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ExplodingSims posted:. I mean, after all, I deal with this stuff on a daily basis: Just out of interest, a 'BJ Wholesale Club' isn't what I think it is, right?
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spog posted:Just out of interest, a 'BJ Wholesale Club' isn't what I think it is, right? No, it isn't Starbucks 
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ExplodingSims posted:Anyways, yeah the LQ4 probably will be the engine of choice. Seems reasonable, I know it fits, not terribly expensive, etc, etc. I just took the Escalade out today for the first time in over a month. After driving a 6 cylinder Toyota since then, getting into a big truck with a LQ9 is a damned treat. There is nothing shameful about Automotive Sanity when it comes to using an LS motor for any damned thing.
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Wrar posted:Get an LS and have Fuzzkill help you junkyard super or turbocharge it. 
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spog posted:Just out of interest, a 'BJ Wholesale Club' isn't what I think it is, right? If you think it's a 3rd rate wholesale club that I have not idea how it stays in business, then you're totally right! Seminal Flu posted:I just took the Escalade out today for the first time in over a month. After driving a 6 cylinder Toyota since then, getting into a big truck with a LQ9 is a damned treat. That's what it's looking like it'll be, the boring, if reliable and well documented choice. At least parts and aftermarket support will be cheap and plentiful with that choice, Still, turbo V8 Diesel '50s dump truck would be a hell of a thing...
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Fermented Tinal posted:Inline 14 or bust. Just full up the whole back of the truck with a giant V16 quad turbo diesel, fill the entire engine bay with a super beefy V-drive. Leave the driveshaft through the cab exposed 
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We're going the wrong way. Can't you get monster 500ci single or 2 cylinder tractor engines? Blow that.
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Fermented Tinal posted:Inline 14 or bust. How about a Briggs and Stratton I6? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m95rv5MS5A
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cakesmith handyman posted:We're going the wrong way. Can't you get monster 500ci single or 2 cylinder tractor engines? Blow that. I'm liking the John Deere imagery here.
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Deteriorata posted:How about a Briggs and Stratton I6? That's just garbage with couplers on the cranks. This is some real poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRX3VWWGr30
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I don't know poo poo about engines to suggest but I wanted to thank everyone involved in this thread for an amazing read and I'm really interested to see how (or if) the journey resolves in a couple months, not to mention whatever ultimately happens. At 36 I'm just getting into cars after more or less just seeing them as a utility to get from one place to the other for the last 20 years of driving (beyond demanding a stick shift) so it's pretty fun to learn poo poo and get excited from people who know more about this than I ever will and are really into it.
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shortspecialbus posted:I don't know poo poo about engines to suggest but I wanted to thank everyone involved in this thread for an amazing read and I'm really interested to see how (or if) the journey resolves in a couple months, not to mention whatever ultimately happens. Posts like this are some of the best part of the feelgood thread of 2016. Seeing someone pop up and go "I know fuckall about cars but I've been inspired by this man to go do poo poo" is so heartwarming that it's almost painful. Last Friday, my old Ford Ranger's instrument cluster decided to spaz out, so I got ready to call my mechanic, but then thought "Hang on, I just (sort of) watched a man freeze his balls off out in a field in the Midwest fixing up a truck; I can at least take a drat look at the thing if 14" can do that. So, I did. Sunday evening, I'm sitting on the front porch with an iced tea, coated in engine grime up to my elbows, wearing the biggest poo poo-eating grin. Sure, it was just hunting down some frayed wiring, but I did it, and as a bonus, I replaced a broken vacuum hose I noticed while I was in there. Can't tell you what the gently caress it went to, but goddamn it, I fixed it, and she runs great now. Thank you again, 14" and everyone who helped along the way. Looking forward to the triumphant return to Fury Road.
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Fuckin' same same. My buddies Jeep pissed coolant everywhere. He was so broke so we just manned up and fixed it. The water pump is a super basic fix on a TJ Wrangler but that didn't stop us feeling like supermen when it fired up with no leaks and now runs like a champ. It's such a fun and satisfying experience
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slothrop posted:Fuckin' same same. My buddies Jeep pissed coolant everywhere. He was so broke so we just manned up and fixed it. The water pump is a super basic fix on a TJ Wrangler but that didn't stop us feeling like supermen when it fired up with no leaks and now runs like a champ. It's such a fun and satisfying experience A Jeep with a 4.0 is a fantastic vehicle to learn wrenching on. My first car was a 92' Cherokee, (which I still have) and I practically rebuilt that thing over the years. But cheap parts + easy to work on makes for a fine learning car. ExplodingSims fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Jan 20, 2017 |
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Posts like this are some of the best part of the feelgood thread of 2016. Seeing someone pop up and go "I know fuckall about cars but I've been inspired by this man to go do poo poo" is so heartwarming that it's almost painful. I mean, I took auto shop in high school and I've done oil changes and replaced pretty much every part of disc brakes, starters, alternators, etc and I can do basic troubleshooting and such. But it was never an interest, just a necessity because I was too broke to pay for repairs. I bought a new WRX this year and the basic stuff I've been doing on it has been for the first time FUN, and I'm interested in learning more. My wife has been getting an interest too and really wants to fix up an old rear end pickup truck, so this thread was right up my alley. This thread, more than any other AI thread I've seen, just oozes passion and should get almost anyone excited about this poo poo.
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I like the idea of taking a 67 and bolting on 88 running gear. The body style is boring though. The 88 cradle just bolts right in. Yes same bolt holes. Then you can just buy $10 loaded calipers and things that fit on a million unit per year GM truck..
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ExplodingSims posted:A Jeep with a 6.0 is a fantastic vehicle to learn wrenching on. My first car was a 92' Cherokee, (which I still have) and I practically rebuilt that thing over the years. I wish I had a jeep with a 6.0
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Sorry for the getting anyone's hopes up for a relevant content update post, but I just went back and reread page #1 and it is fantastic how quickly this thing took shape. I can't wait to see phase 2.
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ExplodingSims posted:*Points at thread title* OK since this thread was bumped, just curious, what are those all controlling? They're solid state relays, right?
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CharlesM posted:OK since this thread was bumped, just curious, what are those all controlling? They're solid state relays, right?  sweet mercy I am bad at photoshop and that is an obscure reference slothrop fucked around with this message at 12:21 on Feb 27, 2017 |
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slothrop posted:
That's a loving awesome reference, is what you meant to say.
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Jesus just when I think it ain't possible ai bests itself once again. I love Sealab and I love y'all. Carry on.
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slothrop posted:
The very best episode of Sealab.
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therobit posted:The very best episode of Sealab. That's all of them until Hank Goz died.
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So true. Loved the one that aired as a normal episode of Sealab until the end when it all blew up.
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