is a Recaro Pole Position in red mesh/alcantara.
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Ouhei posted:Thanks! What coils did you end up switching to? I wish I could get away with going that low around here too 
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afen posted:There's not much to say about it. I mostly just do regular maintenance and clean it, the manifold/turbo/ic job is the most work I've ever done to the car. The snow picture is from last year. There's no snow now and my right foot is twitching No, that car NEEDS a thread  Literally best car ever.This explains my feelings well: Das Volk posted:Basically everyone in this forum who didn't get these in their country and probably quite a few more who did have a massive, raging hard-on for this car. Including me. Crustashio posted:Dude. GramCracker fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Dec 23, 2013 |
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Dec 23, 2013 20:04
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I wish.
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Ouhei posted:I'm not entirely sure what that thing is, it's in front of an old mill they've converted to offices near my condo, I think it's either made of old railway stuff or something that was in the mill? Darchangel posted:Looks like a boiler of some sort. Ahh, yup. That is apparently a yarrow boiler of some sort.
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*cough* Hi. Currently building a high compression E85 1974 Rocket 350 to replace the gutless, worn out slow piece of poo poo 307. Also going to box the frame, rebuild the steering, convert it to a five speed manual, and replace the GM 7.5 2.14 open diff'd rear end with a Ford 9 inch 3.53 LSD one when I pull the engine. Might as well get it all done at once, y'know? Possibly also slap on one of FAST's EZ-EFI throttle body fuel injection systems so I can get something more in the range of gas mileage instead of gas footage.
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IronCastKnight posted:*cough* Hi. May I live vicariously through you, G-Body brethren? What year is this (I can't see the grill  ).
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In the spirit of winter here is my old $300 Sentra.   It finally died after I took a jump on the ice at about 40mph and both rear shock towers completely collapsed. G-Mach fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Dec 24, 2013 |
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Dec 24, 2013 17:40
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West SAAB Story posted:May I live vicariously through you, G-Body brethren? What year is this (I can't see the grill It's an '85 Cutlass Supreme Brougham, so it came with the hideous eggcrate grills. I acquired a set of aftermarket '86 blade style grills which, aside from their refusal to line up quite right, look a hell of a lot better. Mostly I just need to space out the spring plate from the lovely plastic posts it bolts to, but those are getting kind of disintegrate-y so it'll have to wait until I can glue in some helicoils. 
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IronCastKnight posted:It's an '85 Cutlass Supreme Brougham If I didn't know better, I'd say you got my car, but I had the white top and deep blue combo. My 307Y poo poo itself around the 60k mark and it was cheaper to replace than repair. Then I ended up with a $400 '84 Cutlass with the Buick 231, and absolutely no options. At least the seats were comfortable, because I sure wasn't going anywhere fast. 
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IronCastKnight posted:*cough* Hi. I approve this project. IronCastKnight posted:It's an '85 Cutlass Supreme Brougham, so it came with the hideous eggcrate grills. I acquired a set of aftermarket '86 blade style grills which, aside from their refusal to line up quite right, look a hell of a lot better. Mostly I just need to space out the spring plate from the lovely plastic posts it bolts to, but those are getting kind of disintegrate-y so it'll have to wait until I can glue in some helicoils. Yeah, those look way better than the egg-crate, for sure. West SAAB Story posted:If I didn't know better, I'd say you got my car, but I had the white top and deep blue combo. My 307Y poo poo itself around the 60k mark and it was cheaper to replace than repair. Then I ended up with a $400 '84 Cutlass with the Buick 231, and absolutely no options. At least the seats were comfortable, because I sure wasn't going anywhere fast. I feel your pain. I had an '81 Regal with the 231, e-carbureted. "Not fast" about sums it up. It got a little quicker when I swapped the 2.16? rear for the 2.73 (or was it 3.23) rear from a Chevy Maibu wagon. Big difference. Still not fast, but it could get out of its own way.
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I'm just keen on restomodding my Cutlass into something more resembling its muscle car predecessors instead of the posh-rear end granny churchmobile it started off as, especially with the foul likes of the GNX taunting me with their high performance awesomeness. Plus, I learned to drive in a small, agile, and quick rebadged Korean car[fuckin' '04 Aveo], so the stock big fat wallowing road pig behavior really got up my rear end something fierce. Ideally, I'd like a 0-60 time of something less than four minutes. I'm still contemplating whether I should go full-sleeper or replace the hood with one of VFN's 442-esque dual-scoop fiberglass hoods. I do confess, with as much as I've spent on the engine and assorted other parts so far, sometimes I kind of wish I had bought an RX-8 or a good condition RX-7 FC instead, because I'm also madly in love with rotaries. I tend to drown these feelings by buying more parts.
