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nm posted:He's gonna spend a long time looking for a cat on a 1972 bug. I didn't know what year it was from  eBay cheapo cat would probably help a lot, then - I don't think there's any law against adding emissions control equipment to vehicles...OBD versions are irrelevant to cats, fwiw. Cat doesn't care if it's being monitored or not. Cat just does its thing. Geirskogul posted:Last year I had it to Idle: 87/400 HC and 0.83%/4.2% CO, and 241/400 HC and 2.12%/5.50 CO under load. Then I put a new carburetor on it and everything is hosed. You totally could. Why two, though? One should be plenty, if you can find somewhere to weld it in.
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MustardFacial posted:I'm going to loving stab someone tonight. Your girlfriend, with your cock? HEY-YO
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Oct 13, 2015 02:26
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Geoj posted:"Our target market leases for two years or less and will get rid of the car long before this becomes a problem." Don't forget 10k mile oil changes (or is it 15k?)
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Oct 13, 2015 02:27
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Turns out my Focus order was one of the first 5 placed on the West Coast. Neat.
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Oct 13, 2015 02:27
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nm posted:Which year? meatpimp posted:Most stereotypes about Audis are true. Great cars if you have the time, skill and space to work on them yourself. Twin turbo cars are notorious for oil feed problems, which necessitate engine removal or subframe drop. V8 cars sound absolutely awesome, but are prone to timing chain issues. Solution? Remove motor. Okay welp maybe I don't want to deal with that Her mum read an article about the station wagon with the rear facing seats coming back and now that's all she can think of, and for whatever reason she doesn't like most Japanese cars Idk when she started caring about what kind of car I drive so lol @ me
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Oct 13, 2015 02:31
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literally a fish posted:I didn't know what year it was from Just because of how the beetle's exhaust is set up, it has each set of two side pipes joining into one that both join into the resonator. I have dual exhaust out of the resonator -- how would I modify the cat? Take off the tips, weld one shut, and pop the cat onto the other one? I thought they had to be close to the engine to get hot.
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Oct 13, 2015 02:45
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This was my final test today. I achieved this by retarding the ignition a little (I had previously advanced it), opened up the idle air adjust and leaned it out, and cranked the idle up the incorrect way by adjusting the idle stop screw so it idled around 1500-1700 or so. Last year was easy peasy, but it was a tiny Solex 31 PICT with an adapter so the car made no power. 
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Oct 13, 2015 02:47
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Tusen Takk posted:Okay welp maybe I don't want to deal with that You know what have rear facing seats? AMG wagons (well, as an option). I'm sure they have thier own poo poo, being 100k station wagons when new, but drat.
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Oct 13, 2015 02:48
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Geirskogul posted:Just because of how the beetle's exhaust is set up, it has each set of two side pipes joining into one that both join into the resonator. I have dual exhaust out of the resonator -- how would I modify the cat? Take off the tips, weld one shut, and pop the cat onto the other one? I thought they had to be close to the engine to get hot. They do have to be close to the engine to get hot enough to work - two of them welded in as close to the exhaust port as possible (pre-resonator, or even temporarily remove res and replace it with a cat?) You'd definitely need to weld the catcon into the exhaust system, you wouldn't just be able to hang it off the back.
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Oct 13, 2015 02:49
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...put the old carb on for the test?
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Oct 13, 2015 02:54
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Oct 13, 2015 02:55
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nm posted:You know what have rear facing seats? AMG wagons (well, as an option). Yeah I can imagine I chatted with her and I guess she doesn't like Subarus because they look like kids cars and also because being a red blooded American girl raised in Michigan, she doesn't like Japanese cars (but is okay with German for whatever reason) Anyways she's okay with a happy medium of hatchbacks like the Focus RS (not going to be an option for a while) or the smaller Audi wagons. I have a few years before I need to worry about it so oh well
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Oct 13, 2015 03:44
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Tusen Takk posted:Okay welp maybe I don't want to deal with that W124 and W201 Mercedes E-class wagon has rear-facing seats, but the W201 was a bit crap in general, so don't bother with it. P2-chassis and older Volvo wagons have rear-facing seats too, but it was an option so not every wagon has them.
