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Banano posted:those...bumpers? Just take one from the Jeep guys and call it a porch.
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meatpimp posted:Just take one from the Jeep guys and call it a porch. I think the BMW guys call them diving boards.
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Shrapnig posted:I think the BMW guys call them diving boards. Yup they're massive and most of the cars that came with them in the US look much better with the Euro bumpers. Think the E21 is getting them at least tucked if not converted to Euro.
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Shrapnig posted:I think the BMW guys call them diving boards. Yup, cause if you got em you might as well jump. 
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Guys, I realize this isn't a burnout, so I'll apologize in advance. However, I bring you my -V wagon out at High Plains Raceway today, replete with blower whine, and laughing at my reaction as the car starts to rotate in a couple corners: 
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CountOfNowhere posted:Tinted the windows and blacked out the fugly chrome trim around the grill. The 1.0 Ecoboost is a gem. At least I don't have to deal with the DCT. Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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Powershift posted:It's also shorter and narrower. Width is only marginal and height is irrelevant. Newer cars are better packaged than old stuff like the E39, but smaller where it counts which is length.
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Tremek posted:Guys, I realize this isn't a burnout, so I'll apologize in advance. Keep posting and I can just live vicariously through you, I appreciate the on-board narration you had for us. "Whoo, poo poo!" I haven't been to a drag strip yet with the trollblazer but I did manage to rip off a 0-110 run the other day on a "closed circuit, professional driver" back road. That was a lot of fun so now I just need to convince the old lady that there is a good reason to take our daily driver to a real drag strip.
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Modus Man posted:Keep posting and I can just live vicariously through you, I appreciate the on-board narration you had for us. "Whoo, poo poo!" We never took our Trollblazer to the drag strip - wife was pregnant while we had it - but I enjoyed that thing. Is yours black or silver?
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Jul 17, 2015 18:24
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 Painted and front looks high. Idk.
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Imola is best.
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I didn't know they made 4x4 M3s.
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meatpimp posted:I didn't know they made 4x4 M3s. E46 M3 328ix, get with the program
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kastein posted:E46 M3 328ix, get with the program There are some S54 swapped 325xis that retain awd out there 
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BlackMK4 posted:There are some S54 swapped 325xis that retain awd out there And understeer!
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Modus Man posted:Keep posting and I can just live vicariously through you Apparently this is motorsports weekend - ready for drag racing tonight with new Mickey Thompson 305/35/18 ET Street IIs on the back: 
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Bape Culture posted:
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Friar Zucchini posted:Looks basically identical to mine. I went with the 2.0 and 201A so I could have some extra goodies, with my fuel economy considerations being something like "well if it's over 20 then it's basically free to drive" so I figured the 1.0 wasn't worth stepping down a notch in terms of trim level. I wanted that low down turbo torque. I hate driving at high altitude in gutless 4-bangers, the boostu makes it way less annoying (even if I am missing a cyl). I specifically wanted the engine, and was highly disappointed I couldn't get many toys.
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Tremek posted:Apparently this is motorsports weekend - ready for drag racing tonight with new Mickey Thompson 305/35/18 ET Street IIs on the back: Holy loving christ 
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AI.jpg Looking forward to seeing how the numbers change with the tires.
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GramCracker posted:Holy loving christ If you haven't had a look at his post history in this thread you should do yourself a favor and take a look.
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Welcome to the 300mm crew. 
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SquirrelGrip posted:from just before i lost my license Looks nice, Legalis R crew  although mine is rapidly ejecting the baffles so I ended up ordering a new HKS silent from glorious nihon.Gonna assume you lost your licence because you did 1kmh over the speed limit in a modified japanese car in Australia.
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CountOfNowhere posted:I wanted that low down turbo torque. I hate driving at high altitude in gutless 4-bangers, the boostu makes it way less annoying (even if I am missing a cyl). I specifically wanted the engine, and was highly disappointed I couldn't get many toys. Friar Zucchini fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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I've driven CountOfNowhere's Focus, the 1.0 feels pretty much just like driving my old '01 Civic EX. Not fast, but more than enough power for commuting and freeway driving. Bonus points for being stick, so you can just downshift before you give it the gas so you don't have to wait as long for the turbo to spool (not that it takes much to spool such a tiny turbo- I couldn't feel any significant lag).
