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revmoo: May 25, 2006; #basta

Neato.

I got into a manual CRV a little while ago and I was like yeah ok for a second and then I realized, wait, this car is a loving manual?!?

# ? Oct 9, 2014 22:12

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# ? May 9, 2024 13:09

Lamar Smith R-TX: Feb 23, 2012

I waaaant to say that that is an American plate on the back but I am not sure. The person who posted the pictures (to this california, Bay Area fb car spotting group) was not the photographer.

# ? Oct 9, 2014 22:23

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

Seeing as it's also the pre-refresh 2012-2014 CR-V, if that thing is in the US it's definitely a grey import somehow.

# ? Oct 9, 2014 22:38

Edward IV: Jan 15, 2006

Is there any evidence to preclude that the CR-V received the diesel via an engine swap? Then again, I wouldn't have used such a new car as the recipient considering it would have probably been under warranty and surely there are older and cheaper options for recipient vehicles.

And why yes I have been researching the feasibility of performing an engine swap with a diesel engine that isn't available in the North American market in a recipient vehicle that is at least 5 years old and figuring out how to make it road legal in New Jersey. I'm contemplating a Subaru EE20 (which I hoping to have it make at least 180 hp) in a 2006-2009 Legacy Wagon or Outback or a 2003-2008 Forester (no older for uncertain crash safety rating reasons) if anyone was curious. :shobon:

# ? Oct 9, 2014 22:58

Panty Saluter: Jan 17, 2004; Making learning fun!

Lamar Smith R-TX posted:

TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY PLEASE

# ? Oct 9, 2014 23:52

Lamar Smith R-TX: Feb 23, 2012

Edward IV posted:

Is there any evidence to preclude that the CR-V received the diesel via an engine swap? Then again, I wouldn't have used such a new car as the recipient considering it would have probably been under warranty and surely there are older and cheaper options for recipient vehicles.

And why yes I have been researching the feasibility of performing an engine swap with a diesel engine that isn't available in the North American market in a recipient vehicle that is at least 5 years old and figuring out how to make it road legal in New Jersey. I'm contemplating a Subaru EE20 (which I hoping to have it make at least 180 hp) in a 2006-2009 Legacy Wagon or Outback or a 2003-2008 Forester (no older for uncertain crash safety rating reasons) if anyone was curious.

look at the plate holder on the front

my money is on gray market import

# ? Oct 9, 2014 23:54

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

definitely grey market, we've had Honda at my auction for years and I've never seen that combo once....and there's no way I wouldn't have

amazing lil car

# ? Oct 9, 2014 23:56

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

General Wiggles posted:

I am a bad poster.

Ah, the Symonds Plains race track. That hair pin has been the site of many huge touring car accidents

# ? Oct 10, 2014 00:58

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

e- those men look loving serious

e2- that's Ray Hendrick in the Fireball 11, I think it's a '36 Chevy with an injected "427" (probably 468ci)

e3- when you see the comically large part of that car quote this

Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Oct 10, 2014

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:03

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

VikingSkull posted:

e3- when you see the comically large part of that car quote this

Mechanical advantage? Pfft that's for babies.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:24

SyHopeful: Jun 24, 2007; May an IDF soldier mistakenly gun down my own parents and face no repercussions i'd totally be cool with it cuz accidents are unavoidable in a low-intensity conflict, man

# ? Oct 10, 2014 01:31

SuperDucky: May 13, 2007; by exmarx

VikingSkull posted:

e3- when you see the comically large part of that car quote this

Only marginally larger than my grandpa's 66 C10 wheel. Also no p/s.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 02:44

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

VikingSkull posted:

e- those men look loving serious

# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:09

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

I bet that made a noise

# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:12

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

atomicthumbs posted:

So classy, even the mechanics in their overalls wore shirts and ties

# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:15

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

VikingSkull posted:

I bet that made a noise

quote:

