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CommieGIR posted:I don't care if its a Cummins. And yeah, Cummins get overdone too for the same reason as the LS: Community support and availability for Cummins is everywhere. So what diesel would you prefer to put in it? 6.2: gently caress, no turbo, no power, gutless hunk of poo poo 6.5: sometimes no turbo, otherwise, still a gutless hunk of poo poo 6.5 duramax: alright, but expensive 7.3/T444e: alright, but expensive 5.9: alright, but expensive 8.3: alright, but expensive VW TDI: alright, but expensive VW V10 TDI: alright, but costs more than some small african nations GDP 2.1 renault: good loving luck ever finding any parts for this tiny, slow, gutless turd OM series: alright, but gutless AND expensive 2.5 VM: people want a mint for these for some reason Cat: big, expensive, yellow-tax Detroit: big, HEAVY, don't turn very fast, expensive Seriously, if you have an idea for a place to get a cheap, good, powerful diesel, I'm all ears. Don't get me wrong, I want a 5.9 or 8.3 for my 5 ton, and if I won the lottery I'd stick a V10 TDI in an MJ just for the cool factor, but there aint no such thing as a good, cheap, powerful diesel to swap into stuff as far as I can tell. They all have a pricetag attached, are gutless, or are a piece of poo poo. Some are two or three of those things in fact. e: meanwhile, here's what you can do with a junkyard $300 LM7 5.3L iron block V8. I can go to the local picknpull and buy six of those tomorrow if I want to. LM7 factory 343hp/372tq tune alone 363/385 cam+tune 385/412 cam+tune+heads 424/423 cam+tune+heads+intake+throttle body 445/434 http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/project-cars/sucp-1111-5-3l-ls-small-block-build/ A properly done, clean vortec swap with a well built harness and as many factory parts used as possible (I'm more impressed by clever reuse of unmodified factory parts in interesting ways to make a swap work than by shotgunning custom aftermarket parts at a problem) is a work of art in and of itself. kastein fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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CommieGIR posted:Meh, the LS thing just gets to me because I constantly run into people going on about their LS swaps in *Insert Car Here* at nearly every car meet. Going to car meets is your problem then.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:17
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Adiabatic posted:Ohhh so you're just contrarian about everything, got it. No, you see, the thing was cool before, but now everyone likes the thing so it is now bad. He's totally into that stuff you've never heard of, they're like, way better than that stuff everyone likes.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:18
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CommieGIR posted:Meh, the LS thing just gets to me because I constantly run into people going on about their LS swaps in *Insert Car Here* at nearly every car meet. My interpretation (because clearly everyone is asking me) is more about the special snowflake treatment for something that really no longer is. To each their own, and I definitely can get behind this idea. The LS is a cool and $/performance amazing motor. But there's nothing NEW that's really coming. MegaSquirt is kinda there in the sense that the upswing in usability/popularity is flattening (from my VERY limited perception into this topic). There's not a lot of new/unique fabrication. Show me your homebrew hybrid (as in electric {"torquefill", etc) that you stuffed in your abarth to make it AWD. then we're talking.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:19
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Aaaaaaand now I have to get into reloading. The cheapest I can find .458 Lott is $4.50/rd. That's $90 for a box of 20.
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Raluek posted:No, you see, the thing was cool before, but now everyone likes the thing so it is now bad. He's totally into that stuff you've never heard of, they're like, way better than that stuff everyone likes. Yes, and don't comment on my skinny jeans and the bands I like that you've never heard of  kastein posted:So what diesel would you prefer to put in it? That was just a joke, but yeah that just made me kinda...meh. I've heard the phrase 'I want to LS swap *insert car here* at least 6 times today. And you can pick up TDI motors fairly cheap. Not the V10, sure but I can find 1.9ls pretty commonly for around $400.
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Dec 7, 2015 20:21
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ssjonizuka posted:My interpretation (because clearly everyone is asking me) is more about the special snowflake treatment for something that really no longer is. Why does something have to be never done before to be interesting? Isn't a sweet motor in a sweet car good enough? I mean, yeah, the supercharged, intercooled-with-AC fuel-injected rear-engined flathead that someone put together in their garage is more interesting, but that doesn't make a regular car with a good V8 in it any less cool. I'd argue that if they had swapped some bizarre motor in there, we'd all be like "why'd you do that? Why not an LS?"
