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Sperglord Firecock posted:I wouldn't even know where to begin on vacuum lines, and I really am not even aware of what vacuum lines are. Oh, you will. You will.
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Also watch out for when the fuel line pops under the hood and gets on top of that manifold. My 1987 300zx Turbo caught on fire twice. Other than that its a great car. I had some go fast bits on it, and some make it hard to drive bits (lowering springs, tokico adjustables, energy bushings) and the most cherry set of khaki leather seats, and every 300zx accessory ever made.
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Minkee posted:Also watch out for when the fuel line pops under the hood and gets on top of that manifold. About the only visual bits I really wanna add to mine are louvers on the back windows and vanity plates. I'm (mostly) joking about the decal on the hood. Other than that, however, all of the go fast bits. All of them forever.
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Viggen posted:<yodavoice>Oh, you will. You will.</yodavoice>
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What is goin on with the stripes on your shirt? I like how the picture is washed out and 80s looking already.
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Nov 23, 2014 06:37
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Cage posted:What is goin on with the stripes on your shirt? It's a lovely mexican hoodie. And my dad has a terrible camera on his phone. Yes, I'm living in my parent's basement for the moment, after returning from the Navy.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:It's a lovely mexican hoodie. Thread title justified.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:TBH, I don't even know where to begin. The most mechanical experience I actually have is, as I stated, working on massive Naval vessel engines that put out a hilarious 364,000 torque, and are diesel, and you can probably fit inside one of the pistons if you wanted to, and by working on, I mean more like acting as a parts gopher and cleaning up the almost daily massive oil leaks we had, both fuel and lubricating. Snipes run the Navy? Just find a part that leaks oil and try to fix it. Best learning experience.
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Adiabatic posted:Thread title justified. Preeeeetty much, yeah. Everyone I know was like, "You should not get this car. This is a terrible decision." And I ignored them. Not regretting it so far! Just got a nice car wash, interior clean, and waxing done at the detail shop across the street from me. They ended up giving me a few extra things just because it's apparently a cool as poo poo car to them. Learning manual progress is getting easier, less thunking and anger whenever I shift into first. Might try taking it onto the highway later on. Haven't dealt with stop-and-go traffic yet.
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Find a good manual- hopefully with hose and electrical routing schematics and stock up while you can still get to the store and back. 
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Viggen posted:Find a good manual- hopefully with hose and electrical routing schematics and stock up while you can still get to the store and back. I can actually walk to the nearest auto parts store, so that's really not an issue.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:after returning from the Navy. I feel like this explains so much.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:I feel like this explains so much. When you have had someone telling you to do responsible things and following every order and command given to you for four years, I dare you to not want to go out and buy a fast car and make bad decisions.
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That's what I'm saying! You should have named the thread, "gently caress YOU CHIEF, I DO WHAT I WANT!"
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Learning manual progress is getting easier, less thunking and anger whenever I shift into first. Might try taking it onto the highway later on. Haven't dealt with stop-and-go traffic yet. You know not to try putting it into first until you're completely stopped, right?  Your 1st gear synchros will thank me.
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Terrible Robot posted:You know not to try putting it into first until you're completely stopped, right? I learned that one the hard way  Poor old Daytona.
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Nice! I'm glad you ended up finding something you like. I'll make a thread about the 80's shitbox I just bought in a week or two. Pop-up headlights for life!
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Terrible Robot posted:You know not to try putting it into first until you're completely stopped, right? Well, yeah? I mean, you shouldn't shift into first gear while you're coasting with the clutch pushed in all the way and beginning to go to a stop? Is that what you mean? TheLarson posted:Nice! I'm glad you ended up finding something you like. Mine isn't a shitbox, thank you very much. IT IS A PERFORMANCE DRIVING MACHINE that I may have bought for only $4.5k. >.> Seriously, this thing drives lightyears better than my last car. fishception fucked around with this message at 21:46 on Nov 23, 2014 |
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Sperglord Firecock posted:this thing drives lightyears better than my last car.
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2000 Saturn SL1. When your car starts stalling near the top of a hill in Kentucky and your foot is depressed all the way down on the gas pedal, you start re-thinking the life choices that led you to this car.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Well, yeah? Pretty much, yeah. If you're below, say, 3mph or something it's probably ok, but generally it's better to just leave it in neutral with the clutch out until you're read to start moving again.
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Terrible Robot posted:Pretty much, yeah. If you're below, say, 3mph or something it's probably ok, but generally it's better to just leave it in neutral with the clutch out until you're read to start moving again. ..... I've been doing that. I'll stop doing that. I just thought that as long as the clutch is in, it's in neutral, so it doesn't matter if you move the knob to first.
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I apologize for the double post, but this is a pertinent question that may come up in the next few days: How the hell am I supposed to drive this thing in snow. I understand the correct answer is "Don't.", before anyone says it, but that might not really be an option. Thread title relevant once again. fishception fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Good snow tires and the ability to be ginger on the gas but also control oversteer. How quickly does it build boost?
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To be honest? The turbo only really kicks in at about 4kish RPM, so I haven't even gotten the chance to see, as I've been shifting up at about 2000-3000. Please tell me if I am doing this wrong. As I know nothing (literally nothing) about turbos, or boost, or etc, I really can't answer your question, unless you tell me how to check, which will shortly become very difficult as it is scheduled to snow tomorrow. Snow + Turbo Activation = Crash.
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This is going to end in tears.
