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I remember the first moose I was ever party to kill after getting my first hunting permit, the weapon of choice being a 1974 Mercedes 220D (I wasn't driving).
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InitialDave posted:No-one kills pheasants with their nice car. Everyone knows you need a beater.  Well done sir, well done.
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CarForumPoster posted:Why would a bolt from those days not be made on a cam/hydraulic screw machine? InitialDave posted:Please tell me that you tested the original bolts, or got hold of the factory spec/drawing. If it's a critical bolt like for a head or a bearing cap, what it looks like is a lot less important than how it performs. Here's the first prototype (and simplest part): 
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Jan 5, 2014 23:56
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How many do you need? Because a specialist fastener company could easily do you forged ones. If they're all the same head and diameter, just a difference in shank and thread lengths, get the blanks forged and then grind/turn them yourselves if it's cheaper. Yes, small quantities are going to kick your rear end on minimum order values, but if you're looking at $50 per fastener, it may even out. Or just see how many you can get for the minimum order value, and either keep stock or distribute through the owners club. Even a $2k minimum is only 40 parts.
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Well I'm back and just as many of you had suspected, I was in fact crushed to death underneath a poorly maintained Jaguar XK-R. The Ferryman pulled what was left of my soul down to the gates of Hades where Vulcan himself manifested within in the Reaper's path slamming his mighty hammer into the fine pile of bones that laid the floor. He ordered Death to relinquish my spirit for there was work of his yet to be done. Back at the consignment shop it was moving day. When last we left our hero was repairing a haggard fleet of exotics in preparation for the big move over to a new warehouse in Silicon Valley. Just before we drive the fleet over to the new location Don and I have to take a field trip a couple towns over for some of the dreaded Mineral Oil that Bentleys and Rolls Royce's demand. We'd sent both the shop assistant and the sales manager out for the stuff and they'd come back with CHF-11 and DOT-4 respectively so we decided to take things into our own hands. We were greeted with the same kind of envy that dealership mechanics get when they see our place.  You can't fart in this lot without fogging up the rearview mirror of an Aston Martin.   What's this now?    I found this car in person to be surprisingly small and equally quiet considering it's godlike reputation.  There were these boring things.   Here is a hatchling fresh of the truck and still warm from Queen Elizabeth's embryotic hatching pod.  As well as what Leonardo DiCaprio dumped his money from Inception into.  Then there was this behind a thick sheet of glass in the back of the shop.   Mother of gently caress.   This gentlemen is a car. I could think of nothing sweeter than killing myself on the Nordschleife in this demonspawn of engineering madness.  Alas we had to bid goodbye to fantasy shop and head back to our own to wrangle the heard. Don and I chose a very Democratic method of choosing one at a time of what cars we want to drive the ten mile hike down the expressway to the warehouse. My first pick was the McLaren SLR and Don Chose the Tesla Roadster.   I have to say after having some time driving both that these cars are about equally matched for speed although with Mercedes VooDoo magic traction control I'm sure I could put a much better time down on a road course with the McLaren but it wouldn't be half as fun as the old school supercar insanity of the Tesla.   We begin fill in the space.  My next pick is this little darlin right here.  Ferrari F355. The rest of the office has taken to calling this car my girlfriend because I've been spending a lot of time with it trying to resolve a issue with the parking brake I can't seem to figure out. Don chose the Audi S5 which he is equally infatuated with and for good reason. It's one of the fastest cars in our shop and is as easy to drive as an arcade game and feels like one too. I'll take my manual Ferrari, however slower it may be on paper any day. I drew some mundane stuff as well like the venerable 996 Carerra 4.  I love this car the more I drive it. If you have twenty grand burning a hole in your pocket and you like to drive you have to consider one of these. This however was a case of never meet your heroes.  BMW M6 a car that I as a BMW fanatic had longed to drive for some time. Alas this car is nearly ruined by it's clutchless manual transmission that stalls the power delivery of that beautiful V10 to the point that it feels like a 630i. A manual transmission may save this car but for Christ's sake it weighs over five hundred pounds more than my station wagon. Why anyone would buy this over an M5 is beyond me. If you must buy a car in this layout just get a Corvette and quit wasting your time with 6 Series, Jaguars X types, and SLs. The HillBillies got it right a long time ago. Speaking of which Don pulled the 1,032 hp Corvette.  He looked like he had seen a ghost when he unstrapped himself from the carbon fiber racing buckets. I had followed behind him in the Alpina B7 and watched in horror as the car violently torque steered despite Don doing his best to short shift his way through the gears. He later described the experience of driving the machine as "pleasantly terrifying.".    Home sweet home.   I have to get the other Caddy up and running for show season to take with the 49' I showed you earlier. This one is a 40 but borrows heavily from period Lincoln and Chevy body parts.   In the next installment I cover the First Annual Hangover Rally as well as a heartwarming tale about a young girl and her dog. James Woods fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jan 25, 2014 |
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Another beautiful update, but it leaves me wondering -- Your shop is like a magical place to most of us here. Yet you found a place with rainbow-horned unicorns and Konigsegggggs... Is there another step for the people who work at that shop, or are they stuck with dreams of some Middle Eastern sultan's horde as the only next-step in the pecking order?
