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The V was fun for the first couple years, but I was falling out of love with it. Between eating two supercharger belts within 2500 miles (both times was due to a seized Metco idler pulley - Metco sent me a new one after the second belt, but yeah) and the first time the belt wrapped around the crank nose and murdered the front main seal which we only found out as I was putting the car on a trailer to go out to the Virginia City Hill Climb last year... It was constantly eating cats because the tune was too rich and there's no one in Denver that tunes that isn't a scam artist or flake, that it had been run into 3(!) times, twice while I owned it, the paint was hammered - all these things contributed to sending it down the river. I started looking at wagon sales this spring and figured I would get out while the gettin' was good as I could see that while asking prices were (very) high, not many were transacting anywhere near those inflated prices. I got to drive it for 3 years and 30,000 miles with about a $7k difference between what I bought it and sold it at, even in spite of the accidents, so I consider it a good life experience. Anyway, good times were had and there will always be another one: Lots of fun times at Bandimere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZ_lrb4NVo&t=15s The wagon became very popular at VCHC for hoonage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLoFdCfvSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_w0gn04aTw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS712Z0a9-A It went through ... a lot... of tires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBfxIwfxakI Dyno run that would ultimately lead to eating multiple sets of cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vTK80-Ozns Right after I modded the V vs. my buddy's Hennessey Venom 650R - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oFdINlF23A Stock on the dyno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PjiqquLpto Bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5QDFV8JO0 Tremek fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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SquirrelGrip posted:if I really wanted I could paint it and sort a proper interior/dash and register it... But now you're a 240 owner, so
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Larrymer posted:But now you're a 240 owner, so giant dildo shifter it is.
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Tremek posted:Anyway, good times were had and there will always be another one...  Can't ask for much more from a car. 
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SquirrelGrip posted:I bought a ratty s13 Silvia tonight for cheap because of leaky turbo lines and it looks like it is just a missing washer after getting it home Larrymer posted:But now you're a 240 owner, so hell yeah, have fun! i had been neglecting my obnoxious ratmobile for over a month and finally started tinkering with it again today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUljDXi7j1A about as rough as usual but was running a lot smoother than i expected tbh
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Oct 3, 2017 22:37
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 We went to Home Depot today and parked.
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KakerMix posted:We went to Home Depot today and parked. Because you didn't have room to take home a full 4x8 sheet of anything like your parking lot mates?  I'm kidding, I like your tiny van fetish.
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Thief posted:hell yeah, have fun! thats the plan, budget practice missile ftw
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KakerMix posted:
Oh, God, that's so adorable. It's like a 1/24 scale car in a 1/18 scale world.
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Darchangel posted:Oh, God, that's so adorable. I really appreciate this. Fond memories of my 1/18 collection sitting on shelves with the odd and embarrassing 1/24 scale tucked in here and there.
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Darchangel posted:Oh, God, that's so adorable. Why can't it just be a 3/4 scale car or something? You didn't have to go turbo nerd.
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Shrapnig posted:Why can't it just be a 3/4 scale car or something? Sir you are on the Something Awful Forums
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I'd park my Odyssey next to it just for the luls.
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Shrapnig posted:Why can't it just be a 3/4 scale car or something? I think that you will find I rarely come out of boost.
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Darchangel posted:I think that you will find I rarely come out of boost. 
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Everyone should have an old turbo'd Nissan somewhere in their life. 16 years old next month and 147 thousand of these are mine:  The A/T light hasn't come on yet because I'd only been driving 30 seconds. Turbine sensor is freaked by everything about the gearbox. tobu fucked around with this message at 09:26 on Oct 6, 2017 |
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angryhampster posted:$1000? What's wrong with it? Neat car.          Terrible Robot posted:Very nice 850R. The previous owner said the PCV was replaced a while ago, but that is next on the list. angryrobots posted:I'll add from personal experience to remove/bypass the GOD DAMNED useless low speed resistor on the electric fan circuit. 
