Front suspension done,
that's some crazy angle on the front shocks.
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You know you're up to some fuckery when the brake disc is just barely inside the wheel arch :v:
[QUOTE=dcalde78;52206581]It's the European way for the most part, cars here just evolved into a FWD majority. They've not got insane power for FWD cars, there's others with far more like Focus STs, Honda Civics and whatnot, so it's not unreasonable for a FWD to handle 200 or so horsepower. I've not driven any RWD cars so I can't judge but my 160HP Fiesta is a good fun car to drive, it handles well and dives into corners with very little understeer.[/QUOTE]
My Saab had 210hp and was FWD and it handled like a dream
It was also like 3300lbs
Every FWD i have driven felt like driving a soggy noodle down the road.
Like the front does everything, the back just limps and flops behind you.
Buicks, Focus', etc. All feel the same.
Speaking of brakes, check these big bitches out that I snagged from the wrecker
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15.4" rotors and 4 piston calipers, fuckin monsters off a SRT10 viper ram, I think they're brembo. $250! Rebuild kit is $200 for both and the rotors are near new and just need to be resurfaced
Where the hell did you find a SRT10 in the junkyard?
[QUOTE=FordLord;52216189]Every FWD i have driven felt like driving a soggy noodle down the road.
Like the front does everything, the back just limps and flops behind you.
Buicks, Focus', etc. All feel the same.[/QUOTE]
My GTIs were fun, nothing like passing someone on the outside (who thinks they're going fast) around a two lane highway cloverleaf, with the inside rear wheel 6" off the ground.
Before everyone shits a brick, the road in question has a ~5 degree embankment, and a 250' radius about the corner it's self... The VW Rabbit in question had sticky tires, no front sway bar, and is prone to doing that.
Started up my car, no more tick coming from the spark plug. Got it up to temp and gave it some gas and everything seems to be holding together.
[QUOTE=Strontboer;52215571]Front suspension done,
that's some crazy angle on the front shocks.
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You're not turning that BMW into a drifter, are you?
[QUOTE=Fireblade RX7;52216506]My GTIs were fun, nothing like passing someone on the outside (who thinks they're going fast) around a two lane highway cloverleaf, with the inside rear wheel 6" off the ground.[/QUOTE]
stop driving
[QUOTE=Fireblade RX7;52216506]My GTIs were fun, nothing like passing someone on the outside (who thinks they're going fast) around a two lane highway cloverleaf, with the inside rear wheel 6" off the ground.[/QUOTE]
Today on the list of things that didn't happen
alright ladies and gents, i have an important question
Do I import a shitty R34 GTT or a clean 180sx from Japan?
Both are about the same price including import fees and everything (probably $5000 CAD total), but the r34 is kinda shit since its not a GTR
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The ladies won't care that it's not a gtr.
[QUOTE=Fireblade RX7;52216506]My GTIs were fun, nothing like passing someone on the outside (who thinks they're going fast) around a two lane highway cloverleaf, with the inside rear wheel 6" off the ground.[/QUOTE]
It's a car, not an airplane.
FWD doesn't bother me. It just depends on the gearing and motor if it's fun to me.
Hey guys, I've missed y'all. I haven't done anything car related in like a month since I bought my darn house, but the remodeling is almost done and hopefully car stuff can begin in June or something.
Today, however, I have gotten myself into the biggest bind I think I've ever been in when it comes to car repair. It started so simple...
I was at work and my lady hit me up.. car (09 Mini Cooper S) was running bad, sounded like a dead miss. I had a little free time at work, told her to drop by, but by the time she got there, though, it was magically running fine again. I scanned it, it had stored a cyl 3 misfire.. figured I'd have a quick peek.
Coils are on top of the engine just pop in and out.. nothing out of the ordinary. Was gonna pull #3 plug quick to see if anything looked off. Que the stupid. I grabbed my plug socket, went to pull the plug, and realized, oh shit it's a weird 12 point socket for the plug. And double oh shit, the socket, as I spun it a little, squeezed itself into the plug tube. I pulled up and turned a little more but the damage was done.. it was now stuck.
She had to go, took my car, and now it was time for the nonsense. I tried needle nose.. nowhere near enough grip. I pulled the valve cover (easy quick job) and tried locking pliers, no way. I went and got a locking extension and used that plus a hammer to try and tap it upwards, broke the extension eventually.
At this point I'm worried, lol. I tried turning it in the bore and pulling up a little more and no dice. Went and exchanged the locking extension and tried pulling UP and turning at the same time with 2 people.. eventually broke the new extension.
I had my small slide hammer and got a good hook on it through the square hole and spent a long time slide hammering it up.. but the small one just didn't have the nuts.
So I gave up. What a day. Tomorrow I'll have my big slide hammer.. the one I use for wheel hubs and bearing races. Hopefully that'll do it. Also brought my little torch to heat the outside of the plug tube (accessible with the valve cover off)... might help. I've been cooling the socket inside by spraying in canned air. I also oiled it but that doesn't seem to be doing shit.
