Yeah, I'm thinking so too. Well. Back to looking at Magnums!
Well, we're off to a good start in the new thread. I just had the WORST day.
I had a race today, all was fine. Until I blew up my engine, not the "we could fix that" type. No the type where your pistons are all over the pavement and blew a hole right through the block.
Didn't catch it on camera as it was only a qualifying session, but because everything went to shit my rear wheels also locked at about 190kmp/h through a fast corner but I managed to save it quite easily.
So yeah, looks like I won't be racing anymore for quite a while. Which honestly feels like a kick in the guts. Replacement blocks (S50B30) are pretty rare nowaday and too expensive. So I guess the next best step is a S54B32 engine from a E46 M3. Those go for about 5000-6000$. By my calculations I can save up to $500 a month. So that's roughly a year. :suicide:
I guess there are worse things in life, but having to save up 500 a month means spending absolutely nothing, for 12 months straight.
So yeah, here's to hoping I can make some money on the side, or come across a cheap engine.
/blog mode out
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part of cilinder head and cilinder wall i think :v:
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rip
[QUOTE=Lerlth;51019989]I feel like the guy with the 300 is hiding something about the car. Like, why hasn't he replaced the t-stat, fans, and belt himself? That's like $130 worth of stuff and 45 mins of work. I asked him if he thinks when it overheated if it damaged the heads at all and he says no, but he's not comfortable with me driving it 7.5 hours home. What's up with that? I asked him if he could do a compression test and a leak down test for me. I'll see what he says about that.
I can't change all that stuff no problem. That's 40 mins in a parking lot kind of thing.[/QUOTE]
I walk away when ever someone says only needs xyz after they pretty much put in every single other part that trakes 3x longer and more expencive to replace trying to fix the issue.
Sets you up to deal withother peoples issues.
Alright folks, just thought i would check in here and post some pictures of my new car!
Got me a new upgrade from my [URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446238&p=47158785#post47158785"]Audi A4[/URL].
This time i bought a Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35! And boy am i pleased with it!
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi2.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi3.png[/IMG]
I recently put on a new coating treatment, thats why it's so shiny!
I have wanted to get this car for a long time, then i saw this one and i could not resist!
I absolutely love it!
How are Nissan Maximas? Anything I should look out for? Saw this one pop up for sale.
[url]http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/5772195510.html[/url]
nothing major, it's a japanese car. the engine will be the first thing to go but that won't be until it hits like 400k
they're so reliable they're boring
[QUOTE=clutch2;51018514]
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Apologies if this is a silly question, but what is that red block in the back?
[QUOTE=smithy285;51020733]Apologies if this is a silly question, but what is that red block in the back?[/QUOTE]
Racing fuel cell
So many Subaru's here in Denver. It'll have to be my next car purchase so I can fit in.
Sorta barn find,
E46 323i (2.5l engine) 125k miles. 2002 facelift model.
-Cracked windshield
-Frontleft dmg, no chassis damage. Just suspension, panels and radiator.
-full leather interior in good shape
-engine runs fine
[img]http://i.imgur.com/cvAdXAc.jpg[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/xG1YaZL.jpg[/img]
Dude wants 700 usd for it, not really in a position to spend money but it does seem a damn good deal.
when you see someone:
put an STI wing on an RS
put M badges on a normie bmw
put type R badges on normie honda
[vid]https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CruTtwrUIAA_uAj.mp4[/vid]
[QUOTE=Amplar;51020923]when you see someone:
put an STI wing on an RS
put M badges on a normie bmw
put type R badges on normie honda
[vid]https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CruTtwrUIAA_uAj.mp4[/vid][/QUOTE]
My friend put a Porche Turbo badge on his [del]S[/del]ubaru WRX
In the earlier stages of its life, my minibike had a v6 emblem
[QUOTE=Lerlth;51019989]I feel like the guy with the 300 is hiding something about the car. Like, why hasn't he replaced the t-stat, fans, and belt himself? That's like $130 worth of stuff and 45 mins of work. I asked him if he thinks when it overheated if it damaged the heads at all and he says no, but he's not comfortable with me driving it 7.5 hours home. What's up with that? I asked him if he could do a compression test and a leak down test for me. I'll see what he says about that.
I can't change all that stuff no problem. That's 40 mins in a parking lot kind of thing.[/QUOTE]
Had 4CHAN run a CarFax report for me.