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IronCastKnight posted:Plus, I learned to drive in a small, agile, and quick rebadged Korean car[fuckin' '04 Aveo], so the stock big fat wallowing road pig behavior really got up my rear end something fierce. Jesus, if an Aveo is your benchmark for handling responsiveness I need to pick up an AED and take you for a ride in a Miata sometime. How toast is your stock suspension? So many handling illnesses (even of 80s grandma land barges) can be cleaned up with new parts (especially bushings and dampers) which will reduce the amount of "noise" you're receiving when trying to figure out what to upgrade first. I wouldn't be surprised if fresh bushings (whether OEM or aftermarket), shock absorbers and a swaybar upgrade is all you need to make it feel zippy rather than doing major frame mods to get the same feeling (though subframe connectors really help out Fox bodies so I wouldn't be surprised if they're also a good thing in other 80s coupes). Car looks gorgeous. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 07:22 on Dec 25, 2013 |
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IronCastKnight posted:I'm still contemplating whether I should go full-sleeper or replace the hood with one of VFN's 442-esque dual-scoop fiberglass hoods. Dear god, you ARE me - circa 21. Let me guess, your dream 442 is a '70 W30? v v
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I know right? The bar is that low and the Cutlass still drunkenly sprawls over it to lie face down, crying, in a puddle of its own vomit. Considering the car had 167k miles on rough small town Oklahoma roads with the cheapest, shittiest shocks the previous owners could buy, I'm not entirely sure there's much all of the stock suspension left. That's why I'm going to rebuild the suspension when I take the engine out, replacing pretty much every last bushing and damper, putting in a new UMI anti-sway bar, and some new UMI tubular A arms(bit overkill, but gently caress it I'd rather have something better than what I need than something worse). Probably also going to swap out all the steering bits with Hotchkis parts. Fortunately I'm young, single, and employed, so I can afford throwing all this expensive poo poo at my car. From what I've read the G-body is a twisty, flexible little thing, so I've been looking into frame braces as well. I'm still up in the air about boxing the frame anyways, on account of steel not being especially cheap anymore. Still, my dad's a good welder, so at least I wouldn't be paying for that service, and I was going to take the frame off to install new body bushings, so y'know... while it's there and convenient. Sadly, the body is pretty much the only thing in good condition about the car. Few small dents and dings, one bit of the lower front driver's side quarter panel is a bit bent where it seems the previous owner ran over a bigass stick of some kind, but nothing all that bad. Also very, very little rust, which is always nice.
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West SAAB Story posted:Dear god, you ARE me - circa 21. Let me guess, your dream 442 is a '70 W30? v HOW DID YOU KNOW?! Damnable mind reader! Of course, I'm 28 instead of 21, but close enough.
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IronCastKnight posted:HOW DID YOU KNOW?! Damnable mind reader! Of course, I'm 28 instead of 21, but close enough. That is my favorite 442, as well.  Keep away from SAABs. I don't think AI could handle a second Viggen.
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Ouhei posted:Thanks! What brand of wrap did you use?
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Ouhei posted:Thanks! How much camber do you need up front for clearance? I'm considering running 255/40/17 all around for next season with -1.5 up front but I'm a bit concerned about rubbing.
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Judging by the tire to fender clearance I'm going to guess there's going to be a lot of rubbing on his setup when doing "performance driving".
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My car ownership follows a clearly defined and utterly predictable pattern. I alternate between stupid but fun fast cars and then utterly reliable, but dull and boring cars. My last car was an utterly reliable Honda Accord - it never let me down, but by god it was draining the very life from my veins every time I drove it. The only logical thing to do was buy a Jaguar XKR with a 4 litre Supercharged V8  It's got 4(ish) seats! That's almost practical! Yes, some would point out that you need to be a very small child or a double amputee to sit in the back but that's not the point. It's not as shiny as it could be, but it's blowing a gale here and I just finished fitting a clear indicator and reflector kit and some stainless steel instrument rings and gear surround courtesy of Santa. The polish and shine will have to wait for better weather. 
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Oh that veneer, so goddamn nice. Very jealous! How is the (un)reliability?
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Voltage posted:Oh that veneer, so goddamn nice. Very jealous! How is the (un)reliability? So far, so good! Might be a different answer in a few months though. It had been sat for a very long time when I bought it so I've been doing odd bits and pieces - reglued the headliner, new battery and de-misting headlights etc. I bloody love it.
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From what I have been hearing, the newer Jags (Ford ownership) are quite reliable compared to the olden days. The AJ-V8 has the timing chain issue (which only plagues certain models) but other than that they are pretty good. Report back soon, I am after an XK8 myself.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:From what I have been hearing, the newer Jags (Ford ownership) are quite reliable compared to the olden days. The AJ-V8 has the timing chain issue (which only plagues certain models) but other than that they are pretty good. And a cropping up issue of leaking pulse dampers on the $1400 fuel rail that is no longer available. Although this seems to be more prevalent in the US and the suspicion is ethanol fuel/incorrect seals to deal with it from the factory. I'm currently in need of one of those rails for a friend who's XK8 vert is sitting in a garage torn apart.