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I'm really nervous about dropping $35k on a new car (2016 WRX Limited, Lapis Blue, Navigation and upgraded sound).
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Oct 13, 2015 03:51
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Big Daddy Keynes posted:My advice is dont bother, once someone pulls a gun everyone is hosed and if there is an active shooter situation its gonna be hard for the cops to figure out who the baddie is and you might end up capped. Jesus christ don't carry a 1911. They've made vastly better carry pistols in the last century, that don't weigh three goddamn pounds. Back when I carried in Texas, I went with a CZ compact 9mm or a J-frame .38SPC , and it wasn't too bad. I don't bother anymore, though. Iowa's violent crime rate is so low that the only time I generally need a handgun is when I want to shoot squirrels with my .22.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:04
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I don't know that there's anywhere in a beetle exhaust system that's far enough from the engine to have issues lighting the cat, unless you ran pipe to the frunk and put it there. You could literally put one on the end of the existing tailpipe and have less pipe between head and cat than at least 3 of the cars I've owned.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:18
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I should keep a log of every car I really want each day. Yesterday was a Delorean. Today was a Beck Speedster. I'm sure I'd get some repeats and it'd be interesting to see which answer gets the tallest bar graph at the end of a year.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:22
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Well, I didn't know what a Beck Speedster was until right now and now I really want one so gently caress you.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:28
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blk posted:I should keep a log of every car I really want each day. Yesterday was a Delorean. Today was a Beck Speedster. I'm sure I'd get some repeats and it'd be interesting to see which answer gets the tallest bar graph at the end of a year. Volvo C30, but in 2007 before it was used in a stupid vampire movie for teenage girls that made me hate them. Also in 2007 I didn't do anything with my car that necessitated a hatchback so the silly tiny glass hatch wouldn't have mattered back then.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:30
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Tommychu posted:I don't know that there's anywhere in a beetle exhaust system that's far enough from the engine to have issues lighting the cat, unless you ran pipe to the frunk and put it there. You could literally put one on the end of the existing tailpipe and have less pipe between head and cat than at least 3 of the cars I've owned. Yet for some reason even the tailpipe tips don't get that hot. I think it would be funny to roll in with one tailpipe tip welded shut and a small 12" cat welded to the other one, though. Just sticking out of the back there. I've submitted my second application to Hagerty, as the same coverage as I get from Progressive through them is like $11/month vs $20/month (158/year). I hope they approve it this time; last time (last year) they didn't allow cars to be in anything other than a full locked garage, but this year there are a lot more options on their application and they even have the Super Beetle vs the regular Beetle as separate options in the dropdown lists. Though they don't have a bus in there. I'm assuming you'd have to consult with them on a bus because buses are a lot more expensive.
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14 INCH DICK posted:My boss's boss, the regional manager, was here on an OSHA inspection and they walked up to me and asked if there are any unmarked containers of storage we have they can correct before the state inspection occurs and I not only asked "do I count as an unlabeled container" but the fart I felt brewing cooperated and ripped out the longest, loudest, splatteriest fart I possibly could have ever done on the spot without making GBS threads myself.  I've learned not to trust my louder farts.  Tusen Takk posted:yeah the paint is rough as poo poo drat son, I have something like twice the miles on mine, if not more (and only 1 year newer), and the paint looks almost new (except on the side skirts, where it's coming off in chunks).
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Oct 13, 2015 04:35
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Day two of none of the other drivers showing up for evening shift. I wonder if they finally went on strike and forgot to tell me.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:39
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You must work with some really awful management for the drivers to keep NC/NS.
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Oct 13, 2015 04:42
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My 'popped' lower rib loving suuuuucks. I'm having a tough time resting enough to let it get better.
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some texas redneck posted:You must work with some really awful management for the drivers to keep NC/NS. Not really, which is what makes it so odd. Management is super lenient on calling out, regardless of what you're supposed to be doing. I've called out for close shifts and the reaction was "welp, no one else will do it' so they just shut off deliveries at night.
