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You guys just don't get it - let me explain. I've got pretty severe lung & esophageal cancer, as well as extremely high blood pressure and as much as I hate to admit it, erectile dysfunction. Quitting smoking really isn't high up the list of things I need to take care of right now... the lung cancer is much more problematic, and I need to address that first. Plus, it's only maaaybe a pack a day so really not that much. My plan this week (once I get paid) is to get a BP monitor and some Viagra. Once those are checked off, we'll see about the rest.
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Terrible Robot posted:This thread is 22 goddamn pages long and the OP hasn't even done the first task set to him. A great mechanic once told me you can solve any problem with brute force and loving ignorance. You're halfway there OP!
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I still cannot believe somebody would backyard convert a car that came Turbocharged from the factory already.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I still cannot believe somebody would backyard convert a car that came Turbocharged from the factory already. "Well this way the car's cheaper, and I can set it up how I want!*" *ebay turbo, pot metal manifolds/intercooler, intake piping held together with zip ties, no tune
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So.....i'm just going to say that I hosed up a lot when I first started 'working on cars' or whatever. I was lazy too and it scared me to do anything because i didn't want to gently caress anything up. Sperglord. as one last ditch effort into making you NOT the BennyTheSnake of AI. Go turn a wrench. I know it's kinda freaky and you think your going to gently caress up, and you will but its legitimately the only way you learn. Also once you start you will be hooked forever till you reach the 18inch point of PURPOSELY picking money pit hellholes because it will be fun. C'mon dude. do it. now. like right now. Your an hour behind me where you are i think so you got some time. Go do a thing.  TWSS posted:A great mechanic once told me you can solve any problem with brute force and loving ignorance. You're halfway there OP! Getting this as a chest rocker TIA. AcidRonin fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 02:24
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Sperglord Firecock posted:If weather gets up to above freezing next week 
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Also I PREFER working on poo poo when it's cold..... gently caress the heat forever.
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AcidRonin posted:So.....i'm just going to say that I hosed up a lot when I first started 'working on cars' or whatever. Ask me about putting gear oil in an automatic transmission! Or getting my first case of (expensive) synthetic oil and pouring it all right through the motor on to the ground! Cutting springs! Vegetable oil (Wesson) in shocks! Scotch tape on wiring! Horrible judgement! I wish AI was around in the early 90's 
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Jan 16, 2015 02:46
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AcidRonin posted:Also I PREFER working on poo poo when it's cold..... gently caress the heat forever. Exactly I can bundle up and use my kerosene heater for hours in the cold. In the 100+ days I start gearing jungle nuts and it's all over
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Cold sucks. Heat superiority. Just buy a high cfm fan and resign yourself to sweating and suddenly it's incredibly enjoyable.
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And sperglord I know you PMed me but don't close this thread dude. Take some of the advice given and fix your hoopdy.
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SouthsideSaint posted:Exactly I can bundle up and use my kerosene heater for hours in the cold. In the 100+ days I start gearing jungle nuts and it's all over Do you think we could borrow the kerosene heater sometime?
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Adiabatic posted:OP go for it. I had a shoe-horned M30 engine in an E30 named Oliver and it was equal parts horrifying and the best car ever. This is automotive insanity and we love this poo poo and damnit you will too. This post I made 9 pages and 26 days ago is still relevant. Also we're still in the same spot. Re-read and take action.
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InitialDave posted:I don't think you understand, that is quite capable of being the root cause of every electrical issue you have had or will have with the car, and is amongst the easiest car repair jobs going. You really should do it. It's worth noting that I showed my wife this page and she said "Oh, I've replaced battery cables before. It was pretty easy". She never owned any tools in her life and has no mechanical experience beyond some high school arts and crafts poo poo (certainly far less training than pretty much anyone who has ever served in the Navy, ever). She can't even sew. Attaching new battery cables is a job that literally requires no skill whatsoever and the OP has so far proved incapable of doing it.
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SouthsideSaint posted:don't close this thread dude. Take some of the advice given and fix your hoopdy.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I still cannot believe somebody would backyard convert a car that came Turbocharged from the factory already. Low blow man... Low blow.
