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Is keeping your vehicle stock one of the major keys to long-term reliability? Are majority of vehicles at their pinnacle with factory specifications?
No and No
>>13928261
Some systems can be upgraded on most cars with literally no downsides.
Example - upgrading the cooling system with a larger radiator made from better materials.
>>13928261
>bog standard UK DC2 in Champ white
Someone will pay £10,000 for this and ruin it
Hello anons I recently got a well paying job as a dermatologist, and I was looking to restore an old sports car and hop it up to be a lot faster. what would a good sports car to restore be?
>>13928199
Restoring a car takes a large investment of time and money. You should pick something you love so you're comfortable putting so much into it.
>old sports car
>hop it up to be a lot faster
Read some build threads so you can see what's involved with this kind of project before you start shopping.
>>13928199
Old jag
>>13928199
being a car restorer as a project will ruin your "doctors hands" it would be far easier to pay somebody else to do the hard work for you. also car choice comes down to it as well. some cars were absolutely terrible the biggest example is the MGB midget. many werent very rust proofed at the factory well so got eaten by rust thats if the lucas electricals werent giving up the ghost. pick a car you like and read about their common faults before you consider purchase older jaguars are simmilar too except for...
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Why are these still a thing? I know they are used to keep university students occupied. But this same design has been used for two decades now.
Picture is from this year's FIA Alternative Energies Cup. For some reason they got to race at Suzuka, all expenses paid.
>>13928133
>STOP IT!!!!!
>:((((((
Why do people build high horsepower cars but never dyno it? That's like trying to lose weight but never going on the scale
>>13928109
Ignorance is bliss. Besides its better than being bench racing number faggots
high horsepower cars have all been dyno'd
it's the only reliable way to tune them unless you have off the shelf kits.
>>13928155
>tfw so many tried and true combos to get 450 rampaging stallions from a 440.
>tfw you are going to a 543 build and everything will be near custom specs.
>Cheapest Dynapro dyno is 75/pull for tuning.
It will be worth it but still....
>tfw no car looks like this
>tfw driving gloves are supposed to be bad
>tfw no jacket looks like that one
fuck me up fām
>>13927811
whats bad about driving gloves
nice Laser bruh
>>13927903
yeah, nah
you're a cunt m8
>anon listen to the new exhaust I just bought
>rev rev rev
>"well, there goes half a tank. doesn't it sound good tho?"
>>13927795
Did you pay for the fuel?
>no
Then shut the fuck up
And?
>>13927800
>what is global warming
We all pay for it, retard
What's the cheapest way to make a Ford Mustang v6 actually sound "good" and not just necessarily louder??
Sell it and buy a V8.
>he has a mustang
>he has a mustang v6
By getting a GT
![Black_E61_M5_(3)[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CmPY3u1.jpg "Black_E61_M5_(3)[1].jpg")
Who in the world thinks a high performance wagon is a good idea?
![maxresdefault[3].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7EU6dlJ.jpg "maxresdefault[3].jpg")
I do.
>>13927671
>has never been late to soccer practice
>>13927671
Sports wagons are badass, grow up kid.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvfKnIjCwBI
What do you think of them all?
Pic related: Everyone's favorite Canadian car, the Multimatic Motorsport Ford GT is doing well.
>1:35
That exhaust note is fucking horrific. I know the V6 is proven and all but fuck. It better pull off a win on an international scale. When was the last time Multimatic won at something that wasn't a national series?
hly shit that corvette sounds like someone farting
Glad I don't have to hate these cars anymore.
Can someone tell me what this belt is called / what it's for ?
It's squeaking fairly loudly.
Looks like the serpentine belt. Can you get a better, more encompassing picture ?
>>13927501
Certainly
Give me a moment.
>>13927497
looks like a serpentine m8. probably just a bad fit, or wear.
Here is my points why
>Better on gas then alot of other Offroad vehicles
>Offroad like a beast
>3litre V6 like a mf
>comfy ass seats
>Tons of room
>4 doors for moar whores.jpeg
>its K/D is 2.0
>it isn't ford
>it has swastikas inside
>i fucked your...
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>>13927478
>people who call suv's trucks
>>13927491
its built on the chassis of the truck of the same year, also has the same transmission and engine. really the only difference is the rear half of the body
>>13927491
>My Uncle calls his Tahoe "the truck"
>Hes a mechanic
>He also drives a M5, a Grand National, a 335xi and a S4
>You probably don't own a car
Please fuck off
horrible craigslist finds
>that fucking hood
how is that not relatively illegal
https://neworleans.craigslist.org/cto/5312731737.html
bumparoni
>>13927343
>that insane stance.
>>13927343
Was he inspired by the retard that primered my foxbodys hood?
ITT: Highest speeds ever achieved in a motor vehicle by /o/
This is a search to find which one of us has driven at the fastest speed
Add as many details of your hyperdrive experience as you can i.e.: what car, time, location, road conditions, special circumstances, passengers, etc.
Since I am OP, I will set the bar extremely low.
Top speed: 105 mph in 2000 Honda Accord sedan with my brother in the passenger seat during 7 am rush hour traffic on loop 410 in San Antonio, TX
>Pic Related: My shitbox
>>13927279
Stop making these retarded threads
>motor vecihle
>driven
450mph, I "drove" a friends jet.
Beat that frosty.
What do you think of drifting?
It has been suggested that drifters (from the early 90s to now) are just what hot rodders of the 60s and 70s have evolved into.
What do you think of the popularity of professional drifting (Formula D of the USA, D1 GP of Japan and Drift Allstars of Europe)?
I dont care about leagues or any of that shit but drifting is goat for fun
Good use of wrecked exotic cars.
As a judgable sport? It's retarded and attracts the worst crowds. It's not a motorsport it's just hooning. The fact that two cars "race" at the same time completely baffles me. it's basically moster jam.
If they went one at a time and were judged only on how fully sick the drifts LOOKED rather than any "measurable" criteria I would have less of a problem with it.
For fun? Yeah, it's great, people have been doing it since the car was invented. If you want to rip a skid I say go for it.
So how am I supposed to brake in manuals? Brake and clutch in as I'm about to stop? Downshift + brake? Neutral and brake? Why is there no consensus on such a simple thing?
>>13927076
All of the above depending on situation
>>13927087
huh
>>13927090
If you don't get it. Don't drive stick
