• Automotive Addicts Lounge V2- Why we are all broke:
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[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47781654]Wait you guys don't replace your own shocks? It's easy as taking off your wheel, 2-4 bolts, and putting a new one in. Some cars might need another jack under the wheel to compress the spring but besides that, its piss easy.[/QUOTE] That only works on trucks or old pre-80's designed cars. Coil-over-strut and macpherson strut cars are bitches, It's a total pain in the ass even more on Hondas because the struts are compressed like hell and you basically need a professional spring compressor rig to do it because those shitty macpherson strut claw/hook style ones don't work at all because there's so many coils. IMO do what I did when I needed to which is blast the old struts apart by standing on the spring full ghetto style then wiz with an impact off the top hat nut so you can disassemble them for parts. Transfer everything over and mark/index the tophats so they will line up in the shock tower correctly. Now just take them to a decent shop and they will probably charge you $5 per strut to compress. Then you just toss them in the car and drive the hell out of it to make it settle faster. [QUOTE=cody8295;47781680]I'm bad with cars and dont mind paying for peace of mind and a quick job[/QUOTE] If you bought a Sensen fully assembled set it would literally be easy as possible that anyone with a socket set and a jack could do it. [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/92-95-Honda-Civic-Quick-Complete-Shocks-Struts-Coil-Springs-w-Mounts-Set-x4-/291075221756?fits=Model%3ACivic&hash=item43c56f68fc&vxp=mtr[/url] Something like these is super easy to do with the hardest part you'll experience is removing a bolt or two then holding up the new one in place while trying to get nuts on the studs up top by yourself.
[QUOTE=JesseR92;47781997]Serj if I had an xbone is be down for a race,I am hoping for Forza on the PC eventually.[/QUOTE] Too bad they haven't gotten some kind of cross-platform online going. That'd be cool.
[QUOTE=Serj22;47781112]Since we don't have our car videogame subforum in AA anymore, who plays Forza5 on Xbone? Add me: Serjrulz22 I mostly do vinyl art, but I do race occasionally - it pays for more canvases for vinyl. Pic related, it's based on a real car. [IMG][URL=http://s43.photobucket.com/user/serj22/media/20150519_202019_zpsupvv5zt9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/20150519_202019_zpsupvv5zt9.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/IMG][/QUOTE] Add me bruh, I play FM5 and Horizon 2 when I'm not being violated by Destiny.
Can't remember if Tom's Turbo Garage has been posted here but his Mazdaspeed Miata build is incredible, I absolutely love the look of those NB Miatas. [video=youtube;j_bY6EzZnNw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_bY6EzZnNw[/video] Here's a playlist if you haven't watched them before. [url]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaeETZPdShsN8XtwhDKS-iVJZ38lKFKI9[/url]
Crashed my 250 Ninja today. Still runs but no more front fender. Gotta replace the front tire and maybe the clutch housing too. Just went a bit too wide on a turn into some sand followed by a guard rail. Super sad, it was my first day of riding since I got back from Uni yesterday. Kicking myself in the ass for sure.
[QUOTE=Del91;47782518]Add me bruh, I play FM5 and Horizon 2 when I'm not being violated by Destiny.[/QUOTE] Need your name bro. I plau destiny too but I wasntimpressed with it. Got boring.
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[QUOTE=MadPro119;47782864]Crashed my 250 Ninja today. Still runs but no more front fender. Gotta replace the front tire and maybe the clutch housing too. Just went a bit too wide on a turn into some sand followed by a guard rail. Super sad, it was my first day of riding since I got back from Uni yesterday. Kicking myself in the ass for sure.[/QUOTE] come on man, pushing your bike is part of the fun. I've gone so far over so often that i've completely flattened the little clamps holding my exhaust heat guards on, and since I don't have those i'm rubbing on my peg now. The little 250 was designed to learn on, it can easily be leaned far over in corners. Next time don't be scared and lean it a little farther.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/6Xdl6rM.jpg[/t] This is what I want in a muscle car. I'd lose the cowl induction hood (I like flat hoods) but otherwise - dear Santa... I wish these Marauders weren't so rare.
That oil pan is quite low, front and center.. I'm not a fan of large hood cowls either, it takes a really special car to pull them off or they have to be mildly sized. I like them more as a power bulge of sorts.
I think this one pulls it off - I just prefer flat hoods or the old style triple intake scoops. By far not a dealbreaker for me though. I'm not even a Ford guy but I think I'd take this car over a Roadrunner done up similarly, given the choice.
