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HKS made a DOHC head for the Starion/Conquest 5G54B. It's rare as hell and HKS sold the molds to some guy who was going get new ones made and he poofed with the money that starquestclub.com threw in for him to do this. The terrible thing was even with the head and some mods it only made about 240bhp.
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eyebeem posted:I did a radiator swap in my old 300M in the parking lot of an Autozone with an $8 socket set because I was a few hours from home. Old post, but I had an AutoZone call the cops on me just for trying to swap a thermostat, behind the store, out of sight, using catch pans. BoostCreep posted:I'm currently driving to Vegas and saw this amazing thing on the road. Somehow this truck was driving straight in its lane at 70mph. Also old post, but it seems like drat near EVERY Ford Econoline I see on the road is dog legging. Not quite that bad, but it's very rare that I ever see one actually driving straight. Mister Kingdom posted:It cost $1.4M to repair Rowan Atkinson's McLaren. I don't know how much it cost to repair the Veyron that idiot in Texas drove into a salt lake, but I'm sure it was repaired. He plead guilty to wire/insurance fraud, and faces up to 20 years in prison. A quick google doesn't reveal what eventually happened, beyond the guilty plea. The Texas Dept of Criminal Justice website doesn't list him as a current inmate in state prisons, though the FBI eventually got involved, so he may be in federal.
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some texas redneck posted:Old post, but I had an AutoZone call the cops on me just for trying to swap a thermostat, behind the store, out of sight, using catch pans. How about trying to cap off a blown brake line at the master cylinder of a rotten Ford Probe using nothing but a bleed nipple cap and some hand tools borrowed from a porn shop on the side of a dodgy section of highway in rural Pennsylvania??
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bobbilljim posted:Why don't they do a camless engine with solenoids? Surely that's easier than air? Fiat's MultiAir technology replaces the intake cam with solenoids: http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/10/more-bang-less-buck-how-car-engines-now-go-further-on-less/2/
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My worst roadside repair was replacing a serpentine on an '87 2.5 Cherokee in the middle of a December night using the light from a phonebooth on the side of the road in butt gently caress Wyoming. All I had for tools was a Leatherman and some random box end wrenches. Not usually a difficult repair actually, but the location and lack of tools made it suck beyond belief.
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I did a number of fixes on my bug with just a leatherman. I've also used curbs as impromptu jacks so I could get under it. Not that there's much underneath a bug other than the starter, but I had a really flaky starter for a while. Not those fancy modern leatherman tools either. The original one that had the world's shittiest lock which meant you were in constant fear of the blades folding up on you and slicing a finger.
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Wasabi the J posted:I think I literally just posted that. Welp, definitely didn't click your link until now.
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I read this a while back when it was posted somewhere else. Wouldn't something like this require a non interference engine solely due to any sort of problem with the timing causing the engine to eat itself? Seems like it would increase the amount of ways the timing could get out of whack.
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drgitlin posted:Fiat's MultiAir technology replaces the intake cam with solenoids: http://arstechnica.com/features/2012/10/more-bang-less-buck-how-car-engines-now-go-further-on-less/2/ There is definitely still an intake cam. For true, camless engines, look no further: 
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Apr 22, 2015 18:54
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Malpenix Blonia posted:For true, camless engines, look no further:
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Fucknag posted:Actually IIRC F1 engines use pneumatic valve springs only, they're sill actuated by a camshaft AFAIK. Also on the topic of crazy valves, I saw this one mentioned not long ago on one of Jay Leno's vids. Sleeve valves:
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Also on the topic of crazy valves, I saw this one mentioned not long ago on one of Jay Leno's vids. Sleeve valves: 18 cylinder, dual-row, 3,000hp+ sleeve-valve radial. 
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Malpenix Blonia posted:There is definitely still an intake cam. Its like he is contemplating the torture is is going to inflict on Rotary mechanics everywhere.
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Here's a classic: http://www.coatesengine.com/  The Coates spherical rotary valve system. All the drawbacks of a rotary engine sealing wise, but cool nonetheless.
