• What Did You Work on Today? (DIY pros ITT) V2
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I didn't think you could safely power wash an engine bay
[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;44390278]I didn't think you could safely power wash an engine bay[/QUOTE] I think it's different for all vehicles. Like my Crown Vic, I can't because the plugs are recessed into the engine and could easily get water in that area.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/UIBjaTK.jpg[/t] Scrub-a-dub-dubbed my wheels to get the nasty brake dust off. Granted I still have metallic pads so it'll all come rushing back before I'm due for a pad change and go ceramic, but still. Rub-a-dub-dub.
You live in a very cookie-cutter neighborhood.
[QUOTE=>VLN<;44392155]You live in a very cookie-cutter neighborhood.[/QUOTE] I really do, most houses in our neighborhood are exactly the same. Ours is one of like 6 that is a [i]little[/i] different.
So I've been thinking, what would I have to do to make an Arduino powered fuel gauge? A lot it seems, but it's possible so the next step would be to learn how to program for it and get the parts. Anybody got any experience in this?
I'd start out by figuring out how the signal from the fuel level sensor looks, before you start messing with an arduino (you might not need one at all)
So I replaced my front lower control arms on the 240 to hopefully eliminate a steering clunk. I thought I had bad ball joints, turned out they were fine and my front struts are shot. The driver side one spins and clunks slightly at full lock, just going to buy coilovers soon. Having new control arm bushings/ balljoints made the car ride a bit smoother so whateva
Hey guys, I was considering on taking a venture into building my own car, and I was wondering if you guys could give some advice regarding it. Thus far, I have a rough concept drawing of what I would like to do: [t]https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/976970_10152263791215772_320265077_o.jpg[/t]
bending the thick metal of rims to look like that is gon be hard
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;44394462]bending the thick metal of rims to look like that is gon be hard[/QUOTE] That was more of: "uncle joe, draw tires already!" so I drew them in like two minutes. My guess is the engine is gonna be bought off-hand from a scrap yard, and the tires will be either 18's or 20's
20'' on a classic beetle? unless you're not talking about diameter in which case ignore me :v:
[QUOTE=Jaehead;44394637]20'' on a classic beetle? unless you're not talking about diameter in which case ignore me :v:[/QUOTE] -snip- I am being an idiot. I'm just excited, but can anyone honestly suggest good wheel/rim size. I am just reading around and what my aim was originally was the same wheel setup used by my current 94 Pathfinder which is 15 - 16" rim, but I am not exactly sure on the wheel.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/kdo7JWVl.jpg[/img] New valve cover + valve cover breather. [img]http://i.imgur.com/z8mm2p2l.jpg[/img] 3" MAF
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44394718]-snip- I am being an idiot. I'm just excited, but can anyone honestly suggest good wheel/rim size. [/QUOTE] [video=youtube;BROHKg4YpKA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BROHKg4YpKA&feature=kp[/video]
I overfilled my car doing the oil change! I misread the size of the bottle and poured in 6 quarts. I only have 4 quarts of used oil! I'm fucked!
1. Take off oil filter, drain oil out of filter. 2. Start car, repeat step number 1 until you are down to the correct amount of oil.
I popped off the drain plug and let it pour out until the drain pan read about 2 quarts. Dipstick now measures back between the two dots, so I think I'm okay.
Got rid of the ugly old fabric that came on my s13. Will eventually get some cloth that matches my sparco seat and reupholster both sides and my glove box but for now it will be vinyl. [t]http://i.imgur.com/WPr7iyl.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/XaeU2Lm.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Stiveno;44404334]Got rid of the ugly old fabric that came on my s13. Will eventually get some cloth that matches my sparco seat and reupholster both sides and my glove box but for now it will be vinyl. [t]http://i.imgur.com/WPr7iyl.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/XaeU2Lm.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] My interior is that same fabric color, but dirtier because mechanic stuff. I need darker fabric and no leather because the florida heat will kill me. Also, does everyone with an S13 have the e-brake button and where do I get one? :v: You know, for Science...
Lol most people do, its fun to fuck around with. I bought mine on ebay, just search "drift button". Installation is easy you just bend a tab on the ebrake and slip the button over the stock one.
That's easy enough. I'd like to get the MEGA GRIP pads also, but I'm sure those are expensive as hell.
I cut a piece of metal from a mudflap to make a cover for under my radio [img_thumb]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img534/4610/hjmb.jpg[/img_thumb]
[QUOTE=Metallica;44405660]I cut a piece of metal from a mudflap to make a cover for under my radio [img_thumb]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img534/4610/hjmb.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] That's pretty redneck, though not as redneck as a friend of mine Rhinolining his WHOLE TRUCK.
