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I must own this http://madison.craigslist.org/tls/3540496388.html quote:Snap On Mini Refrigerator - $500 (Madison East)
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Must resist blowing savings account...... http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/3559785332.html Also... http://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/3559785332.html
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 04:55 |
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Dont tell Kastein
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 04:59 |
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I know, the newer one looks awesome. But some thing about the old school charm of a Jeep Deuce just sounds awesome.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 05:07 |
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Didnt you read the ad? its waaaay better than a deuce.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 05:11 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Must resist blowing savings account...... $7500 Does that help or hurt? Because bobbed deuces are the best deuces. http://100dollarman.com/trucks.html
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:I had an '88 Nova which was basically the same car. Mine was a sedan though. Thank for the heads up. Fwd is a deal breaker.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 05:26 |
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You know if they had trucks like that, and at that price here I wouldn't have bought the Fairlane? I've always wanted something like that to drop the kids off at school with and do the groceries. I think I'd even put some variant of those godawful stick family decals on there just to get the point across. Plus I'd enjoy the hell out of my drat unreliable truck that's always broken when someone needs to move house.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 06:07 |
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Citycop posted:Thank for the heads up. Fwd is a deal breaker. I had a 1988 Corolla, pretty decent but rather gutless little commuter. If you want a RWD Corolla, you either have to go 1983 or earlier (E70 chassis and back), or get an SR-5 (AE85) or GT-S (AE86) on the 1983-1987 E80 chassis. The GT-S came with a 112hp EFI engine in the US, but good luck finding one that hasn't rusted to death or been killed by the doriftu crowd. I hope against hope that I'll be able to find a flawless AE86 coup with little or no rust, but I'm starting to think it'll never happen. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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I had an '84 sedan, in Alaska. Extremely fuel efficient. It should be able to do mid-40s highway, and high 30s without even trying. Boring on asphalt, but get it on loose surfaces (where the lack of power matters less) and it's a different story. The light weight comes in handy, too. I accidentally drove mine onto hard-packed snow...like a couple inches of crust on top of two feet of loose dry snow...twice. This was weak enough that if I stepped too hard you could break through. I turned around and drove out each time. If you don't live someplace with lots of snow, sand, or gravel, you probably won't have much fun with it. If you do, loving BUY IT.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 09:05 |
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Citycop posted:Thank for the heads up. Fwd is a deal breaker. I wouldn't hate on FWD, a well set up one is good for day to day driving. Infact I had the same model Corolla, but with the 4AGE motor in it, as well as better suspension setup. Kinda miss the old thing even though it was rusting to death (for Australian conditions, which is like 2 on the Sockington scale)
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 12:39 |
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JDM RHD 1985 AE86 Levin GT Apex Hatchback *Clean* - $13000 (Dallas) http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/3551003768.html so sad.... He's just teasing.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 14:26 |
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Honestly, with the right suspension (springs and dampers especially) FWD cars are fine for spirited driving, even motorsport stuff. The only thing they categorically cannot do is proper drifting, i.e. sustained powerslides.
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# ? Jan 23, 2013 14:45 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I know, the newer one looks awesome. But some thing about the old school charm of a Jeep Deuce just sounds awesome. Try to find one with a manual, they're really fun to drive. And realistically, there's no reason to get a 5ton over an M35. General_Failure posted:Plus I'd enjoy the hell out of my drat unreliable truck that's always broken when someone needs to move house. They're fairly reliable, in my experience, and we routinely drove them through some crazy poo poo with a bunch of equipment in the back.
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Sir Tonk posted:Try to find one with a manual, they're really fun to drive. And realistically, there's no reason to get a 5ton over an M35. I hear that they are pretty indestructible... just huge turds for driving. I am pretty sure the 68 Jeep it has the Continental Multi-Fuel engine.... Which how much of a pain in the rear end it is to turbo-charge the engine or am I asking for a bunch of poo poo to break. From doing a little reading it says that I need to put in a new head gasket. The power wont change much, but it does help it be a little more efficient. Though I am wondering how much of a bitch it is to just say gently caress it, rip out the multi-fuel and put in a Detroit of some kind. According to Wiki, the transfer case is divorced, so I could technically put in a bigger engine and a transmission with more gears.