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Friar Zucchini posted:Oh now altitude may be the key. Word is the Focus 1.0 is gutless when the 2.0 NA is tolerable, but I don't know how much altitude takes out of the Duratec that the timbo may compensate for. I'm in the (relative) flatlands of east Georgia so altitude is certainly not a thing here. I had a DCT Duratec Focus as a loaner for a week or so and couldn't wait to get back to the 1.0. The Duratec was most certainly faster when you run it out, but it wasn't effortless around town like the 1.0 is once the turbo spools. Plus you get the "character" of running over 20 psi without breaking any laws whatsoever :-D
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That 1.0 turbo dynos a solid 150whp bone stock. I've been tempted to pick up a base Fiesta as a commuter beater.
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Brendan Reeves just finished NEFR 5th overall in a 1ltr Fiesta R2 - less than 1 minute total behind a 2.5L open class STI. Horsepower sells cars, and all that.
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I just picked this up! Not as cool as lot of the stuff in here, but I am Fairly Amped. I drove it ~200 miles home yesterday and it's tight
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grahm posted:I just picked this up! Not as cool as lot of the stuff in here, but I am Fairly Amped. I drove it ~200 miles home yesterday and it's tight Nice, GT package? '08.5? If so that's a twin to the one I had, congrats! 
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Tremek posted:Nice, GT package? '08.5? If so that's a twin to the one I had, congrats! Not GT unfortunately. I didn't realize I'd be missing the sunroof and better lights, but otherwise I'm ok with it since I got a great deal. I'm telling myself that since I don't have GT maybe there are less things to break / have to repair? Idk. Love the car so far though
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grahm posted:Not GT unfortunately. I didn't realize I'd be missing the sunroof and better lights, but otherwise I'm ok with it since I got a great deal. I'm telling myself that since I don't have GT maybe there are less things to break / have to repair? Idk. Love the car so far though If it's an 08.5, the GT gets HIDs, Bose speakers, and alcantara seats, but no sunroof.
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MetaJew posted:If it's an 08.5, the GT gets HIDs, Bose speakers, and alcantara seats, but no sunroof. Oh that makes me feel a little better. All of that would be nice, but the main thing I'd love is a sunroof. A quick internet search reveals that no Gen 1 MS3s have sunroofs. Good 2 know
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 Lost the ugly 19's, washed. Pilot super sports are the business.
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I'm not a BWM guy but that's clean and looks fun. Nice.
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Finally got this delivered from Iowa. If anyone else is interested in another land yacht thread, the last one got archived recently, I'll get it going. The exterior is in terrific shape for being almost forty years old. According the the seller, it was owned by the same guy until he died last year and definitely in a garage most of that time. There's a bunch of receipts from the same shop all the way from the late 70's to the late 90's with the same guy's name, so that's probably legit. Wish he was still alive, he's got to have a few good stories after driving the same car most of his life.  Apparently the front area around the headlights was repainted recently, that space is usually destroyed by road debris and bugs over the years.  The green stripe down the side was painted on by the guy that bought it from the estate sale after he was pulling off some extra trim and it took the paint with it. Guess he liked the green interior.  70's buddies!  Twenty foot long buddies!  Headlight vacuum system works fine.  This interior is amazing. I need to get a good picture in the right light, the green is a really good dark color, unlike the bright green in the Hornet.  Belt on the 8 track broke, but everything else seems to be working fine. Only things so far are the power door locks making noise without functioning and the power antenna doing the same thing.  All the PO's stuff is still in it, including some sweet mixtapes he made on 8 track. There's also a bunch of paperwork for a '65 Merc, so I guess the car he had before this one was a '65 and he got this right before they downsized everything in '79. Oh man and the engine, it looks practically new. I've never seen such an old car with such a clean engine outside of show cars. It's ridiculous. I'll get some photos tomorrow, if I have a chance. Forgot to take them today after I washed it.
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