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ReelBigLizard posted:2 stroke.  I love crazy people. What an absolutely insane beast.
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So that video got me digging around videos of other people putting hilarious boat engines into things and it led me to this video of a sandrail being dyno'ed with an Evenrude V8 and made a gif of it http://i.imgur.com/09cDCVi.gifv Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRKeuHyI0lw 
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I think I posted that a while back. iirc they couldn't use rpm because boat motor, so they had to switch to reading the wheelspeed. That's a hilarious gif though.
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Saw this 5th wheel trailer hauler in the middle of Buttfuck, Southern Alberta yesterday afternoon. I wish he had his trailer on it because I can only imagine it's going to match his truck.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I think I posted that a while back. iirc they couldn't use rpm because boat motor, so they had to switch to reading the wheelspeed. I thought it was because it was a two stroke and the machine couldn't recognise it properly since the timing is totally different to a four stroke
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All that'd mean is twice as many ignition pulses, it'd still read. You'd just have to tell the dyno it had twice as many cylinders to get it to scale right. Magnetos on the other hand are gonna give you a fucky as hell signal since like they said, the voltage changes as the engine speeds up. It'd be far better to put an optical rpm sensor (some dynos support them, ours does) and a piece of foil tape on the crank pulley.
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Jul 8, 2016 00:48
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Don't see a lot of MG's running, even in LA. Seeing a MGC with livery setup is an additional treat.
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That's an MGBGT, not an MGC.
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ReelBigLizard posted:2 stroke. Haha this is incredible. I didn't realize such an engine even exists.
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angryhampster posted:Haha this is incredible. I didn't realize such an engine even exists. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a7300/video-insane-evinrude-johnson-two-stroke-v8-startup/ The XP 300 and the ridiculous goddamn expansion chambers required to keep a two stroke V8 happy are destined to become part of horsepower legend.
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Posting to see if it makes the forums load a phantom SSS post. fake edit: Success
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Jul 8, 2016 04:26
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Every thread actually contains a phantom Switch post, it is just a matter of passing the threshold to unlock it.
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angryhampster posted:Haha this is incredible. I didn't realize such an engine even exists. I currently own a half-sized version of this engine. V4, 90 horsepower. No expansion pipes, though.
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Galler posted:Posting to see if it makes the forums load a phantom SSS post. There's been a ton of this recently. At least the posts are turning up as opposed to just getting eaten.
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Jul 8, 2016 06:59
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Ryan Tuerck's FR-S is getting an interesting new engine swap: 
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T1g4h posted:Ryan Tuerck's FR-S is getting an interesting new engine swap: This page is causing me to have a crisis
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ReelBigLizard posted:2 stroke. I don't really get this, it sounds like poo poo.
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T1g4h posted:Ryan Tuerck's FR-S is getting an interesting new engine swap: Is this how they're attempting to make drifting interesting now?
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Ormy posted:I don't really get this, it sounds like poo poo. It's also a custom chassis with a non-Volvo engine in it... it's only a "Volvo Amazon" in that they've chopped up part of a Volvo to make the roof.
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Octopus Magic posted:Is this how they're attempting to make drifting interesting now?
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 (video snapshot, the two in front did nothing but selfies with the cars  )Today I shot a bunch of cars from the top 200 finest cars cruising in colour and monochrome (actual monochrome sensor, not a filter). I'll round up the best 15 and share this weekend if it's of interest. Gonna shoot the casual cruising lanes for some real ratty though lovable stuff full of drunken Swedes later, it is an awesome weekend that I would share in video form if I had a camera capable of the right quality and capturing the rumbling of fat old engines that is heard all over the city.  for a monochrome sample. (Volvo Ghosts n Gopniks fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jul 9, 2016 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I love that you're incapable of not being the person outlined by your red title even after earning it years ago. some things never change
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Jul 8, 2016 19:25
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Pham Nuwen posted:It's also a custom chassis with a non-Volvo engine in it... it's only a "Volvo Amazon" in that they've chopped up part of a Volvo to make the roof.
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InitialDave posted:Cutting things off for better performance is a pretty Amazon-like approach, though. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:I love that you're incapable of not being the person outlined by your red title even after earning it years ago. Pro drifting in 2016 is a sub monster-truck genre joke of motorsports.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:03
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Actually it owns if you watch it from Ireland or Japan. As always, Americans ruin everything they touch by trying to make people involved celebrities and sponsoring it to death. Also it's a fun. Well okay, bye.
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Octopus Magic posted:Pro drifting in 2016 is a sub monster-truck genre joke of motorsports. Also, monster trucks are cool.
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Jul 8, 2016 22:30
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Drifting is to Motorsport as Mr Universe competitions are to weightlifting.
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MrLonghair posted:
Nope, that car is a Volvo PV 444. The Amazon is the one called 120 (12X) in some markets.
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Octopus Magic posted:Pro drifting in 2016 is a sub monster-truck genre joke of motorsports. You're like the automotive equivalent of grandpa shaking his cane at the thought of women voting, color television and those "loving ruskies". Your entire post history can be summed up with this. 
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MrYenko posted:Drifting is to Motorsport as Mr Universe competitions are to weightlifting. I think of it as figure skating is to speed skating/ice hockey.
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Watch hot version and acquire a taste for DORIFTO MUSCLERUUUUU Its cool when its just people seeing who can go more sideways and bowing a lot.
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 My brother sent me this, apparently it's a Koenigsegg employee's Opel Kadet.
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That Opel is awesome. There's a Jalopnik article about the cars of Koenigsegg employees and it rules. SPEAKING OF DRIFTING. There's a feature-length documentary on Irish drifting available for this weekend, idk whether it'll be available beyond that: http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/04/watch-now-heroes-weekend/ It's totally fascinating and really neat imho
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Here we go, http://jalopnik.com/koenigsegg-employees-drive-some-amazing-cars-1783341606
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Geoj posted:
Is there any way to make cheap carpeting stand up to the kind of abuse that car carpets have to? I'm asking for a friend....
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Which car carpet are we talking about?
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Cross post from GBS I had a cursory look but didn't see it anywhere here, look at this rear end in a top hat: After looking at Toyota Lexcen ads I wondered if anyone had made a sleeper out of one, how have I never seen this before? http://www.motormag.com.au/features/1605/toyota-lexcen-ultimate-sleeper/ sorry if it is a bit AI but loving hell it is ridiculous stroked 6.6 litre L98 home made AWD system using chevy blazer and holden adventra bits home made independent suspension The owner describes himself as "a tinkerer"
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I think people wipe their shoes before getting into that one, there are chemical treatments to give to those kinds of carpets to help them survive dirt and washes, but that might have a translucent overlay protecting it. Also from IKEA. LEKPLATS and LILLABO are the two car carpets they've got, just had to check. I like the rust-look when it's done right and this hydralics-outfitted Pontiac tickled the right senses. 
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The Door Frame posted:Is there any way to make cheap carpeting stand up to the kind of abuse that car carpets have to? I'm asking for a friend.... It's Ikea carpet, so it's probably pretty durable, but it's also cheap. It most likely lasts longer than any of the cars I've ever had. Especially the cars that are rough enough that I would do something like that to them to start with.
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