What did you do to your car today? My car isn't fast, it's only 10s in the 1/4 mile

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I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Stuck some fuel in it, and finally realised that my CBR1000F carbs are never going to come and that I've been scammed

God knows where I'm going to find a set of cheap bike carbs (700cc-1000cc from a bike with a fuel pump, not gravity fed) now.

# ¿ May 29, 2009 14:26

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:26

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Welp, the bitchbucket left me stranded last night. So I guess today I'm trying to figure out if the fuel pump is toast like I think it is.

# ¿ May 30, 2009 14:58

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Xanth Eridani posted:

well hey guys, im new here looks like my sort of thread

im from the UK and i have a Nissan 200sx S14 (i think these are the 240sx in america)

having spent the best part of 6 months rebuilding the engine myself, after having melted a piston, she's now all back together at around 400/420bhp getting her dynoed next month

ill get some pics up in a bit

cheers

Ben

1. Use your shift key.
2. Don't post 'hey i'm new here' posts.
3. The 200SX isn't quite the same as a 240 (SR20DET vs KA24DE).
4. Don't sign your posts.

5. Post pictures, it sounds pretty good.

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# ¿ Jun 7, 2009 15:16

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Took off my (illegal) black and white plates, and put on the required yellow and white plates, after being pulled over by the cops a few too many times.

I'm just disappointed in the amount of time it will take to build up the beautiful patina of dirt I had going on with the old plates :v:

# ¿ Jun 13, 2009 21:18

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

After 3 month of trying to find just the right set (and being screwed around and scammed) I bought these:

# ¿ Jun 14, 2009 13:14

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

DogDodger posted:

Found a pinhole leak in the FMIC of my TT.

JBWeld. Worked fine on my intercooler for years.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2009 03:11

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Fixed a clutch cable that had frayed all the way through (I didn't even realise that could happen, but I guess after 27 years of use anything is possible) by buying cable of roughly the same diameter from B&Q and then thread it through the old cable sheath using eyelets and tiny u-clamps ... seems to work so far.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2009 20:17

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Goddamn that really did buff out pretty good.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2009 03:43

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

I spent two hours trying to do a alignment with tape measures, string, a level, and an angle finder after the tyre place refused to do it for me as I was way too low for their machine.

They put on the 4 new landsails though. So good I can barely find any info on them on google.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2010 18:53

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Went over a level crossing and ripped off my rusty exhaust and them drove 20 miles home with open headers

# ¿ Jun 17, 2010 01:41

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Dropped it off for 50% of what the car is worth to be done in welding so I can get an MOT

# ¿ Aug 5, 2010 09:42

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

~Coxy posted:

Over the weekend I wired in my radar detector to my new car. No more dangly wires down to the lighter socket!

I hooked into the map lights power connector with wire tap connectors. Took a bit of trial and error, plus I hosed up once because my new cable had the colours in a different order to the old one.

One oddity is that the radar will stay on for up to an hour after you turn off and lock up the car. I assume this is because all the interior circuits run off the same timer that lets the sound system keep playing even when the car is off.

This is one of the worst wiring jobs I've ever seen.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2010 17:29

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

nollij posted:

This saved me around $300 to not have to get a new starter.

$300? The last starter motor I bought (a month ago) was �25 including shipping.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2010 02:01

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Trapdoor posted:

Being a gigantic moron on the road loving blows...

Here I fixed that for you. Double the speed limit? I really hope they do take your license away.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2010 06:45

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

screenwritersblues posted:

Roughly an hour later and standing in the worlds tiniest waiting booth, I find out that I failed because of a crack in my gas cap seal. Really? Your going to fail me all because of crack that isn't noticeable unless you point it out? What's wrong with people today.

If there's a crack then it isn't sealing you idiot. Perfectly reasonably to fail you for it.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2010 21:26

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

DropShadow posted:

Here you go:

http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B8_S4-Quattro-3.0T/Exterior/Emblem/ES391497/

or

http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-B8_S4-Quattro-3.0T/Exterior/Emblem/ES1904512/

Gorgeous car, by the way. You chose the correct wheel option.

Ahaha, $30 to tell people your car is supercharged.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2011 01:56

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

jammyozzy posted:

Took it for it's MOT and watched it fail on the steering rack, emissions + an exhaust leak, the handbrake is crap, the horn doesn't work and the one that got me the most, both headlights point too far right.

�800+ repair for a car valued at ~�600. Looks like I get to go car shopping!

Exhaust repair kit from Halfords, tighten up your handbrake, new horns, adjust headlights. �50 total.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2011 21:52

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

poo poo, I missed the steering rack, that's definitely going to be a bitch if the car's relatively modern.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2011 23:36

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Bought these for more than I should've spent ... they better turn up

# ¿ Aug 21, 2011 20:35

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

McMadCow posted:

Installed an electronic ignition conversion into my distributor. Also replaced the cap, rotor, and all the spark plug cables. Also replaced the valve cover gasket.
It runs better than it ever has!
Then the starter died.
Oh hey! Project for next weekend!

Exactly the same thing happened to me when I went with electronic ignition too, funnily enough. Is yours just a kit that replaces the condensor so the points are switching just tiny amounts of current or does it replace the points as well?

# ¿ Aug 24, 2011 10:20

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Billy Tully posted:

Holy poo poo you are awesome for turboing a Yaris. Cant wait to see the results of that.

Yeah he might even get a whole 10hp.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2011 19:27

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:26

I HATE CARS: May 10, 2009; by Ozmaugh

Podothehobbit posted:

Ohhhh I HATE CARS i'll have you know people are making a whole 175-180 whp after the install, which doesn't sound like much but it will certainly beat the anemic 95-100 whp i'm making now haha.

I require a proper dyno before and after install before I'm willing to believe that.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2011 10:28

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