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Beaterrific daily driver 1988 Volvo 240, shown shortly after its purchase: Three years / about 30k later and I can't wait to get out of it. Hoping to replace it with some form of turbocharged peoplehauler - Mazdaspeed 3, HHR SS, Mini Cooper S, something like that. One of the few pictures I have of our proper daily driver, the '99 Miata, shown before we got a new top on it:  My '70 GMC, beating up on a Mustang:  Why it beats up on Mustangs: 
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japtor posted:I love mine but I wouldn't exactly consider it a people hauler. It works for 4, but lack of rear doors would make it kind of a pain for more than occasional usage for passengers, and if you ever need more than a little cargo space it's a bit lacking if people are back there. Unless you were talking about a Clubman in which case at least the cargo area looks somewhat decent even with the seats up, I'm not sure how much of a difference the club door makes. Nah, talking about the regular MCS - the wife hates the proportions of the Clubman. In my book, "peoplehauler" means anything with a backseat that is at all usable for people or things...after all, it would have a cavernous interior compared to either the two-seat Miata or the bench-seat truck. Pipkin posted:Your truck rules, hard. Thats my favorite body style for GM pickups.  I hope to fix one of my long-term annoyances with it soon - the wheels. I've always held off on buying or refurbishing my 15" wheels because the tire selection has only gotten worse over the years in the sizes I want to run, but when it comes down to it, I'm not going to have the spare money to even buy decent 17" wheels and tires anytime soon. The paint on them is trashed from decades of brake dust, and the centercaps are iffy, so I'm going to get the wheels powdercoated and install some new centercaps from eBay. That, plus a nice cleaning / reinstallation of the trim rings, should help out a lot for relatively little money spent.
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Dec 15, 2008 23:51
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destructo posted:Are you worried about losing any structural integrity? I'd just paint em myself for the time being until I could afford something else, rattlecan paintjobs on wheels usually turn out reasonable. What do you mean regarding structural integrity? The wheels aren't rusty at all (nothing rusts in AZ). I know a rattlecan paintjob can come out well - I'm pretty sure the current paint on them is a rattlecan job my dad did when he bought the wheels in 1990 - but it doesn't hold up well to brake dust. I'm hoping that powder will resist brake dust stains better than spraypaint did...and even if it doesn't, well, I'm going for a dark gray anyway  jhcain posted:For burning fuel, rubber and money gently caress that is HOT. You should post more, especially about that.
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Dec 16, 2008 21:46
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InitialDave posted:Depending on how the powdercoating is done, the baking temperature could be higher than the heat treatment temperature of the aluminium alloy. You could overage the material, and maybe make it more brittle. Heh, aluminum? I'm running '80s GM 4x4 six-lug 15" steel wheels 
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Dec 18, 2008 06:30
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Zephyris posted:
Heh, picked it up in Phoenix I see?
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sw0cb posted:Really? Why? I'm guessing it probably has to do with the fact that all of the aftermarket development is going into the GenIII/IV V8s. The GenII is not a bad engine, but it does have some obnoxious faults (Optispark, waterpump) and it doesn't really offer anything over even the 5.3.
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Jan 3, 2009 17:33
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Meathole posted:Bonus picture of pretty LT-1: That is the one real advantage the LT1/LT4 has right there - it's a better looking engine when stock. That intake manifold is just nice to look at, and if you do a little work on the engine bay the valvecovers aren't bad either. When you yank the FRCs off of a LS1 (or get one out of a vehicle that didn't have them), the bare coil packs and the composite intake manifold are, honestly, ugly.
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Jan 4, 2009 20:56
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Hatebreed posted:just lie to me and stop ruining the picture If there's anything ruining the shot it's that the drat Audi is blocking the Alpina and the 911. 
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Jan 23, 2009 00:04
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Factory hoodscoops on almost all fourthgens are fake, and the few that are "functional" are only barely so. Air for cooling the car comes from underneath the front-end (the grille on that Camaro is probably just billet in front of the blacked-out plastic, not an opening) by way of an airdam. Engine intake air comes from the driver's fender on LT1 cars, and the front bodywork on the LS1 cars.
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Feb 13, 2009 06:49
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OrganizedEntropy posted:My toys: For a LS6 with minimal modifications, I'd call 380RWHP drat good.
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Feb 23, 2009 21:28
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BillyBlitzkreig posted:The 'Vette is my father's '07 Z06. I had a chance to fly out and pick it up with him at the factory in Bowling Green. If there's enough of a demand for Corvette porn, I'd be glad to post the pictures from the National Corvette Museum. Good call, I did this with my dad and his '06 C6. Instead of opting for the actual NCM delivery, though, we went on the day his car was actually being built (since taking delivery in Bowling Green, when we live in AZ, would have sucked). I hope you did the factory tour, as well? That was awesome.
