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Having looked it up now, it seems you're right, it's a 6+4 setup all the way. Still an obnoxious amount of spark plug wires to deal with.
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I don't know if everyone missed it, or no one cared, but not only do the fenders extend, but so do the side skirts. I'm kind of surprised the bumpers don't as well.
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Astonishing Wang posted:Is there any benefit to wires vs. rails? There's only one good reason - if you switch from the failure prone 0331 cylinder head to an earlier 0630 or 7120 head, there aren't any milled/drilled/tapped mounting bosses on it for the coil rail, which is also what the coil rail grounds through. People either fabricate a hinky bracket to hold and ground the coil pack, or swap to a Viper 6 post, which also has the benefit of making it so you can put an ignition tester on the thing or pull one coil wire at a time to test things. There's absolutely no performance improvement though, the coils are exactly the same electrically, which is why it's such an easy swap - the Viper uses exactly the same JTEC+ ECU as the jeeps and dodges, so they designed the coils to be electrically equivalent as well. The 0331 head is a great example of something that belongs in this thread... 0331s aint all they're cracked up to be...  (that crack happens on a lot of them. It lets water out of the cooling system into the oiling system, which washes the bearings out.) Oh hello there, rod.  (rods don't like it when you wash their bearings out.) Here is one a friend of mine blew up. 00+ XJ 4.0s also seem to drop piston skirts more than others. This one had a worrying knock so a friend of mine got a spare engine lined up... still decided to drive from MA to Rausch Creek for a weekend trip a few summers ago. The knock got worse and worse as he drove, till it was really bad. The vehicle still drove right before the engine was torn apart and this picture was taken   Moral of the story: stay away from 00+ Jeep 4.0s. kastein fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Apr 3, 2014 18:15
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Darchangel posted:I don't know if everyone missed it, or no one cared, but not only do the fenders extend, but so do the side skirts. I'm kind of surprised the bumpers don't as well. It's to help you step into the car.
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Apr 3, 2014 18:18
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It's a purpose built show car that will never see the road. Why not throw every single possible thing at it to promote your shop. Hell, back when I judged vw shows, there were people with chromed disc brake rotors.
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Apr 3, 2014 18:34
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veedubfreak posted:It's a purpose built show car that will never see the road. Why not throw every single possible thing at it to promote your shop. Hell, back when I judged vw shows, there were people with chromed disc brake rotors. Oh, I get "because show car". Just never seen extending fenders and side skirts, which I guess is why it has them. New and different is good, no matter how useless, on a show car.
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Apr 3, 2014 18:42
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Don't question me, this is the correct thread.
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Apr 3, 2014 18:58
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That's going to make a lot of drag.
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Apr 3, 2014 19:33
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But it'll hold all your media devices - consoles, cable boxes/DVRs, DVD/Bluray players, even your receiver/amp! And the flatscreen sits right up top, too!
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Apr 3, 2014 19:52
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drukqs posted:Don't question me, this is the correct thread. Where's the Mr Fusion?
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Apr 3, 2014 20:02
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Seats six for Thanksgiving.
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Apr 3, 2014 20:06
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kastein posted:I know a few people who just take the shift lever with them when they park. Comes off the top of the transmission easy enough... It's worked for me. The rear end-beat 95 Sonoma I drive doesn't have door locks and the ignition key's snapped off in the tumblers, and I keep leaving it on the street in my shady-rear end neighborhood. Nobody's even tried to steal it yet. I think they're afraid of the clutch. Or lockjaw.
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Darchangel posted:Oh, I get "because show car". Just never seen extending fenders and side skirts, which I guess is why it has them. New and different is good, no matter how useless, on a show car. Back when I used to care about show cars, I remember some of the crazy poo poo that would turn up at Autorama. Lambo doors up front, gullwing doors in the rear. Hood opens sideways, trunk opens in reverse. Totally useless poo poo that was done purely for "wow" factor. Half the cars were pushed in because putting oil in the engine meant you might get oil on the shiny engine bay if something leaks. God forbid you have to start it and discolor the exhaust. This brings me back to poo poo like chrome plated brake rotors. May god have mercy on your soul if you have to hit the brake pedal and scratch em.
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veedubfreak posted:May god have mercy on your soul if you have to hit the brake pedal and scratch em. Seems like you could replace the brake pads with microfiber cloths in that case.
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The camera on my phone just broke, but I managed to use my dashcam to capture what was possibly the worst modded car I've ever seen. It was entirely made of horrible bondo and bodykit type nonsense, fart cans, scoops etc. I wish I could have gotten better pictures, but holy poo poo it was insanity. I'm fairly certain it was an early 90's accord - but who knows for sure. 
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Apr 3, 2014 21:41
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Sure looks like a 4 door Fiero to me.
