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Now that the holidays have passed I assume some of you have gotten new vehicles, and fun stuff like that. Show me what you got. Mine was a 88' Camaro Iroc. 76k miles. Got it for $1800. How'd I do?
305 or 350
>>14207350
Wow that's pretty low miles for the dirt cheap price. I got my Christmas present to myself for even less but I'm sure yours is WAY cleaner.
>>14207412
Paint it black change the rims and call it a day
So i just picked up a 98 TJ with the 4.0 I6 and a 4" lift with 33" tires and i'm annoyed at how sluggish it can be. It jumps off the line but just doesn't hold after. Anyone know of any tune ups to add some ponies?? got a budget of 2-7 hundred
>>14207223
intake exhaust tune. in your price range, guaranteed to add ponies. just do it right..
>>14207252
beyond that, play with your gearing. seeing your tire size I can't imagine your rear end ratios..
>>14207223
Get the head ported, better flowing headers
What's the best things to get for my 2005 4.6l f150? I was thinking of a cold air intake, but if so, what brand and where from and so on and so forth. Coach me please
google.com
>>14207198
2wd, 4wd, big tires?
Intakes don't net you very much in power, they can even decrease it. Supercharge that bitch.
Good evening, Aut/o/bots,
Let's talk about paint. I want to tell you about my adventures this week doing a lousy air cleaner housing and valve covers for my 1974 F250.
I used two different paints, because why not? On the air cleaner I picked up Dupli Color engine enamel primer and low-gloss black, which turns out to be a GM-Chrysler low-gloss black. They did not have a flat black. I wanted as flat as I could get because flatter black is a better heat emitter and absorber. Black beats out everything.
Well, took a dremel and removed all of the rivets...
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>going through all that trouble just to end up shooting it with a rattle can
I let the dry for 18 hours before I then put them back into the oven for a 30 minute ramp up to 110°C for two hours. Then a 30 minute ramp up to 130°C for two more hours, and then a final 30 minute ramp up to 150°C for a final two hours. I did not notice any extra outgasing. This is to simulate the requirement of a full week of cure.
I then repeated the above twice doing thin coats of black. I did not do the advertised "medium" coat of paint, because what the fuck constitutes "medium" out of a spray can?
Perfect. But I don't have any...
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>>14207018
I do it because it's relaxing. And I wanted to. I could have powder coated it but I didn't want to go through the trouble of getting the speed and power settings right.
Hey guys, I was wondering if someone here could have a look through the link below, which is only a couple of short pages, and tell me if they see anything resembling a carburettor. From what I understand, a carburettor is a device that mixes air and fuel in an internal combustion engine, and the air and fuel is certainly mixed in the patent below, so I was wondering if this might be an example of an early carburettor. Much appreciated thanks.
Fucking what link?
I think a carburetor is explicitly fuel and air mixed via vacuum
>>14206951
Whoops I meant this link:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WdtSgduauyUC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=Robert+Street+Patent&source=bl&ots=GSrqltmwrA&sig=nRdva118UiC8oiDH_53w0vaD6JY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2vYXGmZ7KAhUCsxQKHXpeBpwQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Street%20Patent&f=false
And I'm already looking at new BMWs, I'm currently driving a Saab 9-5 Automatic and I hate it, there's mountains of turbo lag, the gearbox is terrible and I'm getting awful fuel economy.
So I'm looking at old BMWs again, what does /o/ think of this E36 328Ci?
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C631671
>Taken as trade in
>M badged
>No MOT
>Roof doesn't work
Talk me out of it please
MOT history is okay, not great. Seems to have a continuing problem with roll bars
Only one fail in the last 6 years, but it was pretty bad. Similar problems my E46 failed on actually. It was fixed in a day though, which means he paid through the ass, either for a shit ton of work, or for a bribe to get it though.
Tyres look a bit thin to me
Guys, I'm sick of being a technician, I'm not a spring chicken anymore,I have bad knees and I can't work on the floor. I hate offices but I can't keep doing this much longer.
What are my options other than killing myself?
>>14206872
fix other things
Work in parts? I guess that involves a little too much paperwork though.
>>14206872
Work at Jiffy Lube and smog cars for a living.
Will the shift to autonomous self-driving cars eventually cause traditional cars to drop substantially in price?
If it will, why are you so bitter about autonomous cars? Once the technology takes off, you might be able to afford a Ferrari or Porsche one day
>I failed highschool economics
Okay
This is a work safe board.
>>14206657
Are you retarded?
As more people conform to autonomous vehicles, demand for traditional vehicles will decrease, thus causing prices to decrease.
Best sports car I can buy for $3,000
Did you forget a zero?
Foxbody Mustang.
>>14206583
Toyota MR2 Spyder
Miata
BMW or muscle car if you are ok with being pigfat and paying more out the ass to turn and handle well
I thought turbo was hot, how can viper so much turbo without melt? Can it do this?
>>14206518
Reading this gave me a headache
>>14206518
Again, in english?
>>14206518
You need water from Hawaii, duh
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Hey, /o/. Co/ck/ here. Can anyone tell what this car is from the interior? Would like to know for maximum lulz.
>>14206477
VL Turbo
Nice try, /v/ermin.
>>14206477
Nissan Interior. Most likely an Altima or Maxima circa mid-2000's.
Having trouble reading this spark plug.
What do you guys think?
Yep, that's a spark plug.
>>14206300
You're a fucking faggot.
Different side
Anyone else bring their rides into the house? They get cold too.
You are gonna fuck up your flooring with the kickstand.
Go back to your containment thread
Of course I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXpgT285ps
Okay /o/ in KC, two attempts in now. Everyone wanted me to schedule it out in advance, so ONE YEAR from today we will all meet in the back area behind the old Dillons grocery store on Quivira at 2300. Looking forward to it.
I work that day. Could you schedule it later?
>>14206289
We need to schedule a month or two in advance if we really want a large turnout.
That said, Im still going to be at that back lot on January 9, 2017
>>14206289
Can this actually be a thing? I always see the threads about the nocal meets. I'd love to go to one in the Midwest.
Why are double helical gears basically non existent in cars?
Because of people like you.
There's some disadvantage that isn't worth the advantage (if there is one)
>>14206264
they self compensate axial force while being as silent as regular helical gears
but: costs
