• Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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Gotta helicoil the caliper bolt holes on the steering knuckle of yet another Chrysler made vehicle albeit this time it's a dodge durango and not the seBROKE today. God I hate anything Chrysler had its mitts on......
Going to order a ful quarter today instead of just a skin for the dart, the full quarter will give a better finished product. May order tires too, still have to read into what I can tuck into the car since I want it really low, but im thinking 325/50/r15 or 315s in M/T ET streets [thumb]http://rs144.pbsrc.com/albums/r174/codfish1_bucket/cars024.jpg~320x480[/thumb] 215/60/r15 on the front, I want to run 6 piston wilwood brakes on the front and 4 piston on the back but with a 215 tire would the 6 piston be ineffective?
Mmm yet another datsun control arm bushing day When u know, you know
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;47740521]When a dipshit Prius driver gets on the express lane and goes slower than the normal freeway it really grinds my gears. You have to pay money each time you use the expressway, I'm paying money to avoid people like you. How dare you actively cost me money.[/QUOTE] Okay, I gotta ask everybody. What's the worst highway in America? In regards to traffic, accidents and shutdowns, boredom, uselessness or whatever.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;47742211]Okay, I gotta ask everybody. What's the worst highway in America? In regards to traffic, accidents and shutdowns, boredom, uselessness or whatever.[/QUOTE] I-4
I-81. Atleast in my area. I swear they have an accident on it that shuts one or both ways down every week.
I'm glad I don't have to deal with 81 now that I don't live in rocky mount. Now 95 and 123 are the worst I put up with.
Woah, shit, you were in Rocky Mount? How long ago was this?
I lived on the top of a mountain by Boones Mill Elementary about 13 years ago. Do you know a guy who has a life size replica of the Mercury space capsule under his deck?
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;47742073]Going to order a ful quarter today instead of just a skin for the dart, the full quarter will give a better finished product. May order tires too, still have to read into what I can tuck into the car since I want it really low, but im thinking 325/50/r15 or 315s in M/T ET streets [thumb]http://rs144.pbsrc.com/albums/r174/codfish1_bucket/cars024.jpg~320x480[/thumb] 215/60/r15 on the front, I want to run 6 piston wilwood brakes on the front and 4 piston on the back but with a 215 tire would the 6 piston be ineffective?[/QUOTE] Ive not heard of a six piston. I thought they were a four. But anyway the more pistons the better the surface clamping area. So no matter what size tire, its technically more efficient. Also, you sure you can fit 15s over discs? I have the small (I think kelsey hayes) discs on the 74 and they are baby brakes dude, but they fit under a 15" wheel. Are you having a custom wheel made for the rear set?
I figured out my fuel pump issue,on the 440 you have to align a rod but it will also slot in no problem if you dont... God I feel dumb.
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47742435]I-4[/QUOTE] Completely agree. The 4 and the 12.
[QUOTE=CoilingTesla;47742624]I lived on the top of a mountain by Boones Mill Elementary about 13 years ago. Do you know a guy who has a life size replica of the Mercury space capsule under his deck?[/QUOTE] Yeah. He's a customer of ours, actually. We're usually there about once a month. I'm up in Northwest County Roanoke where they built the new Safety Building a couple of years ago if you know where that is.
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47742435]I-4[/QUOTE] I second this, they are now tearing it apart for about 4 years and adding toll lanes
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47742658]Yeah. He's a customer of ours, actually. We're usually there about once a month. I'm up in Northwest County Roanoke where they built the new Safety Building a couple of years ago if you know where that is.[/QUOTE] Ah. He was my step-dad for a couple years. A lot of good times on that mountain. Model planes, rockets, and crank-fired 22LR. No idea. I haven't been down there since we moved back north.I know what's between the Star and Boones mill, and that's it. (It's just trees and stills)
Fiesta Sport. Can't decide whether I like the colour or not. [img]http://pictures2.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media.jpg?id=81c3432cf2426b9c62f003283e0b9005&width=640&height=480[/img] It's such a nice car but the colour puts me off. Then again most sporty cars suit these weird colours sometimes.
[QUOTE=Serj22;47742653]Completely agree. The 4 and the 12. Snoberry lives close I think.[/QUOTE] Deltona, FL You?
