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Crustashio posted:I'm not a race car builder, but this doesn't seem right. It feels like a game of list them all: harness angle to roll bar is a bit too extreme no main hoop support seat back supports look pretty shoddy seat belts should be wrapped around harness bar. Probably doesn't know how to do it so used the washer and nut from the goofy seat back support 2 types of pipe welded together for each support? that harness bar looks oddly connected to the main hoop... is it welded? looks like they used a flat flange on a pipe and welded it. Would expect that to not hold well.
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I don't see any plates at the bottom of the cage either, for it to be bolted or welded to the floor. Is... is the cage just being held in by the backs of the seats? 
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Oct 4, 2013 06:22
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Raluek posted:I don't see any plates at the bottom of the cage either, for it to be bolted or welded to the floor. Is... is the cage just being held in by the backs of the seats? I don't know but the texture of the thinner piping on those rear braces looks a lot like old galvanized fence posts. Perhaps someone that understands this better than I can can answer a question for me. It's about the bar on the hoop with the head skewers on it. What's going on with that. It looks like it has a couple of bits of flat plate welded to the ends, but the plates don't appear to be attached on to the hoop. How are they held on? Also what's with the rear doors still being functional but having the inner handles removed and aluminium? sheet put in its place? Is it for stowing equipment? If so why is there no cargo barrier like thing to stop intrusion of things into the passenger area?
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The cage is welded to a flat plate that sits over the vehicle floor. The seats aren't connected to this plate. In the event of a serious accident (you know, the kind where you really need the cage), the seats will move independently of the cage. If you spin the vehicle 180º before reversing it into something solid, the mounting plate will neatly bisect you, irrespective of the mounting hardware they use. e: also add "no cross braces", "No gusseting", "(apparently) butt-welded joints". IPCRESS fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Oct 4, 2013 |
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Oct 4, 2013 10:03
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Just spotted at a BMW main dealer's service area:
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Oct 4, 2013 12:56
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Oct 4, 2013 15:39
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Crustashio posted:I'm not a race car builder, but this doesn't seem right. I don't know much about cages either but I'm pretty sure rule #1 is always "The main hoop must be made from one continuous bar" so yeah that wouldn't pass tech.
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Oct 4, 2013 16:28
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nollij posted:It feels like a game of list them all: It might be easier to list whats right: ....
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Oct 4, 2013 17:07
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As far as i can tell that's a pretty typical half-rear end roll bar/harness installation. There are ways it is not great but nothing that makes it abnormal. It's safer than it would be without a roll bar, certainly! That brace for the seatback is not likely to interface with your brain matrix style unless you hit something backwards at 90, and even then it would probably be a coincidental cause of death, not the only one. But i agree with the general sentiment of the crappiness of that setup. It looks like someone did it mostly because they wanted to feel racy rather than actually pass tech for any kind of class racing.
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Oct 4, 2013 17:25
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Vigo327 posted:As far as i can tell that's a pretty typical half-rear end roll bar/harness installation. There are ways it is not great but nothing that makes it abnormal. It's safer than it would be without a roll bar, certainly! Actually an improperly designed and/or built cage makes a car even less safe in an accident, since you have added a bunch of steel tubes into your passenger compartment that will become a twisted pretzel of death around you when it inevitably fails.
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Oct 4, 2013 18:19
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There is a new "stupidest loving thing I've ever seen in my life." It's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rksI2esIddw
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cormorant posted:There is a new "stupidest loving thing I've ever seen in my life." It's this: No, the stupidest thing will be when someone replaces the bass with a dildo and hangs a set of trucknuts under it. 
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Oct 4, 2013 22:08
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That actually sounds objectively less stupid than Billy the bass flopping on the back of your trailer hitch
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Oct 4, 2013 22:10
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Yeah, it would be funny then.
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Oct 4, 2013 22:27
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Day #2 of parking hard. Not shown, laptop sitting on passenger seat.
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Oct 4, 2013 22:46
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This is terrible car poo poo because my car now sounds like warmed over pig poo poo and is dog slow at low rpms... Silencer crammed into my fartcan and a resonator booger welded where there was once glorious JASMA 4" straight pipe.quote:Hey drukqs, BTW I leave for work at 11:45 not 9:30-10...
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drukqs posted:This is terrible car poo poo because my car now sounds like warmed over pig poo poo and is dog slow at low rpms... Silencer crammed into my fartcan and a resonator booger welded where there was once glorious JASMA 4" straight pipe. Clearly you need to make a system to switch over from the neighbor-friendly exhaust to the fartcan, maybe a series of cables and a lever right next to the parking brake lever. Ideally it should also turn on your blue underglow and engage the Walmart subwoofer in the trunk, but that's optional.
