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kastein posted:If it got any sort of swap it'd be a junkyard T56 (whichever shows up first - which means none of them) or NV4500 (if it needs to shift and tow like a truck) attached to whatever 6.0L junkyard vortec shows up first. Man, if your yard is anything like mine, don't hold your breath. In the couple years I've been watching mine, there was a grand total of 1 LS powered F-body and it was a loving auto. Heartbreaker. I've found a couple other potentials at nearby-ish yards, but they can't tell me anything about the cars.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Man, if your yard is anything like mine, don't hold your breath. In the couple years I've been watching mine, there was a grand total of 1 LS powered F-body and it was a loving auto. Heartbreaker. I've found a couple other potentials at nearby-ish yards, but they can't tell me anything about the cars. I got lucky, a buddy of mine snagged my T56 out of a rolled Camaro. I think the good bits were gone before it was even in the yard.
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New Dirt Every Day just dropped. Fred really outdid himself this time  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnrbWoPNi70
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Man, if your yard is anything like mine, don't hold your breath. In the couple years I've been watching mine, there was a grand total of 1 LS powered F-body and it was a loving auto. Heartbreaker. I've found a couple other potentials at nearby-ish yards, but they can't tell me anything about the cars. I agree, but my luck is good. ACEofsnett and I have pulled four NV4500s (the truck-world white elephant equivalent of a T56, worth anywhere from $500 to $1500 in as-pulled junkyard condition depending on donor and condition) out of self service junkyards in the last few years. Eventually I'm gonna find a T56.
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Preoptopus posted:New Dirt Every Day just dropped.
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kastein posted:I agree, but my luck is good. ACEofsnett and I have pulled four NV4500s (the truck-world white elephant equivalent of a T56, worth anywhere from $500 to $1500 in as-pulled junkyard condition depending on donor and condition) out of self service junkyards in the last few years. Eventually I'm gonna find a T56. Yeah, I should keep an eye out for those too if only to try to flip it. No loving idea how I'd pull it in a yard, but I think I could figure something out  .
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^I've seen yards where people just flip it on its side to get it out. I've been payed money to help flip a car and carry the trans to the desk. Or just bring a tall bottle jack and be careful lifting it.
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Preoptopus posted:New Dirt Every Day just dropped. Ya they're getting as good as Roadkill. In fact, I actually subscribed to MToD because hey, why not. But then I found out their media player is one of those really helpful ones that determine what the best bitrate for you is, and because Uverse never works properly with those, I get like, 360p. Great.
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When can I import a Mazdaspeed AZ-1 to the US, and how much? TIA
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`Nemesis posted:pro-click. I think I would want to hang out with Fred more than the Roadkill guys. He's just such a goofy nerd you could do stupid things and he'd go right along. Like eat a donut while doing donuts.
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MetaJew posted:When can I import a Mazdaspeed AZ-1 to the US, and how much? TIA Two more years I think.
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Preoptopus posted:New Dirt Every Day just dropped. loving finally. It's been like two months since they did a 15-minute partial buildup of this car. I like DED but the 15 minute episodes are loving torture.
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to be honest, I get why they have the big diameter wheels now, but that car would be ten times cooler with a set of old 15" Centerline spools and some balloon Super Swampers
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VikingSkull posted:to be honest, I get why they have the big diameter wheels now, but that car would be ten times cooler with a set of old 15" Centerline spools and some balloon Super Swampers The entire point of that car is to show off sponsor tires. Plus, they have a big brake kit on it, although I didn't notice what diameter.
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That's a dana 80 and a dana 60. The stock brakes barely fit inside a 16-16.5" wheel, nevermind a 15. You can sometimes fit certain steel 15s if they're shallow backspacing and/or you flapwheel the motherfuck out of the caliper, weakening it somewhat. So I don't really judge them for running 17s, TBH. I really wish they'd cut the body a bit more and gone with 3-4" less lift, but hey, it's pretty awesome the way it is too. Boaz MacPhereson posted:Yeah, I should keep an eye out for those too if only to try to flip it. No loving idea how I'd pull it in a yard, but I think I could figure something out We do truck transmissions by unbolting the cab and high-lifting it till it capsizes off of the frame. A T56 would likely involve a high lift and a large number of brake drums, rotors, old engines, spare tires/wheels, etc stacked under the car to hold it up.