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Malpenix Blonia posted:For true, camless engines, look no further: FTFY.
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Slavvy posted:FTFY. Freud is having a goddamn field day. Also reincarnation is real and he designed... that. Is that a V4 twostroke?
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Coinflip whether this ended up here (huge trucks) or the awesome (VW pickup) thread, but there's more trucks in it than Volksies so... (timg'd for size)
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Beach Bum posted:Freud is having a goddamn field day. Also reincarnation is real and he designed... that. Is that a V4 twostroke? Yeah, it is. Looks like the RZ500 engine / exhaust setup to me. But then the HRC logo on the bike beside it leads me to believe that we're looking at a Honda MotoGP engine from pre-2002 bike.
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corn in the fridge posted:How about trying to cap off a blown brake line at the master cylinder of a rotten Ford Probe using nothing but a bleed nipple cap and some hand tools borrowed from a porn shop on the side of a dodgy section of highway in rural Pennsylvania?? You telling me you couldn't find anything in the porn shop that you couldn't use to stuff in a hole to block it up?
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Linedance posted:You telling me you couldn't find anything in the porn shop that you couldn't use to stuff in a hole to block it up?  90's ford probe brake line +  250 mm male urethral stretching stainless steel urethral sound/Big penis magic wand accessory factory option 
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Malpenix Blonia posted:For true, camless engines, look no further:  Itzena posted:Coinflip whether this ended up here (huge trucks) or the awesome (VW pickup) thread, but there's more trucks in it than Volksies so... Jesus Christ, the size difference is staggering. e: Slavvy posted:FTFY. Well, yeah, that, too.
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I once kept my alternator from falling off at a gas station after the mounting bolt nut vanished by pounding the bolt back in with a hammer and clamping a pair of vice-grips on it
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Itzena posted:Coinflip whether this ended up here (huge trucks) or the awesome (VW pickup) thread, but there's more trucks in it than Volksies so... HELLO! Rapid City, South Dakota. Can tell by the plate numbers.
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Tashan Dorrsett posted:
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sofullofhate posted:Yeah, it is. Looks like the RZ500 engine / exhaust setup to me. It's the NSR500 engine.
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veedubfreak posted:I read this a while back when it was posted somewhere else. Wouldn't something like this require a non interference engine solely due to any sort of problem with the timing causing the engine to eat itself? Seems like it would increase the amount of ways the timing could get out of whack. But is already in use on ship engines, so the theory isn't exactly untested. And is not like timing gears and belts and chains are infallible as well. Something like this could also be using multiple sensors in a way that actually prevents the valves from opening should there be a timing issue, possibly mitigating damage (this is pure speculation, but I believe it's likely if possible).
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:My worst roadside repair was replacing a serpentine on an '87 2.5 Cherokee in the middle of a December night using the light from a phonebooth on the side of the road in butt gently caress Wyoming. All I had for tools was a Leatherman and some random box end wrenches. Not usually a difficult repair actually, but the location and lack of tools made it suck beyond belief. Hmmmm.. I tied the engine back into my MJ with about 60 feet of $10 home depot clothesline rope (rated for 288lbs) once. Tire jack, engine up, APPLY LOTS OF ROPE, engine down, drive home gingerly. A pair of vise grips became a permanent component of my exhaust system. A friend used a vise grip to hold his starter motor in when one of the bolts broke off in the bellhousing. I used 10 feet of vinyl aquarium hose to draw a vacuum on my fuel tank via the evap port so that I could drive it home with a 1/2" long gash torn in the bottom of the tank without leaking a drop. All on XJs/MJs   (we are the jeeps you share the roads with)
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That just sounds like the average non-pavement queen Jeep experience
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Linedance posted:You telling me you couldn't find anything in the porn shop that you couldn't use to stuff in a hole to block it up? I just wanted to get home and it was the hard steel line that had gone so I had to cap off the circuit right at the master cylinder.  The car was also unregistered, not inspected, obviously nowhere near road worthy, and I was running plates on it that I had borrowed from another Ford Probe 
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kastein posted:Hmmmm.. I need to hear about the vacuum bit; did you just run it to a port on the intake manifold or something?