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Mar 4, 2009 00:25
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How hard of a swap is it? Are people offering kits to make it a bolt-in affair or do you need to get crazy with crossmember welding?
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Sep 29, 2009 21:44
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Why, pray tell, would you need a clutch for an electric motor? They don't need to idle, they don't need help with launching, and in this case you only have one gear.
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Mar 21, 2011 22:07
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Xovaan posted:Gearing plays a lot in top speed. That's why the Tesla had a lot of issues revolving around this(or I assume still does). Also I'd assume by keeping the motor's RPM's lower you end up extending its life. I think they had problems because torque kills gearboxes, and electric motors the size they use make insane amounts of torque. The wear associated with RPM on a brushless electric motor is minimal to none; the only friction generating components are the bearings the armature rides on, and they're under a lot less stress than rod or crank bearings in a piston engine.
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Mar 22, 2011 07:00
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Geoj posted:I was thinking along the lines of a clutch goes with a manual transmission. A transmission that would only have the positions of 'in gear' and 'out of gear'. You have no need for an actual reverse gear, since you can just reverse the rotation of the motor. You have no need for multiple forward gears, since the torque the motor produces is sufficient to launch the car in the same gear it's capable of reaching 125MPH in. You don't even need it to shift between in gear and out of gear, because you should only be doing that with the car stopped, and when the car is stopped the electric motor is also stopped. I love a stick as much as the next goon, but there's simply no reason for a manual gearbox in a pure electric car.
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Mar 22, 2011 17:48
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Comrade Flynn posted:Question: I think the rims look back because of that stupid black lip is making the spokes stand out really weird. I think it could potentially look great if the wheels were all done in competition grey. Thoughts? Competition Grey is the best wheel color for a C5 or C6, so easy choice
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Mar 28, 2011 06:58
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More batteries should be in the trunk, though. They last a lot longer there without getting roasted by the engine heat.
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Apr 2, 2011 06:48
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LO Technology posted:Since science can't convince you, did you watch that episode of "Top Gear" where a Porche tried to race a VW bubble. The VW war dropped vertically from a helicopter. The race was on a sand/salt flat. Pure friction. Guess what? The bubble won. Friction at 1.0 my just doesn't happen outside race tracks (technically friction at 1.0 my isn't friction), but concrete and rubber or rubberrized asphalt can make it happen. I don't deny that acceleration above 1g is indeed possibly, it just won't happen on the street. And you're implying that somehow the result of that race was a) not staged to make fun of Hammond and his love of all things P-car and b) not the result of the Porsche not having enough power to reach the same speeds it would achieve on any pavement when having to slog through dirt?
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69sofine posted:Americans are paying more for an Acura that is really just a Honda with a shiny grill? Nothing else is different? The lowest trim model for the TSX is one of the highest ones for the Euro Accord, so there's that.
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May 3, 2011 21:57
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AF posted:That goddamn Acura grill. The first generation TSX looks great. It's a shame because the TSX really is a very nice car. My future brother-in-law has one and other than the godawful front end, I can't find anything I don't at least like about it. It's certainly a much nicer car than my MS3 for navigating the moon-like surface LA calls freeways. IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 00:16 on May 4, 2011 |
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Unless it's significantly improved from the 6L80E in the Corvette - and I really doubt it is - the paddle shifters in the Camaro are bound to be garbage. Hideous amounts of delay between pressing the button and actually getting the shift done.
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May 7, 2011 00:31
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omgitstheinternet posted:The paddle shifters in the camaro (including the SS) are significantly worse than the C6 vette paddle shifters. I've rented both, both are miserable, but the camaro might as well just call them shift suggestion buttons, as half the time the car just decides that it's smarter than you and overrides your shifts. Christ, I can't stand the ones in my dad's C6 because there's just so much delay. Best way to drive that car by far is just to put the shifter in S and let the computer figure it out.
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May 8, 2011 06:53
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davebo posted:Wait if someone has a Corvette with an LS3 they still call it an LS1? I just have an LS1 and I've always heard people call it LS1 and never a 350, but I can't imagine still calling them LS1's if they're 3's or 9's or anything. I know they have an actual engine called lsx, but sometimes when I see people type lsx I assume they're using "x" as a variable where they just know it's some kind of LS engine. I've seen some people call them all LS1s, and "LSx" isn't even a safe bet because GM actually makes an iron-block they call the LSX which is specifically designed for high boost / large displacement applications. And all of the Vortec-branded V8s that go into trucks, despite being in the same family, get RPOs that don't even have LS in them... LQ4, LM7, etc. I just go with GenIII/IV because it's the only name that's both accurate and covers the entire family without being confused for a single specific version. I haven't heard anyone call them 350s in years, though; that seemed to go away once everyone realized the GenI SBC was going away for good.
