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BlackMK4 posted:There have been people disabling a cylinder on 600cc class motorcycles lately because it allows them to run in classes where it dominates. They call them cripple triples. Still >80whp when done right. I've seen two R6's built by the same guy with this setup in person for racing in a sub-500cc class. They have a counterweight in the vacant bore (ala supermono) and made around 100hp but are apparently really difficult to ride and have a two-stroke-like power delivery. One of the riders said he was basically forced to back it in on the slower corners or it would bog down completely. They also sound like the bees knees.
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Enourmo posted:You jest but: So a clunkier version of a Scuderi engine? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuderi_engine
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HotCanadianChick posted:So a clunkier version of a Scuderi engine? Wow, that's like something out of the weird early days of engine design. There is video of a lab prototype running, but I wonder how it would run (and sound) scaled up to car size.
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NoWake posted:Bought a wrecked car last fall (smashed in the rear corner while parked) with plans to salvavge the interior, sell off the good body panels and put the engine and trans in another project. Checked it out a week beforehand to make sure it was running, driving and stopping, then winged it 350 miles from Iowa to Illinois. Starting to strip it down this spring and I notice this from the oversized rimmmmmz that had been on... Still amazes me how someone wouldn't notice that - I mean, you'd have to feel something when the wheel rubbed the liner, right?  fjelltorsk posted:This is how VW polos Fixed BOOTY-ADE fucked around with this message at 15:06 on May 8, 2015 |
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May 8, 2015 14:43
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Ozz81 posted:Still amazes me how someone wouldn't notice that - I mean, you'd have to feel something when the wheel rubbed the liner right? "It's probably nothing" - Every previous owner ever
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 This idiot works in the same building as me and may in fact work at the same company as me  Fortunately I know it is not the engineer in charge of our suspension/steering/brakes, since we did the pads and rotors on his Legacy a while ago.
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kastein posted:
It's just a stock Scion, I don't get it.
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Nothing of value was lost and now you know not to ever talk to him about anything more substantive then "may I borrow your stapler." What's the problem?
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Extra posted:I am genuinely surprised it is possible to travel at highway speeds with that kind of silly camber. What a doof. At least it's only a tarted up corolla. Another coworker reports that he saw this car doing 45 in a 65 on i93 on his way into work this morning, so I guess it might not be possible. And yeah, nothing of value was lost.
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Try to guess what this is:  There's like 3-4 things that come to mind why this is a terrible idea
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kastein posted:Another coworker reports that he saw this car doing 45 in a 65 on i93 on his way into work this morning, so I guess it might not be possible. I saw this amazing video of a car with silly camber hit a lump in the road and spin the gently caress out due to no real grip and suspension that had no travel. I like a lowered car but this kinda poo poo is dangerous unless you're going Driving Miss Daisy speeds. I guarantee the ride on that thing is loving scary.
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May 8, 2015 17:04
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parrot owners are fuckin' weird
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BraveUlysses posted:parrot owners are fuckin' weird Yep.  
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May 8, 2015 17:18
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Yep, nothing sounds like more fun than bird poo poo all over your seats.
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BlackMK4 posted:There have been people disabling a cylinder on 600cc class motorcycles lately because it allows them to run in classes where it dominates. They call them cripple triples. Still >80whp when done right. Freiburger also talks about doing it with his landspeed record Camaro in the Bonneville episode of Roadkill. Not really sure how it qualifies as terrible car stuff personally.
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xzzy posted:Yep, nothing sounds like more fun than bird poo poo all over your seats. It looks like he has a protective/sacrificial cover on the seat. I'd be more worried about it disturbing the driver, and about what happens in a collision.
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Here, have something terrible. I found this while doing the RTABs in my new E46. I don't care about the sensor missing, but I thought it was funny since he listed new brake sensors in the ad  To be fair, the front pads have one.
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BlackMK4 posted:Here, have something terrible. I found this while doing the RTABs in my new E46. I did this on my Porsche because the sensors are fragile as gently caress, $20 each, and I check my pads and rotors visually often enough to know when I need to change them. I'll put them back in before I sell it.
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Computer viking posted:It looks like he has a protective/sacrificial cover on the seat. I'd be more worried about it disturbing the driver, and about what happens in a collision. In case of a >5km/h collision the bird is 100% dead and becomes just another loose object in the cabin with the associated risks of those. My main concern would be with the frequent stops a car does and how many falls/jilts it would take before the parrot goes full murderbird mode on you.