If that doesn't work I may try to lay a big metal bar across the engine bay and thread a nut down the slide hammer rod and use it as a type of puller.
If that doesn't work... it's time to get a carbide cutting bit or 10 and buzz the socket in half with the dremel or other similar tool. 1 cut might be enough to relieve pressure and do it.. if not a 2nd cut and she's out in 2 pieces. I'm gonna have to mask the entire engine top minus that little hole, though, since the valve cover is off and buzzing it in half will throw shavings all over the damn place.
Wish me luck. I leave for a Cali trip Monday morning and hope to get this taken care of by then.. otherwise I'll have 0 enjoyment in Cali. Kill me :v:
My moms got a 2011 mini countryman, and while I dont directly feel your pain, I can sympathize. Everything in that car is so shoehorned together that you about need a sawzall to disassemble anything.
I forgot all about these little beauties.. Blind hole pullers..
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Hopefully my buddy who runs a shop has a set.. he always says I can borrow the weird 1 time use things whenever I need to. Those might be just the ticket... Thread onto my slide hammer and go nuts.
fingers crossed. It's hilarious, I was looking at them on Amazon and the first one I looked at had a top comment of "I bought this because I got a socket stuck in the spark plug tube on a Mini Cooper S"
:v: funny you should say that, sir..
Why does CDOT (Colorado DOT) cheap out on the paint for the traffic lines? When it rains or snows and then melts, it's a fucking best guess that you're in just one lane of traffic...
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Road paint is like that everywhere that I've been, east coast US.
Its like that in South Dakota too. Sometimes its that the lines are legitimately so faded that it would be hard to tell in good weather, but mostly its just that the water on the road surface causes light to just scatter.
I was once on a fresh asphalt road in heavy rain but the lines weren't painted yet, neither were the road markers. It was actually black and couldn't see shit. I was relying on Google Maps. Literally, driving by instruments.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;52217420]Road paint is like that everywhere that I've been, east coast US.[/QUOTE]
In some areas, they are using reflective road markings. At least ten times more visable, many times safer, but they refuse to use it widespread because it doesn't last as long.
They use it off and on here in NC. It reflects very vividly, even in a downpour.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;52217420]Road paint is like that everywhere that I've been, east coast US.[/QUOTE]
Same here, West coast. Potholes and questionable road lines even when the road is dry is the U.S specialty. Maybe if the country could focus on things that actually matter we'd have okay roads but nah.
[QUOTE=Lerlth;52216356]Where the hell did you find a SRT10 in the junkyard?[/QUOTE]
Being friends with the right people haha! Theres a junkyard kinda off the grid a little that I always go to, they happened to have a burn victim SRT10 out back that they picked up (been there for a while though). They bought it from an auction without the engine and trans, so whoever burnt it/stole it took the driveline out and then torched it!
Still has the full floater dana 60 rear with 35 spline shafts
They've got all sorts of oddball shit, but they mainly deal in diesel trucks, jeeps, and VWs
[QUOTE=Ridge;52216577]You're not turning that BMW into a drifter, are you?[/QUOTE]
Hell no :v:
It's just a wider track is so much more better for cornering.
Transverse FWD handles like shit when pushed hard unless the suspension engineers did their best to compensate for torque steer and understeering.
[QUOTE=clutch2;52217234]
minissss
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Oh hey I did the exact same thing with a Citroen or Peugeot before, getting the wrong socket stuck in the hole.
I managed to get it out by spraying some CRC or some other workshop lubricant in a spray can (I can't remember). But it let me turn it and slowly pull+turn it out.
hope this helps in any way possible!
Annnd exhale.
The blind hole puller failed, couldn't get enough of a grip, even after "modification".
The huge slide hammer failed.. it'll pull bearing races but not a stuck socket?
On to the pilot bearing puller... This one needed modification, too, to get both arms to fit into the socket. Took some time on the grinder and got it set. Now, see.. the thing was gonna be putting pressure down onto the ribs of the head, like you can see in the picture. They're thick-ish.. but also aluminum. I was sketching out, and several times I tightened it down and said "man, it should move by now, wow".
I also laid a couple metal pry bars across the ribs to help spread the load, a little.. More tries and just not quite there, didn't feel comfortable cranking harder. Then I grabbed the propane torch.
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I heated the plug tube for about 10 minutes all around trying to pour as much heat as I could into it. I tried again and felt it give a tiny bit. I was cranking pretty hard, the amount it took to get it to move blew my mind.
But sure enough, I watched it creep up and out the bore slowly..
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Time for a drink
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The funniest part is.. now the car is right back at where it was. With the RIGHT socket I tossed in a new plug on cyl 3 (just incase) and now we drive it and see if it throws more codes.. see if the misfire follows the coil or something.
What an adventure..
I have the same shitty orange pliers as you. Mine are in about the same shape as yours.
Are they as useless as mines?! Lol cuz mine sure suck..
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