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Octopus Magic posted:Judging by the tire to fender clearance I'm going to guess there's going to be a lot of rubbing on his setup when doing "performance driving". Yea, I'm more concerned about the fender lip. These cars roll quite a bit stock. This is the fronts on 225s with ~-.8camber. 
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Motronic posted:And a cropping up issue of leaking pulse dampers on the $1400 fuel rail that is no longer available. Although this seems to be more prevalent in the US and the suspicion is ethanol fuel/incorrect seals to deal with it from the factory. Can you not by pass it? I would not doubt our fuel would screw something up.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Can you not by pass it? I would not doubt our fuel would screw something up. There are two, one on each side of the rail mounted on cups and clamped/retained on the rail in a "permanent" fashion. Someone on jagforums has removed them, machined caps, and silver soldered them on and all is apparently well. I would think cutting the cups off and tig welding it shut would be a better plan, but I'd prefer to do that on ANOTHER rail in case something goes sideways.
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West SAAB Story posted:Dear god, you ARE me - circa 21. Let me guess, your dream 442 is a '70 W30? v Is there any better 442 than a '70 W30? (Full disclosure, I own a wannabe '70 Cutlass S) Motronic posted:There are two, one on each side of the rail mounted on cups and clamped/retained on the rail in a "permanent" fashion. Well, that's a stupid design. Let's permanently mount a fail-able part to one that pretty much never fails. And then discontinue the whole thing. At least the pulsation dampers that like to leak and burn down FC RX-7s are replaceable/removable. Yeah, saw that thing off and weld up the hole.
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Muffinpox posted:Yea, I'm more concerned about the fender lip. These cars roll quite a bit stock. This is the fronts on 225s with ~-.8camber. There's two schools of thought on this, run a tire/wheel combo that has good clearance on full compression (for tire deflection), or the autocross method which is to raise the car, jack up the spring rates, and run as wide tires (285+) as you can get (which is not good for me). I only run 235s on my Eclipse when every dude is dying to run 255s and I still rub sometimes with rolled fenders. No inner rubbing though. I'm not sure on S2000s widths off the top of my head but I've seen road course S2000s only run 245 width Yokos (which usually run wide) with over fenders front and rear. I think if you ran a higher offset you could run maybe a 255 rear depending on clearance but tire compound matters way more than an extra theoretical 10mm of width.
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exempt posted:If I self a new Raptor that ends up overseas I could lose my job and our dealer will never get another. Ford hates that these make it elsewhere. I am waay late to this since I don't check this thread often, but the reason for this is that the US gets the cheapest cars in the world, and carmakers want to  . So they aggressively go after anyone involved in exporting US market cars to other countries.http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130701/RETAIL07/307019970/export-scammers-gain-is-dealers-pain#axzz2XnEiHvLq quote:Automotive News I'm not entirely clear on the laws here but it does appear to me that the export of vehicles out of the US by anyone other than the OEMs is in fact illegal, and those guys were caught through a sting operation by the feds. I live in China right now. There's a Raptor and a (San Antonio) Tundra parked 2 houses down from me. 
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Waa waa, trade barriers kill us poor multi-billion dollar companies, free unregulated markets are best (when it benefits us, gently caress you consumer)!
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Finally made it over to Mt. Fuji last weekend. These are from my cellphone and didn't turn out too well given the lighting. Will see if I can work up the energy to get the other photos off my camera and clean them up a bit. It was definitely a fun drive, as the roads were actually pretty clear of traffic for once! 
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Winter mode activated and its cold outside. It's truly hilarious watching peoples' faces when I take off from stoplights or fly through a turn at twice the speed of plebs with all-seasons. We had 8"+ of snow last week and it went through everything like a champ.
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Not enough tiny European hatchbacks ITT  My 1998 1.2 Renault Clio II - Bought running (after being sat up for about 2 years), new brakes all round, new cam-belt, full service, handbrake re-secured (ripped out of the floor while being taken off of the tow-truck ), and fixed all the standard Renault rain leaks... All for less than £220. It barely hits 70 flat out, can be stopped dead by strong gusts of wind but it handles like a go-cart, is about as wide as a pencil and only costs me £30 petrol money a month.  ALSO, here we have a car that will become mine soon.  It's my old man's 1969 Hillman imp super and I want it SO BAD. 
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GoodbyeTurtles posted:ALSO, here we have a car that will become mine soon. Just what are you saying?  
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