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surebet posted:My main concern would be with the frequent stops a car does and how many falls/jilts it would take before the parrot goes full murderbird mode on you. I have a parrot (Amazon, a little bit smaller than the cockatoo pictured above), when we have to take him in to have his wings and nails trimmed he goes in a pet carrier and he handles the ride fairly well without going into murder mode. Honestly I would be more concerned with the bird getting spooked and flying off its perch than getting agitated and attacking someone.
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 Spotted by a friend in a roadmaster. Who needs miata seats when you have old computer speakers and duct tape?
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This has been showing up in the parking garage at work. Sorry for the terrible quality pics. BMW M3 Frozen Grey edition  
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Solar Coaster posted:This has been showing up in the parking garage at work. Sorry for the terrible quality pics. Looks pretty drat nice to me for a 5 year old car that was supposed to have almost no paint left by this point.
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Where the hell does that guy live? Every cop in 20 miles of my home would be on you like flies on poo poo the moment you pulled out of a parking spot with that rig. Edit: Hell, while we're on the topic of lovely trucks, I saw this today at breakfast. 
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GutBomb posted:Looks pretty drat nice to me for a 5 year old car that was supposed to have almost no paint left by this point. So what makes this matte paint so special? Did a Google search and like every result was going on about how hard the paint is to care for, but not what made it so special.
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This has been showing up in the parking garage at work. Sorry for the terrible quality pics. 2015 Porsche GT3 Has No Manual Transmission Option  
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Ripoff posted:Where the hell does that guy live? Every cop in 20 miles of my home would be on you like flies on poo poo the moment you pulled out of a parking spot with that rig. Ground clearance bruh
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Ether Frenzy posted:This has been showing up in the parking garage at work. Sorry for the terrible quality pics. That Porsche is awesome though? Who cares that it doesn't have a manual transmission.
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T1g4h posted:That Porsche is awesome though? Who cares that it doesn't have a manual transmission. While the new DSGs have been proven to be faster than the best driver drivers in the world on manual........I still want a manual transmission. Because luddite.
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Motronic posted:While the new DSGs have been proven to be faster than the best driver drivers in the world on manual........I still want a manual transmission. Because luddite. I mean fair enough, personal taste and all, but I don't think I'd call a GT3 terrible solely because it doesn't have a mantrans. They're still wicked cars
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T1g4h posted:I don't think I'd call a GT3 terrible solely because it doesn't have a mantrans. Yeah, I wouldn't either. That's AI heresy. But I can still grumble about it.
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I don't like it either. I have the feeling that the previous gen of sportscars of various makes will become future priceless collectibles just because they're the most modern car you can buy with three pedals before manuals disappear entirely.
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Enourmo posted:Ground clearance bruh Now that you've mentioned it, I want to see Roadkill or another car show buy a lovely used truck on dubs and take it off-road. I want to see how far they can make it before the wheels/tires/drivetrain explodes.
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Ripoff posted:Now that you've mentioned it, I want to see Roadkill or another car show buy a lovely used truck on dubs and take it off-road. I want to see how far they can make it before the wheels/tires/drivetrain explodes. Alternately, a properly slammed car like 1* INCH DICK's old VW. No airbags, springs stiff like bridge girders, millimeters of ground clearance to the oil pan.
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Motronic posted:While the new DSGs have been proven to be faster than the best driver drivers in the world on manual........I still want a manual transmission. Because luddite. I think people buying a GT3 can afford to put an manual in it by way of aftermarket race shop if they really want to.
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Ripoff posted:Now that you've mentioned it, I want to see Roadkill or another car show buy a lovely used truck on dubs and take it off-road. I want to see how far they can make it before the wheels/tires/drivetrain explodes. Last episode they offroaded a lowrider so...
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Motronic posted:While the new DSGs have been proven to be faster than the best driver drivers in the world on manual........I still want a manual transmission. Because luddite. I've been asked about this and my response is always that automatics have caught up and surpassed your average manual transmission driver on speed and many other aspects except fun. Manuals are more fun and that's the metric I care about the most.
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Scrambles posted:Nothing of value was lost and now you know not to ever talk to him about anything more substantive then "may I borrow your stapler." What's the problem? A ways back but looking at the way he slammed his car, what makes you think he hasn't slammed his stapler to double feeding hell?
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