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Falken posted:On the last page there is a video of it with the engine running. It is something to be heard. As someone who built a peripheral port 13B, I can confirm that the microphone is clipping hard a bunch. It's almost impossible to record these things in their full glory.
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You Am I posted:https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/mazdas-rotary-powered-rx-7-group-b-car One David Sutton posted:“I’m painful about detail,” he says. “I mean, when I buy a car, I literally take it apart and put it back together again, so that everything is right. Even on this car, someone put the wrong cable ties in it, so I went back and researched what the right cable ties were. I bought them from the US and put them on so they matched the original cable ties that Mazda Europe used in the day.” This is what I call an automotive enthusiast
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You Am I posted:https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/mazdas-rotary-powered-rx-7-group-b-car ...aaaand there's the paint scheme for my '79 RX-7 when I re paint it. Wouldn't mind those wide but not too wide fenders, either. Edit: just noticed that it has Michelin TRX metric tires, too. Wow. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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thechalkoutline posted:This is what I call an automotive enthusiast That's what I call a problem.
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You Am I posted:https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/mazdas-rotary-powered-rx-7-group-b-car  So purdy!
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It's sad how much dust is on the dash buttons and switches.
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um excuse me posted:It's sad how much dust is on the dash buttons and switches.  Cars are for driving
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V8 VW Rabbit built buy a guy and his pal who'd never done poo poo like this before. Inspiring stuff!
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scuz posted:V8 VW Rabbit built buy a guy and his pal who'd never done poo poo like this before. Inspiring stuff! VW Golf posted:the 3.5-litre Rover V8 InitialDave fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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InitialDave posted:Ohhhh poo poo son... Yeah, all that work and they went for a limp-dick rover motor 
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Raluek posted:Yeah, all that work and they went for a limp-dick
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I will never forgive the auto industry for failing to give us cars that you get into like an x-wing.
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Raluek posted:Yeah, all that work and they went for a limp-dick rover motor I've always felt their popularity is a serious emperor's new clothes situation.
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It's because of cost and availability over here yeah. My crate LS setup was getting on for £10k and used stuff you know nothing about is still about half that. Rover V8s from scrappies go for a song. It's a shame cause if I could get LS gear here for pennies I'd chuck one in the back of my R27. Anyway. Summer feeling good so far. Doing North Coast 500 in a couple of weeks. Cannot wait!    Yay Bape Culture fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Bape Culture posted:It's because of cost and availability over here yeah. That's a familiar photo 
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Bape Culture posted:It's because of cost and availability over here yeah. Why the gently caress do I live in the US, more specifically, Arizona?
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There's no reason for anyone to live in Arizona, minus a couple of nice pockets.
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I have three good tracks in a 3.5hr radius and CoL is cheap with a decent tech sector. Other than that, I think I could move somewhere with four seasons and not want to kill myself. Actually, I want to live somewhere overgrown and smaller, but with access to tracks. On a side note, the Alfa Giulia is soooooo loving nice looking, too bad it would probably be a dumpster fire to own.
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BlackMK4 posted:Why the gently caress do I live in the US, more specifically, Arizona? You don't have to shovel snow here. Or.. be cold really at all.
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The Locator posted:You don't have to shovel snow here. Or.. be cold really at all. Scorpions
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Northern plateau region of Arizona get proper cold in the winter. The elevation drop along I-40 as you approach California can pretty neat, 32 degrees at the top and north of 70 by the time you bottom out.
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The Locator posted:You don't have to shovel snow here. Or.. be cold really at all. Every day looks the same so time slips
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xzzy posted:Northern plateau region of Arizona get proper cold in the winter. [ask] me about getting up in the morning at 9000 feet in the sierra nevada where it's near-freezing and rainy and riding two hours down the mountain to the central valley where it's 100 degrees and 100% humidity
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Have an Alfa Romeo Giulia QV at the moment. It's every bit as good as you've heard. Plenty of annoying foibles but you just don't care because it's so much better than the sum of its parts. I'd pick one over an M3 or C63 AMG every time.
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BlackMK4 posted:Why the gently caress do I live in the US, more specifically, Arizona? SBCs being cheap as gently caress?
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Bape Culture posted:It's because of cost and availability over here yeah. If I wanted to put a  V8 in something, I'd probably use a Rolls Royce/Bentley 6-3/4.I can sort of get Rover V8s in stuff that's "meant" to have them, or if it really is a cheap project.
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Also whem poo poo goes south you could probably find parts for it for pennies. Unlike an sbc. Honestly tho swaps are more dependent on where you are than what you want. For example the dream spot for any toyota landcruiser v8 swap is the middle east. I wanna get my hands on a 3UR, put it in a e92 3 series then boost it to high gently caress. Rigged Death Trap fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Scorpions I was born here, scorpions don't really bother me at all.
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 I was on a podcast with Mr Regular today here at the Ford Nationals in Carlisle. I confess to being star struck enough that I sounded like more of an idiot than normal. I gave him a beer and he gave me a hug. It's been a good day.
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He did 5 from Carlisle, not sure when they'll be up.
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I'd like to drive my polo over this, where in the UK is it?
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drgitlin posted:Have an Alfa Romeo Giulia QV at the moment. It's every bit as good as you've heard. Plenty of annoying foibles but you just don't care because it's so much better than the sum of its parts. I'd pick one over an M3 or C63 AMG every time. Have you tried refilling wiper fluid yet?
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freelop posted:I'd like to drive my polo over this, where in the UK is it? Because I'm a totally sad bastard, I can also tell you that that specific picture is the Kylesku bridge at Loch Cairnbawn.
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helstein posted:Have you tried refilling wiper fluid yet? Is it a bumper-off job? 
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The Locator posted:I was born here, scorpions don't really bother me at all. If I didn't have to see the sting, I'd take a scorpion over a bee any day. helstein posted:Have you tried refilling wiper fluid yet? Oh, I have to hear this. 
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BlackMK4 posted:Oh, I have to hear this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a-sRR6ULOY That's.... certainly a thing.
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Bape Culture posted:It's because of cost and availability over here yeah. An LS3 E-rod crate is more than $8k here, so that's actually pretty competitive. InitialDave posted:I'd agree, but V8s from BMW, Mercedes, Lexus etc are also not uncommon scrapyard fodder, and pretty much all of them are better. Agreed, even a Windsor SBF would make more power and be cheaper for aftermarket stuff. Ford is big over there, innit? Rigged Death Trap posted:Also whem poo poo goes south you could probably find parts for it for pennies. You'll definitely need those spares, too, if CSB's Rover V8 experience has taught me anything. Those motors just don't put out above-stock power for any amount of time. Domestic stuff can at least hold a steady 350HP without a whole lot of sweat.
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InitialDave posted:I'd agree, but V8s from BMW, Mercedes, Lexus etc are also not uncommon scrapyard fodder, and pretty much all of them are better. I'm not sure how they are better though. DHOC V8s are so huge it's hard to fit them in much. A junkyard 5.3 is so loving cheap and with a junkyard turbo is talking pretty big numbers. (Also an aluminum sbc is so unreal light).
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