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Olympic Mathlete posted:You may not dig the actual car but the way the guy went about building it is smart. The fact all the suspension is stock angles and he just moved the body of the car around it is nuts... That's pretty flipping cool. I'm usually not a fan of super-low cars because of the compromises required, but this one was built at the ride height, mitigating that. And who can disparage a RWD wagon? In other news, GM is finally building a DOHC V8 again: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a22850752/cadillac-cts-dohc-v8/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=082818 What I found most interesting is that not only is it designed to be twin-turbo from the start, it's got the turbos (and exhaust) in the vee, and the intake ports on the outside of the heads, like the current Powerstroke V8 diesel. Just a little while before used ones start showing up on the market...
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Cackle car sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeX9mPoC8j0 Pretty sure I got this from this thread way back and I imagine it gets posted often.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Cackle car sounds. The way the graybeard checks the warmup by hand is just so old-school, I love it.
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Modus Man posted:70s nascars were loving awesome, speakers up Yeah they are. Production-style suspension. Production sheet metal. Bumpers. HenryJLittlefinger posted:Cackle car sounds. That's my all-time favorite "cackle" video. Pretty sure I posted it at least once. Either that or I got it from here in the first place. The thing that gets me, every time, on this video is how completely insane the engine gets when they switch over to nitro (starts and warms up on gasoline.) It just goes from "powerful supercharged V8" to "eats babies and shits bullets". And the way that chassis just *jumps* when he gooses the throttle...
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Looking through old newspapers and i found an ad for the big jump, holy poo poo
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https://twitter.com/SeclusiveBlue/status/1034898268919083008 Need that sound on
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thechalkoutline posted:https://twitter.com/SeclusiveBlue/status/1034898268919083008 Nah. The Eurobeat starts automatically in my head.
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thechalkoutline posted:https://twitter.com/SeclusiveBlue/status/1034898268919083008 This has made my day
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Aug 31, 2018 20:42
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I guarantee I saw my first X1/9 parked outside Centaur 
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Chris Knight posted:I guarantee I saw my first X1/9 parked outside Centaur  Even a quartz crystal clock!
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What year is that $7420 in? Because if that's 60's dollars that's like $55,000 today which is  territory.
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Aug 31, 2018 21:09
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"3 year corrosion perforation warranty"
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xzzy posted:What year is that $7420 in? Because if that's 60's dollars that's like $55,000 today which is 1978, and Canada. According to the BOC's inflation calculator, that's about $26,860.
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Powershift posted:
FIAT: we didn't even finish making the ad
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Buddy of mine in high school had an X-1/9. Neat little car. He bought my 128 sedan when another (mutual) friend totaled it, for parts, because of course the drivetrain in the front of my 128 was mostly the same as the drivetrain in the back of his X-1/9. His was newer with fuel injection, though. 1.3L of Italian fury. Edit: I drew both my car:  and his:  way back then. I really wish I'd have had mine long enough to slap some wide 13" alloys on there like that. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:FIAT: we didn't even finish making the ad gently caress It, Ain't Tryin'
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Dagen H posted:"3 year corrosion perforation warranty"
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InitialDave posted:Note that perforation specifically means they warranty it from actually rusting through any panels in the first 3 years. * where you can see it. I wonder how many times they had to honor that warranty?
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Darchangel posted:* where you can see it. Mazda Canada was really busy with theirs in Alberta from 2006 onwards. In-laws both had two claims that resulted in new panels and resprays. So it's not just the Italians and it's been a problem for forever it seems.
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Darchangel posted:That's pretty flipping cool. I'm usually not a fan of super-low cars because of the compromises required, but this one was built at the ride height, mitigating that. its nuts that the coilovers are maxed out just to get it where it is there's usually a ton if leeway
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Dagen H posted:
Funny thing about that, I still have it. edit: I will pay someone $100 to come get it. I even have the paperwork.
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Are Saturn's a thing now? I never had good things to say about the SL1, L200, or Relay my family owned.
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Darchangel posted:Yeah they are. Production-style suspension. Production sheet metal. Bumpers. The fuel switch is 100% the reason for watching that video.
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um excuse me posted:Are Saturn's a thing now?  https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/different-kind-race-car/ 🤔
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I have one question about all this Why is it never the pop up SCs? Should I buy an Italian car? Seems kinda sketchy.
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Powershift posted:oh god it's happening Jellybean Taruses are also on the rise. Settle in for the next few years 
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I wanna know which costs more, the real Chiron or the Lego one.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:I wanna know which costs more, the real Chiron or the Lego one. Deoends if youre counting it with retail markup or not.
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KakerMix posted:Jellybean Taruses are also on the rise. Settle in for the next few years Someone stopped me the other day to compliment my 16-year-old ZX2, saying "that car just has nice lines" and "if you didn't know, you'd think it was a new car" Coming full circle feels weird
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Deoends if youre counting it with retail markup or not.
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Sagebrush posted:Someone stopped me the other day to compliment my 16-year-old ZX2, saying "that car just has nice lines" and "if you didn't know, you'd think it was a new car" ...were they registered blind?  It's not a bad looking car but it doesn't exactly have bags of character.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:...were they registered blind? "Woah Ford made cars??"
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So how long before Ford starts making cars again?
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fakeaccount posted:So how long before Ford starts making cars again? It's called MUSTANG BRO.
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