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NitroSpazzz posted:supercharged R32 time attack car pics pls
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Sep 4, 2016 14:31
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R32 of what flavor? Nissan, VW, etc.
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Sep 4, 2016 16:17
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Not done yet but he's done a couple track days in it before dumping a ton more time into it this winter.
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Sep 4, 2016 17:38
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VR6s sound so drat good. Bummer about the motor.
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Sep 5, 2016 03:23
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Wookie mode on the OG R32 was amazing sounding.
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Sep 5, 2016 03:32
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NitroSpazzz posted:Friends supercharged R32 time attack car had a failure last weekend, initial tear down showed this... I didn't know they made chewing gum for cars, neat!
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Sep 5, 2016 11:06
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Wrar posted:VR6s sound so drat good. Bummer about the motor. sharkytm posted:Wookie mode on the OG R32 was amazing sounding. He was only running a couple pounds of boost, has other pulleys to increase boost as needed. 
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Sep 5, 2016 11:49
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Love that valve cover
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Sep 5, 2016 12:59
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Sep 5, 2016 18:19
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TotalLossBrain posted:The oil passage hole for the crank end bearing is plugged by something. Maybe it's on purpose as it looks very smooth and uniform. But I don't see any other way that bearing could get lubrication. Even though it has been asserted that there is no oil system in this engine, on the left journal you will see a chamfered passage which appears to be for oil. It might be some sort of centrifugal drain back oil passage. Either way, the passage you see and assume is filled is actually just where another bearing with a corresponding hole was laid during the build. Now I don't know if that would be a failure cause or not, but considering the kind of failure, I would put it on the a suspect list. I do know that accidentally plugging oil feed holes on pressurized oil journal engines by accidentally laying a bearing in the wrong polarity is a sure way to wreck an engine. I am guessing here that the bearings are made with the holes in both shell halves so that they can never be laid incorrectly but they do leave that mark that looks like a filled hole.
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Sep 5, 2016 19:21
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it could have been for a variant that was oil injected.
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Sep 5, 2016 19:28
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No bearing shells in a 2 stroke. Ball races in just about all of them Needle bearings on the rod. Some cheap stuff might have a bushing on the small end.
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Sep 5, 2016 21:02
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Not even once.
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Sep 6, 2016 01:45
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B4Ctom1 posted:
I explained that earlier in the thread. It connects the back side of the bearing carrier to the transfer port to ensure a small amount of fuel/oil passes through the ball bearing. The carrier has a passage drilled all the way through so that you can use either bearing carrier on either side and it will have a hole lined up with the hole. There is no hole on the opposite case because the transfer port is offset. After reading through the journey log of this aircraft it appears the crank broke after a prop strike. So I am guessing it cracked in the strike and then got incredibly hot as they attempted to run it afterwards.
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Sep 6, 2016 02:20
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I guess Im old and I dont know whats cool anymore but Ill never understand this. Then again old people like stuff that Boyd Coddington made and I dont like those cars either. Ill be in my garage wrenching on my shitboxes if anyone needs me.
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Sep 6, 2016 02:33
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That was posted to reddit. Someone claimed they buy these cars at a junkyard, fix them up for a show and then junk them.
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Sep 6, 2016 02:54
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Fart Pipe posted:I guess Im old and I dont know whats cool anymore but Ill never understand this. Then again old people like stuff that Boyd Coddington made and I dont like those cars either. Ill be in my garage wrenching on my shitboxes if anyone needs me. I saw it done back in the mid 90's when I was in high school, era doesn't really play into it. I mean it wasn't stanced to hell but the owner had cut the springs and drove around dragging pan on asphalt. Point being idiots are always out there ruining cars to try and stand out.
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Sep 6, 2016 03:05
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Even minitruckers know to put drag blocks to save your stucture/mechanical bits and those guys paint without masks.   They even figured out that companies stock them in every store for 10 bucks, and it only takes 5 minutes to replace. For some reason they call them "hitch balls"
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Sep 6, 2016 03:19
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xzzy posted:I saw it done back in the mid 90's when I was in high school, era doesn't really play into it. I mean it wasn't stanced to hell but the owner had cut the springs and drove around dragging pan on asphalt. I started driving in the mid 90s but I dont remember the super camber thing. It was more mini trucks, third gen F bodys and 5.0 Mustangs. The cars to have at that time that were fast were the TBird super/turbo coupes, 5.0 Mustangs, LT1 F bodies, Grand Nationals, Syclone/Typhoons and the occasional Impala SS. I had the most tired 289 66 Galaxie/C4 that I thought was the poo poo. The car was cool but omg it was soo slow even though I thought I had a muscle car cause it was old and had a V8. The only things I remember having camber like that were the old air cooled swing-arm VWs. I almost want to think thats where the look came from before MK3 and MK4 VWs were a cool thing to have.
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Sep 6, 2016 03:32
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Powershift posted:Even minitruckers know to put drag blocks to save your stucture/mechanical bits and those guys paint without masks. "Man all these roads are hosed what does the stupid government do with all our tax dollars?!?"
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Sep 6, 2016 03:41
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Fart Pipe posted:I started driving in the mid 90s but I dont remember the super camber thing. It was more mini trucks, third gen F bodys and 5.0 Mustangs. The cars to have at that time that were fast were the TBird super/turbo coupes, 5.0 Mustangs, LT1 F bodies, Grand Nationals, Syclone/Typhoons and the occasional Impala SS. But I wasn't talking about camber at all, I was talking about cars dragging their pans on the ground.
