|
the spyder posted:Anyone need a boat anchor? Goons always want rotor paperwights.
|
#
¿
Aug 5, 2013 16:18
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 4, 2024 02:18 |
|
|
Z3n posted:Up rates 50%, quote at +20% time a job would normally take. Anyone who balks you didn't want as a customer anyways. Charge according to actual time spent, which should be under the quoted amount, or cut people discounts if you like them / they don't cause trouble. If your problem is cheap assholes, easy fix, price them out up front. Pretty much this for anyone who is self-employed. There's never a need to 'quit', just price yourself out of reach of the people you don't want to work for. Then if you do get work, it's for a price that's worth it. I did this about a year ago, I now work half as much but make the same money, and for better, more successful clients which made my whole experience at work a lot more pleasant anyway.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 8, 2014 09:33
|
|
|
Shampoo posted:I quote them a stupid amount of money, and if they say yes, well, then I get a stupid amount of money. If they say no, then good. Yep I do this too. I will charge based on how much I want to do each particular job. poo poo jobs get the "gently caress yeah" rate. Also, I charge by the day. It's rare for a "day" to be more than 3-4 hours 
|
|
#
¿
Oct 8, 2014 18:53
|
|
|
Sardikar posted:What is that green tool thing please? Yeah, it's a side can tap: http://www.amazon.com/Mastercool-85...ol+side+can+tap
|
|
#
¿
Aug 5, 2015 11:07
|
|
|
Most ECUs like that from the 90s will have degraded electrolytic capacitors by now. Changing them all out is cheap and may bring the ECU back to working condition. If any electrolyte has leaked, this is a good time to scrub it off and repair any burnt traces.
|
|
#
¿
Dec 8, 2015 12:44
|
|
|
Not wanting to derail any further, but this Makita 10.8V combo is the loving poo poo for working on anything made in Japan in the 1990's. 10mm socket? gently caress yeah. I've had my set since 2010, have beaten the poo poo out of both the driver and impact, and they just keep on going. Dewalt makes a nice equivalent as well, I think the impact is even stronger on theirs.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 13, 2016 19:09
|
|
|
I've not seen that Makita set on sale for a while now. This Dewalt set feels even stronger. I managed to crack a 24mm (m16?) bolt that had been hand tightened with a 10" wrench, in just a few BAPs of that impact. http://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dck211c2t-10-8v-1-3ah-li-ion-xr-cordless-drill-driver-impact-driver/12703 Sorry for the UK link
|
|
#
¿
Jan 14, 2016 07:51
|
|
|
Does that odo really read 33400?!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 16, 2016 04:09
|
|
|
Enourmo posted:334400. Yeah poo poo thats what i meant, hence the surprise
|
|
#
¿
Jan 16, 2016 15:11
|
|
|
Good to know that the Mini performed its final duty well and gave its life to protect your family  . And also that the car you dislike is gone from your life and will shortly be converted into insurance dollars.I am insanely jealous of your workshop!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2016 01:52
|
|
|
It's a BMW, I guess some of their 'build strong cars' poo poo made it over to the Mini.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2016 05:18
|
|
|
That's pretty awful. What kind of Miata are you going to buy to replace it with?
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2016 19:27
|
|
|
the spyder posted:I would buy a new ND in a heartbeat if we did not need 4 doors. 
|
|
#
¿
Jan 21, 2016 21:59
|
|
|
the spyder posted:I finally got to drive a Cosmo! I've had the front clips with mostly working electronics, but this things a blast. It's got low end power and feels like a luxury cruiser. The advanced electronics in it are hilarious. In 1990, it had built in GPS, a VHS player in the trunk, and the steering wheel lowers into your lap after the key is inserted. The Eunos Cosmo was Mazdas answer to the Soarer UZZ32. Freaking awesome car that was way ahead of it's time technology-wise. I'd love to pick one up to own, but I can't begin to imagine the headache involved in fixing/replacing all the little things that must go wrong with these. Still, 20B!!! If I ever come across an engineless Cosmo, I will buy it and 1UZ it. Sorry, but it's the only way. The UZZ32 does the 'lowering steering wheel' thing as well. I love it!
|
|
#
¿
Jan 26, 2016 23:28
|
|
|
the spyder posted:After reading your thread, I actually think there's less to break on a stock Cosmo then a UZZ32. Probably gets better mileage as well. Nice ST. Does it have the touch thing on the drivers door pillar where you can enter a PIN code to get in the car if you forget your keys? That was one of the coolest things I found at the auto show this year.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 27, 2016 10:19
|
|
|
Boaz MacPhereson posted:Ford has literally been doing that for decades. My buddy's '91 Town Car had it. I beat on a FiST and a FoST at one of those Ecoboost Challenge events a while back, but I don't remember if they had the buttons. That's pretty awesome. I've never seen or heard of it before, not even heard of that technology existing for cars (we use it on cherry pickers in the UK). Nobody I've spoken to about it has heard of it either, Must be a US thing.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 27, 2016 23:55
|
|
|
What do you do about the iron with the bad casting on the water jacket? Can that be welded and ground, or is it scrap?
