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Thief posted:lol "Running car, never started" that's gonna blow the head gasket(s) the instant you turn the key, innit?
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Its an 86 so it doesn't have the handling upgrades of the 88 iirc, and its the built motor that hasn't been started according to the ad. Also, edlebrock makes a manifold to convert those cars over to carbed, but I'd probably convert it over to a more modern tbi fuel injection system. Would probably be more reliable than the stock FI or a carb and more tunable from home than either of the other options. Edit: Still buy it tho. Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Oct 21, 2017 |
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You know those Fieros would be pretty awesome with a modern ecoboost 4 in them I say.
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Coredump posted:You know those Fieros would be pretty awesome with a modern ecoboost 4 in them I say. That's a weird way to spell LS7.
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An even weirder way to say MR2 or X1/9.
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StormDrain posted:Owning a Model T is cool and good, and you should all find the time to drive one. It's not a car to daily obviously, but it's more than driving in parades. Take it out of the city and drive up a back road, tootle along at 35-45 and enjoy the scenery and life. There's one I always see parked next to the IHOP in town. Not sure if it belongs to someone there, or someone that works at the college directly across the street, or what. It looks cool and I'd like to ride in one, but never own one. Having recently needed to park a car with a slipped serpentine belt, how did they handle having no power steering (obviously more recent than 1920 too)? Bigger steering wheels, was the steering ratio or whatever you call it higher too?
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I'd guess a combination of manual steering box, like you said, with a different ratio, and people back then were way more manly.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:There's one I always see parked next to the IHOP in town. Not sure if it belongs to someone there, or someone that works at the college directly across the street, or what. It looks cool and I'd like to ride in one, but never own one. Skinny tires, lots of leverage (big steering wheels, low gearing). Performance expectations were lower, as well. You did what you had to do to turn the car, and that's just the way it was.
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Manual steering usually has a much lower ratio (more turns lock to lock). Combine that with cars that were generally lighter and tires that were narrower and harder, and you end up with a reasonable steering effort. With that said, there's a reason power steering has been standard on nearly every vehicle for decades.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Manual steering usually has a much lower ratio (more turns lock to lock). Combine that with cars that were generally lighter and tires that were narrower and harder, and you end up with a reasonable steering effort. Yeah, you can tell when PS became standard equipment on cars. Steering wheels shrank to about half the size they had been.
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The thing about a model t is there is cruising speed and stopped, theres no in between so not having power steering isnt a problem but its pretty light anyways. Thats why they kinda suck in traffic. Accelerating requires throttle on the left hand and timing on the right so really during this transition phase good luck steering you only have 2 hands but it is designed to require 3.
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My Acty with it's tiny wheels and super light weight is ez pz with manual steering. My wife's Tracker though, while light does have some beefy tires and it's an effort to wrench the wheels around at low speed. Has AC, but no power steering.
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Plus with a manual box you have to be somewhat smarter when it comes to parking so you can carry the car in on some momentum making turning easier. Just something you learn and get used to.
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i felt like a surgeon driving my gf's automatic after dailying with no power steering in a city where you have to parallel park everywhere but it aint so bad in most cars so long as you're rolling 3mph
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Nah, it's easy on most cars, it's nothing like a rack and pinion power steering rack when the system fails - that shits hard. But recirc ball non power steering as easy to turn the wheel. Every mazda I've had from 1971 to 1982 had no power steering (and the rx3 had 205 tyres so not exactly thin). It was not much harder to steer with a small steering wheel than say for example my 1990 BMW e34 with power steering. Both have recirc ball steering boxes BTW. Same for brothers and friends datsuns and toyotas. Rack and pinion and land yachts is why power steering became very common. E: Thinking about it some more, my dads old holdens were harder to steer but I can't remember what sort of steering box they used. It's kind of weird because 1960s holdens weren't that much heavier cars. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Oct 22, 2017 |
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Fo3 posted:Nah, it's easy on most cars, it's nothing like a rack and pinion power steering rack when the system fails - that shits hard.
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Ah, that's a good point. I guess if you're driving something with failed power steering you're fighting the power steering system as well as the tires?
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Yeah, power steering does not exactly fail safe. Imagine power steering as 1, and power steering that's thrown the belt as 10. Unpowered steering is a 3, maybe 4.
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 https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/buick-4x4-station-wagan/6346974714.html
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I'd move the decimal point one... no, make it two spaces to the left.
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Its always a Fiero, unless it's a car on a truck frame, then its always a Blazer.
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Pham Nuwen posted:I'd move the decimal point one... no, make it two spaces to the left. The bumper sticker moves it another one.
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Friend on Facebook forwarded this to me: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/974796852657280/ 
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Lol
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since i always post this type of poo poo. i sure would want this for 11k over anything else! https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/not-vanagon-4wd-diesel-toyota/6356900193.html 
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https://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-vw-golf-gti-vrspeed/6339258406.html Someone talk me out of this please 
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New oil/pan, rad/coolant, i'm sure the head gasket is fine, do it.
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Darchangel posted:Friend on Facebook forwarded this to me: Umm ahh shouldn't there only be two of them? This doesn't even make fake sense.
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Brolander posted:since i always post this type of poo poo. i sure would want this for 11k over anything else! Are you mocking it? I can't tell because while the ad is goofy (toyota Toyota TOYOTA) they will probably easily get that price, it's a turbo diesel Toyota manual transmission van in the pacific northwest. I get that it isn't a Delica but #vanlife yo. And honestly I would probably like that more than most things, although I imagine they probably paid around 3-4k at auction for that. Maybe less!
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I mean i wouldnt have expected that to be a reasonable price either, thats holding its value like a truck. I guess it is a truck though.
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Elephanthead posted:Umm ahh shouldn't there only be two of them? This doesn't even make fake sense. See, now that’s what I was thinking.
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Just found this looking for stuff for my brand new broken tofu delivery machine: https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/d/1uz-trade-sale/6336302324.html   Hmmmm. Buy. Remove 1UZ. Sell RA20 shell. Stuff 1UZ in AE86. Profit?
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 E: I don’t have the cash or the time to spare, but I remember this thread, and I dream: 
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KakerMix posted:Are you mocking it? I can't tell because while the ad is goofy (toyota Toyota TOYOTA) they will probably easily get that price, it's a turbo diesel Toyota manual transmission van in the pacific northwest. I get that it isn't a Delica but #vanlife yo. it's loving awesome. i am mocking it only slightly
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I owned a '73 and it was dog slow I can't imagine how an auto would be but putting a V8 in that thing would be fun.
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https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/92-bmw-e30-m60-v8-swap/6349598763.html   Sweet gently caress is this clean
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Too bad that's a vert cuz it's loving awesome.
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 Not too shabby! Wish there were more snaps of the interior, though. If I had my car paid off I'd swap it for this in a heartbeat.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/92-bmw-e30-m60-v8-swap/6349598763.html Wow that interior and engine bay. Don't love the wheels, lip, or smoked headlights though.
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