Automotive Addicts Lounge V4 - Lube my pistons, baby

[TheBirdman]

Just ordered a predator 212 for my old minibike. Its happening.

[Strontboer]

More fun on the track, new personal best of 2:01;13. Also met a fellow FPer there!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AKKMBglFPA[/media]

[DPkiller]

I went out for a little sit in the boat and watch people in jetskis and stuff.
Got out halfway out in the lake and found a magical rope with my motor. Thankfully I shut her down in time and was able to take off my prop and get it unwraped. Continued to cruise a little and whatcha know having only 2 gallons left in a tank makes it empty! Non of this "until its dry" shit noooooo. Thankfully I have 2 tanks. So I switched out for my a little older gas, started with up no issues went out cruising and WHAM No power. Would idle perfectly but would fucking bogg out and die when you gave it the beans.

I idled back to the boat ramp and called it a day. I didn't want to boat around all day anyways. Atleast I did make progress on why it was taking on water. Live well controls are fucked. Plug all holes in the rear and TADA Boat is as dry as a bone!

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=DPKiller;50641440]I went out for a little sit in the boat and watch people in jetskis and stuff.
Got out halfway out in the lake and found a magical rope with my motor. Thankfully I shut her down in time and was able to take off my prop and get it unwraped. Continued to cruise a little and whatcha know having only 2 gallons left in a tank makes it empty! Non of this "until its dry" shit noooooo. Thankfully I have 2 tanks. So I switched out for my a little older gas, started with up no issues went out cruising and WHAM No power. Would idle perfectly but would fucking bogg out and die when you gave it the beans.

I idled back to the boat ramp and called it a day. I didn't want to boat around all day anyways. Atleast I did make progress on why it was taking on water. Live well controls are fucked. Plug all holes in the rear and TADA Boat is as dry as a bone![/QUOTE]

You really only love boats when you a) buy them and b) sell them

[NO ONE]

Roll bar install is coming along well, got the bar bolted in and basically need to just trim some panels and fit the seatbelts properly. Once those things are taken care of, I can put the seats and parcel shelf carpeting back in, along with any other bits, like weatherstripping.

Pictures:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/1tYHATR.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=Strontboer;50641054]More fun on the track, new personal best of 2:01;13. Also met a fellow FPer there!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AKKMBglFPA[/media][/QUOTE]

Fucking flyin dude!!! Proud of you!

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=Ferosso;50635513]Had to stop and take a picture when the sun went down. It's in 2K in case any one wants a new wallpaper.

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god, mkivs are beautiful, inside and out. my favorite part is the supra badging on the rear.
if only they didnt cost 30k and weren't incredibly rare

[deathmog]

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New whip.
Bought it for a hundred bucks because I needed a mower for my (first) house.
I'm told it runs and the electric starter works, but right now the wiring is hell and the carb needs to be cleaned. Came with a dual-bag vacuum bagging system thing too.

I took a look at the wiring and a diagram today and it's bad but not too hard to fix.
I found out it was built January 27, 1985 too

In other news my friend might be trading his GTI with loads of electrical problems and fuckery for a 1988 300zx

[Stev]

[QUOTE=PyroCF;50640282]I have undertaken the holy petrolhead pilgrimage once more along fury road and I am now awaited in Valhalla.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/FpRgpUl.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]

Save me a spot in Jag Valhalla. My water pump and switch over valves blew up so i'll be a while.

170 bucks for three one way valves, aw yeah.

[Del91]

[Media]https://imgur.com/a/DIEZX[/media]

Here a couple cellphone shots, taken leaving the bar, of my buddies genesis coupe. Freshly debadged...except for the wings. :v:

[editline]3rd July 2016[/editline]

Can only one imgur album display per page or is my phone acting up?

[Hunt3r.j2]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fY43TXt.jpg[/IMG]

Not my car, but in other news Nismo Omori seems to have finished their R33 GT-R demo car. No announcement on what parts they used but it should be interesting. Judging by the wheels they definitely fitted the R35 brakes to it.

[editline]4th July 2016[/editline]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GZ7uHQu.jpg[/IMG]

[TheAsslance]

My video! I was absolutely gunning it towards the end of the session. Ran two sessions, felt like the second was quicker but couldn't record it (phone empty).
Was an awesome day. So much brake fade though, need different brake fluid and pads.

