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Also related to the split tailgate Ram, while the tailgate may be dubious, the return of the Rambox side cargo bins and a new cargo management system could be pretty handy: (Pic from gallery of https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/15/2019-ram-1500-spotted-with-split-tailgate/) edit: poo poo, maybe that should go in Awesome stuff?
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A work truck with an OEM hydraulic lift tailgate would be awesome, as would a dump bed.
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Nov 17, 2017 21:43
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slidebite posted:A work truck with an OEM hydraulic lift tailgate would be awesome, as would a dump bed. Would make unloading groceries a breeze, tbqh
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Nov 17, 2017 21:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4E0TLYKjNU
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Nov 17, 2017 21:45
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Darchangel posted:
Funny that people make fun of Fords for having the pull out step in the tailgate, which actually does come in handy. Or probably does. Never used one myself, but I've climbed in to the back of enough trucks to wish I had a step somewhere in between... 
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Nov 17, 2017 21:46
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Sagebrush posted:I don't think it's any harder to turn the engine backwards than forwards -- you're still working against the same volume of air being compressed in the same number of cylinders. Depending on valve overlap the compression might be slightly lower, in fact. The idea that backwards is harder because it's "wrong" is just a myth. I used to be into high-performance 2-stroke engines for small personal watercraft (standup jetskis). I had one setup with a lot of ignition advance and a very light flywheel. It was possible to nearly stall the engine with a particular maneuver and have it come back running backwards. Indications were rough running and no appreciable jet output. But it revved just fine.
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Nov 17, 2017 21:48
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Darchangel posted:Found while digging up the patent on the bi I'll assume that they thought of something being in the bed, on top of the ramps? Do they actually stow below the bed floor? Sagebrush posted:
I seem to recall there being a buick engine from the 50s that guys would make run backwards with custom manifolds... wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Nov 17, 2017 |
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Nov 17, 2017 21:53
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TotalLossBrain posted:I used to be into high-performance 2-stroke engines for small personal watercraft (standup jetskis). I had one setup with a lot of ignition advance and a very light flywheel. It was possible to nearly stall the engine with a particular maneuver and have it come back running backwards. Indications were rough running and no appreciable jet output. But it revved just fine. Modern 2 stroke Snowmobiles achieve reverse by stopping the engine and running it backwards.
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Nov 17, 2017 21:59
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Darchangel posted:I hate the current special version that has the giant fuckoff letters in the grille and tailgate. It's beyond tacky. Like every truck from the 70s, 80s and 90s?
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Nov 17, 2017 22:17
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wesleywillis posted:My parent's 84 Caprice station wagon had the same tailgate as the "innovative" Honda ridgeline tailgate. I can see its purpose though. Drop it like a tail gate for long poo poo, tailgate parties, etc, or open it like a normal door so that we could pile in the very back seat. Hell my 95 Caprice wagon (and all the varieties) do this as well. The coolest one is the Chevy Kingswood Wagon circa 1970 or so. The tailgate basically slid down into the body and disappeared.
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Nov 17, 2017 22:43
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wesleywillis posted:I'll assume that they thought of something being in the bed, on top of the ramps? Do they actually stow below the bed floor? The Home Depot rental pickup has this, they stow under the floor. Also all of the sides of the bed fold down so it can be a flatbed.
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Nov 17, 2017 22:47
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wesleywillis posted:Funny that people make fun of Fords for having the pull out step in the tailgate, which actually does come in handy. Or probably does. Never used one myself, but I've climbed in to the back of enough trucks to wish I had a step somewhere in between... That step is handy for those of us with bad knees. StormDrain posted:Like every truck from the 70s, 80s and 90s? No. Big loving chrome letters that are 8" tall are not the same as the stamped names in tailgates.
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The only people buying shameful Dodge trucks anyway are those who, for some reason, chose not to buy beautiful Ford or so-so Chevrolet.
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Nov 17, 2017 23:56
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Darchangel posted:Also related to the split tailgate Ram, while the tailgate may be dubious, the return of the Rambox side cargo bins and a new cargo management system could be pretty handy: Avalanche already did it. And the step in the bumper people are talking about on the ford. 
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BaUSFVvHvKc/?taken-by=dummiesdoingthings
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Nov 18, 2017 06:05
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Considering it was going to hit that overpass if it hadn't hit the sign frame, the driver got off pretty lightly.
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Nov 18, 2017 06:08
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I have questions.
