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Olympic Mathlete posted:Guys. Holy poo poo. I feel like trying to order those at the local tire shop would get some looks. Edit: Holy poo poo  https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...romCompare1=yes
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Guys. Holy poo poo. so T H I C C
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Hadlock posted:Those are Countach tires, right Yep, rear tires for a Countach.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Guys. Holy poo poo. Haha that's awesome, I've seen 12" wide Watanabes (they even make 13x12s) before but they're usually wrapped with something like this 
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Spotted at Miramar Lake (San Diego) last weekend: Trivia: President Lyndon Johnson used tom prank visitors to his ranch with one of these: The President, with [White House secretary] Vicky McCammon in the seat alongside him and me in the back, was now driving around in a small blue car with the top down. We reached a steep incline at the edge of the lake and the car started rolling rapidly toward the water. The President shouted, "The brakes don’t work! The brakes won’t hold! We’re going in! We’re going under!" The car splashed into the water. I started to get out. Just then the car leveled and I realized we were in a Amphicar. The President laughed. As we putted along the lake then (and throughout the evening), he teased me. "Vicky, did you see what Joe did? He didn’t give a drat about his President. He just wanted to save his own skin and get out of the car." Then he’d roar. VideoGameVet fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Feb 23, 2022 |
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Feb 23, 2022 19:13
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I don't know if this is the right thread to post this, but it's very ambitious: 
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I feel like trying to order those at the local tire shop would get some looks. Before clicking I said to myself they would be about a grand each. Yep.
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VideoGameVet posted:Spotted at Miramar Lake (San Diego) last weekend: I haven't seen it in a while now but the owner of a tattoo shop near me has/had one of them that he would park outside the shop.
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VideoGameVet posted:Spotted at Miramar Lake (San Diego) last weekend: It's just a prank, bro. And then whipping out his massive hog to intimidate his political opponents. Leaded gas was a wild time.
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http://www.speedhunters.com/2022/02/the-micro-trucks-of-osaka-auto-messe/ I want every. single. one.
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I hate the giant rims. I'd really like that squarebody stepside with smaller wheels. I kind of hate that I knew the difference between a donk, a box, and a bubble before the dude explained it. I do kind of appreciate them actually trying to drag race the cars while maintaining the appearance. The fact that they actually have go for the show. Humphreys posted:Dammit, now I want LEDs under my car and inside my rims. I won't lie, I still like underglow, as cheesy as it is. I grew up in the late 80s early 90s. Powershift posted:http://www.speedhunters.com/2022/02/the-micro-trucks-of-osaka-auto-messe/ Yes. Closest I will probably get though is RC. I found a bunch of parts for the Aliexpress HiJets, etc. on Thingiverse a while back. Body kits, detail parts, etc. to make them look like that. edit: that's an interesting idea on the rear diff on the Hyabusa powered one. Looks like they removed the ring and pinion, turned the diff around, and machined the case to allow a chainring and chain to be bolted to where the ring gear would go. Just left the rear cover off the pumpkin. Lets you use the original half-shafts, etc. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Feb 24, 2022 |
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Darchangel posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta43kriTHJw
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https://www.motortrend.com/news/suzuki-jimny-truck-conversion-photos-details/ Jimnys are good. It's a jimny pickup trucklet! It is very good.
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So here in America, you can buy one of those four seater UTV things from many different manufacturers, but we can't buy a Jimny with cats on it for off-road use? Is it an engine displacement thing?
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 Alternative to having a lift/bridge/pit. Just put it on jack stands with another bigger jack stand and a ratchety thingy.
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PBCrunch posted:So here in America, you can buy one of those four seater UTV things from many different manufacturers, but we can't buy a Jimny with cats on it for off-road use? Is it an engine displacement thing? It's a "Suzuki doesn't want to sell it in the US" thing. America doesn't care at all about engine displacement, on or off road. 27cc to 27 litre is all good.
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LimaBiker posted:
I don't know if the stands or the frame rail is doing more work, but that's some confidence in build quality that most people no longer have (for good reason).