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corn in the fridge posted:I just wanted to get home and it was the hard steel line that had gone so I had to cap off the circuit right at the master cylinder. Holy poo poo I remember when you did this. In the end, your dad's Probe turned out pretty awesome though...
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Beach Bum posted:I need to hear about the vacuum bit; did you just run it to a port on the intake manifold or something? Yeah, just ran it to a port on the manifold and limped it home with under half throttle. It didn't seem to leak at all with under half throttle, above that it definitely did. If you add a catch can, this trick works just as well for bleeding brakes. gently caress pumping on a vacuum bleeder, or even buying one.
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kastein posted:If you add a catch can, this trick works just as well for bleeding brakes. gently caress pumping on a vacuum bleeder, or even buying one. MacGuyver lives, I tell you. Reincarnation is real and I will hear no argument otherwise. My family is famous for improvising poo poo and I'm over here at the kids table. You got any other jaw-dropping little tidbits of mechanical genius you'd like to share?
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Beach Bum posted:MacGuyver lives, I tell you. Reincarnation is real and I will hear no argument otherwise. My family is famous for improvising poo poo and I'm over here at the kids table. You got any other jaw-dropping little tidbits of mechanical genius you'd like to share? MacGuyver is still alive, fortunately. Or at least Richard Dean Anderson is. Next tidbit: Put the oil pan drain plug back in before you pour the new oil in  Seriously though I think my other favorite is the way to separate manual transmissions from engines... it is always a pain in the rear end since the dowel pins and input shaft get stuck at funny angles. So leave the clutch actuation system (cable, lever, slave cylinder, whatever) attached, loosen all the bellhousing bolts like a quarter inch, then stomp on the clutch. Remove bolts and pull transmission off easily. If you're in the junkyard, just take the bolts out before you hit the clutch, you don't care if the piston gets launched out of the slave cylinder.
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kastein posted:MacGuyver is still alive, fortunately. Or at least Richard Dean Anderson is. How did you know? Just the other day I poured 5qt of Mobil1 15w-50 directly in to the drain pan while doing the Miata. I was checking the dipstick for the third time before I had the moment of clarity and I'm pretty sure the neighbor across the street thought there was a domestic disturbance when the socket wrench hit the garage door.
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Beach Bum posted:How did you know? Just the other day I poured 5qt of Mobil1 15w-50 directly in to the drain pan while doing the Miata. I was checking the dipstick for the third time before I had the moment of clarity and I'm pretty sure the neighbor across the street thought there was a domestic disturbance when the socket wrench hit the garage door. You were just flushing the system. No worries 
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Holy poo poo I remember when you did this. In the end, your dad's Probe turned out pretty awesome though... Yeah I had a lot of fun building that car. He actually still... has it. He's just not ever done anything with it. Though it tells me it starts up just fine with a jump, just needs a battery and some tyres. He's got a wrx now so it's kinda pointless keeping it idk why doesn't just sell it.
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corn in the fridge posted:Yeah I had a lot of fun building that car. He actually still... has it. He's just not ever done anything with it. Though it tells me it starts up just fine with a jump, just needs a battery and some tyres. He's got a wrx now so it's kinda pointless keeping it idk why doesn't just sell it. Who'd buy it?
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Beach Bum posted:How did you know? Just the other day I poured 5qt of Mobil1 15w-50 directly in to the drain pan while doing the Miata. I was checking the dipstick for the third time before I had the moment of clarity and I'm pretty sure the neighbor across the street thought there was a domestic disturbance when the socket wrench hit the garage door. Why do you make your Miata drink peanut butter
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PCOS Bill posted:Who'd buy it? believe it or not, ford probe enthusiasts exist
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