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Yep, certain Ferraris are surprisingly cheap to buy.. they're within reach of a middle class dude looking to fulfill a dream. The service costs are hilariously absurd though. You'll own the car, but won't be able to drive it. Which is why the NSX I mentioned before makes way more sense to satisfy your midlife crisis craving. It's basically just Honda under the skin so the powertrain isn't too expensive to service.. it's really only replacement tires that will generate sticker shock. The front wheels are set by default for a lot of toe-in to help stability, but it shreds the rubber. Front and rear are difference sizes you can't rotate them either.
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Motronic posted:At the fact that there are beater boxsters? First gens are sub $10, often by a few grand. Of course there are beaters. INTERNETRACECAR has one. I don't recall what he paid for it, but basically it needed a bunch of work (including the IMS bearing iirc) and was kinda beat, so he got it for way, way less than he should have. Cool car, and it's funny as poo poo that he has it plus a fleet of old broken subarus and VWs that rivals my yard full of jeeps, subarus, and military trucks.
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I just did a quick CL search in my area for Boxsters and holy poo poo they're much cheaper then I thought. I guess I just assumed they were still pretty expensive used.
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kastein posted:INTERNETRACECAR has one. I don't recall what he paid for it, but basically it needed a bunch of work (including the IMS bearing iirc) and was kinda beat, so he got it for way, way less than he should have. Cool car, and it's funny as poo poo that he has it plus a fleet of old broken subarus and VWs that rivals my yard full of jeeps, subarus, and military trucks. He hasnt messed with it in a long time too and its hilariously reliable when he has to start and move it out of the way of the other cars.
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kastein posted:INTERNETRACECAR has one. I don't recall what he paid for it, but basically it needed a bunch of work (including the IMS bearing iirc) and was kinda beat, so he got it for way, way less than he should have. Cool car, and it's funny as poo poo that he has it plus a fleet of old broken subarus and VWs that rivals my yard full of jeeps, subarus, and military trucks. There's a group that runs Boxsters at several races we've done with World Racing League. Pretty quick and look like they would be fun to toss around the track. Spec Boxster is apparently growing pretty fast so there's a lot of them being wrecked on track but parts availability seems good and reasonably priced.
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kastein posted:INTERNETRACECAR has one. I don't recall what he paid for it, but basically it needed a bunch of work (including the IMS bearing iirc) and was kinda beat, so he got it for way, way less than he should have. Cool car, and it's funny as poo poo that he has it plus a fleet of old broken subarus and VWs that rivals my yard full of jeeps, subarus, and military trucks. What sort of hilarious and more reliable engines can one cram into a Boxster? edit:  
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Dec 8, 2015 18:09
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr2ke5sajiA
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atomicthumbs posted:What sort of hilarious and more reliable engines can one cram into a Boxster? Oh god will that even fit.
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Dec 8, 2015 19:31
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spit on yer hog and cram it in 'er.
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Dec 8, 2015 19:33
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Oh god will that even fit. Oh it'll fit.
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Dec 8, 2015 19:46
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cursedshitbox posted:Oh it'll fit. 
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Dec 8, 2015 23:12
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dear god what why  That is even worse than having to do a timing chain on that goddamn engine when it's in the car it came out of! 
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atomicthumbs posted:What sort of hilarious and more reliable engines can one cram into a Boxster? Looks like it just took a massive dump.
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atomicthumbs posted:What sort of hilarious and more reliable engines can one cram into a Boxster? Looks like a nature documentary about the miracle of life.
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Jesus, which Audi is that V8 out of? e: Is that a blow off valve?  This thing is going to tear itself apart.
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Motronic posted:Looks like it just took a massive dump. The engine is a steaming turd, after all.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Jesus, which Audi is that V8 out of? its *the* Audi v8 with rear timing chains. That looks like a FPR of some sort.
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cursedshitbox posted:Oh it'll fit. You made me search: http://s231.photobucket.com/user/mrmiatanut/media/V8%20Boxster/video-2011-08-20-20-38-32.mp4.html
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Well it sounds proper, and it scoots, but I can't help but think it's still a terrible idea...
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Jesus, which Audi is that V8 out of? If you're talking about the red anodized cap item, looks more like a fuel pressure regulator. There's no real intake plumbing and that AN hose is too big for boost/vac. I could see dropping a lot of weight off a boxter and doing something dumb like putting a bridgeport 13B in.
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Dec 9, 2015 16:09
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Oh god, that sound... Hell yea.
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I then went looking at 850s with superchargers...quote:So let me get this straight...    uhhhhhhhh  It doesn't appear to have been finished, no thread update for a while... http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=47&t=953588&mid=0&i=0&nmt=Volvo%20850%20T5%20Kompressor&mid=0
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Dec 9, 2015 17:36
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That paint job is so offensive, I love it. Reminds me of the street cred on a budget MCM episode.
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The guy is the best kind of maniac. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUGkL7ZBqHg
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God. He looks... so normal. How many other folks like this are there, walking among us?
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88h88 posted:The guy is the best kind of maniac. That thing sounds like the devil. In related vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_qwLb9iLII GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Dec 9, 2015 |
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88h88 posted:The guy is the best kind of maniac. and, for whatever reason, a jaguar steering wheel.
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fyodor posted:and, for whatever reason, a jaguar steering wheel. Because gently caress you, that's why. Hero. 
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scuz posted:God. He looks... so normal. How many other folks like this are there, walking among us? He looks like someone's dorky middle aged dad. Like if your girlfriend took you home to meet her father, the librarian, that's who you would meet.
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scuz posted:God. He looks... so normal. How many other folks like this are there, walking among us? It's camouflage, a deliberate pattern of normalcy practiced in front of the mirror every morning, because if that mask ever slipped... ...they'd never understand. Built up so much. Wife, kids, a job, a career, respected member of society. It never got any easier but for whatever reason people were always willing to assume the best. That I was like them. But I never felt accepted. There was this yawning hunger I had to satisfy, this need. My wife didn't know, or if she did, she would never dare speak her suspicions out loud, would never break the spell that kept relations cordial and lifted the great dream of our lives together to the public eye; she kissed me goodbye as I stepped into my Mondeo to attend a "business trip." Yeah, some kind of meeting with big wigs. In an industrial estate in Leicester. Cell phones wouldn't work there, honey, some kind of ionizing space radiation. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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Every now and then, I get caught up on that guy's 850 build, and it just keeps getting crazier each time. Also, I might be biased, but I love the sounds that i5 makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPqjAN3-C8
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rarbatrol posted:Every now and then, I get caught up on that guy's 850 build, and it just keeps getting crazier each time. Also, I might be biased, but I love the sounds that i5 makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UPqjAN3-C8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdliyMyycx4 that burble
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Guys. GUYS! New Project Binky is out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-FUF0Sh_E
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Posted two pages ago. 
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Collateral Damage posted:Posted two pages ago. Dammit! I searched and everything!
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AI meets TFR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PSYtDxWnE8 
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this is bullshit, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jdh-Psq3Ec right?
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I'm 90% sure I have that shotgun. Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2LG9mggykU GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Dec 10, 2015 |
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My Rhythmic Crotch posted:this is bullshit, right? Is it bullshit that engine made 5000hp on a dyno? Probably not. Is it bullshit that will ever end up in any remotely useable production road car? Probably yes.
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Now that's a zombie prepper vehicle i can get behind. Just mount your weapon of choice in place of the disk launcher and you're set.
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