Nice meeting Strontboer!
[video=youtube;ZBZ8oK5iBxM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBZ8oK5iBxM[/video]
[video=youtube;dqBzGUou3M4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqBzGUou3M4[/video]

[OscarLimaEcho]

[QUOTE=clutch2;50637337]Here's the OBDII port on a 318ti, that's the hood release to the left hand side of the shot;
[img]http://k0lee.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2010-11-29-BMW-ODB-opened.jpg[/img]

[/QUOTE]

Thanks, man.

I somehow managed to put that inside the quote.

[Sierra]

"Sorry, we can't insure you on the Nissan until you're 25."

"I'm a part of the scheme that proved that young drivers could be members of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, and you're telling me you won't cover me on turbocharged cars until I'm not even a young driver anymore."

"Basically."

:suicide:

[PyroCF]

[QUOTE=Croninberg;50643897]"Sorry, we can't insure you on the Nissan until you're 25."

"I'm a part of the scheme that proved that young drivers could be members of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, and you're telling me you won't cover me on turbocharged cars until I'm not even a young driver anymore."

"Basically."

:suicide:[/QUOTE]

How? Try admiral, they've insured me on my car :v:

Even adrian flux might be worth a shot.

[Sierra]

[QUOTE=PyroCF;50643928]How? Try admiral, they've insured me on my car :v:

Even adrian flux might be worth a shot.[/QUOTE]

The problem with those two are that it's £1000~ and that doesn't get me any IAM discount OR take into account the cost of cancellation with Surety.

Then it's more expensive than the car itself.

[turke]

[QUOTE=Croninberg;50643897]"Sorry, we can't insure you on the Nissan until you're 25."

"I'm a part of the scheme that proved that young drivers could be members of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, and you're telling me you won't cover me on turbocharged cars until I'm not even a young driver anymore."

"Basically."

:suicide:[/QUOTE]

And today was the day you found out the IAM is a big scam that does nothing

[Sierra]

[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;50644301]And today was the day you found out the IAM is a big scam that does nothing[/QUOTE]

Well I get free permanent membership so I can't complain really, but the insurance discount is shockingly shit. I've emailed the managing director who I know about it so maybe we'll see what happens.

[Missing User]

[QUOTE=Croninberg;50644885]Well I get free permanent membership so I can't complain really, but the insurance discount is shockingly shit. I've emailed the managing director who I know about it so maybe we'll see what happens.[/QUOTE]

Dont expect anything from a free and pernament membership

[J Paul]

With these track videos I'm inspired to see what my little IQ can do. I've never been able to actually max it out. Would it be unsafe to take an IQ to a track? Should I maybe try to find a go-cart track for it? I'm actually serious lol. I ask about the go-cart track because I've seen a YouTube video of one on a go-cart track, and I assume he went there because he didn't want to get in the way of all the regular cars at the real track.

[clutch2]

[QUOTE=ToastedBread;50640376]So I bought a set of those power lock actuators and I figured, since I have a couple extras, I'll set the aux button on the viper remote to pop the trunk too. Will the same actuators work, or is there a specific type I should use that always defaults to the locked position? I'm imagining that if I use these, one I click unlock, the latch mechanism for the trunk will stay open indefinitely.

I figure the type used with door poppers are more like what I'm looking for?[/QUOTE]

It depends on how much force the trunk latch needs to release, and also on how much "spring back" the trunk latch has to pull the actuator back to a state of "not opening". I've used them for trunk releases before. Mount it up, jump some wires to it, and if it opens continue the install.
If it doesn't have the balls to open it up they make dedicated trunk release solenoids that are smaller than a door popper solenoid, but stronger than a lock actuator.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=J Paul;50644929]With these track videos I'm inspired to see what my little IQ can do. I've never been able to actually max it out. Would it be unsafe to take an IQ to a track? Should I maybe try to find a go-cart track for it? I'm actually serious lol. I ask about the go-cart track because I've seen a YouTube video of one on a go-cart track, and I assume he went there because he didn't want to get in the way of all the regular cars at the real track.[/QUOTE]

You should be able to take it to a real track, I would think. A lot of videos you see of tracks have people taking cars that aren't especially quick.

[MC DGNF H2]

I finally did something I've wanted to do for 13 years, drive Pikes Peak. I would of loved to do it in my own car, but that's for a different day.
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Bonus:
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21270004/Pic%27s%20%28clean%29/_DSC0107-Pano.jpg[/t]

[Missing User]

Real talk. Drove Pike's peak in a rental minivan 5 years ago. Smelled like brake pads and coolant at both ends. Barely made it.

[editline]4th July 2016[/editline]

But a very cool place if you've never been there. The air force academy isn't far from it either.

