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Billy Zane posted:since when have springs needed so few coils?
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# ¿ Nov 5, 2009 06:24 |
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deviant. posted:if they're mcpherson struts Really? I've never seen a production car with fewer than double the number of coils I see there (3.5?), even with McPherson suspension.
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# ¿ Nov 5, 2009 21:26 |
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ratbert90 posted:so it's just poorly designed. A good solution for a real engineering problem (making v6 blocks from existing v8 tooling). Even some I-4s that you seem to be a fan of use balance shafts.
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2010 04:04 |
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ratbert90 posted:Eh, I understand it saves money, I just don't think that bad design is something that should ever be excused.
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2010 05:56 |
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ratbert90 posted:I'm fine with them going out of business. They have had 102 loving years to get things right, and they STILL haven't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_High_Feature_engine You act like they put that motor out yesterday.
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2010 06:22 |
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ratbert90 posted:going and reading up on the subject, it actually looks like an inherent problem with over 2.0ltrs, simply because of physics. just increased weight and mechanics, not physics.
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# ¿ Apr 1, 2010 07:54 |
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This is mostly hypothetical, so it's more of a picture request. Has anyone ever tried unmatched heads/rods/pistons on different banks? I was sitting around thinking about if you could swap one head of a boxer motor with a lower compression head, and turbo that side only. That seems like it would present the fewest balance issues. Then I wondered if you could weight the crank to account for different pistons/conrods on one side. I'm not sure if that'd work at all for a V engine, but maybe? e: this is presuming a decent amount of tuning work to get both banks to still fire correctly, etc. kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Jun 20, 2010 |
# ¿ Jun 20, 2010 06:19 |
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Whitey Ford posted:Is that some cheapass chinese "lightened" flywheel or something? Which transverse engines have their transaxle on the passenger side? I'm gonna start favoring those in my FWD rating process.
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# ¿ Aug 17, 2010 03:45 |
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ProjektorBoy posted:I guess you could also ask him why a 3000lb car can be saddled with an engine that only makes 180lb of torque and still get moving. The unit is ft-lb, which I'm sure would have been even harder on his understanding than 180lb(?) of torque.
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2011 07:42 |
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Throatwarbler posted:The current body style Astra is confirmed to be coming to the US as a Buick. It is already sold as a Buick Excelle in China as both a sedan and hatch. Isn't that pretty much already sold here as the Cruze?
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2011 08:34 |
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A horrible failure in safety, sure, but a success in being holy poo poo awesome:
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# ¿ Oct 4, 2011 18:09 |
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The editor of that block'em toss'em robots article was in the comments reminding people that it was engine block casings, not engine blocks. But not qualifying anything else, like how you catch one without damaging it and still making a huge clanging sound, and how much power you'd need to huck one.
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# ¿ Oct 5, 2011 00:42 |
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From Reddit: kimbo305 fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Nov 16, 2011 |
# ¿ Nov 16, 2011 08:58 |
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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 23:31 |
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The pilot seemed to be looking at it (or at least aware of hazards in that direction).
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# ¿ Nov 23, 2011 05:20 |