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veedubfreak posted:Back when I used to care about show cars, I remember some of the crazy poo poo that would turn up at Autorama. Lambo doors up front, gullwing doors in the rear. Hood opens sideways, trunk opens in reverse. Totally useless poo poo that was done purely for "wow" factor. Half the cars were pushed in because putting oil in the engine meant you might get oil on the shiny engine bay if something leaks. God forbid you have to start it and discolor the exhaust. This brings me back to poo poo like chrome plated brake rotors. May god have mercy on your soul if you have to hit the brake pedal and scratch em. So what you're really saying is, is that show cars and their owners are loving stupid? That's all I got out of that.
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Apr 3, 2014 21:45
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You can waste money on a lot of stupid things. Show cars are one of those.
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Apr 3, 2014 21:49
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Ror posted:Oh, there are monitors under the lambo fenders. That makes more sense, but it's still pretty fuzzy. No. No it doesn't. Don't imply that anything about that rolling fiasco makes any sense, ever again.
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Apr 3, 2014 21:54
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wallaka posted:You can waste money on a lot of stupid things. Show cars are one of those. 
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Apr 3, 2014 21:57
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Exactly. Show cars ain't fast. 
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Apr 3, 2014 21:59
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drukqs posted:Don't question me, this is the correct thread. Nice french fry cutter.
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BraveUlysses posted:So what you're really saying is, is that show cars and their owners are loving stupid? That's all I got out of that. Pretty much. We had a 66 Deluxe VW Van that we showed and won 2nd place for the year with. But we drove it to every single show. The car that beat us in points was a friend of ours with said chromed disc brakes on a pan off 71 Super Beetle. They had 25k+ spent on that car back in the 90s. My parents sold the 66 back in like 98 for 6600 bucks  That bus would be worth upwards of 30k now if they had kept it.
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On one hand, it is a €3000/$4100 bodykit for a relatively common car. On the other, it looks like this.   The website has more pictures of it.
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Tonton Macoute posted:On one hand, it is a €3000/$4100 bodykit for a relatively common car. On the other, it looks like this. So it's a bodykit that costs more than probably 90% of E30s still on the road are worth.
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And looks significantly worse than almost every E30 on the road. e: I guess that applies to basically every body kit ever made though.
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Apr 3, 2014 23:15
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I would like to see what it looks like when the kind of people who put on body kits put it together
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Bitchtard posted:I would like to see what it looks like when the kind of people who put on body kits put it together The kind of people who put on poo poo body kits don't have $5000+ laying around to order a bodykit from overseas for their clapped out E30. It's a non-issue.
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I actually kind of like it, but I'm guessing it'll look terrible once you get it away from the perfection of a photo shoot set. In the light of day and a little dirt/dust and it'll look really tacky, especially with those tail lights. At night it should still look pretty interesting.
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Bajaha posted:I actually kind of like it, but I'm guessing it'll look terrible once you get it away from the perfection of a photo shoot set. In the light of day and a little dirt/dust and it'll look really tacky, especially with those tail lights. At night it should still look pretty interesting. It doesn't seem like a good thing to say that the kit looks really great, as long as it's very very dark out.
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Galler posted:And looks significantly worse than almost every E30 on the road. Figured out what it reminds me of. Only the greatest from will.i.am 
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Toymachine posted:I would drive the poo poo out of that. Do you know what an actual E30 looks like because I feel like if you don't that's the only reason why you would say something like this
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rscott posted:Do you know what an actual E30 looks like because I feel like if you don't that's the only reason why you would say something like this So what you're saying here is that if that were a completely unique car you wouldn't have a problem with his liking it? You just don't like that he likes it because it blemishes one of your precious E30s? I'm one hell of an E30 fanboy (I've had three, and will have another if I can find a nice example), but if that's his thing, that's his thing. I personally fuckin' hate it (E30M3 is the best looking car ever), but drat dude.
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He's saying that this car looks like a dead animal's butthole and the E30 is a gloriously sublime car for cool people and dude obviously hasn't seen the magic that is the E30. That said, even if that was a kit for a 1987 Cavalier it would still look like a dead animal's butthole. I happen to agree.
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 The spirit of the Gold Taurus lives on in it's later model brethren. Also just noticed 18's [?] up front, 15's on the rear.
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I really like the extra effort put in to painting the caravan to match.
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That E30 is trying to be round and square at the same time and it's very appropriate for this thread. The wheel gap doesn't do much for me, either.
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H1KE posted:
The AU Falcon was ugly enough without that crap slapped on it. $10 says he's got smaller wheels on the back because of cheaper rubber for burnouts
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It looks kind of like an E30 and a Range Rover Evoque had a baby. I dig it. Maybe dial it back a little bit.
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