[QUOTE=Scientwist;44405783]That's pretty redneck, though not as redneck as a friend of mine Rhinolining his WHOLE TRUCK.[/QUOTE] It looks better than it did i was going to paint it black
Anyone ever turbocharged a carbeurated car? I'm looking into it but can't really tell what to do. I want to make a J-pipe to run the snail off the bottom of the stock exhaust manifold, since the stock manifold is as small as it gets, then pipe an intercooler in front of the radiator, and run the air. I get how to run the compressed air to the carb, but not really what to do with the carb itself. Everyone online talks of "blow-thru" carbs and such, but I don't really get what has to be done to the carb to allow it to allow the compressed air to function in it. I want to run like a cheapie one like a Garrett T04 or something. Just something small to play with. I do not want to go fuel injected, and from what I've seen with people doing turbos on a slant 6, the stock motor handles them fine. I'm not looking to be an 11second slant, but maybe get her to like 14 or 15. Just a little power. I want to play with it, but wanted to get as much info as I could since I've never bolted a snail to a carb before.
Nitrophyl floats, o-ring the butterfly shafts, and remove the choke. If you have a carb with a vacuum secondary, you need to convert to mechanical. You'll want to drill and tap a hole in the float bowl for a vacuum fitting at the top, and run a boost line from the charge pipe to the float bowl. You'll also want to run an electric fuel pump, and a regulator for fuel that can deliver stock pressure + how much boost you want to run via boost referencing.
[QUOTE=Metallica;44405660]I cut a piece of metal from a mudflap to make a cover for under my radio [img_thumb]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img534/4610/hjmb.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I'm gonna pick this apart, because the amount of hilarious stuff in this photo is off the charts, couldn't do better if you tried. We start off easy with a basic clock that's broken, it's ok.. no big deal. Continuing on our journey south we find an aftermarket radio. And old one. This is the radio Jesus put into his car in 1997 because he wanted a CD player, and darnit he was going to have the supertuner for some darn good AM talk on top of it. But in 1997 dash kits weren't available to make it fit properly, and in 2014 they've now become too expensive, and a pocket underneath the radio would be altogether too plebian and mainstream. Instead a motley fabrication was carried out, making a diamond plate filler panel out of a mudflap.. and then affixing it to the dash with screw, but not any screws, FLATHEAD screws of death, but thank goodness they have hex heads otherwise there's no way they couldve gotten jammed in there like a baddragon.com purchase in the dark on an animecon hotel room at 5 in the morning. NOW... after all that work there's a big issue. No one used fuckin CDs anymore anyways. How do we listen to our masterrace zune on our system? I'll tell you how. You buy an FM transmitter. Given the what we see in this picture it's obvious OP doesn't live in the big city, so an FM transmitter would actually work kindasorta in the car maybe. Now, it's not like there's $40 radios from JVC or any of that stuff out there, and it's not like this is literally the same setup you'd use if you had the stock radio if Jesus hadn't gone and switched it. But it actually is. All that work to put an aftermarket headunit in the jesuscruiser, and in the end an FM transmitter still needs to be used to listen to the Zune. And that's hilarious. BUT there's one final piece of the puzzle. Black ice. Black ice is the legendary air freshener scent that is going to make this whole scene OK. It's legendary in every circle of hell, and legendary in the circle of car enthusiasts as THE scent used by the 'young hip' crowd to make their car not smell like they smoke a pack a day in there, even if they do, so the car smells like black ice and cigarettes in the end, or to compliment the scent of a gallon of armorall used to make the interior look like a tentacle monster bukakke'd a glorious film of auto detailing onto the ramparts of their dash. This is great!
[QUOTE=Serj22;44405874]Anyone ever turbocharged a carbeurated car? I'm looking into it but can't really tell what to do. I want to make a J-pipe to run the snail off the bottom of the stock exhaust manifold, since the stock manifold is as small as it gets, then pipe an intercooler in front of the radiator, and run the air. I get how to run the compressed air to the carb, but not really what to do with the carb itself. Everyone online talks of "blow-thru" carbs and such, but I don't really get what has to be done to the carb to allow it to allow the compressed air to function in it. I want to run like a cheapie one like a Garrett T04 or something. Just something small to play with. I do not want to go fuel injected, and from what I've seen with people doing turbos on a slant 6, the stock motor handles them fine. I'm not looking to be an 11second slant, but maybe get her to like 14 or 15. Just a little power. I want to play with it, but wanted to get as much info as I could since I've never bolted a snail to a carb before.[/QUOTE] Hmm, I've rarely if ever seen a carbuerated turbo, you could try doing one with mechanical fuel injection, but it is a kinda a combo of both.
[QUOTE=bradley;44406269]Nitrophyl floats, o-ring the butterfly shafts, and remove the choke. If you have a carb with a vacuum secondary, you need to convert to mechanical. You'll want to drill and tap a hole in the float bowl for a vacuum fitting at the top, and run a boost line from the charge pipe to the float bowl. You'll also want to run an electric fuel pump, and a regulator for fuel that can deliver stock pressure + how much boost you want to run via boost referencing.[/QUOTE] I acrually didn't think of the choke before, but yeah it's definitly in the way of everything. I have a regulator on it now that is limiting pressure to 4psi which is required for the weber on it right now. It is seeming like it would be better to get a carb already designed to blow through. Is there any 2 barrel carbs like that being made? I could switch to a 4 but it'd require another intake.
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