So it finally rained a little bit yesterday. My car was a bit dirty so I was happy that it would be somewhat clean after the rain. Turns out it's the kind of rain that gets dirtied by dusty wind, my car is fucking filthy now and I am pissed off at mother nature
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[QUOTE=GhettoGeek;35208182]I don't think they look girly but I know a lot of people do. Although convertible one does look a bit girly it might be the color but if I get I'll get a paint job.
[img]images.craigslist.org/5L95X55Jb3Ma3N53Hdc3c96cae487c9721698.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]Its fine, it's the newer ones that look girly
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And a paint job wouldn't hurt. Get a black one if you're so worried about it looking girly
Just bought a 2nd hand 4-2-1 manifold. Going to connect it up properly at some point
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Heres a picture of it tied to my drainpipe decat with no backbox.
yeh
Do you mean downpipe...?
[QUOTE=Aetna;35208482]Do you mean downpipe...?[/QUOTE]
nope
[QUOTE=Glitch360;35208211]So it finally rained a little bit yesterday. My car was a bit dirty so I was happy that it would be somewhat clean after the rain. Turns out it's the kind of rain that gets dirtied by dusty wind, my car is fucking filthy now and I am pissed off at mother nature
[editline]19th March 2012[/editline]
Its fine, it's the newer ones that look girly
[editline]19th March 2012[/editline]
And a paint job wouldn't hurt. Get a black one if you're so worried about it looking girly[/QUOTE]
I was thinking gray/silverish. Also I was looking online and I guess this isn't the golf/rabbit its a cabriolet which doesn't get as good of mpg
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;35207676]It is completely acceptable.
If you get yelled at, they're just ricers.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to like it here.
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;35207340]Are you implying that glass packs don't sound like farts?[/QUOTE]
Hohoho sure doesn't on a 402 big block
[QUOTE=Birdman101;35208744]
Hohoho sure doesn't on a 402 big block[/QUOTE]
Anyone who puts cheap glass packs on a big block is a sick son of a bitch.
Sorry, cant hear you over the sound of my truck idling:v:
[QUOTE=Birdman101;35209103]Sorry, cant hear you over the sound of my truck idling:v:[/QUOTE]
Thunder Fart
This is what real exhaust sounds like:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBenZJaORE[/media]
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;35209283]Thunder Fart
This is what real exhaust sounds like:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBenZJaORE[/media][/QUOTE]
I actually had flowmasters on it, but my buddy had some glass packs I could use, now he wants them back. I'll have the flowmasters back on in a few days. They give it a nice, mustang-like idle.
You know what I hate, I hate when you get a car wash then the next day your car is covered in pollen. What the fuck.
[IMG]http://imgur.com/xAxTq.jpg[/IMG]
lol
Some older couple came to look at my car today
-turn car on for them
-open hood
"give it some gas i wanna hear it"
-rev the engine some for him
wife"The motor mounts are going bad, the engine moves when he revs it"
-contain rage and look at husband grinning
-realize he agrees with her
-pop a vessel
[QUOTE=Concur;35213325]Some older couple came to look at my car today
-turn car on for them
-open hood
"give it some gas i wanna hear it"
-rev the engine some for him
wife"The motor mounts are going bad, the engine moves when he revs it"
-contain rage and look at husband grinning
-realize he agrees with her
-pop a vessel[/QUOTE]
You couldn't just say "most engines do that, you know"?
[QUOTE=Super_Noodle;35213367]You couldn't just say "most engines do that, you know"?[/QUOTE]
Not without brandishing a deadly weapon, no.
[QUOTE=Concur;35213325]Some older couple came to look at my car today
-turn car on for them
-open hood
"give it some gas i wanna hear it"
-rev the engine some for him
wife"The motor mounts are going bad, the engine moves when he revs it"
-contain rage and look at husband grinning
-realize he agrees with her
-pop a vessel[/QUOTE]
Ouch.
fucking hell
every time i hear a wicked guitar solo or just a generally fucking good rock song it makes me mad i dont drive as often anymore, cant wait to have the jeep on the road.
[QUOTE=Concur;35213325]Some older couple came to look at my car today
-turn car on for them
-open hood
"give it some gas i wanna hear it"
-rev the engine some for him
wife"The motor mounts are going bad, the engine moves when he revs it"
-contain rage and look at husband grinning
-realize he agrees with her
-pop a vessel[/QUOTE]
D'oh! Some people just don't have any business looking under the hood...it should be common knowledge that all engines used in street cars are free to move a fair bit. Only race cars have absolutely rigidly mounted engines.
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;35200880]What would the bare minimum be to make a engine run, me and my cousin have had this fantasy in our head for years to get something like the old mustang out back run and drive it as is, rust and all.
Say you take a engine, you put it's core components on, block, heads, intake and carb, and anything in between. You would need a distributor, battery, starter, and a radiator to pretty must get the thing running right? Is an alternator nessesary, I want this thing to run and that's it, I'll snap some pictures tomorrow of the engine, the car needs a shifter and some other crap to be added on but it's going to be a total rat rod. Ambitious Eric is kind of a nick name I have going for myself heheh.[/QUOTE]
+12V to the points, +gasoline to the carb, and fit an alternator if you want it to run very long. There's nothing else to keep the water pump belt tensioned, and you'll get about an hour and a half out of the battery before the ignition cuts out.