[url]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4kasUgmGwABSWxBRVdYX0xyY0E[/url]
Looks like he's only had it for not even 3 months and it used to be a rental car. Hmm.
[QUOTE=Strontboer;51020838]Sorta barn find,
E46 323i (2.5l engine) 125k miles. 2002 facelift model.
-Cracked windshield
-Frontleft dmg, no chassis damage. Just suspension, panels and radiator.
-full leather interior in good shape
-engine runs fine
[img]http://i.imgur.com/cvAdXAc.jpg[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/xG1YaZL.jpg[/img]
Dude wants 700 usd for it, not really in a position to spend money but it does seem a damn good deal.[/QUOTE]
buy it and run the engine in the race car temporarily.
[QUOTE=Hellle;51020533]Alright folks, just thought i would check in here and post some pictures of my new car!
Got me a new upgrade from my [URL="https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1446238&p=47158785#post47158785"]Audi A4[/URL].
This time i bought a Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 35! And boy am i pleased with it!
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi1.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi2.png[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu168/simix10/GTi3.png[/IMG]
I recently put on a new coating treatment, thats why it's so shiny!
I have wanted to get this car for a long time, then i saw this one and i could not resist!
I absolutely love it![/QUOTE]
GTI BROTHER
I have a 2015 Mk7
on another note, I really REALLY want to get a 90s Subaru SVX. It sucks I am so early in my career (literally one month) so I can't really get another car right now. Ugh. So worried that if I wait like 2 years they will literally all be gone or scrapped.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;51021147]Had 4CHAN run a CarFax report for me.
[url]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4kasUgmGwABSWxBRVdYX0xyY0E[/url]
Looks like he's only had it for not even 3 months and it used to be a rental car. Hmm.[/QUOTE]
It's overheating, he's not fixing it, and it was a rental? Those heads are junk, man. May as well offer him $500 just to take it and dispose of it properly for him and get you some new heads and forge the innards for the dosh you save.
[QUOTE=Amplar;51020923]when you see someone:
put an STI wing on an RS
put M badges on a normie bmw
put type R badges on normie honda
[vid]https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CruTtwrUIAA_uAj.mp4[/vid][/QUOTE]
put a mercedes badge on a samurai
[QUOTE=clutch2;51018514]Meh, stick in traffic can be a suicide inducing situation. I got stuck in stop and go traffic for an hour and a half in the NSX once and I was legit wore out by the time I got to where I was going. It including one gigantic hill and had about 3-4 starts on it, too. In a Cavalier or something, no problem. But with a grabby clutch, horrible.
I got Celica #2 today!
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And took most of the stuff out of the engine bay.. bumpers, lights, etc. Planning on how to do a basic wire tuck and stuff.
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This is the rail for the rear window seal. I was looking into why it didn't seat well, and this might be why. Luckily I started scraping on it, and it seems like it's all scaling, and not actual rot. It's still solid metal. So I think I can clean and seal it and it'll be legit
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oh my god even though it's the wrong model of car I think you need a big STYLO badge for the front grille
[t]http://www.imcdb.org/i286956.jpg[/t]
So I accidentially became the owner of two cars
Both '93 Subaru Justy's. One with a manual. The other an automatic.
[img]http://images.honestjohn.co.uk/imagecache/file/fit/730x700/media/6856230/Subaru%20Justy%20(3).jpg[/img]
Buddy is trying to settle a bunch of due bills with the provincial insurance broker so he bought both cars as a package deal for $400 and I signed the papers under my name because he couldn't get them insured to move them.
Anyways no pics yet but both are in...well...they have been sitting in a field for six years. They both run but they both have their issues. I managed to get the Manual transmission car home tonight but not after turning on the fan and getting the contents of a mouse nest blown around the inside of the car and not before a terrifying altercation where halfway home on a backroad I realize that my throttle has stuck and because the battery is fucked I can't stop the car or else we won't be able to start it again.
Buddy has been told that both cars need to be out of my yard and in his name by the end of the month or they're going on Craigslist for $100 each.
Big rig is back on the road!!
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I think I've got a secret admirer too!
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Be honest homie, did you roll coal on her? Because if you did I would've had about the same reaction, and I don't even have an unborn child lol.