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That cleaned up really nice, great job. The Foz got some new shoes last week. Went from 16" alloys with all-seasons to 15" steelies with A/Ts. I love it, it looks like a Forester should imo. Just need a small brush guard and some Hellas now. 
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Took a rainy day drive up a mountain. There were some very wet, soggy, unhappy looking people hiking up the road. They gave me a dirty look on my way past. They gave up and looked really jealous when I passed them on the way down. It's a public road, technically, so perfectly legal to drive up.
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tobu posted:Everyone should have an old turbo'd Nissan somewhere in their life. Good to know your steering wheel is on.
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Tremek posted:Between eating two supercharger belts within 2500 miles (both times was due to a seized Metco idler pulley - Metco sent me a new one after the second belt, but yeah) and the first time the belt wrapped around the crank nose and murdered the front main seal which we only found out as I was putting the car on a trailer to go out to the Virginia City Hill Climb last year... It was constantly eating cats because the tune was too rich and there's no one in Denver that tunes that isn't a scam artist or flake, that it had been run into 3(!) times, twice while I owned it, the paint was hammered - all these things contributed to sending it down the river. Should've come down to Phoenix and had Nic D tune it, but honestly driving a car like that for that long and that little money, who cares. That squarebody is nice and clean. I'd be tempted to throw a Fitech TBI on there and see how that makes it drive instead of ripping the engine out right away.
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Yeah the more I think about it the more likely I am to keep the 454 and do heads/headers/cam/fuel injection and supporting mods, plus a 4L80, and call it good. I want it to run right and for a long time, but it doesn't need to lift a wheel from a dig, and it's fun to keep the original motor in there.
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D C posted:Good to know your steering wheel is on. It is always good to know your steering wheel is on so I am glad there is a prominent light on the dash to tell you... but I wish you didn't have to turn on the steering wheel every time you started the car. That little light actually indicates that the steering wheel mounted shifters are enabled. Before there were paddles there were buttons which work quite well. You shift up and down with your thumbs and can go either up or down on either side of the wheel: 
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 A picture of my box, airing its own tire up.
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Oct 12, 2017 02:23
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These, and other things on this page look very therapeutic. Love this thread.
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Revvik posted:
Look at Steve Bannon over here.
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chrisgt posted:Took a rainy day drive up a mountain. There were some very wet, soggy, unhappy looking people hiking up the road. They gave me a dirty look on my way past. They gave up and looked really jealous when I passed them on the way down. It's a public road, technically, so perfectly legal to drive up.
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Since everyone seems to adore the new Ridgeline I thought I'd share that I picked one up. I like it but then again my taste in vehicles is pretty poor.
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Why would you not get a black tent?  Nice looking truck.
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Cage posted:Why would you not get a black tent? Thanks! Good point and I was just lazy and got the Honda made tent since I figured it would probably fit/work properly. My daughter loves the tent although it is used more as a play area than an actual tent.
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Theonlydk posted:Since everyone seems to adore the new Ridgeline I thought I'd share that I picked one up. I like it but then again my taste in vehicles is pretty poor. With the black strap from the tent right behind the cab it almost looks like a real truck. Seriously though, that looks way better than the first gen by at least 10x.
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How long is the bed+tailgate on that? Doesn't look long enough for a 6' person to lay down in, or does the Ridgeline open up into the back of the cab like the Chevy Avalanche did?
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I like them if only because they're the closest we'll get to a ute
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davebo posted:How long is the bed+tailgate on that? Doesn't look long enough for a 6' person to lay down in, or does the Ridgeline open up into the back of the cab like the Chevy Avalanche did? It is fairly small at 5 feet 3 inches long with the tailgate up and 7 feet long with the tail gate down (comparable to the standard bed in a 4 door Tacoma, Frontier, and Colorado). I'm just shy of 6 feet tall and was able to lay down comfortably in it. The back of the cab does not open up to allow more length but there is an in bed storage locker that is waterproof (7.3 cubic feet).
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Nice looking Ridgeline. Good work.
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