Looks like a 64 fury front [thumb]https://img.mecum.com/auctions/KC0413/KC0413-151679/images/KC0413-151679_8.jpg[/thumb] With 66 coronet body lines [thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/1966_Dodge_Coronet_440_(2).jpg[/thumb]
It really looks like Mopar but it's got its own unique thing going on and I think Mercury nailed it with the design. This car is a '64 Marauder (Montclair with a fastback top). It's fantastic.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;47783286]come on man, pushing your bike is part of the fun. I've gone so far over so often that i've completely flattened the little clamps holding my exhaust heat guards on, and since I don't have those i'm rubbing on my peg now. The little 250 was designed to learn on, it can easily be leaned far over in corners. Next time don't be scared and lean it a little farther.[/QUOTE] I honestly don't know what happened. I know those little tires can handle everything, I just fucked up. Riding like I was before I left for school most likely.
[video=youtube;wr7CmGZ8QjAp]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr7CmGZ8QjAp[/video] God bless 'Merica land of the free to do what you want! This is why we drive full size pickup trucks you dirty eurpeaons
As ridic as it is, that's actually pretty awesome.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/Tyau9B8.jpg[/t] How can this be? I've seen this done in custom high end dragsters but I was under the impression it was pretty labor intensive.
I'm sure one is just for show because it was built for a movie.
They said every vehicle is fully functional and showed a few off. If this works: [t]http://i.imgur.com/VDYRA73.jpg[/t] (and it does) then I have no reason to believe the other doesn't.
God damn it I need to go see that movie.
I daor my car when I dont the exaust on the side of the intake carburator when i fuel injected my big end bearings to plasti guage my fly wheel to my trans axkle when it fell appart cause of roaches
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47784448]They said every vehicle is fully functional and showed a few off. If this works: [t]http://i.imgur.com/VDYRA73.jpg[/t] (and it does) then I have no reason to believe the other doesn't.[/QUOTE] I was talking about the second engine in the car. I don't doubt that the car runs but I don't think the second engine is functional.
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;47784308]totally the kind of dude I would expect to do that[/QUOTE] Sounds like he's going through hell in his life and he broke so he took it out in a way that he's obviously "thought" of before due to circumstances. You'd probably be thrown in jail or fined in some sort of way if you did that in many places in the world lol. It's possible someone will probably seek him out and give him a construction job due to his publicly now, hilariously this might actually be one of the best things to happen to him in a while if our world works the way it often does.
[QUOTE=Jalcober;47784596]I was talking about the second engine in the car. I don't doubt that the car runs but I don't think the second engine is functional.[/QUOTE] Fully functional in the sense that everything on the vehicle works. Miller specifically stated there are no fake engines.
[QUOTE=MoooV2;47784493]I daor my car when I dont the exaust on the side of the intake carburator when i fuel injected my big end bearings to plasti guage my fly wheel to my trans axkle when it fell appart cause of roaches[/QUOTE] Same tbh
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;47784425][t]http://i.imgur.com/Tyau9B8.jpg[/t] How can this be? I've seen this done in custom high end dragsters but I was under the impression it was pretty labor intensive.[/QUOTE] Twin supercharher v12? It geta done a lot. Its a stock diesel truck engine. Doesnt make huge power but looks good. The superchargers are sto k equipment. [editline]23rd May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=MoooV2;47784493]I daor my car when I dont the exaust on the side of the intake carburator when i fuel injected my big end bearings to plasti guage my fly wheel to my trans axkle when it fell appart cause of roaches[/QUOTE] Right. I feel ya bro.
Oh - for some reason I thought it was two engines in a row.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;47784598]Sounds like he's going through hell in his life and he broke so he took it out in a way that he's obviously "thought" of before due to circumstances. You'd probably be thrown in jail or fined in some sort of way if you did that in many places in the world lol. It's possible someone will probably seek him out and give him a construction job due to his publicly now, hilariously this might actually be one of the best things to happen to him in a while if our world works the way it often does.[/QUOTE] He could at least get something in demolition I would hope.
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;47784831]I was kind of thinking that that could happen actually lol.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.cbs46.com/story/29084151/frustrated-man-takes-anger-out-on-own-house[/url] It seems like he had already "fixed" the house within a day or two as this was reported on a saturday/sunday and happened on a thursday. Not bad, would have probably taken some random shit company a few weeks to do anything about it. If someone else drove through it insurance would have probably dicked around so long that the house collapsed :v:
Those arent supercharged, they are two dual quad (2 4 barrel carbs) 409 nailheads [Thumb]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/15/eb/e0/15ebe00931e88ecf426fe275e868ad3e.jpg[/thumb] Sometimes they merge the crank and make it work, its a bitch and a pretty cool engineering feat but im guessing that one only has the rear engine working but the front engine running too That big ass dual 59 caddy (gigahorse) has two cadillac 500cui supercharged engines on it with 4 dummy turbochargers, makes 1200hp and its merged by some sort of gearbox to an allison truck trans. The diffs on it are off a terex loader
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