Here's today's report;
Finished pulling the fenders,which were held on with some strip-caulk style stuff along the top that actually dried and was horrible to get off. But we got em with a heat gun. Each one had 2x 12MM bolts on the bottom which looked like trouble and didn't want to budge last night. But I hit em with PB Blast and they just spun right out tonight. I was stoked about that.
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Found a little rot under the fenders.. but this will be cake to cut and patch, won't even need bodywork since it's all under panels.
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Then in order to keep cleaning up the engine bay I had to get the evaporator out to weld its hole up eventually. So out the dash had to come.
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So you know how replacing front speakers on an old Wrangler is either pull the dash or alien-arm them? Same idea here. It's behind the cluster and above an air vent and looks like it would be a real treat. This one only came with one speaker, but had holes/studs for another passenger side one and holes for rear deck speakers, too.
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A little bit more work and the evaporator HVAC box was ready to come out. This setup is kind of cool, it's a 3-piece HVAC box, with the main middle one that houses the heater core, the center section which houses the AC, and the passenger side piece that houses the blower and recirc flap. As long as I'm this deep I may just pull the whole business to wash it all.
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I'm super torn on paint choice. I love it in black, but don't want to do black. I like the idea of a dark dark root beer brown that looks black until the sun hits it, and have been stuck on that since I got the car.
But the satin black is pretty cool, too, almost like it has now, but would need to be "better" lol.
Or just a metallic black, kind of like a lot of new Fords rock.
Or a different color?? Ugh the sky is the limit unfortunately. And there's not many examples online to base it off of so I gotta just do what I feel like doing I guess.
It weirds me out when someone makes a lot of progress on a project car that quickly. I'm so used to my own projects where I feel super accomplished just to get one panel off in the space of a whole week.
Jackpody! You NEEEEED this! Do buy.
[url]http://www.bilbasen.dk/brugt/bil/mercedes/2508/4d/2945193[/url]
[QUOTE=clutch2;51023205]I'm super torn on paint choice. I love it in black, but don't want to do black. I like the idea of a dark dark root beer brown that looks black until the sun hits it, and have been stuck on that since I got the car.
But the satin black is pretty cool, too, almost like it has now, but would need to be "better" lol.
Or just a metallic black, kind of like a lot of new Fords rock.
Or a different color?? Ugh the sky is the limit unfortunately. And there's not many examples online to base it off of so I gotta just do what I feel like doing I guess.[/QUOTE]
Dark Brown is awesome on cars of this era, but with a lot of pearl/flake really turns it from flat and boring to really clean but sorta like period correct or something.
Going to look at an E320 wagon this weekend, owner says it only needs a battery but as always, we shall see :v:
Well yesterday as we were about to leave on a roadtrip, my dad left the top glass door open on the camper shell of his 2003 f150 and snagged it on the garage door, broke all the glass, and ripped it halfway off. This is problematic for me as i ride in the back on road trips in my recomissioned half computer chair. So, i went and got a sheet of acryllic and we made a rear window out of it and a 2x2 and zipties.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/biIoVrQ.jpg[/t]
Then we went and drove through a hailing thunderstorm and it didnt even leak at all.
[editline]9th September 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;51023057]Big rig is back on the road!!
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I think I've got a secret admirer too!
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Yeah dude how dare you tie her down, stick a pipe in her cooch and roll smoke directly up her womb. You evil rapist misogynist, that baby is probably dead you overcompensating world killing child molester. Youre litterally hitler i hope you die.
Fuck that bitch, burning oil is cleaner than gas.
Don't know if you guys heard, but 2 days ago a Porsche 911 993 GT2 sold at auction for £1.8million/$2.4million [url]http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/rm-sothebys-london-results/34917[/url]
absolutely ridiculous that an aircooled porsche went for that much, yes it was a pretty limited production and the ultimate version of the 993, but $2.4million
[editline]9th September 2016[/editline]
it was estimated at £800,000
I did it again. God...DAMMIT!
I installed a battery in a car backwards and nuked the 60A main fuse.
I can't even fathom how I managed to do it even once....
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;51023287]It weirds me out when someone makes a lot of progress on a project car that quickly. I'm so used to my own projects where I feel super accomplished just to get one panel off in the space of a whole week.[/QUOTE]
Agreed, Clutch makes the rest of us look bad. All in favor of a ban, rev your engines!
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