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General_Failure posted:Which bit? Blowthrough turbos on carbs are a thing, but that implementation...uh. Yeah, blow through turbos are a thing. Wayne Dyson was doing 10 sec 1/4 miles with a rx3 weber carbed with garret t04 13B rotary in the early 1990s. And Vlad did 9s with a carbed blow through too. Shiiiit, that was 20 years ago, no one does it now. Nearly every rotary had a 48mm IDA, though some went to 50mm with extended fuel bowls back then. Those turbos were DCOE, I even went crazy with twin 40 IDFs taken from a sprint car. I had a mate that used a 'predator' carb (it was just a bucket more or less to pour fuel, rectangular butterfly, weird thing), and another that tried a holley 650 dp - adapter kit was made with a plate to fit in the standard nikki(12a) or hitatchi (13b) manifold. Got to be insane to use anything other than EFI these days though. But my twin 40IDFs looked pretty cool at least Fo3 fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jan 23, 2013 |
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http://richmond.craigslist.org/cto/3517466326.html Good thing it's an automatic NA, the flames might burn out if you go too fast.
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Fo3 posted:Yeah, blow through turbos are a thing. I'll agree with that. If you are building for performance the only way to go is EFI. If you are having a bit of fun with an older motor, tarting it up with some go faster bits I see no problem with sticking with a carb. I absolutely loathe both Nikki and Hitachi carbs. Probably better engineered than the Holley / Weber carbs but they are such a pain to work on and have wear issues that can't easily be rectified. IDFs always look cool. I've always wanted to get my hands on a Fish carburettor to clean up and put on something. I know the ridiculous economy and power claims are BS, but the more levelheaded ones are believable. It's a neat design though and I'd love to put one through its paces.
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# ? Jan 24, 2013 22:25 |
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Blow-through carb setups are still VERY much a thing at the track
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# ? Jan 24, 2013 22:34 |
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Content! http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ocean-reef/cars-vans-utes/modified-unreg-1997-lada-niva-detroit-locker-price-drop-/1010444356 I actually know of this one. I also know that it was in pristine condition when he got it and that it was an absolute steal. I also know who found it for him. e: there's also a build thread on it I think. It's not creepy internet stalker if my knowledge of this has precedence is it?
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# ? Jan 24, 2013 22:44 |
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After all the trouble a Fairlane's given you, you're still dead set on getting an old Soviet car? edit: unless they recently became a not terrible car or something.
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Tusen Takk posted:After all the trouble a Fairlane's given you, you're still dead set on getting an old Soviet car? They never really were terrible. It's just the owners were generally tightasses who didn't maintain them. Plus it's simple, and simple to maintain / repair, cheap and parts are available. That's one up on the Fairlane in every aspect. Plus it can go offroad a lot better than the Fairlane, has quarter windows / vents / glasses (depends on where you come from) and provision to use a crank. I kind of want to replace the Fairlane with a Discovery anyway as I mentioned somewhere previously. The only way is up really.
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General_Failure posted:They never really were terrible. It's just the owners were generally tightasses who didn't maintain them. Plus it's simple, and simple to maintain / repair, cheap and parts are available. That's one up on the Fairlane in every aspect. Plus it can go offroad a lot better than the Fairlane, has quarter windows / vents / glasses (depends on where you come from) and provision to use a crank. I kind of want to replace the Fairlane with a Discovery anyway as I mentioned somewhere previously. The only way is up really. Ah, in that case this makes sense. I must be thinking of a different Soviet-era model that was absolute garbage. May have been the ZiL
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Tusen Takk posted:Ah, in that case this makes sense. I must be thinking of a different Soviet-era model that was absolute garbage. May have been the ZiL The Samara was a pile of poo poo.
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General_Failure posted:They never really were terrible. It's just the owners were generally tightasses who didn't maintain them. Plus it's simple, and simple to maintain / repair, cheap and parts are available. That's one up on the Fairlane in every aspect. Plus it can go offroad a lot better than the Fairlane, has quarter windows / vents / glasses (depends on where you come from) and provision to use a crank. I kind of want to replace the Fairlane with a Discovery anyway as I mentioned somewhere previously. The only way is up really. OK, I've been meaning to ask: is your Fairlane a variant of the Falcon, or something else? That's one I'm not familiar with, other than the US Fairlane from the '60s-'70s. e:Wikipedia is my friend. Longer wheelbase than the Falcon, like the Holden Caprice versus Commodore, I think. I'm guessing by your descriptions, that it's a '90s NA or ND chassis. So the 302 is hard to find parts for? Says here it's based on the Canadian variant used in N. American light trucks rather than the one used in the Mustang or other passenger cars, with provisions for RHD. Was it not a popular model or something? Darchangel fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Darchangel posted:OK, I've been meaning to ask: is your Fairlane a variant of the Falcon, or something else? That's one I'm not familiar with, other than the US Fairlane from the '60s-'70s. More or less. It's a LWB version which has been massaged slightly but from the rear of the front doors forward it's more or less a Falcon.
