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Humphreys posted:Glass for a Toyota Sera is rare and expensive (and so are the door struts). I was the terrible for owning one, then turbocharging it and trying to get as many horses out of the lovely 5EFHE by strapping parts from a 4EFTE and spending silly money on ECUs and things I knew nothing about when I was at that 'I live at home and my income is 100% used on nothing but poo poo I don't need'. I had never heard of those before. They look like a cute version of an SVX.
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DiggityDoink posted:I had never heard of those before. They look like a cute version of an SVX. Had to look it up.  It's so cute! Like a Paseo got a Lambo drunk and they procreated. 
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New windows switch is in and working. Treating with kid gloves in the hopes it KEEPS working....at least for a bit.
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Panty Saluter posted:New windows switch is in and working. Treating with kid gloves in the hopes it KEEPS working....at least for a bit. You say these things are incredibly rare right? Is it just the plastic that is brittle or the electronics?
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Rhyno posted:You say these things are incredibly rare right? Is it just the plastic that is brittle or the electronics? I don't know about "incredibly" I guess. There are more than a few on eBay but they're at the point where they're commanding a pretty good price. Sadly it seems to be the electronics. They fail stuck in the "up" position. I was tempted to just find a 3 way switch and solder it in but the driver's side switch has a large-ish coil inside it so I didn't want to risk burning something out with an improper load or whatever.
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Panty Saluter posted:I don't know about "incredibly" I guess. There are more than a few on eBay but they're at the point where they're commanding a pretty good price. Ahhh. I was gonna say that if it was the actual switch you could probably find someone to copy them with a 3D scanner and printer.
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Copper Vein posted:BRB, goin' for a cruise. I bet the spare is on there because a full size wheel won't clear the damaged quarter.
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Panty Saluter posted:I don't know about "incredibly" I guess. There are more than a few on eBay but they're at the point where they're commanding a pretty good price. This poo poo is amazing.
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Rhyno posted:Ahhh. I was gonna say that if it was the actual switch you could probably find someone to copy them with a 3D scanner and printer. I've had mixed results with ABS and PLA parts sitting in summer car cabin temperatures. Tends to deform.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:I've had mixed results with ABS and PLA parts sitting in summer car cabin temperatures. Tends to deform. PLA will fall apart after 3 years anyways, don't build stuff with PLA unless it's actually for prototyping.
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Copper Vein posted:BRB, goin' for a cruise. Welcome to Ohio. I need a dashcam so I can show you some of the poo poo I see around here
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Ha, I have a can of Caig Deoxit that I tried. It didn't work but that's not surprising since the failure mode means one side is making too much contact, not too little.  On the upside I figured out my stereo problems were largely due to bare wires not being adequately held by the screw terminals. A few cheap crimp on spades/forks later we are golden. I shoukd have known that since most of my job involves ensuring quality electrical connections but welp 
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I remembered some thread here years about a guy with a CRX or Civic that was putting a bunch of goofy holes in his bumper to make the car go faster or some dumb poo poo like that. I almost lost it when I saw this in the wild and though it was that car: I also drive a Civic, so the guy was passing me, fartcan exhaust coughing out a trail of black smoke.
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"speed holes" have been a thing for over 20 years dude
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BraveUlysses posted:"speed holes" have been a thing for over 20 years dude Does it make it any less terrible
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I remember that guy, didn't his Civic post lap times a few seconds faster than a pair of E36 M3s at a track day? What a douche.
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Vitamin J posted:I remember that guy, didn't his Civic post lap times a few seconds faster than a pair of E36 M3s at a track day? What a douche. I know, who thinks being faster than an E36 is something special, right?
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You can really tell who's been to the track and who hasn't imho
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It sure is easy to tell who's been to the track and who hasn't
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It is definitely possible to improve cooling and aerodynamics by modifying the bodywork, but taking a hole saw to the bumper(s) is not very effective. In most cases that probably increases drag and doesn't provide any actual benefits.
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jamal posted:In most cases that probably increases drag and doesn't provide any actual benefits. Makes it super simple to identify idiots, though.
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Vitamin J posted:I remember that guy, didn't his Civic post lap times a few seconds faster than a pair of E36 M3s at a track day? What a douche. 
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Extra posted:The Sera's C155 manual transmission also had a final drive of 4.312 with a limited slip differential. I need to find one of those transmissions badly. There were 15k of those cars made total or close to that number, no idea if the transmission was used in anything else...but I know where 5 of them are that I can guess haven't been driven in a few years. (one of which was mine that was towed to my friends yard and she ended up buying it off me for scrap).
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 Yup, a bunch of 2x4s tied to his doorhandles with twine. Just an old man giving no fucks.
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Remember that carbureted Tuned Port SBC V8 from forever ago? Well, now it's Ford's turn: 
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I remember the heyday of carburettor super- and turbo- charging. I remember one particularly enterprising fellow putting an intercooler on his turbo astron II Mitsubishi Scorpion, the turbo kit for which was a draw-through design. I look forward to these folks learning the same lesson that he did about large volumes of air fuel mixture just hanging about.
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Root Bear posted:Well, now it's Ford's turn: Isn't that a LeMons car? I remember seeing one where Murilee Martin had encouraged some team to cut a hole in their intake manifold and slap a junkyard carb on top rather than get their bullshit EFI working.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJLAq8vGGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyW5t0taJBk  for Hagerty.
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for some stupid ad campaign? I don't know but the message is lost on me. I think it has something to do with eating disorders ruining something potentially beautiful.
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Best commercial.
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IPCRESS posted:I remember the heyday of carburettor super- and turbo- charging. I remember one particularly enterprising fellow putting an intercooler on his turbo astron II Mitsubishi Scorpion, the turbo kit for which was a draw-through design. The solution there seems obvious: a variety of large-diameter, fast acting pressure relief valves throughout the intake system, calibrated to vent it directly out some side exit exhausts if the pressure rises above maximum boost.
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This makes me want to buy a classic and insure it with hagerty.
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Yessssss
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Talk about squeaking in just under the wire on the loaded CO test!
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Geirskogul posted:Yessssss Good lord, you have to smog a 73 VW? That is definitely terrible car stuff.
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I wish I had something worth insuring with Hagerty now.
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Geirskogul posted:Good thing they don't text nox  
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