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Cojawfee posted:I'm not saying they knew what they were doing. I'm just saying that when they broke into the Fiat factory late at night and started pushing buttons and taking whatever parts came out, they unknowingly got a couple good ones. Butbutbut! Passion! Soul! Character! Joie de vivre! Also AAA memberships are cheap.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Somebody find that axle-through-spring Mercedes suspension system. That beats the Saab for weirdness. 
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Jul 20, 2017 22:24
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gently caress I can't tell you how many times I've looked for that photo
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Are lever shocks sometimes called cantilever shocks? I've heard that phrase tossed forever with autocross and old cars and never clued in.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:34
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Normally cantilever shock means a cantilever assembly actuating a normal telescopic one, but it's possible they could mean a lever arm damper.
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This seems like a good time to post Audi UFO brakes again:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g2s_xX3nmw&t=53s
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Vanagoon posted:Audi UFO brakes https://ranwhenparked.net/2009/11/17/what-lies-beneath-audi-ufo-brakes/ Superior German Engineering®
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Jul 21, 2017 00:14
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"No start"
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Beach Bum posted:"No start" No poo poo.
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Vanagoon posted:This seems like a good time to post Audi UFO brakes again: They work great.... ...on race cars where they can be replaced often. They warp too readily on regular cars.
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I didn't realize lever arm dampers were a thing after like 1940. Actually, I didn't even know they were a thing until recently when I started reading the shock absorber handbook
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I knew that the shocks where not so strange, still they are pretty unknown to most people.joat mon posted:MGBs used lever arm shocks into the 80s. Saab used those till 1978 when they ended 95 production. There are kits to convert them to traditional shocks, but I am going to stick with those. I trust that the swedes knew what they were doing.
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Captain Kosmos posted:
I'm pretty sure the swedes might have hosed that one up
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm pretty sure the swedes might have hosed that one up I know  there is punch other stupid poo poo on 95/96 that I consider 99 first proper Saab.
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Jul 21, 2017 09:23
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Wasn't there also some 4WD BMW that had the front driveshaft run through the oil pan?
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bolind posted:Wasn't there also some 4WD BMW that had the front driveshaft run through the oil pan? Not a great shot but the E30 iX models did this. Amazing cars in the snow but sourcing parts can be a real pain in the rear end. 
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Jul 21, 2017 11:45
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bolind posted:Wasn't there also some 4WD BMW that had the front driveshaft run through the oil pan? In fairness, lots of stuff does that.
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mekilljoydammit posted:In fairness, lots of stuff does that. Yeah, GMT360 trucks (Trailblazer, etc) do it. 2WD versions still get the oil pan with a giant machined hole through it.
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I imagine it's a jackshaft running through a tunnel built into the sump, not an actual driveshaft with seals running through the sump proper?
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Nah, with BMW it's a driveshaft with seals. With nissan and merc I didn't notice.mekilljoydammit posted:In fairness, lots of stuff does that. Yeah, i was looking up the BMW as I knew it was an X model, but when searching "drive shaft through sump"I came across a lot of other cars. Many cars that are 6cyl, longitudinal(n-s) and awd do the same thing. Some even have the front diff in there Fo3 fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm pretty sure the swedes might have hosed that one up Lever shocks work fine, though given the lever arm, they don't really have the fine tuning available with a valve/shim pack like a tube shock. I think you get a single adjustment of compression and rebound, and they are more susceptible to fluid heating. They are a whole hell of a lot better than friction shocks!
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Platystemon posted:https://ranwhenparked.net/2009/11/17/what-lies-beneath-audi-ufo-brakes/ And all to avoid, for some reason, going to larger-than-15" wheels. Beach Bum posted:"No start" The stupid thing, besides the owner/mechanic, is that the easy solution is a cheap marine terminal, since the OEM cable has a ring terminal. It's like they went out of their way to break a problem even worse.
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The Door Frame posted:Donks don't drag well, do they? Guess not. Gotta wonder if those rims were rented. 90s Solo Cup fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jul 24, 2017 |
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bolind posted:Wasn't there also some 4WD BMW that had the front driveshaft run through the oil pan? NitroSpazzz posted:Not a great shot but the E30 iX models did this. Amazing cars in the snow but sourcing parts can be a real pain in the rear end. mekilljoydammit posted:In fairness, lots of stuff does that. Overcomplicated though it looks, it's a better solution than the Audi/Subaru design in one way, in that it lets you mount the engine further back (less of a problem with Subaru's general small/light engines, granted) at the expense of increased complexity. If you look at the Jensen FF, they take it to the logical extreme and run the front axle all the way in front of the engine, which is why they're longer wheelbase than the Interceptor.
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Ready for paint!
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Aww shucks.
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Were they dropping the chassis out of the frame? What was the sequence of events here? Obviously apart from "they dun goofed".
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Memento posted:Were they dropping the chassis out of the frame? What was the sequence of events here? It hit a speed bump and was hauled in like that. GMT900s have insane rust issues.
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LongSack posted:How ... I don't know even ... I've just noticed the oil slick.
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Possibly the frame slipped off the lift pads and that pulled the body off?
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I'm gonna go with "Lifted the body, not the frame" for 10 points Terry.
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Well, at least it'll be easier to replace the FUBAR rusted-out brake hardlines. Impressed that they managed to flip the chassis. Going to be fun times getting the rubber side down again; no room for a crane. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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Thats one where you send the pic to your workshops insurance company with just "Your guess is as good as mine?" written under it.
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ReelBigLizard posted:I'm gonna go with "Lifted the body, not the frame" for 10 points Terry. That was my thought too, but how do you do that on a BOF truck?
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spog posted:I've just noticed the oil slick. ATF? There's no rear driveshaft. All in all, a worthy failure. 10 points for style. edit: or, maybe just all the oil from the engine, since it's not really designed to hold the oil in upside down.
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Raluek posted:That was my thought too, but how do you do that on a BOF truck? Maybe they were unbolting it to do a body lift and used a little to much English on a stuck bolt?
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