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Jan 24, 2014 18:26
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Are you sure the M6 has a V8? Maybe that's its problem.
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Lightbulb Out posted:Are you sure the M6 has a V8? Maybe that's its problem. There's always the possibility he's thinking of the new F13-chassis M6, but that pic looks like an E63 soooooo... 
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HotCanadianChick posted:There's always the possibility he's thinking of the new F13-chassis M6, but that pic looks like an E63 soooooo... You're totally right, sorry I missed that. And looking at it I think I have my answer as to the car's lackluster acceleration. The S85 V10 while producing 500hp only made 384lb-ft just 15 more than the previous generation M5's S62 V8. I would have expected them to squeeze more juice out of the old BMW F1 parts bin. James Woods fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Jan 25, 2014 |
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Jan 25, 2014 21:50
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James Woods posted:You're totally right, sorry I missed that. And looking at it I think I have my answer as to the car's lackluster acceleration. The S85 V10 while producing 500hp only made 384lb-ft just 15 more than the previous generation M5's S62 V8. I would have expected them to squeeze more juice out of the old BMW F1 parts bin. You also have to futz around in the iDrive to get all 500 hp. It's normally tuned down to 400 unless you navigate through a bunch of menus and bump it up. I imagine many people either won't know or won't bother.
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Left Ventricle posted:You also have to futz around in the iDrive to get all 500 hp. It's normally tuned down to 400 unless you navigate through a bunch of menus and bump it up. I imagine many people either won't know or won't bother. No it's not, there is a button right on the console for P500. My dad had an 06 back in the day.
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Yep you gotta press the FAHV HUNNERT HARSPOWER button to get it to move the way it should. Unless there was some big fuel savings or something by doing that I can't fathom why they had that as a feature.
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Jan 25, 2014 22:32
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There is literally no difference, its just a throttle mapping gimmick 
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BlackMK4 posted:There is literally no difference, its just a throttle mapping gimmick Screw you, buddy. My SPORT BUTTON does something. <  >
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Jan 25, 2014 22:46
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jamal posted:Jesus. I would get irritated about stuff like changing a clutch on an s2k, a turbo on an evo x, or downpipes on a gtr, but that is a whole new level of bullshit. Although there are a surprising number of cars with the hubs outside of the rotor. Some hondas and mazdas off the top of my head. Old Subarus are like this (GL/Loyale, XT). Is there an advantage to doing this performance wise?
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Jan 25, 2014 22:57
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The hub rotor setup or the MAF? Rotors inside the hub flange results in a shorter rotor hat holding all other specs the same, which technically is superior because it allows the same thickness rotor hat walls to handle more force, or thinner walls to handle the same force. It's just a bastard to work on.
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Jan 25, 2014 23:23
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The way it works on the old subarus is actually pretty fantastic, and not a pain in the rear end. Since the hub is held to the axle with a mechanical shaft lock, you can pull the hub without loving with the bearing. You pull the 4 bolts holding the rotor to the hub, and the axle nut. The hub comes off in about 2 minutes and there's no fuss. Subaru actually designed the system really well just because of the unusual way the hubs/bearings work. With cars where the hub is pressed through the bearing, yea, that's bullshit.