The White Triplex (also known as Triplex Special and Spirit of Elkdom) was a land speed record car built for J. H. White and driven by Ray Keech. It was powered by three 27-litre Liberty aero-engines, for a total of 36 cylinders, 81 litre displacement and a claimed 1500 bhp.

quote:

The simplicity of the design also led to a farcical situation with the official scrutineers. The regulations required "means for reversing", which the White Triplex didn't have. Mechanics first jury-rigged an electric motor and roller drive onto a tyre, but this was unable to rotate against the compression of the three large engines, which could not be un-clutched. An even more Rube Goldberg-like contrivance was tried, an entire separate rear axle was fitted, held above ground until dropped by a release lever and then driven by a separate driveshaft. The device was ridiculous, and isn't believed to have been fitted during the record attempt itself, but it satisfied the scrutineers.

You drive 36 cylinders and what do you get

quote:

This record was raised to over 230 mph by Henry Segrave in Golden Arrow on March 11, 1929. Keech was asked by J. M. White to drive again, this time at Ormond Beach, and to re-break the record in the Triplex. Keech wisely declined, considering the car to be too dangerous. White then hired their team mechanic Lee Bible, a garage owner with no experience driving at these speeds.

On his first two runs, Bible was timed at first 186 mph (299 km/h) and then 202 mph (325 km/h), both below the Triplex Special's previous best and well short of Golden Arrow's standing record. At the end of this second pass, Triplex ran off the track and into the sand dunes, causing it to roll over and finally come to a stop 200 ft (60 m) further on. Bible was thrown from the car, killing him instantly. A Path� newsreel cinema photographer spectator, Charles Traub, was also killed.

atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Oct 10, 2014

# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:31

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

atomicthumbs posted:

You drive 36 cylinders and what do you get

~~Another day older~~ and deeper in debt.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 04:33

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

he was ok

# ? Oct 10, 2014 12:31

revdrkevind: Dec 15, 2013; ASK ME ABOUT MY TINY DICK

also my opinion on

VikingSkull posted:

: I SAID, I WAS IN AN ACCID- hold on, I'll call you back.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 14:23

GramCracker: Oct 8, 2005; beauty by stroll

revdrkevind posted:

: I SAID, I WAS IN AN ACCID- hold on, I'll call you back.

Got a good chuckle out of this, thanks.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 15:04

TheFonz: Aug 3, 2002; <3

VikingSkull posted:

e- those men look loving serious

e2- that's Ray Hendrick in the Fireball 11, I think it's a '36 Chevy with an injected "427" (probably 468ci)

e3- when you see the comically large part of that car quote this

Is that window extra large so that in the event he crashes they can pull his fat rear end out of the car?

# ? Oct 10, 2014 16:23

Hello Spaceman: Jan 18, 2005; hop, skip, and jumpgate

Properly-used Porsche GT3 brake discs.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 17:05

ehnus: Apr 16, 2003; Now you're thinking with portals!

Hello Spaceman posted:

Properly-used Porsche GT3 brake discs.

The new Sport Chrono package

# ? Oct 10, 2014 17:14

Mr. Wiggles: Dec 1, 2003; We are all drinking from the highball glass of ideology.

CornHolio posted:

A coworker spotted this in the wild.

After doing some research it's a Citroen 2CV H-Van. I had never heard of it. I want one now.

Not 2CV, but Traction Avant running gear I believe. Still really cool, really slow, but extremely well thought out vans. You can fit tons of stuff in them.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 17:29

Hello Spaceman: Jan 18, 2005; hop, skip, and jumpgate

ehnus posted:

The new Sport Chrono package

Not that great, I've heard.

Take years to come to a stop.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 17:32

Elwood P. Dowd: Oct 13, 2005; Jimmy Stewart would approve

CornHolio posted:

A coworker spotted this in the wild.

After doing some research it's a Citroen 2CV H-Van. I had never heard of it. I want one now.

