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Bape Culture posted:Woah holy poo poo how did I miss this? Absolute madness Fingers crossed. Your chariot is fuckin perfect, I'm not sure how I missed you putting a CF roof on it meatpimp posted:I saw that last night and forgot to comment. That much power in a Miata is a riot. I miss mine. Its never too late 
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The end of nice weather season is rapidly approaching. Got a chance to put some miles on and hit the nature preserve this weekend.  
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That's rad looking. Dig it.Bape Culture posted:Proper pics God drat. This needs to be on the current page.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:As a BMW fanboy it makes me crazy how ugly the design language has been and to constantly have longing eyes for what Audi is doing. It’s comical how receptive the DAZA engine is to mods. ECU/TCU tunes, downpipe, intercooler, intake, E85 and you’re pushing 600whp all day. And it’s DD-able! Don’t even get me started on the poo poo Iroz Motorsport has going on coming out of Las Vegas. Those cars are loving freaks.
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This is so beautiful it is breaking my brain. Audi really does have design cornered. gently caress. It is perfect.
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Bape Culture posted:Woah holy poo poo how did I miss this? Absolute madness BlackMK4 posted:
I too missed this among the jewel-toned and well-photo'd cars. Holy poo poo, that sounds terrifying yet wonderful in an NA, that's got to feel about like a F1 car. if it's in the LA area let me know, would like to see this beast in person/show you a couple roads to test it on... All these pics are making me want to wash my car bigly but it's going to be stupidly hot for the next 5 days
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Ether Frenzy posted:Holy poo poo, that sounds terrifying yet wonderful in an NA, that's got to feel about like a F1 car. That's an NB, but I'm sure it's still terrifying.
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New project. 1979 Cherokee Chief Plan is to do the little bit of bodywork it needs (only 2 spots of rust on rear fenders) then this winter the engine comes out and depending on what I find either I'll rebuild the 360 or do a swap. I've actually had it for a while, ran up to Colorado and trailered it back to NM the week before Covid shut down both states but I was working on the '47 CJ2A you can see and my 73 Super Beetle to get both ready to sell. 
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Tindjin posted:New project. 1979 Cherokee Chief That owns. Too bad it's a smog year. Friend of mine has a '74 wagoneer in the same color, but I'm really liking the 2-door shape here. I didn't know they had 2-door FSJ wagons.
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I love the RS3, but I was astonished to learn that at the price point it had completely manual seats. I'm still annoyed that my fiance's TTS doesn't have memory for the seats. That being said, if I didn't feel compelled to maker my next car purchase an EV I think I would really enjoy the RS3.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I too missed this among the jewel-toned and well-photo'd cars. Holy poo poo, that sounds terrifying yet wonderful in an NA, that's got to feel about like a F1 car. if it's in the LA area let me know, would like to see this beast in person/show you a couple roads to test it on... Unfortunately, it isn't plated / streetable as-is. I can plate it here in Arizona, but it needs some headlights (gutted now), stock mirrors (has convex mirrors attached to the cage), and collectors insurance (no emissions) since it is on a Haltech ECU 
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 Please tell us if you go down the path of power mods so I can live vicariously through you
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BlackMK4 posted:Unfortunately, it isn't plated / streetable as-is. I can plate it here in Arizona, but it needs some headlights (gutted now), stock mirrors (has convex mirrors attached to the cage), and collectors insurance (no emissions) since it is on a Haltech ECU You can probably get away with 2 of the three here but.."I didn't know my headlights didn't exist oh and also that's a race ECU" is a no-go in Emissionsland. That's too bad. That car looks insane, congrats on another wild one.
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Tindjin posted:New project. 1979 Cherokee Chief Yessssssss AI needs more FSJs. I actually just got my LQ4 swapped FSJ running and driving, same reason, seized up 360. E: oh hey here is my ride, now that it is not immobile yard art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6yWNhFtOk4 kastein fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Sep 8, 2020 |
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So badass. And another reason to love AI. Just look at the cars over the past 2 pages. Completely different categories and aesthetics. And all awesome.
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MetaJew posted:I love the RS3, but I was astonished to learn that at the price point it had completely manual seats. I'm still annoyed that my fiance's TTS doesn't have memory for the seats. I wonder if it's for weight savings? I think the M2CS is like that
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1982 F100 towed the R1 Locost out to the local drift/kart track for some lapping yesterday morning.  Truck details - https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3032817&userid=106767&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post480250040 Locost details - https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3032817&userid=106767&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post487153997 Bape Culture posted:Proper pics perfect
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Gratuitous rear end shot because why the gently caress not.