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A few weeks ago I had a really long post written up about how over a decade ago I was a stupid kid and did stupid poo poo to one of my first cars. It was going to be my attempt to relate to you and maybe help you a bit as so many goons have tried to in this thread, thinking maybe I'd be the one whose light would shine through the clouds of stupidity that hang over your head. But then, as I was about to post you posted again and it annoyed me so much I deleted everything I had written and bought you a custom title. Since then, every time you post and I read the part about the hoods pins I giggle like a little kid. I want Leica and the other goons to be able to laugh too though because that's what this thread is now, it's a circus and you've turned yourself into the act. I'm being mean and a bunch of us are being mean. Heck, I was going to say even more mean things, but that doesn't do anyone any good. You really should just stop posting for a while and close the thread, because at this point it doesn't seem like anything good will come of this. And after some time has passed and you've sorted out your demons you can come back and try posting again. People, including myself, will probably haze you a bit for your past discretions, but if you don't fall back into it we'll forget soon enough and then people will simply chuckle about that ol' young Sperglord before he got his poo poo together.
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I hope you keep the thread open Sperglord, if for no other reason than you make me feel better about my car ignorance. That said, you probably shouldn't post again until you've changed the loving cables.
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Bajaha posted:Low blow man... Low blow. Sorry. I would imagine you know what you're doing however.
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So I'm having this dream. I've broken a Turbo Z. And these goons are trying to assist me. So they send some diagnostic advice. But they can't get through to me. So they send some parts. But they can't get through to me. So they send some tools. But they can't get through to me. So they send someone over to help. But they can't get through to me. And then. Just as it looks like they might be about to get through to me. My. Wilful. Ignorance. Kicks. In.
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InitialDave posted:So I'm having this dream. Holy poo poo. That's all I can say because I can't empty-quote this.
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Beautiful.
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Holy poo poo, I read it in the guy's voice from the commercial! (It's a z32 300zx TT commercial that you should check out if you haven't)
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My. Wilful. Ignorance. Kicks. In.
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Thread title should change. "I Can't Even Make A Series Of Bad Choices" Edit: Or, you know, the obvious one I just missed... "My. Willful. Ignorance. Kicks. In." Adiabatic fucked around with this message at 14:00 on Jan 16, 2015 |
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Reading this thread makes me feel better about myself and my life decisions.
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This is just beautiful and needs more love
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hahahaha Holy gently caress the cables.
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That video is god drat amazing.  Can we please just close the thread, give the OP some stupid title, and move on here? This guy is a waste of time.
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Drag battery cables forth ward Shame will save you How can you say no ? Turn of the screw Gallows feel Dawn's relief Hood to blind you Be at peace iForge posted:
His current avatar was not his first. I am trying to belive firecock. Be the next AI success story
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Safety Dance posted:Do you think we could borrow the kerosene heater sometime? Of course pm me and I can tell you where to pick it up from
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This is the only time I´ve ever wished I was a mod because I'd give him a week to fix the loving cables or he'd be perma banned.
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Battery cable. Why do you elude me so? Mod please close this thread.
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Human Grand Prix posted:I still cannot believe somebody would backyard convert a car that came Turbocharged from the factory already. Ignorant. Not all Z31's came factory turbo. His car clearly came NA and was backyarded to turbo, there is a big difference. Sperg, you have shown everyone in this thread you have no idea. I served in the Military and I met some....interesting people, but I never met anyone that was like the way you are in this thread. Third, have you taken the battery out of the car and put it anywhere? Just a reminder that leaving your battery out of the car on concrete can drain it very quickly (less than a day). This could explain your battery dying. If you left it in the car the whole time then it's got to be the cables. I seriously can't understand after this many pages you havent tackled the first task set out to you. Do you wear shoes without shoelaces out of curiosity?
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CHITTYBAR posted:Ignorant. Not all Z31's came factory turbo. His car clearly came NA and was backyarded to turbo, there is a big difference. Yeah, his point was that it seems pointless to half-rear end turbo an NA car, when you could sell it and buy an actual turbo one for probably less money and it would actually work correctly. Obviously, if you're going to build the motor up and shoot for some lofty power goals, it doesn't really matter what you start with. But that was obviously not the case here.
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Pretty sure the battery on concrete thing isn't really a thing anymore. Definitely more likely his battery problems come from the battery cables like EVERYONE has said, the alternator belt flying off regularly and might want to check for a parasitic draw (this won't happen either) or at least I'm dying to see a picture of the mess of electrical tape holding all gauges wiring together. None of this will happen of course. I just read the entire thread and I just feel empty inside now E: why even worry about the charging system? The car will soon enough be a rolling smoke show as coolant and combustion become intimate friends streetlamp fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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CHITTYBAR posted:Ignorant. Not all Z31's came factory turbo. His car clearly came NA and was backyarded to turbo, there is a big difference.
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Raluek posted:Yeah, his point was that it seems pointless to half-rear end turbo an NA car, when you could sell it and buy an actual turbo one for probably less money and it would actually work correctly. NA-T cars usually put down more power than their none turbo counterparts at equal boost levels (if tuned correctly). This is especially true on early turbo engines with god awful low CR.
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