Shifter before
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Shifter after
[thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/b14fbe1d.jpg[/thumb]
And here is that ferd 289 or whatever in the '64 rustang
[thumb]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u423/Lawblind/398a8c57.jpg[/thumb]
Needs a distributor and a rad, everything elce I can pretty much hook up myself.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;35209103]Sorry, cant hear you over the sound of my truck idling:v:[/QUOTE]
Stop using "Text to speach" and learn to read then
[QUOTE=TestECull;35214508]D'oh! Some people just don't have any business looking under the hood...it should be common knowledge that all engines used in street cars are free to move a fair bit. Only race cars have absolutely rigidly mounted engines.
[/QUOTE]
they actually have rigidly mounted engines?
wow.
did not actually know this.
[QUOTE=Psygo;35217385]they actually have rigidly mounted engines?
wow.
did not actually know this.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, they do. The rubber donut mounts we use on streetcars is an anti-vibration measure. The engine being able to flop around like that means the minor vibrations they all produce don't make it into the cabin, which makes for a nicer ride. Race cars aren't built for a smooth ride, and at higher levels of competition a good start depends on the engine not flopping around, so they mount the engine rigidly. Sometimes the engine forms part of the car's structure. In Formula 1, for example, the car's chassis stops at the back of the cockpit. They bolt the engine directly to the back of that, then the transmission goes on the engine, then the rear suspension is bolted to the transmission case. In Drag Racing a rigidly mounted engine can knock a tenth or two off your 60' times once you get going fast enough, not to mention prevent twisting your transmission in half.
[QUOTE=TestECull;35217427]Yeah, they do. The rubber donut mounts we use on streetcars is an anti-vibration measure. The engine being able to flop around like that means the minor vibrations they all produce don't make it into the cabin, which makes for a nicer ride. Race cars aren't built for a smooth ride, and at higher levels of competition a good start depends on the engine not flopping around, so they mount the engine rigidly. Sometimes the engine forms part of the car's structure. In Formula 1, for example, the car's chassis stops at the back of the cockpit. They bolt the engine directly to the back of that, then the transmission goes on the engine, then the rear suspension is bolted to the transmission case. In Drag Racing a rigidly mounted engine can knock a tenth or two off your 60' times once you get going fast enough, not to mention prevent twisting your transmission in half.[/QUOTE]
You really do love words.
tl;dr - Race car engines are rigidly mounted to improve performance, street car engines aren't in order to reduce vibrations.
[QUOTE=Super_Noodle;35218232]You really do love words.
tl;dr - Race car engines are rigidly mounted to improve performance, street car engines aren't in order to reduce vibrations.[/QUOTE]
till your rubber mounts do this and cause more vibrations.
[img]http://www.customtacos.com/gallery2/data/500/medium/Picture_850.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=TestECull;35217427]Yeah, they do. The rubber donut mounts we use on streetcars is an anti-vibration measure. The engine being able to flop around like that means the minor vibrations they all produce don't make it into the cabin, which makes for a nicer ride. Race cars aren't built for a smooth ride, and at higher levels of competition a good start depends on the engine not flopping around, so they mount the engine rigidly. Sometimes the engine forms part of the car's structure. In Formula 1, for example, the car's chassis stops at the back of the cockpit. They bolt the engine directly to the back of that, then the transmission goes on the engine, then the rear suspension is bolted to the transmission case. In Drag Racing a rigidly mounted engine can knock a tenth or two off your 60' times once you get going fast enough, not to mention prevent twisting your transmission in half.[/QUOTE]
yeah I knew why they were rubber mounted, but I didn't know that it would work better with rigid mounts... how noticeable is it?
as in, is it easy to feel the engine is rigidly mounted or not..
If you mount your engine solid or rigid, prepare to not have any interior bits -- the ones that don't shake loose you will remove after the squeaking/creaking drives you batshit crazy.
Trust me.
Basically solid motor mounts are useless in nearly any street application.
Well except for grand ams, these are supposed to be solid.
[QUOTE=Psygo;35219865]yeah I knew why they were rubber mounted, but I didn't know that it would work better with rigid mounts... how noticeable is it?
as in, is it easy to feel the engine is rigidly mounted or not..[/QUOTE]
According to what I've always been told, stiffer mounts enable less of the power of the engine to be wasted torquing around in the engine bay as well as reducing wheel hop caused by this reaction.
I'm just not sure how this would all translate since shifting would also cause a similar reaction as well, I would expect the energy to be transferred through the drivetrain instead of into being wasted.
Oh god, I went at my dad's place to pick my go pro, in my parking spot, well it's made of two tracks of cement tiles, when backing out, you nearly always end up getting on the grass, but the grass is very wet right now, so I ended up mudding my whole car and well, messing the whole grassland out :v:
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