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PBCrunch posted:The Fiero's standard engine was the Iron Duke. The optional engine was an early (gutless) version of the GM 60* V-6. excuse me, the Fiero was a two seat commuter car 
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BlackMK4 posted:ya, idk about the torque dip being removed I'm mainly going off the Throttle House guys. They seemed to think it was a noticeable improvement in their review.
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joat mon posted:Blue car glamour shot:  Beautiful picture of a beautiful car.
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joat mon posted:Blue car glamour shot: MG, or...?
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Panty Saluter posted:excuse me, the Fiero was a two seat commuter car I was watching a really dodgy action movie from the 80s that featured a Fiero drag racing a Delorean. And they were both being serious about it.
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Panty Saluter posted:MG, or...? It's a 1963 Austin-Healey 3000
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Humphreys posted:I was watching a really dodgy action movie from the 80s that featured a Fiero drag racing a Delorean. And they were both being serious about it. Gone in 120 Seconds
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joat mon posted:Blue car glamour shot: Powershift posted:
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joat mon posted:Blue car glamour shot: Gorgeous.
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Voltage posted:Lol forgot about that one, definitely worse. One of my highschool classmates had a yellow Camaro with the iron duke, my chevy prizm was easily twice as fast even to 60. I can not loving believe they put those in the third-gen Camaro. I didn't know that until I worked on one for a friend of a friend. Blew me away. Never got it to start (I was but a neophyte at EFI at the time,) but I'm sure it was amazingly slow. Buddy of mine has a Sunfire with the hateful thing. On the plus side, they are very difficult to kill. Freaking thing still has cam-in-block in a 2000 model car. LeeMajors posted:More like Iron Dook Accurate. Panty Saluter posted:excuse me, the Fiero was a two seat commuter car It really was. And it really wasn't a bad car, once they corrected some dumbass mistakes regarding the oil pan, dipstick, and heads-priority oiling on the V6. Humphreys posted:I was watching a really dodgy action movie from the 80s that featured a Fiero drag racing a Delorean. And they were both being serious about it. To be fair, pretty even match. Both pathetic.
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I couldn't do without a sports car, so we re-bought a Cayman: 2009 Base with PDK with 63K miles. Good service history, but there's still about 2-3K* of basic maintenance to be done: - large service (every year) - brake flush (every two years) - rear struts (starting to leak) - PDK flush (every 12 years) - some aftermarket radio satellite radio and microphone wire routing (PO) - preventative water pump and thermostat replacement (60K miles or so) - serpentine belt (if necessary) Most of which I'll be doing myself and may document the resulting comedy of errors - except for the PDK, transmissions are magic, and the dealership gets to violate me for that one. On the plus side, the history is solid, and it was $7-8K cheaper than the next comparable offering in the country. Not pictured: our 2018 Land Cruiser. Which means the average age of our fleet is now ~13 years. EDIT: *if you do it yourself. Otherwise, it’s $6K EDIT2: I also can’t stop laughing at how small the Benz looks. E-class Benzes were well above average for 90s cars. I know the Cayman is thick, but it looks extra-wide next to the Benz morothar fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Aug 23, 2022 |
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  A fun vanity plate (blacked out the 3 digits at end which are the build numbers), and there’s no roof rack option for caddy so suction cups it is
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New AFF11 wheels that I got from a buddy and we swapped tonight. Love the look. 255 up front and 285 out back.  
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Is that Some Like it Hot Red? Yessir. In bright light it’s like a metallic orange, but gets darker red in fading light. Really like it, when I went to go pick it up, only other colors (pre owned) were black (ehhhh) and white. I like white but it had too many miles.
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That's probably one of my favorite modern colors. It seems like so many reds trend cooler towards burgundy and purple so it's awesome to see a nice one that leans towards orange. Killer car.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:That's probably one of my favorite modern colors. It seems like so many reds trend cooler towards burgundy and purple so it's awesome to see a nice one that leans towards orange. Killer car. thanks! there's a couple other not boring colors they produced the car in, but they get increasingly rare. Jungle green metallic is one of my favorites.
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Mr-Spain posted:New AFF11 wheels that I got from a buddy and we swapped tonight. Love the look. 255 up front and 285 out back. I dare you to put Holden badges on it jsut to be the opposite of the fucken idiots here that put chevy badges on their Holdens. To be clear you won't be a fucken idiot... just putting the superior badge on 
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Humphreys posted:I dare you to put Holden badges on it jsut to be the opposite of the fucken idiots here that put chevy badges on their Holdens. You wouldn’t believe how popular that is lol. I don’t personally care for it but I’ve seen one or two around me that have done it. Now, there is a pretty cool thing you can do to get the Holden “performance pages” or whatever they call it, you have to ship your head unit off and they load it with the firmware that shows acceleration, oil pressure (wtf is this not a gauge on the us cars) and some other stuff.
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Humphreys posted:I dare you to put Holden badges on it jsut to be the opposite of the fucken idiots here that put chevy badges on their Holdens. They sold it a while ago but there was a guy up the street from me who had a red SS with Holden badges and a vanity plate that said TAZDEVL. They still have their Orange/red minivan with REDPNDA plates though. For some reason his C5 Z06 has no vanity plates, but sure seems like a fun family.
