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Slavvy posted:the GT4 shell is AFAIK identical to the FWD 3SFE base model. This may be true for the ST205, I honestly have no idea, but the 165/185 had a completely different floor-pan (and possibly firewall?) from the normal FWD cars, including extra reinforcements in the rear structure. Outwardly they look the same but underneath there are some pretty big differences. People have tried to convert FWD Celicas to AWD several times, afaik they've all met with dismal failure. Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 02:24
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Mother of gently caress, I had no idea there was a road-going version of this. Terrible Robot posted:This may be true for the ST205, I honestly have no idea, but the 165/185 had a completely different floor-pan (and possibly firewall?) from the normal FWD cars, including extra reinforcements in the rear structure. Outwardly they look the same but underneath there are some pretty big differences. That makes sense, though it would still be cheaper to use a different floor panel for the AWD cars and have the rest of the body be the same. The floor panel is a separate stamping that gets welded to the sides/firewall etc, after all.
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Mar 12, 2015 03:25
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This is up for auction in Japan in a moment  
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Mar 12, 2015 04:09
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Butt Wizard posted:This is up for auction in Japan in a moment Those are my favourite wheels - Mercedes-Benz Ceginus.
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Mar 12, 2015 04:13
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T1g4h posted:Did someone say hillclimb cars? I will never tire of the turbo 2JZ exhaust note. It's so buttery-smooth.
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Mar 12, 2015 06:06
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T1g4h posted:
The rear of the car is where you really need to look on the GT-One:  I like that Toyota bothered to put in a full interior in their road car, even though the GT1 road cars were all basically for show at that point.  The only article that has good pictures of the GT-One road car razorscooter fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 06:26
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Here's a better photo of that "old shitbox Merc" from today's auction. Start price was $55k USD That is dream garage stuff.
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Mar 12, 2015 08:52
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razorscooter posted:The rear of the car is where you really need to look on the GT-One: This looks amazing. It looks like you could drive it down the street like a totally normal car without it catching on fire or somersaulting or something. 
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Mar 12, 2015 09:34
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I still can't get over one of those things popping up for auction. Not a lot of HP but DTM homologation aero 
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Mar 12, 2015 09:44
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Mooseykins posted:Awesome poo poo, i think this is a Ford 7.3 PowerStroke: Trigger warning: no V-band clamps on the turbo plumbing. 
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Mar 12, 2015 11:55
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MrYenko posted:Trigger warning: no V-band clamps on the turbo plumbing. That's how the turbo system in my mack is built, and it pushes 40+ psi
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Mar 12, 2015 11:59
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It'd be hard not to think you were the coolest man on the planet driving one of these round on a sunny day...
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Mar 12, 2015 13:54
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Mar 12, 2015 14:00
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MrYenko posted:Trigger warning: no V-band clamps on the turbo plumbing. Did you know the V-band clamp was invented by one of the Marx Brothers?
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Mar 12, 2015 14:07
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Dannywilson posted:Did you know the V-band clamp was invented by one of the Marx Brothers? Holy poo poo, no. That's awesome.
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Mar 12, 2015 14:21
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Made my morning.
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Mar 12, 2015 14:36
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Dannywilson posted:Did you know the V-band clamp was invented by one of the Marx Brothers? He also invented the harness used to hold (and drop) the Atomic bomb on Japan. 
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Mar 12, 2015 14:38
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All the manufacturers need to get back into Prototype sports cars. That's it. I've solved the FIA. HNNNGGGG  Still amazing that such a square vehicle hit 200+mph.
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Mar 12, 2015 14:55
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Mooseykins posted:Along those lines, yes. I think the number was 20 or so. From what i remember the series ran in Le-Mans for one year, GT1 class instead of prototypes, and it was deemed too expensive, so they just went back to prototypes because building 20 road cars in order to build 2 race cars isn't really financially feasable. They stopped it becuase the GT1 class cars were literally skirting ALL of the rules and were basically purpose built race cars on "production" chassis. Like, the Porsche 911 GT1 only shared the front subframe with the actual production car. And the Toyota GT-1 didn't even have the required "luggage" compartment. Toyota reasoned that when the fuel tank was empty you could technically fit the "suitcase" in there. I 100% understand the rule bending, but these Manufacturers took it so far they killed the series. GramCracker fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 15:02
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GramCracker posted:All the manufacturers need to get back into Prototype sports cars. That's it. I've solved the FIA. I would imagine if you put it next to a modern 200mph gt500 it would look practically streamlined.