Its 10am... I need to get out of bed and wire my truck for 7way and add a brake controller... Naaaaah I'll just lay here some more and watch youtube. Anybody have thoes days were they just not in the mood?
[QUOTE=Siminov;47742704]I second this, they are now tearing it apart for about 4 years and adding toll lanes[/QUOTE] Yeah I heard about that. Not sure how I feel about it, tbh. I really don't think adding toll lanes is going to improve I-4 they should just be adding more lanes. Make it an 8-Lane or a 10-Lane highway. [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=DPKiller;47742764]Its 10am... I need to get out of bed and wire my truck for 7way and add a brake controller... Naaaaah I'll just lay here some more and watch youtube. Anybody have thoes days were they just not in the mood?[/QUOTE] Every day
[QUOTE=Adamhully;47742722]Fiesta Sport. Can't decide whether I like the colour or not. [img]http://pictures2.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media.jpg?id=81c3432cf2426b9c62f003283e0b9005&width=640&height=480[/img] It's such a nice car but the colour puts me off. Then again most sporty cars suit these weird colours sometimes.[/QUOTE] Is that BMW M4's Golden Puke™?
[QUOTE=Adamhully;47742722]Fiesta Sport. Can't decide whether I like the colour or not. [img]http://pictures2.autotrader.co.uk/imgser-uk/servlet/media.jpg?id=81c3432cf2426b9c62f003283e0b9005&width=640&height=480[/img] It's such a nice car but the colour puts me off. Then again most sporty cars suit these weird colours sometimes.[/QUOTE] if you want a sporty car for that price just get a late model clio 197 [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] it will be infinitely more fun than that [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] can get an absolute mint low mileage 197 for less
[QUOTE=Snoberry Tea;47742756]Deltona, FL You?[/QUOTE] Nvm ours is hi 4, not I. East bay, ca
Maybe I should join the dart crew. :v: [url]http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/5014042505.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Serj22;47742631]Ive not heard of a six piston. I thought they were a four. But anyway the more pistons the better the surface clamping area. So no matter what size tire, its technically more efficient. Also, you sure you can fit 15s over discs? I have the small (I think kelsey hayes) discs on the 74 and they are baby brakes dude, but they fit under a 15" wheel. Are you having a custom wheel made for the rear set?[/QUOTE] I have Billet Specialty Street lites, they have a lot of room/clearance for big brakes. I think the front 6 piston set up is 13" which is the max I can clear on the rims. The rears are 15x10 3.5 backspacing, front is 15x6 3 inch backspacing, or 15x7 I forget The dart calipers are massive, my cousin has factory single pistons on the front of his 73, he has 11 or 12 inch rotors and has plenty of clearance, he has the same front rims as me but his backs are 15x8 billet specialties. [thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/9F560110-92F9-46A4-BD6B-EF9DB24D9CC1_zpsv5vtckx4.jpg[/thumb] Here is his with the dart calipers, the wheels have center caps its just his hub bearing thing is too big so he has to machine the inside of the cap to fit. [thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/E9DEA8AF-F6C5-4B10-903A-BF72A3413039_zpslzjex1um.jpg[/thumb] (I got the black rims first so he had to get chrome hehehe) [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=DPKiller;47742764]Its 10am... I need to get out of bed and wire my truck for 7way and add a brake controller... Naaaaah I'll just lay here some more and watch youtube. Anybody have thoes days were they just not in the mood?[/QUOTE] A quote my dad always tells me that he lives by is "If I waited until I felt like doing something, nothing would ever get done"
[QUOTE=dwt110;47738735]going to the first cars and coffee (ever!) in my town tomorrow. I will report back on how many 911s were there and how unamused I was at them. on a related note, me and my friend were thinking of names for cars and coffee events using the formula name=(semi-regular breakfast food)+&+(plural car/engine part) French Toast & Fuel Injectors Pancakes & Pistons Eggs & Exhaust Manifolds Crumpets & Crankshafts Toast & Turbochargers Scones & Superchargers started to stretch the limits a bit Oatmeal & Oil Filters began to resort to wikipedia for car parts Hash Browns & Hydraulic Booster Units anyone got any other good names?[/QUOTE] Hash Browns & Harmonic Balancers Bacon & Backup cameras(?) Omelets & Overdrive(?) There's a few for ya. [QUOTE=Xanadu;47742211]Okay, I gotta ask everybody. What's the worst highway in America? In regards to traffic, accidents and shutdowns, boredom, uselessness or whatever.