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meatpimp posted:That car cannot go fast enough to escape from the shame of that wing. The factory and very functional wing on the Noble, or the factory and very attractive one on the NSX?
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tobu posted:four doors is the right amount of doors for skylines but what happened to the hotplates? Did they just put them on the GT-R after some point? That Skyline is really a rebadged G35 (and thus a platform-mate with the 350Z), rather than a continuation of the R32/33/34. The GT-R went away after the R34, and only returned recently as its own model separate from the G37-based Skyline.
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ash with a five posted:What's the ZL1 then man? I'd love a Camaro, they're so America. LSA from the CTS-V (~550hp I think, basically the LS9 from the ZR1 but without the forged bottom end and less boost), the magnetic shocks as found on the ZR1 and the CTS-V, and then a metric fuckton of supporting mods to let you flog the hell out of it as hard as you want, as long as you want.
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TheFonz posted:I did a thing: Welcome to the Torque Steer Is King club. Watch out for trees, they get crafty when a MS3 is around.
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Nubile Hillock posted:My protege kicked the bucket last week, but I managed to get a pretty good deal on this thing: It's kinda like a rental in that you can beat it like a rented mule, except that even though you own it, the consequences never really come back to haunt you.
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GramCracker posted:With the world in general, I've found that people either just get teh whole "wagons are awesome" thing or they just totally don't get it and never will; there really isn't an in-between. So Goons, let's hear your reasoning as for why wagons are awesome...go! They're loving awesome because a hatch is a million times easier to load things into than a trunk, and a proper wagon usually has more cargo room than a typical hatchback. But there are people who just don't get it, and even some who loathe the idea. My mom vehemently refused any idea of a station wagon, even though you could argue that her last two vehicles (a Suburban and a Trailblazer EXT) have more in common with the 1960s GM wagons she loathed growing up, than they do with anything else on the road today.
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Oct 10, 2012 18:11
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I finally convinced my mom to ditch her Trailblazer and got her into an 2011 Outback last year. After the first test drive, and then hearing about the price and the fuel economy she was sold. She now is in love, and was shocked as to how much more options you can get by getting a wagon over the SUV. My mom is working on getting out of hers, but only very slowly; she's probably going to keep it as a second vehicle, or at least will until she realizes my youngest brother uses it for its intended purpose more often than she does. She's got a ~10 mile commute that is entirely stoplights, that thing has got to be murdering her on gas. Hmm. Wonder if I do the math on that, if she'll look at replacing it sooner than later.
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Negotiation is always possible, but you need evidence on your side. Can you find a near-as-possible identical model for sale for around $9k, or do you have to go up from there?
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Powershift posted:I hope you also bought a Kevlar vest, because you're going to be endlessly bombarded by pussy shrapnel. I hope he's got a good lawyer, otherwise he's going to Guantanamo Bay for possession of a weapon of mass pussy destruction.
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Nait Sirhc posted:Was this only in older models? I've never seen this in any MB I've driven. (04+) Looks like it, I had to GIS to see if it was in our W210 and it looks like not. I suspect it probably went away once they decided to capitalize on economies of scale by using a common speedo whenever possible, rather than having to swap it out for each engine/transmission/final drive combo.
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How much is different between the GS and the Z51, aside from the wider bodywork and dry sump on the LS3? And if you really want an LSx to sound evil, get a cam and long tubes in it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkOnnl4BMU My dad's old Camaro (which he sold to get his '06 Z51) with a decent sized cam, long tube headers, and a cutout.
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For what its worth, watching them put together a Z06 at Bowling Green right in front of my dad's Z51 - it looks like the top actually goes on the same way, it just gets bolted in instead of having latches installed. Personally I could do without it, the car is fine as a coupe and it's not like the top is particularly easy to take out / store. Only time my dad ever has had his off was due to the roof glue recall. Also, I forgot how many other differences the Z06 had, and didn't realize the GS gets basically everything that isn't the frame or the LS7.
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I don't think the glue was to fix noise, though - just to keep the roof skin from flying away.
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Is opening the hood up there easy to undo? Seems like you'd be able to do tuft testing:
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Its a GM 4L80E (If I recall correctly) which is about indestructible, I wouldn't be to worried. Nah, it's the 4L70E - which is a slightly upgraded version of the 4L65E, which is a slightly upgraded 4L60E, which is a computer-controlled version of the 700R4 introduced in 1982. Ubiquitous, yes, but absolutely not 'indestructible', and not even in the ballpark of the 4L80E. 4L80Es only went in big trucks, it's a really large transmission that doesn't fit easily in tunnels designed around the 4L60.
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Cage posted:I too usually agreed with the thread about RPF1s and when I saw them available for my mustang that I recently bought I got pretty excited. 
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Rhyno posted:It's better than mine. It's not your fault nobody can discern "Titles" from "Titties".
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