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Mar 12, 2015 16:52
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Only yesterday I was watching a doc on the D type and the limited XKSS they sold before the release of the E type
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Mar 12, 2015 18:28
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Slavvy posted:It really isn't that complicated or troublesome and comparing it to Audi and Mitsu's retarded designs is pretty insulting. The double lower front arm multilink suspension is actually in the new M5.  DC4 Integra suspension:  (uses a 1 piece lower arm) Maybe they were onto something 
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Mar 12, 2015 19:10
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Dannywilson posted:Did you know the V-band clamp was invented by one of the Marx Brothers? The Marman clamp is also used by numerous spacecraft for attaching tubular body sections! 
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Mar 12, 2015 19:22
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Now you're thinking with portals.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:39
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Wanna see this but with a Delta S4 
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Mar 12, 2015 20:41
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MrYenko posted:Trigger warning: no V-band clamps on the turbo plumbing. Not essential, and being a 3-stage compound setup i'd bet that pushes 60-80psi MAP. If it needed v-bands it would have them! 88h88 posted:It'd be hard not to think you were the coolest man on the planet driving one of these round on a sunny day... As much as i love the XK-SS, and it's absolutely gorgeous, for me it would have to be an all-aluminium polished Kirkham Cobra.  Dealer i used to do work for had one, and someone had sanded the body to make it have a matte effect.  NitroSpazzz posted:HNNNGGGG It doesn't even look like it's had that much done to it for aerodynamics. I guess a prototype 750bhp 25v engine can do a lot to fight drag and wind resistance!  GramCracker posted:They stopped it becuase the GT1 class cars were literally skirting ALL of the rules and were basically purpose built race cars on "production" chassis. Like, the Porsche 911 GT1 only shared the front subframe with the actual production car. And the Toyota GT-1 didn't even have the required "luggage" compartment. Toyota reasoned that when the fuel tank was empty you could technically fit the "suitcase" in there. I 100% understand the rule bending, but these Manufacturers took it so far they killed the series. Not surprising though, they're in it to win. If one manufacturer went by the rules, they'd lose to someone else who was bending them and they'd then have the edge. It's like what Smokey Yunick did, he read between the lines and was hugely successful because what he did wasn't technically disallowed. If you built a race car and could get away with using only the road car's front subframe you wouldn't use the whole chassis from it! Can't blame them for trying. It is a shame they ruined it, just to have built cars that are basically road-going LM cars is awesome. Octopus Magic posted:The double lower front arm multilink suspension is actually in the new M5. 5-series have has double lower link arms since the E34, or is there something specific about this setup that i'm missing? Are F10s are the first with upper wishbones as opposed to MacPherson struts?
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Mar 12, 2015 21:08
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Mooseykins posted:Not surprising though, they're in it to win. If one manufacturer went by the rules, they'd lose to someone else who was bending them and they'd then have the edge. It's like what Smokey Yunick did, he read between the lines and was hugely successful because what he did wasn't technically disallowed. Of course, they are in it to win it and cheating is part of the game. I just dislike how they basically ruined it for the fans/spectators  Can't complain though as we got some batshit insane road cars from it!
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Mar 12, 2015 21:26
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Mooseykins posted:5-series have has double lower link arms since the E34, or is there something specific about this setup that i'm missing? Are F10s are the first with upper wishbones as opposed to MacPherson struts? Yeah they are, though the 7 series was the first saloon model to ditch the mac struts IIRC.
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Mar 12, 2015 22:16
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Mar 13, 2015 04:18
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V-bands usally only go on the exhaust side. The best clamps for post turbo intake piping are wiggins clamps, but a good bead roll and a nice constant tension, smooth inner bore worm drive clamp are adequate for wrc cars and heavy duty diesel stuff.
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Mar 13, 2015 06:11
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A friend saw this custom-made bumper: Among other cool custom items on his truck   Also came across this today: 
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Mar 13, 2015 15:42
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Mar 13, 2015 17:23
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I totally meant to do that. 
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Mar 13, 2015 17:33
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"Oh no! Oh! Oh...Ooooooh..." 
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Mar 13, 2015 18:39
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sofullofhate posted:I totally meant to do that. Well its Gigi Gali, so yea, he probably did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naGHAUUeepI
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Mar 13, 2015 18:51
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CornHolio posted:A friend saw this custom-made bumper: That front bumper is an abomination, unless the intent was to make something for ten people to stand on while driving around. The rest is cool. Friend of mine just bought a new toy. 401 powered Golden Eagle edition Jeep J truck. So he towed it home with the other toy, his LQ9/NV4500 powered, bobbed, coilover/one ton swapped J truck on 40s.  I am supremely jealous.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:51
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I saw a new Scirocco today, and it was in this really awesome purple colour (VW call it Ultra Violet apparently). Didn't get a pic and no picture I can find online does it justice, it's goddamn stunning. This is the best pic I could find, still doesn't capture the colour really well. 
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Mar 13, 2015 20:16
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It's a shame that VAG make so many nice looking cars that are abjectly miserable machines with no redeeming qualities.
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Mar 13, 2015 20:35
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