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leica posted:This is going to end in tears. I'm trying, really really hard, to not have it end in tears, if I can. After all, I love this car a lot. It's my baby. :<
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Have you driven a RWD car before?
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Sperglord Firecock posted:..... I've been doing that. I'll stop doing that. I just thought that as long as the clutch is in, it's in neutral, so it doesn't matter if you move the knob to first. I'll try to avoid rehashing my entire disjointed transmission lubrication spiel from the stupid question thread a couple weeks ago, but you always want your countershaft spinning when the driven wheels are turning. Since first is unsynchronized, neutral with the clutch up is the best way to achieve this when you're nearing a full stop, until you get to the point of learning how to to double-clutch (don't worry about double clutching for now, wait until you've mastered all the other stuff). Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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InitialDave posted:Have you driven a RWD car before? NOPE. Tommychu posted:I'll try to avoid rehashing my entire disjointed transmission lubrication spiel from the stupid question thread a couple weeks ago, but you always want your countershaft spinning when the wheels are turning. Since first is unsynchronized, neutral with the clutch up is the best way to achieve this when you're nearing a full stop, until you get to the point of learning how to to double-clutch (don't worry about double clutching for now, wait until you've mastered all the other stuff). Okay, so essentially, when I want to come to a stop, I should disengage whatever gear my car is in and change it to neutral. When shifting from gear into neutral, I assume I use the clutch to stop the transmission from dropping out of my car and onto the pavement. - In other news, I appreciate everyone's patience with my dumb questions. I really am not a very gearheaded mechanically inclined person, and I figured the best way to accomplish this is by jumping in headfirst and just figuring it out by slamming my head against it until it works. Edit: Again, Thread Title. fishception fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Oooh boy. Simple answer? Find a snowy, very empty parking lot, and experiment. It's not easy to simply express the technique in a short post, so all I can suggest is youtube videos, and practice in a controlled environment.Sperglord Firecock posted:When shifting from gear into neutral, I assume I use the clutch to stop the transmission from dropping out of my car and onto the pavement. Sperglord Firecock posted:In other news, I appreciate everyone's patience with my dumb questions. I really am not a very gearheaded mechanically inclined person, and I figured the best way to accomplish this is by jumping in headfirst and just figuring it out by slamming my head against it until it works.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:NOPE. This only applies to the point where you're at the bottom of 2nd and would otherwise be going into 1st. If you're going faster than that and slowing down then you should be downshifting as you go because that will always deliver sufficient oil to the mainshaft. Exception being a surprise yellow light/panic stop, in which case you just hammer the clutch and do what you gotta do to not hit poo poo. And yeah, you clutch into neutral but it won't explode if you don't, it'll just put a little extra stress on the collars and synchros (and it takes a lot more force on the stick) unless the gears are not loaded. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Tommychu posted:This only applies to the point where you're at the bottom of 2nd and would otherwise be going into 1st. If you're going faster than that and slowing down then you should be downshifting as you go because that will always deliver sufficient oil to the mainshaft. Exception being a surprise yellow light/panic stop, in which case you just hammer the clutch and do what you gotta do to not hit poo poo. Okay. I've been going from 3rd Gear to holding down clutch and coasting to red lights, then shifting to neutral when I stop at red lights. I probably need to stop doing that too. About Yellow lights though, I just take yellow lights usually as an invitation to go faster, especially since I don't have any plates on the car and I can't technically get any plates until Tuesday thanks to the marvel that is the Illinois DMV.
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Subscribed to thread. All suggestions to date are actually helpful and not designed to kill you. That may change. If you have/had a nearby closed store which has an asphalt lot which is in somewhat disrepair- covered in snow (and ice), this will be the best place for you to learn how to handle RWD, and how to handle a manual in bad weather. Give yourself a few hours to really get the hang of it, then do it again the next day (whenever you can) until you begin to get comfortable with it. We don't want you to panic steer yourself into a shoulder rail or do a panic dump into first and leave the go-forward smoke and metal in your wake.
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On the plus side, apparently there is a VERY good Japanese Import part guy nearby who can pretty much get me anything I desire in terms of parts for my car. To sum up what my experience is coming into this: I know nothing about gas engines. I know a very minor bit about diesel engines. I know nothing about turbos. I know a bit about electrical systems, since that was my job in the Navy. I have driven RWD for about two days. I have driven Manual for about two days. My last two cars were automatic sedans that had nowhere near the power the Nissan does. The only thing I have going for me is that all of the major running components on my car work, the engine/clutch/turbo were completely rebuilt about 5k miles ago, and so are effectively brand new parts, and I have enthusiasm! 
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I'm predicting this thread ends up as a feel good coming-of-age story.
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revmoo posted:I'm predicting this thread ends up as a feel good coming-of-age story. Ironically, I'm 24, so I should already be "coming of age". I still feel like a dumb kid. Something tells me I'll be 50 and still feeling like a dumb kid, just with more aches and pains.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:The only thing I have going for me is that all of the major running components on my car work, the engine/clutch/turbo were completely rebuilt about 5k miles ago, and so are effectively brand new parts, and I have enthusiasm! Also you seem to have a good attitude and you have a gaggle of jerks to answer your questions in exchange for watching your adventures. and yeah clutching in to stop from third is bad, 2nd is also going to be your best engine braking gear anyway.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Ironically, I'm 24, so I should already be "coming of age". I still feel like a dumb kid. Something tells me I'll be 50 and still feeling like a dumb kid, just with more aches and pains. At least you have money to buy a cool car coming out of the military, when I got out I drove a Tercel for a few years  It had a sunroof tho 
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