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I bought a truck today and I am over the moon. It's so clean! (the seller called it the Xmas truck) 2000 Ford Ranger, 3.0 V6 manual. 
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Mr-Spain posted:You wouldn’t believe how popular that is lol. I don’t personally care for it but I’ve seen one or two around me that have done it. Ah yes, I know a few guys that do that here. It's criminally trivial to do, IF you have the gear.
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What's the deal with performance-ish/sports cars not coming with oil temp and oil pressure gauges? I'd like to have a better idea of when I can start beating on my car... But maybe it doesn't really matter as long as I'm but red lining it at start up.
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Worked on my daily driver, the rear window washing pump is definitely broken, gets 12V but no life.  400,000 km and just keeps on ticking. Only thing I really hate about this car is everything is so packed together inside, makes doing anything in the engine compartment a PITA.
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MetaJew posted:What's the deal with performance-ish/sports cars not coming with oil temp and oil pressure gauges? I'd like to have a better idea of when I can start beating on my car... But maybe it doesn't really matter as long as I'm but red lining it at start up. Numbers change changing numbers scary me go to dealer and waste their time.
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NomNomNom posted:I bought a truck today and I am over the moon. It's so clean! (the seller called it the Xmas truck) This truck is awesome, but it looks really low in the back? New springs needed? Still, looks clean as hell.
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opengl128 posted:Numbers change changing numbers scary me go to dealer and waste their time. Wasting the dealer's time is the Lord's work
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MetaJew posted:What's the deal with performance-ish/sports cars not coming with oil temp and oil pressure gauges? I'd like to have a better idea of when I can start beating on my car... But maybe it doesn't really matter as long as I'm but red lining it at start up. Americans fear oil pressure gauges that actually move apparently. That was Mazda's excuse for damping the FD RX-7 oil pressure gauge to uselessness, anyway. opengl128 posted:Numbers change changing numbers scary me go to dealer and waste their time. There you go.
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Darchangel posted:Americans fear oil pressure gauges that actually move apparently. That was Mazda's excuse for damping the FD RX-7 oil pressure gauge to uselessness, anyway. I've never heard about this but based on these replies it sounds like it was a "scandal"? Was it oil pressure dropping with engine temp, or oil life, or some seals deteriorating? I would like to know more. (I just want to know how long I have to wait before I can drive my Miata like a go-kart around each corner. It's barely a mile to the freeway on ramp from my house and while the coolant is up to temp, I'm certain the oil isn't.)
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MetaJew posted:I've never heard about this but based on these replies it sounds like it was a "scandal"? It’s a Miata. Full send all the time is the order of business I believe. That’s how we treat our Del Sol.
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MetaJew posted:I've never heard about this but based on these replies it sounds like it was a "scandal"? Rough estimate is about twice as long as it takes the coolant based on past cars with real oil temp gauges.
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MetaJew posted:I've never heard about this but based on these replies it sounds like it was a "scandal"? Oil pressure gauges move all over the place which is scary for people because they expect it to act like the coolant 'gauge' where it never moves after getting up to temp unless something is wrong. My car has an actual oil pressure gauge and it moves around a decent amount depending on engine load. As for the Miata - you don't need to wait too long for it to be ready to go. It's a fairly simple, robust engine, that doesn't have anything like a turbocharger.
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Woolwich Bagnet posted:Oil pressure gauges move all over the place which is scary for people because they expect it to act like the coolant 'gauge' where it never moves after getting up to temp unless something is wrong. My car has an actual oil pressure gauge and it moves around a decent amount depending on engine load. It's an ND2 so i feel like beating on it while not fully warm might lead to some fuel dilution in the oil due to the direct-injection bit, but it's probably not enough to be too concerned. Oil pressure gauges moving around seems like it would make sense, but I don't know a lot about how oil pumps work. If the pump is mechanically driven by the crank, it should vary wrt RPM, and I imagine it would change as the engine warms up.
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MetaJew posted:It's an ND2 so i feel like beating on it while not fully warm might lead to some fuel dilution in the oil due to the direct-injection bit, but it's probably not enough to be too concerned. At least for old pushrod V8s, 40ish psi at start, and _roughly_ 10 psi per 1000 rpm when warm. I can see how true hot idle psi could scare people compared to starting idle psi.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Worked on my daily driver, the rear window washing pump is definitely broken, gets 12V but no life. Sup grey Yaris buddy - I stupidly left my ignition on overnight in my garage and just killed the battery, but looks like the costco warranty will replace it. Mine has 160K miles on it and doesn't burn a drop of oil between changes, and somehow doesn't even look that black when I drain it - truly a great (but very low power) engine. Just a great car overall imo - I love how simple it is, gets awesome gas milage, and is reasonably entertaining with the 5 speed. The only thing that sucked so far has been replacing the headlight bulbs - have to undo the bumper and getting the bulbs in is a major PITA compared to any other car I've ever worked on. Edit: Saw yours is the diesel - I have the sole option in America - the 1.5 1NZFE - how's the diesel? Voltage fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Aug 30, 2022 |
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