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West SAAB Story posted:Screw you, buddy. My SPORT BUTTON does something. < Lets the knocks out faster? LRs DBW system remaps the throttle depending on your terrain, the system was developed with bmw, its not at all surprising they use it in other cars to an extent. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Jan 26, 2014 |
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BlackMK4 posted:No it's not, there is a button right on the console for P500. My dad had an 06 back in the day. Top Gear has lied to me 
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Not a total lie but Clarkson wasn't entirely truthful either.quote:The car also features a "power" button on the navigation panel (labeled "M") which offers access to three modes: P400 (limiting the engine to 400 PS (294 kW; 395 bhp) for daily driving use), P500 (unleashes the full 507 PS (373 kW; 500 bhp)), and P500 S (for full power and sharper throttle response, selectable only from the "M Drive Settings" in the iDrive menu). P400 is the default start-up mode, the P500 modes are preselected using iDrive and then activated from P500 S using the "M" button. So it looks like the the M button will always switch to 500HP mode but there is a more sporty version available via iDrive. However you only have to go into iDrive once to change the action of the M button.
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Das Volk posted:Yep you gotta press the FAHV HUNNERT HARSPOWER button to get it to move the way it should. Unless there was some big fuel savings or something by doing that I can't fathom why they had that as a feature. Not a BMW guy so I don't know if it's the case here but POWAH buttons are commonly used to sidestep emissions standards. If they detune the engine a bit and tell you in the owners manual that the haul rear end button is FOR TRACK USE ONLY GUYS U BETTER NOT PUSH IT ON THE STREET OR BAD STUFF HAPPENS!!! then the testing only has to be done with the engine controls in grocery store mode.
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It kind of makes sense if you have a manual, because with the sharper throttle map on the M3/M5/M6 you don't need much pedal for a solid blip and it does help heel & toe. It's also a useful feature if you're pushing the car hard and don't want to mash the gas flat for full throttle response while dancing on the pedals. But labeling it the POWERRR button seems gimmicky especially when it does have its uses, and sport plus throttle is really annoying in normal driving.
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Where in the valley are you guys? I just moved out here and work in a combination of Sunnyvale and Cupertino.
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What's the white race car with the 4 and Gulf logos?
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Suicide Watch posted:What's the white race car with the 4 and Gulf logos? James Woods posted:Lets have a look at my bay. Welcome to Reading The OP, Automotive Insanity Edition.
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What are the wheels on that vette?
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More? Please? 
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Soodonim posted:More? Please? James probably electrocuted himself trying to fix a short on an old Jaguar.
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HotCanadianChick posted:James probably electrocuted himself trying to fix a short on an old Jaguar. You know, there are a lot worse ways to go. Jack stands collapsing while you're under a Geo Metro, for instance. How embarrassing.
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Mar 23, 2014 16:46
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Eh, if a Geo Metro fell on you, you can just bench press it back up onto the jack stands. (Just make sure you use a spotter)
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I was going to say, the true meaning of mechanics shame is if you're working on the back of a geo metro and it falls on you, and you can't bench press it back onto the jackstands. The front is a tad heavier.
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I'd have a hard time bench pressing a Geo Metro because whatever part I'm pushing on would tear free from the rest of the rot-sodden underbody and the rest would smack me in the face.
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It's not the crushing force that kills you, it's suffocation by rust dust.
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All of you shut up. I saw that the thread was updated and held my breath for more supercar insanity, and instead I got a bunch of old men arguing about benchpressing Geo Metros.
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Mar 24, 2014 22:53
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A Geo Metro bench pressing thread would be pretty suitable for this board
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freelop posted:A Geo Metro bench pressing thread would be pretty suitable for this board We already had one. You weren't invited.  
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Mar 26, 2014 21:53
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OMG, his hands have been severed!
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veedubfreak posted:OMG, his hands have been severed! Nah, Shine just lifted the Metro so fast that he punched through the sheetmetal.
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It's fine, OP just went out for cigarettes, he promised me he'd be right back
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