[/QUOTE] US-19, there is literally an accident on it every few hours and serious injury or at MINIMUM death/very near death once every 2 weeks somewhere along the line.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47742658]Yeah. He's a customer of ours, actually. We're usually there about once a month. I'm up in Northwest County Roanoke where they built the new Safety Building a couple of years ago if you know where that is.[/QUOTE] Roanoke was where I spotted this little bulldozer on the side of a steep slope that looked ready to roll right off about a year ago to the week [url=http://i.imgur.com/UbtwymC.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/jyehh39.jpg[/img][/url] [url]http://i.imgur.com/UbtwymC.jpg[/url]
[QUOTE=CoilingTesla;47742706]Ah. He was my step-dad for a couple years. A lot of good times on that mountain. Model planes, rockets, and crank-fired 22LR. No idea. I haven't been down there since we moved back north.I know what's between the Star and Boones mill, and that's it. (It's just trees and stills)[/QUOTE] Eh, supposedly they're turning 220/581 into an Interstate at some point in about three decades. But, the state did spend a few million just putting up 'future I-74 Corridor' signs, which I guess means VA finally got off their asses and decided it'd be a good idea to be the second to last guy to approve the bill. [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Xanadu;47743193]Roanoke was where I spotted this little bulldozer on the side of a steep slope that looked ready to roll right off about a year ago to the week [url=http://i.imgur.com/UbtwymC.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/jyehh39.jpg[/img][/url][/QUOTE] That's Cave Spring. They're to Roanoke what Northern Virginia is to the rest of the State. Kind of there, but wanting to be too preppy to really care.
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47743327]Eh, supposedly they're turning 220/581 into an Interstate at some point in about three decades. But, the state did spend a few million just putting up 'future I-74 Corridor' signs, which I guess means VA finally got off their asses and decided it'd be a good idea to be the second to last guy to approve the bill. [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] That's Cave Spring. They're to Roanoke what Northern Virginia is to the rest of the State. Kind of there, but wanting to be too preppy to really care.[/QUOTE] I can't wait to get away from here. The prep is palpable. I don't know whether to go south or west. Where are the least yuppies per county?
[QUOTE=mastoner20;47743327]Eh, supposedly they're turning 220/581 into an Interstate at some point in about three decades. But, the state did spend a few million just putting up 'future I-74 Corridor' signs, which I guess means VA finally got off their asses and decided it'd be a good idea to be the second to last guy to approve the bill. [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] That's Cave Spring. They're to Roanoke what Northern Virginia is to the rest of the State. Kind of there, but wanting to be too preppy to really care.[/QUOTE] Appalachian Throughway north of Williamsport is supposed to become I-99 (also marked Future Corridor) but NY already jumped the gun and started putting up I-99 signage already. Pennsylvania hurry up.
[QUOTE=CoilingTesla;47743357]I can't wait to get away from here. The prep is palpable. I don't know whether to go south or west. Where are the least yuppies per county?[/QUOTE] Honestly, I love Bottetourt (they're yuppy rednecks, which is the weirdest combination ever. Think country northernfolk but less terrible) County, Roanoke County outside of the main city area is pretty down to earth, Franklin County is your typical innawoods redneck, while Montgomery County/Blacksburg is your kinda blend between city folk living in the country and your good-ol'-boy city slicker which again makes for an interesting blend. [editline]17th May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Xanadu;47743370]Appalachian Throughway north of Williamsport is supposed to become I-99 (also marked Future Corridor) but NY already jumped the gun and started putting up I-99 signage already. Pennsylvania hurry up.[/QUOTE] Really? My family lives not to far away from Williamsport. Granted, we don't travel north for much beyond work up there, and 70 takes us perfectly to where we hunt. Where's it supposed to connect? With 70 and 81 or the Turnpike?
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