[Scientwist]

I can't stand that there is no place where I can take my car and thrash it a bit. Getting up to speed on the highway is about the size of it for how quick it is and even then it's not pedal to the floor, just like 75% of the way down.

Doesn't help I now have a knock like noise on the rear facing bank of cylinders and it shift flairs from 2-3 and 3-4th when cold.

Nice driving though Strontboer, that Beemer is beastly.

[Slayer3032]

I was in Colorado about a month and a half ago, a buddy and I planned to do [url=http://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/673-engineer-pass-usa.html]Engineer Pass[/url] but at around 12.5 it was just totally snowed in and no one had recently been up as far as we went so we turned around.

We planned Pikes as a "definite to-do" but decided against it since we had to drive from Colorado Springs out towards Ouray/Silverton area. We were kind of in a lifted Tacoma and decided that it would have been infinitely more fun in a car anyways. We saw so much amazingly beautiful and crazy scenery that it really didn't matter, I'd put Colorado above all the bullshit touristy places I've been before.

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Nothing like firing up the propane grill at 11k feet to cook up some hot dogs for lunch in a ghost town that's been abandoned for 100 years. I live around 400-600, altitude sickness is a bitch and your brain just doesn't work at those heights. Soon as you get to 9-10k feet it's hell, I can't imagine what the racers that have gone up Pikes have had to endure and racing up that altitude is pretty insane.

[clutch2]

That looks breathtaking. Daaamn. A friend of mine just got back from a job in Colorado and was showing me some mountain pics he took out cruising. Gorgeous country.

[MC DGNF H2]

[QUOTE=Code3Response;50648722]Real talk. Drove Pike's peak in a rental minivan 5 years ago. Smelled like brake pads and coolant at both ends. Barely made it.[/QUOTE]

Someone drove a 24ft budget moving truck into the park, but I think they had to turn around at Glen Cove as I can't imagine them going passed it with a truck that size, plus they ran out of gas on the way down. I'm not sure how it was 5 years ago, but they have mandatory brake temperature checks at the Glen Cove inn now and they heavily encourage engine braking/using the lowest gear down the mountain.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;50648928]I live around 400-600, altitude sickness is a bitch and your brain just doesn't work at those heights. Soon as you get to 9-10k feet it's hell, I can't imagine what the racers that have gone up Pikes have had to endure and racing up that altitude is pretty insane.[/QUOTE]

I never had altitude sickness while driving up Pikes, but you could definitely feel just how thin the air was. What really astonished me was thinking of how fast the hill climbers have to ascend the mountain as I was feeling uneasy going 20-30mph up, and 10mph felt almost too fast for the hairpins. Though maybe it's just me driving a car that i'm not very familiar with.

[Slayer3032]

[QUOTE=MC DGNF H2;50649062]Someone drove a 24ft budget moving truck into the park, but I think they had to turn around at Glen Cove as I can't imagine them going passed it with a truck that size, plus they ran out of gas on the way down. I'm not sure how it was 5 years ago, but they have mandatory brake temperature checks at the Glen Cove inn now and they heavily encourage engine braking/using the lowest gear down the mountain.

I never had altitude sickness while driving up Pikes, but you could definitely feel just how thin the air was. What really astonished me was thinking of how fast the hill climbers have to ascend the mountain as I was feeling uneasy going 20-30mph up, and 10mph felt almost too fast for the hairpins. Though maybe it's just me driving a car that i'm not very familiar with.[/QUOTE]

Really must affect everyone differently, I was fine in Colorado Springs but soon as I made it up to around 9k I started getting lightheaded and up at 10.5 I just wanted to puke and not move for about a couple hours. I camped at 9.8 that night and woke up feeling better but I never shook a nagging feeling in my head that everything felt less sharp and focused above 9k for me. I'm probably just a bitch who's lived his entire life at pretty much sea level. The point that it would bother me moved up a little over the next few days and eventually 10k was fine and comfortable but every time I would go down for a while I would still feel like shit going back up. :v:

I really want to go back and spend a few weeks just driving all over the state someday. There's just so much cool stuff just right off the road at like every turn, most of the coolest stuff we found was mostly just stopping to let the dog out to run around or simply to take a piss. You really just have to drive all over and check out anything that looks remotely interesting.

[Appox]

Look what I saw at work today
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MVfJNKk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ffxt2JL.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XTJ6vtvh.jpg[/IMG]

[PyroCF]

[QUOTE=Appox;50650184]Look what I saw at work today
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MVfJNKk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ffxt2JL.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XTJ6vtvh.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

AM-RB? Does it actually work?