|
|
#
¿
Jan 30, 2016 19:16
|
|
|
They look like the standard intake parts to me. :O
|
|
#
¿
Jan 31, 2016 14:34
|
|
|
mekilljoydammit posted:recirculating ball steering Erm...what the gently caress?! I just watched a video of this and still have no idea why there are loving ball bearings in there or what they do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYGNpQvvX6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFz6wfli7w WHY ARE THERE BALLS IN THE STEERING BOX?! Edit: ok, this shows it a little better, so the ball bearings are just being used as bearings to overcome the one-way nature of worm gears? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIM1AyxfYkw I like the way this guy pronounces 'ball screws' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3i-Ecb698g Pomp and Circumcized fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Feb 9, 2016 |
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2016 13:05
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:we don't have a glut of V8s hanging around in the yards to replace it with. That's not entirely true - they aren't popping out of every car you see, but there are usually a few in any yard, and a few phone calls can hook you up with any kind. Very few LS series motors over here. But plenty of Rover, Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Toyota V8s. The issue is that we don't have any V8s with aftermarket parts or support. No fancy heads and cams and strokkkkkkker cranks for us, no sir.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 9, 2016 19:59
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:seriously who chooses a rover V8 these days? You're correct. The majority of V8's which I see going into other cars these days are 1UZ's from LS400's. When you can buy a complete, running LS400 for £400, it's a no-brainer. The supercharged Jag 4.0 from the XKR is cheap at around £600-£800 though.....
|
|
#
¿
Feb 10, 2016 01:42
|
|
|
Lol, this pic never gets old. 1UZ's are rather large leica posted:RX8's are getting cheap as hell now too. In the UK, you can get a 'needs engine rebuild' 2005+ RX8 with otherwise low miles, for around £500. And a 1UZ for £300. Do you see where this is going?!
|
|
#
¿
Feb 10, 2016 04:29
|
|
|
Raluek posted:Don't all 1UZs come in front of an automatic? Yeah why would you want to have to change gears when you can pay a computer to do it lol.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 10, 2016 04:58
|
|
|
Cakefool posted:UK goons: LS are rarer than rocking horse poo poo, what else is available? V8? 1UZ, 3UZ, M62, any old rover v8 (most popular, mostly carbed, most of the previous generation would put these into cars) I6? 1JZ, 2JZ, 7M, RB25/26 I4? 4G63, SR20, K20 Plus a million other less-well known engines that people have just pulled from cars because they are cheap. The old Vauxhall Omega and Ford Scorpion V6's are popular. You will see more Aston and Jaguar V8's than American motors. Chevy small-block or 'LS' series, Ford V8's, etc are almost non existent....because cars containing these were rarely sold over here (only example I can think of is the Monaro, which was not a great seller). Our larger 'trucks' and vans, which use V8 gas engines in the US, are all 4cyl turbo diesels over here.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 10, 2016 17:13
|
|
|
Renesis in a fire pit would be better use of that motor.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 10, 2016 22:32
|
|
|
On the subject of V8 RX8's... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172093269740
|
|
#
¿
Feb 11, 2016 18:47
|
|
|
I was mostly posting because of:Cakefool posted:Would the 1UZ physically fit? Because none of us knew. And now we know! I wouldn't buy this - abandoned projects like this would be a nightmare. The last 10% of pieces could run into hundreds or thousands of pounds. Much better to buy a complete donor car and know that you have everything you will need other than what needs fabricating. Pomp and Circumcized fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Feb 11, 2016 |
|
#
¿
Feb 11, 2016 20:01
|
|
|
Are you concerned about introducing bump-steer now that you have moved the steering rack and therefore altered your steering geometry?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2016 11:45
|
|
|
Can you re-anodise both sets in black or something?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 12, 2016 22:35
|
|
|
BloodBag posted:stupid question... how are you hoping to change that oil filter in that location? It looks like you could get it in there, sure, but removing the filter looks to be impossible once it's on. That's a problem for future-Spyder.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2016 18:18
|
|
|
Doesn't tach on those come from the CAS, which would be a bitch to wire up on any engine swap? And the gauge cluster on the RX8 is quite pretty as it is, a new gauge may ruin that. I'm researching a 1UZ/3UZ swap into a RX8 and the drat tachometer is a huge pain in my rear end. Some people are double ECU-ing their swaps and running a second trigger wheel just for the tach. Pomp and Circumcized fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Feb 22, 2016 |
|
#
¿
Feb 22, 2016 01:17
|
|
|
I was about to post these pictures, but with  as a description.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 25, 2016 12:47
|
|
|
If you can't tell people about your auction, who turns up to bid on these?
|
|
#
¿
Feb 27, 2016 12:49
|
|
|
This is the one I want a caption for...
|
|
#
¿
Apr 17, 2016 21:23
|
|
|
leica posted:It looks like the guy did those ports with a Dremel What's wrong with that? How else do you do them?
|
|
#
¿
May 19, 2016 11:30
|
|
|
I'm struggling with the sense of scale for that battery relocation. Is that a huge storage compartment, a deep hole, or a tiny battery?
|
|
#
¿
May 24, 2016 23:02
|
|
|
SpellEdge posted:I am buying an rx-8 that will need a rebuild soon (for very little money). Pretty sure RX8's are like boats. There's no such thing as 'very little money'. It may be cheaper to drop a RX7 motor in the RX8 than rebuild it only to have it fail again later.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 8, 2016 06:33
|
|
|
the spyder posted:I'm not sure where to go from here
|
|
#
¿
Jul 25, 2016 01:46
|
|
|
The issues are well documented, yes. I'm not sure that there is a definite work-around. Any precautions only seem to delay the inevitable.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 25, 2016 08:04
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 4, 2024 02:18 |
|
|
The problem with buying a used RX8 is that you need to factor in the cost of the LS motor which you'll be swapping into it.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 1, 2016 03:44
|
|