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Sep 6, 2016 03:42
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xzzy posted:But I wasn't talking about camber at all, I was talking about cars dragging their pans on the ground. Mini trucks didn't want to grind oil pan, just frame. The front was always higher unless bagged, then it was only level at a stand still.
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Sep 6, 2016 03:56
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xzzy posted:But I wasn't talking about camber at all, I was talking about cars dragging their pans on the ground. Oh poo poo sorry, I love lowered poo poo, I misunderstood. I pretty much DD this  I cant stand the cambered stuff, ugh
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Sep 6, 2016 03:59
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iwentdoodie posted:Mini trucks didn't want to grind oil pan, just frame. The front was always higher unless bagged, then it was only level at a stand still. When I lived in northern Florida for a few years those guys were all about dragging frame and it was fun and cool. Leaving a party one time the median was on fire and I suspected one of my friends and it was. One of his magnesium blocks broke off while he was making sparks and flew off into the grass. Good times, haha.
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Sep 6, 2016 04:03
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Fart Pipe posted:When I lived in northern Florida for a few years those guys were all about dragging frame and it was fun and cool. Leaving a party one time the median was on fire and I suspected one of my friends and it was. One of his magnesium blocks broke off while he was making sparks and flew off into the grass. Good times, haha. I had an S10 with a 5/7 static drop. That was my daily life. No wonder my back hurts now.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:24
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh poo poo sorry, I love lowered poo poo, I misunderstood. I pretty much DD this Just an FYI, I love your truck. It's lowered just right and makes me want to drop the Courier just a couple inches.
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Sep 6, 2016 13:28
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh poo poo sorry, I love lowered poo poo, I misunderstood. I pretty much DD this  Going anything lower on these trucks would require notching the frame anyways. But our trucks are still very drive able like this.
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Sep 6, 2016 15:49
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Nothing wrong with lowering as long as you don't scrape everywhere and destroy the suspension's functionality.
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Sep 6, 2016 16:40
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Or having to run the muffler into the trunk space.
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Sep 6, 2016 16:53
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That looks like the gas tank to me not the muffler.
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Sep 6, 2016 19:01
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Fart Pipe posted:Oh poo poo sorry, I love lowered poo poo, I misunderstood. I pretty much DD this Yeah this is awesome, but its actually still practical. If anything, you improved the ride quality for 99% of situations where you don't have a bed full of cargo.
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Sep 6, 2016 19:08
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Armacham posted:Yeah this is awesome, but its actually still practical. If anything, you improved the ride quality for 99% of situations where you don't have a bed full of cargo. Thanks, yea its still driveable. Im going to lower it correctly this winter, for now its just springs and sometimes the front bottoms out on the a-arms though getting the nitro drop shocks helped that a ton. I want to swap disc brakes on it and Ill get the drop spindles and whatever springs match the height it has now so it has a lot more suspension travel. NitroSpazzz posted:Just an FYI, I love your truck. It's lowered just right and makes me want to drop the Courier just a couple inches. Thanks man and definitely lower it, lowered trucks are awesome. Valt posted:
Yea I would never cut the frame to get it any lower, thats definitely where I draw the line.
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Sep 6, 2016 20:49
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VW buys stake in Navistar
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Sep 6, 2016 23:20
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Perfect thread for it. RIP North American diesel market. 
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Sep 7, 2016 00:08
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We have a diesel market? Save pickup trucks and VAG, who even sells commercial diesels anymore?
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Sep 7, 2016 00:27
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The Door Frame posted:We have a diesel market? Save pickup trucks and VAG, who even sells commercial diesels anymore? Um, I think Chevrolet offers a diesel in the Cruze. Or they did. I don't know about the current generation. ... Oh, BMW and Mercedes! So basically just the Germans.
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Sep 7, 2016 03:01
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Left Ventricle posted:Um, I think Chevrolet offers a diesel in the Cruze. Or they did. I don't know about the current generation. Ford offers a diesel for the Transit. Not sure about the transit connect. Or any of their not trucks.
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Sep 7, 2016 03:08
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Left Ventricle posted:Um, I think Chevrolet offers a diesel in the Cruze. Or they did. I don't know about the current generation. They said the curze diesel is coming back for this gen. The base mdoel jag XE is a diesel now, too. Both ford and dodge offer a small diesel in their vans. class 5 and 6 truck sales are split between hino and navistar, and almost exclusively diiesel. class 7 the regular truck players get into it and everything is diesel.
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Sep 7, 2016 03:11
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El Jebus posted:Ford offers a diesel for the Transit. Not sure about the transit connect. Or any of their not trucks. Can confirm that the Transit Connect has no diesel in the US, just the 2.5L I4 and the 1.8L EcoBoost I4
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Sep 7, 2016 05:16
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I think that the bruising that diesel took is very much a VW-diesel issue and not a diesel-in-general issue. There are still people out there that want a diesel and, with VW diesels now essentially out of the picture, it leaves room for another OEM to come in and capture a portion of that market. Frankly, with so many OEMs already developing diesel applications for other markets (e.g. Europe), it doesn't make sense not to offer some diesel options in the US. Perhaps not as extensively as VW's "let's turn America into mini-Europe w/r/t diesel usage" strategy, but definitely makes sense to have some.
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