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Theophany posted:Gratuitous rear end shot because why the gently caress not. don't stop, I'm almost there
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4 wheels burnout time 
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Theophany posted:Gratuitous rear end shot because why the gently caress not. I’m unable to contain my excitement with all the recent 4-ring hotness. I’d like to know more… 
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I have a problem
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Now you just need a Solstice / Sky.
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BlackMK4 posted:I have a problem Yeah, looks like you might need more garage for the next one.
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Darchangel posted:Yeah, looks like you might need more garage for the next one. 
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Yall both right, I need more garage. Also, the S2000 has a wing too, I just don't leave that trunk on it since I drive the car to work occasionally. I'm starting to part out all of the expensive stuff and it'll be pretty streetcar again.Charles posted:Now you just need a Solstice / Sky. Don't tempt me, some local dude has one of the ex-race cars and it is pretty quick. FWIW, I'd never even sat in a Miata before I bought this. It feels like a tin-can compared to the S2000, but there is surprisingly more cockpit area room since the transmission tunnel is smaller/lower, the steering shaft is smaller, and the doors are gutted. Need to dyno it for classing, figure out a quiet exhaust option (it is vbanded near the rear diff), and clean it up a bit. I have six events back to back in Oct/Nov. Longer term it'll get BMW MK60 ABS and an electric steering column. 
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BlackMK4 posted:
Oh, now I’m really interested.
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Theophany posted:Gratuitous rear end shot because why the gently caress not. Easy Theo, god drat. Also - get it tuned, loser.
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Needed a flu shot for work yesterday and it was gorgeous.
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thealphabetsez posted:I’m unable to contain my excitement with all the recent 4-ring hotness. All the motoring journalist cliches of 'grip for days' and 'facebending acceleration' are all true. A lot of people prefer the E63 wagon, but I'm not a fan of the looks/interior personally. GramCracker posted:Easy Theo, god drat. Every time I open the Litchfield website I can hear the sound of the car's warranty laughing. 
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We had a delivery last night    It's a 1970 with a 455 swapped in from a 1975 with unknown modifications. Obvious modifications to the car itself are the formula hood, t-tops, shaved door handles. It's been pretty much sitting for 15 years. My father in law impulse bought it in on eBay after he and my wife watched Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, and we've been joking half-seriously about adopting it from him for the last 10 of those years. When my next door neighbor sold his house and offered to sell his lift to us for cheap, my wife asked her father if he'd send the car to us if we had a lift. So we bought a lift that came with a Firebird, essentially. Known things we need to look at / address: - tires are ancient and need to be replaced - probably needs a new starter and maybe a new ring gear / flywheel; makes a real bad screeching noise if you try to start it too quickly - takes a serious amount of throttle to get started and real good bit of warming up to idle consistently - there's a wiring issue with the door release on the driver side; only the passenger side opens reliably and the driver side will sometimes open itself (hooray) At any rate, excited to have a stupidly loud car that I am actually comfortable working on, and a nice space in which to do so, even if it will be the slowest of our vehicles. Steve French fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Sep 15, 2020 |
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It may be 'slow' but gently caress that's cool
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If you are going to replace the starter throw a mini starter on it. The way the headers run on the Pontiac v8 the starter can stop working from get soak. Also enjoy those parts prices
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BigPaddy posted:If you are going to replace the starter throw a mini starter on it. The way the headers run on the Pontiac v8 the starter can stop working from get soak. Also enjoy those parts prices Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that. I'll be honest since this has mostly fallen into my lap, I have no idea if the parts price comment is sarcastic or not. ...can't possibly be more expensive than parts for the RS4...right?
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There are parts out there for Pontiac v8s but they are not cheap. Since the gen 2 firebird is just a gen 2 camero with a different nose you will be good for everything else.
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I never know how to feel about shaved door handles. I mean, I like technology, but on the other hand, I like simplicity and originality, and for stuff not to break.
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Charles posted:I never know how to feel about shaved door handles. I mean, I like technology, but on the other hand, I like simplicity and originality, and for stuff not to break. It's sort of funny to me; I think the newer electronic door handles on Teslas and the like are absurd. But I can't hate the same problem on this. Maybe partially because if it just broke forever I'd probably be okay with only ever driving it with the t-tops removed and windows down anyway.
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I'm somewhat inclined to start a thread (probably slow moving, kids are a thing), to selfishly see how many of you I can trick into helping me figure poo poo out and fix things on it. Interest?
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Steve French posted:I'm somewhat inclined to start a thread (probably slow moving, kids are a thing), to selfishly see how many of you I can trick into helping me figure poo poo out and fix things on it. Interest? hell yeah brother.  edit: I started mine to share and hopefully give back some entertainment to the community, and it ends up being a fun way to create a diary of your project.
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