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nm posted:Yes, rear fire is standard in a Lamborghini. Problem is that they installed the optional front fire on some models.
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KozmoNaut posted:When in doubt, poke with a stick. Thanks a lot, rear end in a top hat. I tried that miracle-trick of yours at an apparently abandoned wasp hive I found in my front-yard. You owe me $2 worth of antihistamines. Bad Advise. D-minus!!!! Will NOT poke with sticks again! Best answer to a bulking tire like that is to shoot it from a safe distance with a .22LR. Try to avoid hitting brake lines or your wire harness. A .22LR is able to maybe just penetrate both sidewalls, but not much more. Eagerly awaiting stories about people being almost killed by my advise, because "that murderous round was still bouncing around in the tire when I removed it" Sir Cornelius fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Sep 16, 2012 |
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Hell, tack weld a nail on the end of a long piece of pipe and jab that sucker with it. Wear ear protection. Problem solved.
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Sep 17, 2012 03:59
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kastein posted:Hell, tack weld a nail on the end of a long piece of pipe and jab that sucker with it. Wear ear and eye protection.
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Memento1979 posted:Please do not put your eyes out deflating a badly deformed tyre. Or if you do, make sure your buddy is filming it. Remind me why unthreading the valve center or clipping the tip of the valve aren't viable options again. There's a great .gif of someone coming to grief in a big way staking a tyre. What I like most about the tyre blister is that the wheel and tyre is still on the car. Whoever owned that car saw the blister (or, worse, felt the car lurching around like it was booted) and thought "I'd better drive this, in this state, to the tyre shop; use the spare? Naaa, she'll be right".
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Sep 17, 2012 05:25
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My diff pin blew through the case back in may, apparently it's an extremely uncommon thing that happens (IE the cobalt ss, ion redline, and 9-3 aero dudes had never seen it before on our transmissions) spider gears trapped the half shaft in the diff:   
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Sep 17, 2012 06:43
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Tusen Takk posted:My diff pin blew through the case back in may, apparently it's an extremely uncommon thing that happens Not dumping the clutch will go a long way toward preventing this.
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Sep 17, 2012 07:56
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Tusen Takk posted:My diff pin blew through the case back in may, apparently it's an extremely uncommon thing Mazda's FWD transmissions have been doing that's since the early 90s. 
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Sep 17, 2012 11:37
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Falkenbok posted:Remind me why unthreading the valve center or clipping the tip of the valve aren't viable options again. Mostly because unlike shooting it, which you can do from behind sandbags, dicking with the valve involves time spent standing next to the bomb.
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Sep 17, 2012 13:10
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some texas redneck posted:Not dumping the clutch will go a long way toward preventing this. I didn't though, the diff had been feeling really loose and it was hard to drive, I was going to take it apart when I got back from school. I pulled out of a gas station and was only at around 2500-3000rpm when it exploded all over the centre lane. I had bought it used so I assume the idiot that had it before me was either too lazy to fix it or that's why he sold it for as cheap as he did.
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Sep 17, 2012 15:33
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I showed the 3 pictures of the tire bulges from this thread to tire guys I know. They both swear the two largest most recent pics are impossibly large and more likely photo shopped.
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Sep 18, 2012 17:38
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Did you tell them the one I posted was a defective recap? I know the guy who took that picture and trust him. It was a treadwright he had recently installed and was happy with till a defect in the recap and an undetected leak in the tire carcass resulted in that massive egg. They sent him another one free of charge.
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Sep 18, 2012 17:44
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Splizwarf posted:Mostly because unlike shooting it, which you can do from behind sandbags, dicking with the valve involves time spent standing next to the bomb. Why not simply use a hose that vents to atmosphere to reduce the pressure in the tire to ambient? If they were just driving on it reducing the pressure difference isn't going to make it worse.
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Sep 18, 2012 22:30
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Splizwarf posted:Mostly because unlike shooting it, which you can do from behind sandbags, dicking with the valve involves time spent standing next to the bomb. If its just sitting there posing for pictures like that you should be perfectly safe in removing the valve core.
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Sep 18, 2012 22:35
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Bang Me Please posted:If its just sitting there posing for pictures like that you should be perfectly safe in removing the valve core. B.b.b.b.but the dramatic change in pressure make cause it to become weaker!
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Sep 18, 2012 22:36
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If the bomb is just sitting there, it's probably not going to go off. Come on guys.
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Sep 19, 2012 00:04
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The ticking bomb analogy is pretty weak. Stop trying to find excuses to shoot stuff at the shop.
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Sep 19, 2012 01:44
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Sockington posted:Mazda's FWD transmissions have been doing that's since the early 90s. And VW's have since the early 80s.
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Sep 19, 2012 01:45
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 (tilt your head to the left. Stupid phone) Found the clunk in my rear suspension.
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Sep 19, 2012 03:12
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PhotoKirk posted:
Stabilizer link, I presume?