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um excuse me posted:Bringing it back around to awesome, range extenders operate in a different regime from a regular ICE, they operate at peak torque continuously for hours on end. It requires them to be built closer to plane engines than car engines. This means that you can also start using smaller aircraft powerplants. This includes turbines. I hope you can see where I am going with this. Wasn't Mazda going to be wankeling the mx30? I always figured range extender was an ideal use case for a rotary.
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This is bringing back memories of when i was a kid, I saw something at the auto show that was basically two giant arches that bolted to the hubs so you could roll the car over on its side, was that ever a thing that caught on or just a one-off?
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KozmoNaut posted:Calling it "zero-emissions" is a bit rich, considering that the majority of hydrogen is sourced from fossil fuels, and that there are no real plans to transition to green hydrogen, due to cost issues. Old mate Twiggy Forrest has started a offshoot from his iron mining company called Fortescue Future Industries. 10% of FMG profits go towards this company to research producing green hydrogen and batteries for his mining equipment. He’ll be even richer if it works out and becomes the new petroleum industry.
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Phy posted:Wasn't Mazda going to be wankeling the mx30? I always figured range extender was an ideal use case for a rotary. How much power does range extender really need. My car has 150hp and during highway driving OBD2 sensor claims it's using 10-15hp. A 100cc single cylinder bike engine should be perfectly enough anywhere outside autobahn. Biggest issue is probably that no one makes small bike engines with the same emission standards as car engines.
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Is this worth bidding on? https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-2008...81AB1956788D%7D
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Automatic Retard posted:Is this worth bidding on? https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-2008...81AB1956788D%7D Depends how desperate you are for an FD. That one looks like it’s been the victim of some questionable decisions in its life. The cosmetic stuff is relatively easy to revert but it makes me wonder what surprises really lie in wait under the hood?
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Automatic Retard posted:Is this worth bidding on? https://www.grays.com/lot/0001-2008...81AB1956788D%7D NO! (because I want to bid on it)
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I'm bidding 
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mobby_6kl posted:I'm bidding I'm actually tempted to put $5k on a lark
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LimaBiker posted:https://www.motortrend.com/news/suzuki-jimny-truck-conversion-photos-details/ I love that first image with the fat tires and old-school slotted mags on it. I mean, all of them, but especially that one. Phy posted:Wasn't Mazda going to be wankeling the mx30? I always figured range extender was an ideal use case for a rotary. They built a concept, yes, but so far that's it. Little tiny single rotor. Motor Trend says it's still coming, though: https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-mazda-mx-30-phev-rotary-range-extender-official/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoR5J-BVX5Q As a rotary enthusiast I'm... conflicted.
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Lots of snowmobiles are two-stroke. A rotary is two-stroke. Makes sense to me.
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PBCrunch posted:Lots of snowmobiles are two-stroke. A rotary is two-stroke. Makes sense to me. NOW YOU LOOK HERE...! <triggered>
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Yeah, come on, the dorito doesn't stroke it spins(ish)
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PBCrunch posted:Lots of snowmobiles are two-stroke. A rotary is two-stroke. Makes sense to me. Also. To go in reverse they just stop the engine and spin it backwards so you don’t have the bike engined car issue.
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PBCrunch posted:Lots of snowmobiles are two-stroke. A rotary is two-stroke. Makes sense to me. The two strokes of a rotary are Boost In>Seals Out
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Galler posted:Yeah, come on, the dorito doesn't stroke it spins(ish) Doesn’t even do that half the time
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LimaBiker posted:
 Pretty common thing in EE, actually
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAKekhmTRaY
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Large Testicles posted:The two strokes of a rotary are Boost In>Seals Out LOOK YOU… are not entirely wrong. I can’t be mad at that one. I have several versions of that graphic on hand.
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Boost goes in, seals come out, that is what the wankle rotory engine is all about.
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Awesome TI tractor insanity https://twitter.com/OSICnick/status/1498022940759240717?s=20&t=uBxwVQ0HPTRzfZ6dnodmEg slidebite fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 28, 2022 |
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