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Nov 18, 2017 06:21
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Speaking of I Have Questions: The answer is Macau
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Nov 18, 2017 06:22
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iospace posted:I have questions. What the gently caress were the idiots in the car thinking - they could see what was going to happen yet drove right into the area the sign fell.
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Nov 18, 2017 06:45
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MrYenko posted:I was behind an older (late-nineties) Lexus of some flavor the other day that had managed to wire their reverse lights to the brake light switch. Good comedy. Are you sure it was the reverse light, and not just an old brake light lens? They seem to fade to a light pink around here. Maybe they don't have sun in glorious japan   wesleywillis posted:I seem to recall there being a buick engine from the 50s that guys would make run backwards with custom manifolds... Nailhead 
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Nov 18, 2017 07:16
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All the Lexuses (Lexii?) around here have nearly-transparent auxiliary brake lenses like in the photo. The Arizona sun is not kind.
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Nov 18, 2017 07:20
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Raluek posted:
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Raluek posted:Are you sure it was the reverse light, and not just an old brake light lens? They seem to fade to a light pink around here. Maybe they don't have sun in glorious japan I thought those were supposed to be fog lamps anyway - seems dumb to make them extra brake lamps
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Nov 18, 2017 10:13
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I would be incredibly happy if every single one of those fuckers (the ones that should be fogs in most markets) never lit up again. No idea why Toyota/Lexus set them up like that on USDM markets, and why the gently caress did they cheap out on the lenses so bad 
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Nov 18, 2017 11:20
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Wasabi the J posted:I find myself wondering what happens to the person being stopped at those moments.
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Nov 18, 2017 11:24
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Sagebrush posted:I don't think it's any harder to turn the engine backwards than forwards -- you're still working against the same volume of air being compressed in the same number of cylinders. Depending on valve overlap the compression might be slightly lower, in fact. The idea that backwards is harder because it's "wrong" is just a myth. It's real bad for the engine too. The oil pump runs backwards, sucks the oil from the engine, and dumps it all back in the pan. I've gotten a gas/LPG dual fuel motor to run backwards. Someone filled the tank with diesel, and even after we flushed it when we tried to run it on gas it would idle like poo poo for a few seconds, almost stall, then spin in reverse for a half second before dying. Did that a bunch of times until it would actually run (like poo poo) on gas, and then it sounded terrible for another 10-15 minutes. Ran great after that though. I feel bad for the sucker who wound up buying it, though.
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Nov 18, 2017 11:40
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Speaking of dreadful tail light setups. The brake light is clearly on. What the gently caress is all that mess in the middle of the tailgate for?
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Nov 18, 2017 11:51
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EKDS5k posted:It's real bad for the engine too. The oil pump runs backwards, sucks the oil from the engine, and dumps it all back in the pan. I agree that running it backwards is bad, btu... A few revolutions backwards aren't going to hurt anything. Yeah, no oil pressure, but you're talking a handful of revolutions, immediately after it's been running (or at least running enough to build oil pressure). You have no oil pressure when cranking it after sitting overnight; for the first second or two your engine's lubrication is whatever was leftover from the last run. Depending on the car it MIGHT build a little bit of oil pressure before it fires, but as the engine gets more worn out, oil pressure takes longer to build. Supposedly synthetic clings a lot better after the engine sits awhile, which is why I refuse to use anything except synthetic (even on my 200k Saturn). So long as the timing chain/belt doesn't jump from that, it shouldn't be an issue. The only thing I'd be worried about on that, assuming it only ran backwards for a couple of seconds at a time, would be the oxygen sensors and catalytic converter. And that's just because O2 sensors and cats designed for a gasser don't cope with diesel too well. Now if I ran across a diesel that someone had filled and tried to run with gasoline... oh god, unless it was scrap price, I would run like hell unless they had receipts for the entire fuel system, from tank to injectors, and I'd still want a compression test. The injectors and high pressure fuel pump rely on the extra lubrication that diesel provides to function properly. poo poo gets hosed in a hurry. If you fill it up and realize your fuckup before you try to run it, it's more of a matter of "drain and flush tank, change fuel filters/fuel+water separator in case they cycled the ignition on, call it a day". randomidiot fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Nov 18, 2017 |