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kastein posted:We do truck transmissions by unbolting the cab and high-lifting it till it capsizes off of the frame. A T56 would likely involve a high lift and a large number of brake drums, rotors, old engines, spare tires/wheels, etc stacked under the car to hold it up. Jesus Christ  . When I went to check that last LS1 car, I brought a stack of 2x4 and 4x4 cutoffs. My plan for next time is that plus a seat out of another car in the yard. *plop*
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Oh just a 44 minute video of a 2002 tii restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCw-8RgkYW0 When they started painting it inka 
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Raluek posted:The entire point of that car is to show off sponsor tires. Yeah, that's why I said I know why it looks like that. I'm saying, it would look better the other way.
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Linedance posted:I dunno, a Roadmaster doesn't seem right without a column shifter and a "I'll shift when I'm good and ready" slushbox. Counterpoint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFWD5w6pXA
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bored at work today looking at engine swaps but  Twin turbo V12 in a Ferrari F355  600HP 2JZ in a Merc SL  4B11T displacing 2.5L in a Polo rally car    Model A based on that F1 concept rendering with a F20C   
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OH MY GOD IT'S SO ADORABLE I WANNA DIE  That's gotta be under 100 inch wheelbase. I would bet the transmission is bolted straight to the rear end.
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Powershift posted:OH MY GOD IT'S SO ADORABLE I WANNA DIE Looks like an airport baggage/cargo pallet tug conversion
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Powershift posted:OH MY GOD IT'S SO ADORABLE I WANNA DIE Unfffffff I live by ohare airport and have been trying my hardest to buy one of there old dodge d150 tug trucks. Tug trucks 
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SouthsideSaint posted:Unfffffff I live by ohare airport and have been trying my hardest to buy one of there old dodge d150 tug trucks. Tug trucks There have been quite a few through govliquidation in the past few years. They're pretty funny, I don't remember if it's a Dana 70 or what the actual rear axle is, but they're geared like 7:1.
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I was thinking that too- Looked a tad sketchy withe CoG that high up but that kinda seems to be the "thing" for US trucks. Chop the guards out to get another few inches of clearance, lower the whole mess by 3-4" and you'd have a way more better offroad vehicle.
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Powershift posted:OH MY GOD IT'S SO ADORABLE I WANNA DIE We used to use those in aircraft maintenance to haul around ground carts. Called them "bobtails".
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That tug truck rules, wish I could get one with a regular-style pickup bed on it...can't stand these huge gently caress-off trucks that are way too long or wide to fit into normal spaces
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We use them as H-60 tugs and power-cart haulers. They're geared ridiculously low, at 25MPH they sound like the sonic recreation of the end of the world.
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Apparently TVR is comming back!  Article with Video of Engine dyno test. https://www.carthrottle.com/post/heres-your-first-look-at-tvrs-all-new-sports-car/
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Pfft suspension travel, who needs it. (I know it's just a concept but I still wish artists would pretend to design a car that will someday exist)
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Huge wheels are the future. Didnt you know. But a cosworth coyote my loins are on fire.
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I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but several years ago there were some guys that took the drivetrain from a 5cyl Audi S4 and built a tube frame chassis around it. I think they were going to build a hillclimb car. There was an awesome video of them driving the tube frame around. Does anyone know what happened with that project?
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Rigged Death Trap posted:But a cosworth coyote Holy poo poo, I can't wait to see what they do with it.
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Preoptopus posted:Apparently TVR is comming back! With wheels from the Audi Prologue concept apparently. 
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DropShadow posted:With wheels from the Audi Prologue concept apparently. Yeah, it turns out the image TVR is using to sell cars is a render done by a car mag months ago. It's starting to smell reaaaaaaaaaaaaally scamish.
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Powershift posted:Yeah, it turns out the image TVR is using to sell cars is a render done by a car mag months ago. well the 4 blokes building it in a shed while drinking tea couldnt exactly send out a picture of there chalk board
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Powershift posted:Yeah, it turns out the image TVR is using to sell cars is a render done by a car mag months ago. Hint: it's always a render done by a car mag* months ago. *nicked from some fanboy's blog
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