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Sep 19, 2012 03:13
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Root Bear posted:Stabilizer link, I presume? Yup. The bushing is GONE.
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Sep 19, 2012 04:06
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 It's a Kawasaki 2-stroke JetSki. Customer: I don't know, suddenly I lost all power. I didn't find any actual cause. Sometimes cast pistons just crumble. Unfortunately, some of those missing pieces are likely in the crank bearings now. I suggested an engine replacement.
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Sep 19, 2012 04:16
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No pictures, but an Explorer came into my shop today for an alignment. Had a few minor things, loose front wheel bearings, grooved rotors, etc. There were a few oddball things, though. Like the front sway bar link that had rusted from inside out and split open along its length. Or the left rear coil spring, which was rusted about halfway through the bottom coil. Or the RIGHT rear spring, which looked fine until I realized that same bottom coil had rusted completely through and broken off -- it was wedged between the strut and the lower control arm. Needless to say, we didn't do the alignment. E: I should mention this was a 10-year-old Florida vehicle. No road salt to explain the rust.
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Sep 19, 2012 04:53
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Plenty of air salt though.
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Sep 19, 2012 05:21
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TotalLossBrain posted:
That's awesome to see (not for the owner). Do those motors use an oiling system or are they premixed? Sure is weird how the piston next to it looks so normal. Some kind of cooling problem maybe? I'd love to see more pics if you got any.
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They are typically oil injected, I.e. there is a crank driven oil pump supplying oil to each intake manifold runner. I'll take some more pics when I swap out the engine. Those motors have a hard life. Almost all wot operation, poor quality gas, little warmup, water ingestion. I have plenty more pics of spectacular failures. I'm a fan though -I ride a custom carbon hull standup with a billet 1000cc twin cylinder. Capable of flatwater backflips. About 180 HP and 250lbs fueled up ready to go. Maybe I should make a thread, but I'm not sure it really fits "automotive" insanity.
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Sep 19, 2012 06:48
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TotalLossBrain posted:They are typically oil injected, I.e. there is a crank driven oil pump supplying oil to each intake manifold runner. I'll take some more pics when I swap out the engine. Those motors have a hard life. Almost all wot operation, poor quality gas, little warmup, water ingestion. I have plenty more pics of spectacular failures. You have a water toy that has a nearly 1:1 hp/weight ratio and you don't think it's AI. Shame on you, post a thread.
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Sep 19, 2012 06:52
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Alright, I'll work on it.
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Sep 19, 2012 06:57
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EightBit posted:You have a water toy that has a nearly 1:1 hp/weight ratio and you don't think it's AI. What he said. I want to see this thing.
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TotalLossBrain posted:About 180 HP and 250lbs fueled up ready to go. I doubt that very much, short of forced induction and/or nitrous. The former is not going to put you at 250lbs wet, the latter is not continuous so 180HP is misleading. 180HP/L is knocking on the door of early '90s Formula 1 numbers. Its really tough to do, since jet pumps limit you to about 8k RPM. greenman100 fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Sep 19, 2012 |
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Sep 19, 2012 07:29
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If it's a 2-stroke, it's quite believable.
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I want to see that. A friend has a supercharged seadoo that's ~200hp. It's totally ridiculous, I don't know the acceleration numbers but it feels like you're immediately going 70 the moment you squeeze the throttle.
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:I want to see that. A friend has a supercharged seadoo that's ~200hp. It's totally ridiculous, I don't know the acceleration numbers but it feels like you're immediately going 70 the moment you squeeze the throttle. Those Seadoo motors are four strokes and while they put out nice power, they overall feel weak compared to a light standup with 1000cc or more
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greenman100 posted:I doubt that very much, short of forced induction and/or nitrous. The former is not going to put you at 250lbs wet, the latter is not continuous so 180HP is misleading. You should see what they do the snowmobiles if you doubt that. Granted they are FI but there are quite a few 500hp 2T sleds out there.
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Dietrich posted:
Update on this- APR is giving me a new downpipe. So hooray for them!
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TotalLossBrain posted:Capable of flatwater backflips. What?  I need video proof of this for my own amusement.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBig1gI50UI I've gotten better since then (early April). I now ride them out and am working on two in a row. Also, made a new thread!
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TotalLossBrain posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBig1gI50UI Welp, thats it, im selling the boat and buying an jetski instead
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TotalLossBrain posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBig1gI50UI Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. That looks ridiculously fun! greenman100 posted:I doubt that very much, short of forced induction and/or nitrous. The former is not going to put you at 250lbs wet, the latter is not continuous so 180HP is misleading. My 2000 R6 was 600cc and 120HP. 200HP / l. 12 years ago, with carbs.
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sofullofhate posted:Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. That looks ridiculously fun! Your R6 made that HP at ~14-15k RPM. That's not practical in a jet pump. Down at 8k RPM, you were making 50HP.
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