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Raluek posted:I'd argue that if they had swapped some bizarre motor in there, we'd all be like "why'd you do that? Why not an LS?" And there's my point. Why would you do that? Someone does something different and its suddenly: "Why didn't you do the same thing everyone else did?"
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CommieGIR posted:but I can find 1.9ls pretty commonly for around $400. That's not bad I guess. I can't find em for that up here, sadly. viggedit: I'm after performance for the money and a well done swap using as many OEM parts as possible, not unique factor. Which is why I end up doing silly poo poo like putting a 4.0 in a friend's dad's CJ using Mustang, XJ, ZJ, Dakota, and BMW parts. kastein fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Dec 7, 2015 |
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Dec 7, 2015 20:24
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Adiabatic posted:Aaaaaaand now I have to get into reloading. But a box of 20 will last you, what, four or five range days? (and two or three rotator cuffs?)
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CommieGIR posted:And there's my point. Because they went through all that work and don't have much to show for it? I mean, yeah it's cool that you put a stovebolt six in your miata, but what does that get you?
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kastein posted:That's not bad I guess. I can't find em for that up here, sadly. The AHU is really cheap and common, and parts tend to be extremely easy to get ahold of. The ALH is a little more rare and pricey because they tend to come on Automatics and have the larger injection pumps, I took a risk when I bought mine for $200 out of that Beetle that had a head on collision. Raluek posted:Because they went through all that work and don't have much to show for it? Here's the thing, and its what I think the V8 crowd tends to forget: Displacement CAN be replaced, and you don't have to break 500 HP to have a really fun and possibly even competitive car. Is it cheaper? Probably not. But in the end, you can do plenty of fun things with a 250-350 HP inline 4/5/6. It doesn't have to turn into 'Man, I've got so much displacement and that V8 feel...'
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Dec 7, 2015 20:26
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Adiabatic posted:Aaaaaaand now I have to get into reloading. Welcome to the world of Dillon! Well, unless you want to do single stage reloading like old codgers and load like 30 rounds in an hour. Maybe.
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Raluek posted:No, you see, the thing was cool before, but now everyone likes the thing so it is now bad. He's totally into that stuff you've never heard of, they're like, way better than that stuff everyone likes. Reminds me of people that don't like a popular thing but are into the alternative thing just to spite the popular thing. "What, you listen to Classic rock!? That sucks, everybody listens to that so i listen to avant-garde because it's super unpopular and cool" (goes home and listens to Led Zeppelin)
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Dec 7, 2015 20:31
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I want to LS swap my dog.
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leica posted:Reminds me of people that don't like a popular thing but are into the alternative thing just to spite the popular thing. only russian post noise metal is acceptable
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Dec 7, 2015 20:35
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How do I swap a Lada engine into my Scirocco?
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1500quidporsche posted:How do I swap a Lada engine into my Scirocco? Someone did the reverse to a Lada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXi0ARab134 gently caress, I know I'm whiney guys, and I'm sorry, but its like a personal tick I have. Sorry.
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El Jebus posted:Portland Timbers just won the MLS cup. 2015 is wrapping up nicely. Where's that fuck2015 gif when you need it?
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kastein posted:That's not bad I guess. I can't find em for that up here, sadly. I hope the BMW parts weren't plastic!
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Today i hosed up and let my apprentice change an alternator regulator without me watching him. The engine managed 2 turns before it stopped dead. Red hot battery cables, completely dead on the key. Checked all the big battery fuses which were fine. Checked voltages on the batteries. 5 volts, gently caress, should be 24v. Put the cab back over and check what he's done, turns out if you leave the live wire off the alternator and leave it resting on the alternator body you get what we like to call a short circuit. In the end while i was loving around one of the batteries blew up, so i changed them both and she fired straight up. Vroom.
