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General Wiggles posted:
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NitroSpazzz posted:
This looks like a surprised snail.
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VikingSkull posted:
Awhile back, but ![]() Swamp Rat 30 is still one of my all time favorite race cars.
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everyone posted:popup gifs All I hear when I see these is the RCR guy grunting "headlights go up, headlights go down, headlights go up, headlights go down..."
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IOwnCalculus posted:All I hear when I see these is the RCR guy grunting "headlights go up, headlights go down, headlights go up, headlights go down..." ![]() Would post a popup headlights gif, but it's in the bodyshop getting a new driver's side sill sorted out. ![]() On the plus side, I did get to have a look at some 911s at the showroom... ![]() ![]() I am so very, very sold on the 991 911. I would have taken more pictures, but they sorted me out with my parts in short order and I had to move sharpish to get the car and parts dropped off at the body shop then get to work. Also in the showroom was a Boxter S and an absolutely gorgeous 991 Targa. For the record, the inner sill part for a Porsche 944 costs less than a set of four Porsche arty farty espresso cups.
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Any of you guys watch Dirt Every Day?![]()
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Boomerjinks posted:Any of you guys watch Dirt Every Day? Roadkill is infecting the rest of Motor Trend it owns
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Boomerjinks posted:Any of you guys watch Dirt Every Day? I don't need this extra kidney. poo poo, well, I'll drink a bit less. I can't sell a nut or I won't actually drive it. Want my left eye? I swear that you'll get used to the astigmatism.
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Tactical Bonnet posted:I love pop-ups. Woah, I know the dude who owns this... Did not expect it to appear seeing as it lives in deepest darkest Wales..
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![]() Kinda concerned that it might have the structural rigidity of a damp fag packet though. Those are unibody, right?
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stump posted:
Seems kinda dumb seeing as vw make proper dropside vans anyway.
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Boomerjinks posted:Any of you guys watch Dirt Every Day? Speaking of limp I have to wonder how much torsional rigidity that spindly 20' steering column has.
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smelly cabin filter posted:Seems kinda dumb seeing as vw make proper dropside vans anyway. I totally forgot you could get t4 pickups from The factory, they aren't anywhere near as common as the vans in the UK.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSk7QS2xfwg
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Yenko...Corvair?![]() ![]()
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Rhyno posted:Yenko...Corvair? The Stinger. The first car sold with Don Yenko's name on it. The Camaros came later. ![]()
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Is that the one with the insane blow-through carby turbo setup?
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MrYenko posted:The Stinger. The first car sold with Don Yenko's name on it. The Camaros came later. I'd never heard of it. It was a full restoration with updated interior, wish I'd thought to take some pics of the inside.
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Slavvy posted:Is that the one with the insane blow-through carby turbo setup? All the Corvair Turbos where blow-through.
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wigbot v2.0 posted:Woah, I know the dude who owns this... Did not expect it to appear seeing as it lives in deepest darkest Wales.. I found it in a GIS for "miata popup headlight gif."
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Nidhg00670000 posted:All the Corvair Turbos where blow-through. Maybe I'll rephrase that to: was that the one that had the turbo? I didn't realise 'factory' turbo corvairs were a thing, those cars are an unsafe-at-any-speed mystery to me.
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Slavvy posted:Maybe I'll rephrase that to: was that the one that had the turbo? GM themselves did a few full-on factory turbo Corvairs (on the Corsa), not just Don Yenko. http://www.corvaircorsa.com/turbo.html quote:In 1962 the Corvair's normally aspirated base engine developed 80 horsepower, or 84 when fitted with the optional "Powerglide" automatic transmission. When the turbocharged Corvair Spyder was introduced it had 150 horsepower, or almost double the power out of the same displacement. This improved performance significantly. I'd love to see a Corvair thread because they are amazing but I just don't know enough about them to do one.
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Slavvy posted:Maybe I'll rephrase that to: was that the one that had the turbo? Oh yes, it was a factory option from 1962 with 150hp, 1965 was the Corsa version that bumped output to 180 (and switched from swing axle suspension to proper IRS). In a car roughly the weight of an NB Miata. In 1965. The Stinger had varying output, but a few had up to 240hp. ![]() Anyway, it's a rear-engined car with (at first) swing axles. No more dangerous than a Beetle or Porsche 356, as long as you maintained the factory tire pressures, roughly 20F-30R. People put the same pressure all around and that's how they got into oversteer trouble. Same tendency as any Porsche, not a design flaw, just a driving dynamic the average driver wasn't prepared to deal with. The car was't unsafe, American driver training was (and still is).
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The real problem with swing axles (from any manufacturer) is that they can do this:![]() They were a risky idea on any car, I just think GM made the best target due to their scale. That said, the later ones went to a proper IRS, and to me look drat good on a track. ![]() ![]()
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I'm 32 and I want a Monza Corvair. They're very sexy.
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The lack of ventilation on the front confuses me.
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The Corvair was rear-engined. It still kind of wigs me out.
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Yeah, the fact that Q_res fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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Q_res posted:Yeah, the fact that You forgot to add "air cooled."
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Yes, yes I did. That oversight has been corrected.
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We had a Cars & Coffee & Chicken event today at a Quaker Steak & Lube. Pretty great turnout. http://imgur.com/a/j3KxS
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Can't embed because it's on facebook, someone want to rehost it? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=511140508976606 Cliffs: guy lighting a campfire with fireballs from a hotrod's exhaust
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Rhyno posted:We had a Cars & Coffee & Chicken event today at a Quaker Steak & Lube. Pretty great turnout. Not gonna lie, I love the custom hood with the angry eye effect on that black 300C. Not really crazy about the green rings, but man, it looks pretty sinister otherwise.
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T1g4h posted:Not gonna lie, I love the custom hood with the angry eye effect on that black 300C. Not really crazy about the green rings, but man, it looks pretty sinister otherwise. They were really cool dudes, and that car sounded incredible.
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T1g4h posted:Not gonna lie, I love the custom hood with the angry eye effect on that black 300C. Not really crazy about the green rings, but man, it looks pretty sinister otherwise. ![]() ![]() That panel gap, though. ![]()
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MetaJew posted:
He hand built that grill. He had build pictures and everything on his phone, those are machined aluminum blades.
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Rhyno posted:He hand built that grill. He had build pictures and everything on his phone, those are machined aluminum blades. Perfect for slicing and dicing troublesome pedestrians!
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You Am I posted:Perfect for slicing and dicing troublesome pedestrians! Pretty much what I was thinking but I kept my mouth shut.
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