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Until you de-prime the oil pump then make all the expensive noises almost immediately after start up. Some cam chain tensioner designs allow the plunger to fall out when the cam chain runs the wrong way, which will almost certainly see you jump timing and save you from bottom end expensive noises; interference motors will give you a consolation prize with some top end expensive noises. As a rule of thumb: Don't spin modern 4 strokes the wrong way*. *: Please someone find a Maserati that spins the engine the wrong way instead of having reverse gear.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:All the Lexuses (Lexii?) around here have nearly-transparent auxiliary brake lenses like in the photo. The Arizona sun is not kind. That's the car, but ya, those fuckers werent pink, they were WHITE. Toyota.  Raluek posted:Are you sure it was the reverse light, and not just an old brake light lens? They seem to fade to a light pink around here. Maybe they don't have sun in glorious japan Collateral Damage posted:Was there a performance reason for this, or just packaging? That engine probably isn't running backwards, it's just running reverse-flow. Nailheads have terrible ports, and tiny valves (that's why it's called a nailhead; The valves look like nails,) so it looks like that guy is trying to get around the awful valve setup by using a blower, and just brute-forcing the smaller intake valve. Drag racing didn't get super-scientific until the seventies or so. Before that, there was a lot of throw-poo poo-at-the-wall-to-see-what-sticks going on, which that digger is a prime example of. IIRC, there was a reverse-flow flathead that set some class records out at Bonneville a few years ago. (Maybe a decade ago... )
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Memento posted:Speaking of dreadful tail light setups. Oh God they're like that outside of the US, too? I always thought for cars where the brake and turn signal was on a trunk lid or liftgate, there would be a smaller (mandatory) duplicate signal on the bumper that would only activate when the trunk or liftgate was not closed. Of all the other cars that I've seen this arrangement on the road (Audi Q3, Q5, & Q7, Lincoln MKC, Chevy Bolt), I've never seen the auxiliary lamps light up. So when I first saw the new model Clubman on the road, I also noticed that the bumper lamps where lighting up instead of the supposedly main lamps on the rear gate. I just figured that, being a Mini, there were some electrical or controls issues that made the car think the rear gate was open and only used the bumper lamps. (Yes I know Mini is more BMW at this point.) As I saw more Clubmans on the road, though, I realized that that is how they're wired at least in the US despite how stupid it looks. They spent all that time and effort designing the "main" cluster but instead use plain and generic lamps on the bumper for actual signaling. So despite at least Audi, Lincoln, GM figuring out how to do backup auxiliary lamps, I can't figure out how Mini/BMW couldn't do it as well unless they were prevented by the electrical design being so hosed up and inflexible.
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The Buick Cascada taillights are still my favorite.
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Raluek posted:Nailhead It took me forever to see what that was, crank driven supercharger pumping through the exhaust ports. That's amazing. I would have loved to work with the guys who first came up with that, even if it was a total failure it's a creative experiment.
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Memento posted:Speaking of dreadful tail light setups. I noticed this fairly recently but forgot to flag it up in here. I wouldn't be surprised if the wiring is wrong in these from factory. If it's not wrong and this is intentional then lol at BMW. It may be for when you have the side lights on only perhaps? Either way it's completely loving stupid but is a nice example of a modern Mini design decisions being utterly dumb.
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I was up in the hills last weekend and passed some sort of mini meetup consisting of literally hundreds of new BMW Minis of all shapes and sizes, and all I could think was "drat, all you'd have to do to be king is show up in any kind of BMC mini in any shape"
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At least in the US, brake lights cannot be on any movable part of the body, trunk doors etc. This is also the reason the Ferrari California's rear end looks so awful.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I agree that running it backwards is bad, btu... That's probably true for the engine I had. I meant more generally, though. Having an engine run in reverse is bad for the internals, as well as exhausting out the air filter. I've seen gas in a diesel before, and it really depends on the motor. I got called to a site because a boom lift was running like poo poo and had no power. Fired it up and it just had the worst clatter you ever heard. Like, you know the sound when you try to start a diesel using ether? Like that but constantly, and then it would die immediately under load. Sure enough, gas in the diesel tank. Drain, change the filters, try to purge the lines, and it still sounded horrible. I almost gave up on it, but 10 seconds after I got off the phone saying it had to be removed from site due to permanent injector damage, it purged the last of the gas and took off. The company I was working for was cheap af so we left it at that and it ran great for like 2 more years before they sold it.
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Minnesota Mixup posted:At least in the US, brake lights cannot be on any movable part of the body, trunk doors etc. This is also the reason the Ferrari California's rear end looks so awful. lol. I don't really pay much attention to Ferraris but I'd never noticed that before  
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There are better ways of doing it though, I can't remember the model but I remember pictures of a car where the lights are body mounted and shine through lenses in the rear door so when you lift the door up, boom, lights are right there.
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Or the buick cascadia that has extra tail-lights in the trunk.
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