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General_Failure posted:More or less. It's a LWB version which has been massaged slightly but from the rear of the front doors forward it's more or less a Falcon. You replied as I was editing! Is it just a pain to find parts for the V8, or the Fairlane specifically? The 302 is one of the most common engines short of the small-block Chevy here in the US.
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Devyl posted:Blow-through carb setups are still VERY much a thing at the track I'll believe you because now I think more about it I was maybe remembering incorrectly anyway. I'm pretty sure now that the rotaries I mentioned were draw through. Edit; So now I can't remember where I saw blow through turbo rotaries. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Darchangel posted:You replied as I was editing! That's a good question. I don't think there's a whole lot of mechanical difference between them. Mostly body, trim pieces, taillights, that sort of thing. I know it has a different ratio diff and I'm not really sure about the rest. I do get the impression that there may be some suspension differences. The driveshaft would certainly be different. The instrument cluster too I think. Couldn't really say. because you have the Fairlane which the Ghia is pretty implicit, which seems to be different to the Fairmont Ghia (Falcon based body not LWB), then there's the LTD, the Sportsman (mine), and the Concorde I think. Mostly different trim and options but enough to cause grief for the unsuspecting owner or mechanic. 302s are pretty uncommon here and hoarded. The I6 is common and for a reason. It's a good motor. Oh, I forgot the wagon which I believe is also LWB but with different rear suspension to the Fairlane.
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General_Failure posted:
How much does a short-block stock 302 that's been used go for around there?
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Devyl posted:How much does a short-block stock 302 that's been used go for around there? I couldn't tell you. I've never even seen one. I've only seen one in a wreckers ever as well.
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General_Failure posted:I couldn't tell you. I've never even seen one. I've only seen one in a wreckers ever as well. Seriously? I wonder how much freight shipping would be, because I can get long-block 302's about 5 miles from me for $100 all day. Content: Devyl fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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General_Failure posted:302s are pretty uncommon here and hoarded. What year is your Fairlane? Because I know at one point Ford of Oz had a 302 Cleveland, completely unrelated to the 302 the US got.
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Devyl posted:Seriously? I wonder how much freight shipping would be, because I can get long-block 302's about 5 miles from me for $100 all day. Shipping from the US to Australia is not worth it unless you really want that 302. IIRC it'd cost at least $300 to get that to Australia.
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Q_res posted:What year is your Fairlane? Because I know at one point Ford of Oz had a 302 Cleveland, completely unrelated to the 302 the US got. General Failure has a mid 90s Fairlane. The Cleveland 302 was only built in Australia between 1972 to 1982.
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Devyl posted:Seriously? I wonder how much freight shipping would be, because I can get long-block 302's about 5 miles from me for $100 all day. That thing is rolling probable cause.
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# ? Jan 25, 2013 14:57 |
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As a followup to my Miata post from a few weeks ago, here's an ad with a very similar description but a white car.
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You Am I posted:General Failure has a mid 90s Fairlane. The Cleveland 302 was only built in Australia between 1972 to 1982. Oh, a Cleveland 302. When you talk about Ford motors in the states and say "302", we always think of the Windsor 302. I honestly didn't even realize there was a Cleveland 302.
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trouser chili posted:Oh, a Cleveland 302. When you talk about Ford motors in the states and say "302", we always think of the Windsor 302. I honestly didn't even realize there was a Cleveland 302. Yep. It's most definitely an imported 302W. Although the exact parts mix is a little mysterious. The non OBD EEC-V ECU programmed totally differently to even the I6 is the icing on the cake.
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Holy crap. - Custom dualies at all 4 corners - Wind-up toy prop on the trunk - Realtree wrap - Grenade hood ornament (built by and for goons?) - Powered by 4 naturally aspirated cylinders of FURY. At altitude. All this can be yours for $7999. This is amazing. Tremek fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Jan 26, 2013 |
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