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veedubfreak posted:What is the reasoning for dual plugs per cylinder? (or in this case rotor). I've seen it done on other things and never understood why. To add to what EightBit said, there was a Ford 4 cylinder......I forget which, but it was in my old rear end mid 90s Ranger....and it was for emissions. It apparently made enough of a difference that they were able to squeeze some more years out of that underpowered shitbox of a motor (turning on the AC felt like a jake brake). We've also got that on a Mack Thermodyne gas motor from the late 50s (I've seen it from at least early 50s to early 70s on those motors) which is being run by a completely separate distributor and coil. I assume part of that is simply for redundancy, as these were all fire trucks.
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Lots of engines have dual spark for emissions/economy reasons. One of the more recent tiny Honda engines (I think 1.3 fit but I'm not sure) has it, as did early DOHC Toyotas and various alfa romeo engines as well. I'm sure there are lots more.
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Why the gently caress is that geriatric pulling her pants down.
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Slavvy posted:Why the gently caress is that geriatric pulling her pants down. Supercars effect women of all ages like that  
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Slavvy posted:Why the gently caress is that geriatric pulling her pants down. Looks like they're at a beach.
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Collateral Damage posted:Am I wrong for saying that I like the looks of the Lagonda? I know it's a complete piece of poo poo underneath but the exterior has an odd appeal, as if Volvo and Ferrari in the 80s got together to make a car. No, you're not wrong. The original dashboard would have been amazing if it had ever worked, too.
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I remember a poster in AI years ago saying something along the lines of Pagani being their choice of car to go backwards into a tree with two supermodels in your lap and on fire at 150mph. Forget the exact wording but it's how I feel about them.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Welcome to my home state of Pennsylvania. I remember walking in to get gas and seeing beer next to the iced tea and saying "Thank god - I made it to Ohio." E: gently caress. I left this window open for two days? 
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13 INCH DICK posted:I remember a poster in AI years ago saying something along the lines of Pagani being their choice of car to go backwards into a tree with two supermodels in your lap and on fire at 150mph. Forget the exact wording but it's how I feel about them. I remember that quote being about Koenigsegg. But either/or is worthy of sending me to my fiery end, I'm not too picky.
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Motronic posted:To add to what EightBit said, there was a Ford 4 cylinder......I forget which, but it was in my old rear end mid 90s Ranger....and it was for emissions. It apparently made enough of a difference that they were able to squeeze some more years out of that underpowered shitbox of a motor (turning on the AC felt like a jake brake). 
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Left Ventricle posted:That was the 2.3L Lima engine, and not only did it improve emissions, but it increased power from 88 hp to 105! Carried through to the 2.5L too. 119hp - only five less than the fits-in-a-carryon 1.0L Ecoboost! 
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Supradog posted:A natural mistake if you've ever seen this movie. I remember seeing it but don't remember the title. Care to help me out here?
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The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (or Flåklypa Grand Prix originally).
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GTi posted:I remember seeing it but don't remember the title. Care to help me out here? Google says: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073000/
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Also incidentally one of the greatest movies ever made. The stop motion animation is flawless, the music is amazing and the story has a humble bicycle mechanic sticking it to all the high-and-mighty pro racers in his insane death trap of a race car that he banged together in his shed. According to the movie, it has a 2.8 ton V12, with concave cylinder linings, high-voltage spark plugs with spark arresters, direct injection using the enema method and 3-4 inch exhaust pipes. On the very first startup, the seismometer in Bergen registered 7.8 on the Richter scale. The tires are handmade with steel inlays and 7 layers of chicken wire for strength. It also has a radar, hand crank starter, AWD, two speedometers where one takes over when the first runs out, wind gauge and a blood bank (including blue blood), and runs on moonshine. The retometer distributor increases the colloidal effect by 112%. And the best part? They actually built a full-size real-life replica with a gnarly V8. 
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I think the video of it suits the thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgG0AYUNOZY Dat exhaust. 
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Collateral Damage posted:Dat exhaust. If Back to the Future were made in the 30s.
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I went to a winter driving course at Team O'Neil Rally School in New Hampshire a couple weekends ago. Their normal school cars are Fiestas. They are the left over cars from the Fiesta Movement campaign in 2010. A much better fate than being crushed.    Race prepped Fiesta.      My Fiesta and my friend's 3.   The Volvo is a unicorn, V70R wagon with a 6spd manual.  It was a lot of fun and I learned a good deal. I just wish I had a chance to get some action shots.
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SFH1989 posted:
The P2 V70R 6Ms are very common
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kmcormick9 posted:The P2 V70R 6Ms are very common Really? I thought they were super rare along with a few other people there. Which Volvo am I thinking of that is almost non-existent in manual? Either way it was a very nice car that looked like a ton of fun.
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SFH1989 posted:Really? I thought they were super rare along with a few other people there. Which Volvo am I thinking of that is almost non-existent in manual? Well, the aren't unicorn rare, but you don't see them every day either. Maybe a third of p2 V70Rs have the 6-speed manual. The C70 is harder to find in manual trans.
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SFH1989 posted:Really? I thought they were super rare along with a few other people there. Which Volvo am I thinking of that is almost non-existent in manual? 850Rs were never sold in manual in the states. We got them in canada. Missed my chance to get one in red, although I'm not kicking myself since it turned out to need a turbo and new trans. But I think you could get the T5-R with a manual in the US.
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The 98-00 Rs were not offered in the us with a manual either
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Yessssss, that's great 
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Jesus? Ran across an E-type today, driving down the freeway! Couldn't tell you if it's a real one or not, don't really know that much about them. It did have collector's plates. Wish I had a better picture, it's just a dashcam crop.
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CharlesM posted:Jesus? E-types aren't expensive or rare enough for kit cars to even be a consideration. Especially the dumpy as gently caress 2+2s, that car is probably only worth about 20 grand.
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I don't think anybody would go through the trouble of making a replica 2+2 E-Type (because they are kinda weird looking) so it's safe to assume it is a real one. That's a very nice one.Powershift posted:E-types aren't expensive or rare enough for kit cars to even be a consideration. Especially the dumpy as gently caress 2+2s, that car is probably only worth about 20 grand. http://www.eaglegb.com/pages/the-eagle-etype Ignore this, they aren't replicas just really thorough overhauls/resto-mods Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Feb 27, 2014 |
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Oh I thought it was one of those really rare cars. Oh well, still kinda cool, haven't ever seen one driving around before.
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That looks like some kinda grievous bodily harm just went down on someone.
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Motronic posted:That looks like some kinda grievous bodily harm just went down on someone. It looks like they did a driveby on an erupting volcano.
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Vindolanda posted:It looks like they did a driveby on an erupting volcano. Nah, that looks like this: 
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Six rotors? Well that's cute and all but, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2IFWveYBRs
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speedtek posted:Six rotors? Well that's cute and all but, That looks like it's happening in some random residential garage with that budget exhaust ventilation system 
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This goes here
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88h88 posted:This goes here The Golden Compass?? 
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kmcormick9 posted:The P2 V70R 6Ms are very common It's all relative I think. Do you mean 'very common' among all the P2 VR's, among the P2 V's, or among all cars? I see a lot more Kia Souls than I do P2 VR's.
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