There's a guy in my neighborhood who has one of these in bright yellow and also a DS. Has them in the garage while his Lexus sits outside.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 18:22

Team140: Dec 13, 2005

VikingSkull posted:

e2- that's Ray Hendrick in the Fireball 11, I think it's a '36 Chevy with an injected "427" (probably 468ci)

That's a small block. Siamesed center exhaust ports.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 19:01

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

Mr. Wiggles posted:

Not 2CV, but Traction Avant running gear I believe. Still really cool, really slow, but extremely well thought out vans. You can fit tons of stuff in them.

ah, the previous generation of Ram Promaster.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 19:02

razorscooter: Nov 5, 2008

CornHolio posted:

Always been one of my favorite cars.

I believe the story is that engineers working for Lamborghini were upset when Chrysler management wanted them to make the Diablo less extreme. So they quit and went out and formed their own car company, and the Cizeta Moroder V16T is what the Diablo was supposed to be.

Though turned up to 11, it would seem.

V16! transverse! Quad pop up headlights! Bob, we're out of cocaine!

It's actually two flat plane V8s joined together in a single block with some gears in the middle to send it all out to the transaxle out back, because a regular V16 would have been slightly less ludicrous than two engines.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 19:32

Seizure Meat: Jul 23, 2008; by Smythe

TheFonz posted:

Is that window extra large so that in the event he crashes they can pull his fat rear end out of the car?

yes

Team140 posted:

That's a small block. Siamesed center exhaust ports.

so it is, and I should have known that at the very least because Ray was a southern driver and small blocks ruled there, the northeast cars had the big blocks

# ? Oct 10, 2014 20:46

CornHolio: May 20, 2001; Toilet Rascal

razorscooter posted:

It's actually two flat plane V8s joined together in a single block with some gears in the middle to send it all out to the transaxle out back, because a regular V16 would have been slightly less ludicrous than two engines.

Directly beneath the exhaust manifold, that black thing... it looks like a turbo, but I don't think it's a turbo. What is it?

# ? Oct 10, 2014 20:47

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

ehnus posted:

The new Sport Chrono package

Flava Flav is working on bulking up his back and neck.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 20:57

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

I know some of you will hate this but that noise is beautiful...

"The Liberty walk LB Performance Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4, equipped with Armytrix F1 Valvetronic Exhaust."

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=555996627833781&fref=nf

# ? Oct 10, 2014 21:43

Phy: Jun 27, 2008; Fun Shoe

revdrkevind posted:

: I SAID, I WAS IN AN ACCID- hold on, I'll call you back.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 21:44

T1g4h: Aug 6, 2008; I AM THE SCALES OF JUSTICE, CONDUCTOR OF THE CHOIR OF DEATH!

88h88 posted:

I know some of you will hate this but that noise is beautiful...

"The Liberty walk LB Performance Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4, equipped with Armytrix F1 Valvetronic Exhaust."

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=555996627833781&fref=nf

I love Liberty walk's custom stuff, and this is no exception. Dear god that sounds angry :allears:

# ? Oct 10, 2014 22:20

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Fucknag posted:

That tube-chassis racecar is (and also rotary-powered, apparently,) but the factory 3 is and will probably remain FWD forever. Maaaaybe an AWD Mazdaspeed if they go full retard this time around.

I initially missed the "20B" in the title, but knew instantly it was a rotary when I heard it idling (as much as a peripheral-port rotary can idle) out of the pits. Love the 3-rotor scream.

D C posted:

Just like their audio products, no highs, no lows, must be Bose Suspension.

I thought Bose's problem was ALL highs and lows, no mids? At least, that's the Acoustimass system.

angryhampster posted:

Chariot Races..NSW 1936

That is truly amazing.

# ? Oct 10, 2014 22:46

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Content!

Spotted this on the way home a while back (sorry, digital potato, and the sun in the wrong place.)

(license plate. It also sounded nice and healthy.)

And just today, found this in the parking lot of one of our facilities shared with some other businesses: