[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;48603593]I do t get how putting a longer rod in and engine would make it a stroker, the stroke is still the same, it would just change the piston height (idk if the 198 rods is longer or what the deal is). If it was longer then it would raise your piston height and give you some extra compression.[/QUOTE]
The longer rod gets it higher up into the quench zone. Basically your doing the sane as if you shaved the head. But it is a shorter ratio, so it will also revolve faster, since a 225 is super hard to get over 5k rpm.
I gave up on the 2009 Impala and bought a new Dodge Ram Monday...
[IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/TRCKER2_zpsiqlkx0t6.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee46/MaImpala/TruckTER_zpshae52obg.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Del91;48603847]You're falling down that civic rabbit hole. :v:[/QUOTE]
They're just so much damn fun if you don't ruin them like a swagfag yolo slam it 420 jdm egay buyer.
Oh and Serj, I almost went to the EF Reunion meet and saw the car that has the rack you made.
[video=youtube;390EIN36Ct0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=390EIN36Ct0[/video]
I've also seen the car up for trade too :v:
I got some of them aluminum control arms for my crown vic. The installation took me 5 hours, beat the shit out of my knuckles, and ruined my trusty ratchet, but now it corners like a car that weighs 1000lbs less than it. The old bushings were pretty shot too. Good thing.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48604141]I got some of them aluminum control arms for my crown vic. The installation took me 5 hours, beat the shit out of my knuckles, and ruined my trusty ratchet, but now it corners like a car that weighs 1000lbs less than it. The old bushings were pretty shot too. Good thing.[/QUOTE]
Which ones did you get?
found a pic of when me and myself tandem drifted our daily drivers
[t]http://i.imgur.com/BcYWnsL.jpg[/t]
those were the days
[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;48604191]Which ones did you get?[/QUOTE]
same ones you got if memory serves
[url]http://www.adtr.net/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=113[/url]
[QUOTE=slayer3032;48604097]They're just so much damn fun if you don't ruin them like a swagfag yolo slam it 420 jdm egay buyer.
Oh and Serj, I almost went to the EF Reunion meet and saw the car that has the rack you made.
[video=youtube;390EIN36Ct0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=390EIN36Ct0[/video]
I've also seen the car up for trade too :v:[/QUOTE]
Ah Josh, my favorite client. He advertises for me too. He's a cool guy. He's also doing a lot of (what I think) is neat stuff to that car. He pop riveted some sheet metal over the rear wheels to make skirting and in the process covered the door seams up so the rear doors wont open. Also he was brave enough to allow me to make a design that bolted straight through the roof.
I heard it was a very popular item at the meet and I got a lot of inquiries about racks after that. I made it nice, but just rustic and raw enough to suit the car. The chain and rope he added. A few people were taking pictures apparently.
I made an exact copy of that rack for another civic and I am finishing up a longer one for a civic wagon, also in the Portland area. Same rack but no side rails and different color with a fairing.
[IMG]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e356/serj22/58885074-eae2-448b-895a-57b73d043c1c_zpsoz3q9u7i.jpg[/IMG]
I don't mind if he trades off the car, I know he'll likely keep getting Curtis Custom stuff. I am building a rear wing for that car as well.
Wow... it's nice to be so "famous" lol
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48604216]same ones you got if memory serves
[url]http://www.adtr.net/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=113[/url][/QUOTE]
Yup
I couldn't believe the size difference from the stock pressed steal ones to those.
I'm surprised a classic car guy ended up primarily making racks for ricers. :v: Glad to see your business taking off though, might need one soon if I pick up this Fury after all.
So instead of a Factory Five Hot Rod, or any other kit car for that matter, my dad told me if I saved up $5,000 he'd put in another $5,000 towards any car I like that we can work on together. I've set my sights on something a little bit oddball and it cannot be any newer than 1963, preferably from the late '40s or earlier. Thinking maybe a Nash or a Studebaker, something a bit rare that'll turn more heads. Any ideas?
an edsel would be rad
[editline]3rd September 2015[/editline]
maybe a desoto
53 Mercury, classic grease machine.
I've always wanted to build me a nice lead sled out of one of those
[QUOTE=Trekintosh;48604536]So instead of a Factory Five Hot Rod, or any other kit car for that matter, my dad told me if I saved up $5,000 he'd put in another $5,000 towards any car I like that we can work on together. I've set my sights on something a little bit oddball and it cannot be any newer than 1963, preferably from the late '40s or earlier. Thinking maybe a Nash or a Studebaker, something a bit rare that'll turn more heads. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]
Hudson Hornet Supersix
[editline]3rd September 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48604526]I'm surprised a classic car guy ended up primarily making racks for ricers. :v: Glad to see your business taking off though, might need one soon if I pick up this Fury after all.[/QUOTE]
I dont know that its rice though. Theyre not trying to pretend to be racecars. Id say my primary clients are japanese rustcars and thats ok with me. They like my product and it makes them haooy to have it, and that makes me happy.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48604259][b]Also he was brave enough to allow me to make a design that bolted straight through the roof.[/b]
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What is wrong with bolting a aftermarket roof rack to the roof of a vehicle along as you have the elevations and slope halfway right? I was thinking about doing a bolt style on my suburban predrill all the holes and in between the rack and vehicle have a "form a gasket" gasket plus polyurethane.
The only thing holding me back at the moment from doing this is trying to have the headliner and all down in once piece so I can gain access to my bolts to nut them to allow the headliner to hide the bolts.
It's not like my rack is gonna be spectacular or anything.... Just a roof mounted spare tire,normal offroad shit, small luggage area and light bar mount.... 4x9 Is what I think I was gonna do and minimum 1/8" everywhere....
I dooooo need to find somewhere locally that has 102" whip CB antennas......
What's the best cheap drifting car that you can buy right now used, and also makes for a fun drive outside of drifting?
I don't know too much about cars but I've been looking into it and trying to read up a lot, I've heard from a lot of people in real life that buying an old, cheap manual RWD car and working on it / maintaining it in your free time will teach you a lot. Thoughts?
E36
e36, miata, or a 240sx if you don't mind waiting to find a deal.
240sx will have the best cheap used aftermarket parts selection. 240sx is also much easier to work on and make good for drifting than a e36, I own both.
[QUOTE=Serj22;48604698]Hudson Hornet Supersix
[editline]3rd September 2015[/editline]
I dont know that its rice though. Theyre not trying to pretend to be racecars. Id say my primary clients are japanese rustcars and thats ok with me. They like my product and it makes them haooy to have it, and that makes me happy.[/QUOTE]
Hudson would be cool if he can find one for under 10k that can be saved... good luck with that, though. I'd say either the Mercury or a Buick Super 8, there aren't nearly enough early 50s rods on the road.
& on the subject of rice or not, I guess they're more rat than rice, but I'm habitually mean to Japanese imports. :v:
[QUOTE=DPKiller;48604840]What is wrong with bolting a aftermarket roof rack to the roof of a vehicle along as you have the elevations and slope halfway right? I was thinking about doing a bolt style on my suburban predrill all the holes and in between the rack and vehicle have a "form a gasket" gasket plus polyurethane.
The only thing holding me back at the moment from doing this is trying to have the headliner and all down in once piece so I can gain access to my bolts to nut them to allow the headliner to hide the bolts.
It's not like my rack is gonna be spectacular or anything.... Just a roof mounted spare tire,normal offroad shit, small luggage area and light bar mount.... 4x9 Is what I think I was gonna do and minimum 1/8" everywhere....
I dooooo need to find somewhere locally that has 102" whip CB antennas......[/QUOTE]
Theres nothing wrong with it. You just have to take the plunge and drill through your car. In this case 4 3/8" holes and the bolts threaded up into the feet. It is a good system. I think his car is missing headliner so it was probably pretty easy.
This may sound stupid, but whats the point of using high boost with low compression? In terms of HP, wouldn't it be just the same as running high compression with low boost?
I can see the first being okay, so you can run pump gas. But, disregard that.
More air in your cylinder = bigger boom.
Also, is it true that by using a turbo too small for the car you can increase fuel mileage. [URL="http://www.allpar.com/fix/holler/slant-six-turbo.html"]This article[/URL] claims that because the wasted exhaust gas is turning the turbine at lower RPMs, it's able to push air into the engine easier, lowering the load on the down stroke to suck more air in. Sounds reasonable, but that's not how this works.
[QUOTE=amazer97;48605105]What's the best cheap drifting car that you can buy right now used, and also makes for a fun drive outside of drifting?
I don't know too much about cars but I've been looking into it and trying to read up a lot, I've heard from a lot of people in real life that buying an old, cheap manual RWD car and working on it / maintaining it in your free time will teach you a lot. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
Miata. It's the most power-challenged option out there but I have still seen stock NA6s put on a good show. The aftermarket is stupid big and everything to figure out has already been figured out. Easily the most hassle-free option.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;48606937]Also, is it true that by using a turbo too small for the car you can increase fuel mileage. [URL="http://www.allpar.com/fix/holler/slant-six-turbo.html"]This article[/URL] claims that because the wasted exhaust gas is turning the turbine at lower RPMs, it's able to push air into the engine easier, lowering the load on the down stroke to suck more air in. Sounds reasonable, but that's not how this works.[/QUOTE]
it kinda makes sense, try taking a syringe and plugging the hole partly then pull it out, then do the same with it unplugged. if it's actually enough to make a difference on milage, I have no clue.
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;48607753][t]http://i.imgur.com/NfL4PgOh.jpg[/t]
New acquisition to soothe me of the troubles of my 280ZX[/QUOTE]
l28 swap in order?
[QUOTE=Lerlth;48606856]This may sound stupid, but whats the point of using high boost with low compression? In terms of HP, wouldn't it be just the same as running high compression with low boost?
I can see the first being okay, so you can run pump gas. But, disregard that.[/QUOTE]
The point of lowering compression is a safety thing. Your gonna blow up a high comp high boost engine. You reduce the comp and make up for the loss in pressure with boost.
That's if it pre-dets? Running a high octane would prevent that in most cases?
[QUOTE=Serj22;48608238]The point of lowering compression is a safety thing. Your gonna blow up a high comp high boost engine. You reduce the comp and make up for the loss in pressure with boost.[/QUOTE]
Provided you have a quality fuel(E85 lol), enough of the fuel and a good tuner running boost through a higher compression motor results in more power and definitely more power when you're not in boost. Think of everything off boost as being N/A so you have far more power down there and then everything above N/A being more powerful still because it's being used more efficiently. It'll result in a motor which is far more flat in power delivery and still has even more up top.
The higher the compression through the more precise the tune and safe running conditions must be though. You can very quickly pass the limits where your tuner's skill, the fuel you use and the engine management are no longer enough. Anything can be tuned through as long as everything stays happy.
You also have the issue that many aftermarket companies which make forged internals don't make the parts you need to build a high comp turbo motor. Ones that are built with boost in mind will at most be of moderate compression provided your application is modern or at least common.
[url]http://honda-tech.com/forced-induction-16/muckman%92s-integra-high-compression-super-build-3086196/[/url]
Here's a really good honda build that highlights what you could do with a really high comp turbo build. Around page 15 the dyno graphs start coming out if you just wanna look at graphs. It also experiences a few failures which highlights what can go wrong as well.
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