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Then they're awful for not firing the people who keep no call/no showing. As much as I hate to say it, drivers really are a dime a dozen (though good reliable ones are hard to find). They need to start pulling applications and helping some people out the door. I can understand a NC/NS for an emergency, but it would warrant a call as soon as possible to explain what happened. How many drivers do you guys have?
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some texas redneck posted:
I think the weather up here isn't conducive to having good paint in a plastic car
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Tusen Takk posted:I think the weather up here isn't conducive to having good paint in a plastic car Don't you dare put a dime into that car (besides required poo poo).
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Rhyno posted:Don't you dare put a dime into that car (besides required poo poo). Oh trust me I know All my idiot friends are like DUDE YOUR CAR COULD BE SO FAST but then I remind them that fwd econoshitboxes aren't meant to go fast and are only supposed to get good gas and in this case be quicker than the other econoboxes Here's to hoping I can sell it to some boy racer for two grand in three years 
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Tusen Takk posted:I think the weather up here isn't conducive to having good paint in a plastic car The weather here isn't nice to cars in general. Insane heat (not quite AZ heat, but we have a lot more humidity) and sun in the summer (destroys clearcoat, especially on dark cars, and destroys interiors), plenty of hail in the spring (plus the occasional tornado), plenty of flooding when it rains (see: how I learned what it sounds like when your engine inhales water and pitches a rod through the block)... MustardFacial posted:I'm going to loving stab someone tonight. So this is you?
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Tusen Takk posted:Yeah I can imagine Aren't most of the Subaru's in that era built in Indiana? They're definitely more (north) American than anything kraut. Does Volvo still do the rear facing seats? Also if you get a 2nd+ gen Forester in upper level trims where everything is actually painted, they look much more grown up. Do they still make legacy wagons? Those always looked good. If you're planning on buying something older that you'll be working on, get something you can actually work on.
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mafoose posted:Aren't most of the Subaru's in that era built in Indiana? They're definitely more (north) American than anything kraut. Oh gently caress I totally forgot about the legacy wagon  And yeah I'm still planning on getting some sort of fun car to tear around in and work on, otherwise I'll play more video games and I think she'd prefer the car  Edit: man I owe you a beer  
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Oct 13, 2015 05:59
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I made some fuckin' delicious cheesy foccacia.
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Tusen Takk posted:Oh gently caress I totally forgot about the legacy wagon Should I tell you what I've had to fix on the LGT or leave you to your dream?
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Geirskogul posted:This was my final test today. I achieved this by retarding the ignition a little (I had previously advanced it), opened up the idle air adjust and leaned it out, and cranked the idle up the incorrect way by adjusting the idle stop screw so it idled around 1500-1700 or so. Drive it over to Palm Springs and I can chill by the smog machine and give you 5 gas analysis all day long while you tweak poo poo! Speaking of, does it only give you CO and HC? Oxygen and CO2 are great diagnostic tools for emissions. High CO suggests a fuel issue, so a new carb would fit the profile of why you are having issues. Can you find (a) new jet(s) and trouble shoot at all? I see you tried to run lean, but it doesn't appear to have worked since your CO went up... Adjusting your idle higher could also help since you seem to pass the higher rpm test without an issue. Credentials: I barely passed the first test in my CA clean air car course for emissions testing certification.
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nm posted:Should I tell you what I've had to fix on the LGT or leave you to your dream? Nah I'd rather know what I might have to deal with, plus after seeing the S4 I don't think it could be as bad
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Are the NA Legacy wagons just as bad or is it just the turbos?
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This is the best commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q
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man since i pulled the AFC off a few weeks ago i think ive pretty much given up on ever making my car fast it's a solid chassis but making any cost-effective power gains requires so much up front investment id be better off just selling it and buying anything with driver rear wheels gently caress man. im attached to this car but i also want racecar. not that it matters im like 3 years out from doing anything regardless
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leica posted:Are the NA Legacy wagons just as bad or is it just the turbos? Don't buy a naturally aspirated subaru, i dusted a 2.5 impreza with my ancient volvo like 2 days ago.
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