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cakesmith handyman posted:You can, if you go to the right manufacturer with enough money. Audi I know do this for example. Fancy pants ones like Aston and Rolls do it as well, and although it's not 16 million options, the number of colours VW will paint your Golf (maybe only GTi/R) is pretty incredible.
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I always gripe about how few factory color options there are, but having that much choice would paralyze me I think.
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today i discovered the answer to a question i never thought to ask: what if you stuck a turbine engine on a rally car and put it on water? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1X_9lz7g4
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It occurs to me now seeing this, how much better a life this fictional douchebag has compared to everyone else in the Fast and Furious franchise, constantly in danger and losing loved ones. His Ferrari may not have been as fast as off the line, but he truly comes out ahead in the end.
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Gomi Day posted:https://twitter.com/autoass/status/1365058889268555784 I hate these random twitter accounts that post others images without credit and rack up the likes, here's the photog's ig: https://instagram.com/mikecrawat?igshid=1f8sxb6dx9x47 And the one that did the edit: https://instagram.com/stinnalakota?igshid=8jamf5qs59yy
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Gomi Day posted:https://twitter.com/autoass/status/1365058889268555784 This is why you pay attention to the instructions on the label when washing your Ferrari.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:38
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Dodge did a 1 of 1 program on the Viper. It wasnt 16m colors either, but it was a lot.
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 This is the right quantity of colors to choose from. Enough that it's hard, not enough to be paralyzing.
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Cage posted:Ill take the display model pictured, thanks. I was thinking the exact same thing.  *edit arrange it rainbow style for top marks though imo.
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Cage posted:Ill take the display model pictured, thanks.  "Paint Chip Cuda" https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/plymouth-barracuda-wellborn-muscle-car-museum/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a31809/the-story-behind-plymouths-paint-chip-barracuda/
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My shop is doing an efi conversion on a 1970 porsche Carrera Rs. Thought yall might enjoy 
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Coil-On-Plug conversion as part of it? How'd you make that work?
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It was a previous upgrade. Comes with a crank sensor and a tone ring that goes behind the pulley. block off the distributor hole. MSD control unit. It will have Idle air control as well. Clewett engineering makes the kits. Guys are pretty knowledgeable Preoptopus fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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glyph posted:
Oh dang! I saw that when I was looking for the image and I thought it was a photo shop.
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I have GM Historical Services putting together a certificate on a 68 Olds 442. They didn't quite believe their records at first and called me to see if I could verify against the car, apparently it was silver-green with an orange stripe. Basically like this car but with a 5/8" wide orange stripe running the length of the car just under the molding.  It probably looked better than it sounds.
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glyph posted:
More cars should be like this and less silver/beige blobs.
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cursedshitbox posted:More cars should be like this and less silver/beige blobs.   E: oh poo poo they made a new one (just a concept for now) 
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Fornax Disaster posted:I have GM Historical Services putting together a certificate on a 68 Olds 442. They didn't quite believe their records at first and called me to see if I could verify against the car, apparently it was silver-green with an orange stripe. Why are they surprised at that? I've seen silver with orange stripes, on 442s, albeit, it was the '70-72 with the big rally stripes on the hood. Maybe the '69 with the vertical stripe on the fender. I don't recall a '68. I should get one of those documents for my '70 Cutlass S. I mean, I don't think it's anything special, other than to me, but...
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I'm into these and I usually hate people who try too hard BUT... https://twitter.com/_autoverse/status/1365013877474418691?s=19
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Darchangel posted:Why are they surprised at that? I've seen silver with orange stripes, on 442s, albeit, it was the '70-72 with the big rally stripes on the hood. Maybe the '69 with the vertical stripe on the fender. I don't recall a '68. I think the guy was new at it. He may have been visualizing the silver-green as much more green than it is. Its actually fairly subtle. If you are in the US those records probably wont be available for yours, you can only get it for Canada sold cars. Its some guys in Oshawa who have access to the old microfiche records, give them a VIN and they can put together an option list and the name of the dealership that ordered it.
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Fornax Disaster posted:I think the guy was new at it. He may have been visualizing the silver-green as much more green than it is. Its actually fairly subtle. Yup, I'm in the US. Car was sold in Texas, and has been here it's whole life as far as I know.
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Ror posted:It's the 21st century and you really should be able to eyedropper pick any color from an RGB palette and have it put on a new car. As you said, its the 21st century, why would you paint an F40 instead of just wrapping it? Anyway if you did want to repaint, youd have to decide if you want a perfect job, or something more in line with the original factory paint which is poo poo and thin and shows the carbon weave, which is an important detail in F40 world. I bet the latter is far more expensive than the former.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:As you said, its the 21st century, why would you paint an F40 instead of just wrapping it? If I had F40 (aka gently caress-you) money, I think I'd put a carbon-fiber wrap on it just for the 
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boxen posted:If I had F40 (aka gently caress-you) money, I think I'd put a carbon-fiber wrap on it just for the Flat primer, tube bumpers, aluminum skidplates, and lo-pro all terrains on a 2" puck lift.
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Truck nutz dragging on the road shooting sparks.
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cursedshitbox posted:Flat primer, tube bumpers, aluminum skidplates, and lo-pro all terrains on a 2" puck lift. Colostomy Bag posted:Truck nutz dragging on the road shooting sparks. I like the way yall think.
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I just mocked it up in Forza Horizon, maybe this needs to happen.. I've probably exaggerated the green a bit there, and made the stripe too wide. Paint ideas are probably a bit premature, the car is only just barely restorable.
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These guys usually just gently caress around, but this video's actually super awesome for visualizing oil flow through an engine. https://youtu.be/gxw3rLFlsTc
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Olympic Mathlete posted:To make this extra Russian, the car on the left is a VAZ-2108/Lada Samara and I've honestly not seen one on the road for 30 years. To think there's still some tootling around over there is nuts. From a couple pages back but this thing is fuckin awesome!
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boxen posted:If I had F40 (aka gently caress-you) money, I think I'd put a carbon-fiber wrap on it just for the Toyota have done this with the new gr yaris its baffling. A mate of mine pulled it off. Underneath its like shredded carbon (fOrGeD cArBoN) and theyve wrapped with generic weave vinyl.
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With the amount of work this took it's baffling that they missed that the dark color strips on the original are designed to hide the panel lines in the door. The red stripe is an inch or so too far forward and the little section of panel gap in the tan stripe really spoils the effect.
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Im just sad it isnt the whole car
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Bape Culture posted:Toyota have done this with the new gr yaris it’s baffling. A mate of mine pulled it off. Underneath it’s like shredded carbon (fOrGeD cArBoN) and they’ve wrapped with generic weave vinyl. While forged carbon is a tremendously stupid marketing name for it, it is a real technology that yields very strong carbon fiber parts. It's just a die formed injection. It's a simpler process than the typical autoclave process but yeilds very tight tolerances. It also has a larger capital investment since tool steel dies are expensive as gently caress.
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I dont like it. Its weaker, looks worse and generally heavier. The reason its easier is because you can fill complex shapes with resin. Woop de do. Its waste material marketed as premium and I hate it. It would be cool if it was used for general lower end stuff to aid sustainability/replace steel etc but it isnt.
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Well it's just like carbon fiber hoods. You can make one and have it actually be heavier than the steel one it's supposed to replace. But a well made one will be lighter. Additionally I made die injection parts for the F35 and can confirm the technique is used all over GEs jet engine manufacturing. When I say it has the potential to be strong, I mean in every way stronger than the equivalent steel or even titanium structure. Ends up weighing about half of the aluminum version in aerospace.
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