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Oct 4, 2013 23:10
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drukqs posted:This is terrible car poo poo because my car now sounds like warmed over pig poo poo and is dog slow at low rpms... Silencer crammed into my fartcan and a resonator booger welded where there was once glorious JASMA 4" straight pipe. Why comply with whiney neighbor's requests anyway? Isn't annoying people like that part of the point of having a fart can to begin with? Maybe she should train her dog not to bark so much instead of making it your problem.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Clearly you need to make a system to switch over from the neighbor-friendly exhaust to the fartcan, maybe a series of cables and a lever right next to the parking brake lever. Ideally it should also turn on your blue underglow and engage the Walmart subwoofer in the trunk, but that's optional. it was glorious before! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZG9GBUN3C4
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drukqs posted:it was glorious before! Doesnt the kakimoto literaly have no resonator whatsoever? Like the buddyclub? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro7_fYHCdFw Although the buddyclub is literaly a straight pipe. I borrowed my friends one when my flexi needed replacing, it sounded brilliant but i felt like a massive rear end in a top hat driving with it and I had to use earplugs on a longish drive. Youd be better off getting a Fujitsubo RM01A/Legalis R or HKS silent hi-power. All of those are more free flowing than stock, not that much louder and sound good. You couldve also considered putting your cat back in which wouldve quietened the system up a fair bit 
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anime and cars posted:Doesnt the kakimoto literaly have no resonator whatsoever? Like the buddyclub? the (included) 4" downpipe has what is allegedly a catalytic converter on it, up near the turbo. I had to have the resonator added on, that was my first, unsuccessful attempt at getting the neighbor's dog to STFU. whether the cat on mine is actually intact or functional is questionable at best Mechanic and I looked at it together and there's really not enough space to fit a HFC in there, this was actually my original plan for quieting it up. drukqs fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Oct 5, 2013 |
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drukqs posted:the (included) 4" downpipe has what is allegedly a catalytic converter on it, up near the turbo. I had to have the resonator added on, that was my first, unsuccessful attempt at getting the neighbor's dog to STFU. Wonder what one it is 4" sounds a bit big realy for a CT26/20, the berk dp is 3" The only catted downpipe I can think of is the SARD one, youd probably notice that as it sorta bulges where the cat is.
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Oct 5, 2013 01:47
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simple posted:Day #2 of parking hard. Bait car?
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Oct 5, 2013 02:12
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drukqs posted:the (included) 4" downpipe has what is allegedly a catalytic converter on it, up near the turbo. I had to have the resonator added on, that was my first, unsuccessful attempt at getting the neighbor's dog to STFU. How about a remote control muffler? http://www.xforce.com.au/about-varex-remote-control-sports-muffler.php
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BigHouseOfBooty posted:How about a remote control muffler? I think that would be awesome. I could put it in my Chrysler Cirrus, and when I came up to an intersection, I could put my muffler in Race Mode, shift into neutral, rev the engine a few times to get some attention, and then put it back into Street Mode before taking off. 
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I finally found it, guys. The mother I've seen this guy driving around for years, finally caught the car unattended tonight so I snapped a quick shot. Later as I was loading groceries the driver came out, before he got in he was doing a very meticulous walkaround, pausing to ever-so-gently brush dust particles off the hull, and his hair was wild as gently caress; it's possible he may have a legitimate mental illness. Actually just noticed the custom plate, can't quite make out what it says. I was walking and trying not to look sketchy, and my phone lens was dirty from working, so excuse the poor image quality. I think it gets the message across.
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Oct 5, 2013 06:03
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What is the jet turbine made out of? I think I dig the X2000.
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drukqs posted:the (included) 4" downpipe has what is allegedly a catalytic converter on it, up near the turbo. I had to have the resonator added on, that was my first, unsuccessful attempt at getting the neighbor's dog to STFU. Cat > dog. Seems pretty simple 
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JP Money posted:The box of Audi parts? drukqs posted:This is terrible car poo poo because my car now sounds like warmed over pig poo poo and is dog slow at low rpms... Silencer crammed into my fartcan and a resonator booger welded where there was once glorious JASMA 4" straight pipe. Just run what works best, if their dog barks that's their problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKGszY_V_c8
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I work at a Kia dealership and we just got in our first truck of 2014 Optimas. Now I drink the company kool aid pretty hard and I really do think the Optima's and especially the turbo ones are pretty awesome midsized sedans, but god drat it Kia    
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kill me now posted:~**Turbo**~ Those little chrome fender badges like that don't look good on anything I've see lately, why does it seem like that's the latest trend by everyone? This is the worst offender because these Infinity QX monstrosities are the most hideous vehicle on the road these days. 
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kill me now posted:I work at a Kia dealership and we just got in our first truck of 2014 Optimas. Now I drink the company kool aid pretty hard and I really do think the Optima's and especially the turbo ones are pretty awesome midsized sedans, but god drat it Kia Reminds me of 
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http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/teenage-kicks-part-1 Skip to 4:10.
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KakerMix posted:Those little chrome fender badges like that don't look good on anything I've see lately, why does it seem like that's the latest trend by everyone? These are terrible bit still nowhere as bad as a Juke.
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BraveUlysses posted:These are terrible bit still nowhere as bad as a Juke. This is blatantly honk. The Juke looks awful in still photos, but in person they're completely different and look pretty sharp. Every Infiniti looks like yhey've gone out of their way to make an unattractive vehicle.
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KakerMix posted:Those little chrome fender badges like that don't look good on anything I've see lately, why does it seem like that's the latest trend by everyone? The first thing I think of when I look at this is a filled out Chevy HHR and that is a Very Bad Thing
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yyyyyy posted:The first thing I think of when I look at this is a filled out Chevy HHR and that is a Very Bad Thing My mom just bought an HHR. I cannot even explain how lousy that car is. It does absolutely nothing well. It excels in absolutely no way, shape, or form.
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BraveUlysses posted:These are terrible bit still nowhere as bad as a Juke. The Juke is a lot smaller than it appears in photos and I actually think it's a pretty neat looking car. Do they offer the turbo four banger with a stick? I'd drive that. 
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Polymerized Cum posted:My mom just bought an HHR. I cannot even explain how lousy that car is. It does absolutely nothing well. It excels in absolutely no way, shape, or form. The HHR was designed by the same man as the PT Cruiser. Take that as you will.
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