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Alarbus posted:I hope the BMW parts weren't plastic! Sorta. I scavenged a chassis passthrough for battery wiring from a rear battery mount BMW SUV for it. It's mostly plastic with one threaded stud and some rubber gaskets, should be fine since it's not touching coolant 
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Adiabatic posted:Yeah seriously, it's like me saying "I love my .45-70 and all you dudes that actually hunt with .30-06 are sheep". This is accurate and true. .45-70 for life, or 7.5x55 :P
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The Locator posted:Welcome to the world of Dillon! I'm perfectly okay with reloading 30 rounds per hour of .45-70 Government, .458 Win Mag, and .458 Lott. Just ran the numbers, and here's the reloading breakdown, per round: code:Only costs $800 up front to get started reloading, too 
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El Jebus posted:It's a schooner. http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/poinsettia.asp Turns they aren't poisonous. Just don't eat the whole plant, which should be a rule of thumb for anything decorative.
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Adiabatic posted:Aaaaaaand now I have to get into reloading. Do you want that reloading press Motronic ended up not snagging?
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CommieGIR posted:LS Swaps: Let's put the same damned engine in every car because whats the point in having something unique. LS1 swaps suck because the LS1 is a thin walled piece of poo poo. START with a loving L98 or GTFO. LS3? Yeah now we're talking! Altho after owning a L-series V8 powered car for nearly three years, I still prefer turbo four bangers. Sure, torque, lovely cruise, wakes up the dead over 4000 rpm..... but eh I'm still cold on it. I'm just not interested or particularly caring even if it does pull a mean burnout - I honestly prefer driving a 16 year old NA 2 litre Forester. If there was still a hatch STI I'd be considering a trade-in
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1500quidporsche posted:Going to car meets is your problem then. I went to a car meet once around 2003 and quickly figured out that wasn't my scene since it's a bunch of dudes spergin' over numbers and RARE, ONE OF A KIND, 1 OFF things that were inevitably Mid-America bolt on's. I'm the guy that goes to car shows for my own enjoyment to look at cars and doesn't talk to anybody about their car.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:LS1 swaps suck because the LS1 is a thin walled piece of poo poo. START with a loving L98 or GTFO. LS3? Yeah now we're talking! http://imgur.com/a/K2zax Look, we can ALL be happy.
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Ozmiander posted:http://imgur.com/a/K2zax Totally ruined.
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Ozmiander posted:http://imgur.com/a/K2zax Haha, this fuckin' owns.
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blindjoe posted:http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/poinsettia.asp Stop ruining my plans to poison the cats, Mr. Blind Joe, if that's even your real name!
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This story is awesome, thief gets what he deserves: http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...puties_say.html quote:BAREFOOT BAY --
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Finished Transformers Devastation (which was loving awesome). Felt the desire to honour Sideswipe who was my man throughout the game and purchase a Transformer of him. Got sidetracked and my Transformer collector friend told me I needed to pick up a Bluestreak as the mould on him is pretty great. Ended up getting the Smokescreen variation because Datsun race car.
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These Anker braided USB to Micro USB cables are the poo poo. Thanks to whoever suggested them. The final Christmas present for the year just came in. As a lot of you know, our family yellow lab passed away a couple months ago. I follow this very photogenic golden retriever on Instagram. He recently passed away from cancer as well and hos owner made a 2016 calendar with his pictures. The last page is a dedication page to all fellow dogs who passed due to cancer, so I got my Anna Banana put on the page. My parents are gonna start balling when I give it to them.
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DJ Commie posted:Seriously, its been a long time! In it, voted whatever. Due to my dad's Alzheimer's and the fact his home care aren't really caring about him, I get the task to tell dad, who is currently in hospital, that he can't go home.
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You Am I posted:In it, voted whatever. gently caress, that's harsh. 
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You Am I posted:Due to my dad's Alzheimer's and the fact his home care aren't really caring about him, I get the task to tell dad, who is currently in hospital, that he can't go home. I ended up being the first person to visit my grandmother with dementia in hospice after they moved her out of her home that my grandfather built and had lived in for 60 years. poo poo was rough as hell, just remember they're confused and frustrated at being in a situation they don't fully understand not you directly. Wish the best for you.
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