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Powershift posted:Seems kinda strange that the tach would display 2500 RPM it would never use, but the coolant temp cuts off about 600 degrees too low. Because Italy. Also 80s design cues were all about symmetry, everything was made by COMPUTERS and LASERS!
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I know that on the 308s and 328s the redline was more of a suggestion and people who really wrung them out could get more out of the top end before the valves started floating. Is the same true in this engine?
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Sep 21, 2015 19:33
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kimbo305 posted:Does anyone have experience with specialty insurance? After updating my policy, mine took a few days to decide to use declared value, and when I give the sale price, it's coming out to 2800/6 months, which is uhhh, pretty steep. Cheaper than the Viper, though.  Holy poo poo dude, I've been pulled over half a dozen times in the last couple of years and I don't pay that much per year. Are you getting hit with a zip code tax? Maybe try insuring it at the 'rents in the suburbs?
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Sep 22, 2015 22:42
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kimbo305 posted:The jump in price from 348 to 355 is crazy. You can get a decent 348 for 50-60k. A similar condition 355 would be 70-80. The 355 also comes with a raft of extra issues (cracking exhaust headers, weak valve guides) that are scary. I think now is the right time to buy a 348, before the nicer ones start appreciating. It's already too late for 355s. A friend of mine has a 355, and discourages me from buying one every time I see him. I drove his at the VCHC a few years ago, and I really enjoyed it, incidentally this was also when you could get them in the 50k range. Every time time I talk to him it's some new headache, the ECUs dying, the headers, the struts failing, etc.
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Sep 25, 2015 00:47
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kimbo305 posted:The factory tires are 215/50 17, 255/45 17. Support for 17" performance tires is still pretty good, but those sizes are a bit unusual, so I don't have any max performance summer tire options in those sizes. Call a local exotic dealer, any will do, and ask who their preferred tire shop is (rarely do they do this in-house). This is how I find shops that can M&B tires for the Viper.
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Sep 25, 2015 02:48
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I'm an oldfag by a long way (almost 13 years here) and I've seen the demographic of AI change over the years. A lot of posters have been run off or got bored over the years, but there's still a core group. Kimbo is one of the original core group, and followed an evolution I've seen a few people go through, including myself. I left being a mechanic behind years ago because my project cars (the SW20 turbo and 190E Cosworth for example) were basket cases that never fully worked. I lost patience with it and left most work to dealerships, often at my own peril. Ironically there are newer people here who think I can't lift a wrench when in reality I simply got sick of it. My days of laying on cardboard under a storm drain are long gone, and with good reason - a minor gently caress-up during a suspension install with the SoCal AI crew left me doing an impression of a Reliant Robin on 280. As all this relates to Kimbo's purchase, I think being in a position to DIY as much as possible is the key to "affordable" exotic car ownership. I bought a lifetime extended warranty on the Viper (which will inevitably bankrupt them) to sandbag against the eventual mechanical destruction of the car. By the time I've got a house with a lift I think I'll be prepared to come back to DIY work, but only with the right tools and equipment.
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Sep 30, 2015 17:59
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:Sorry, not to derail here, but I wasn't even aware such a thing existed. How much did that cost? I'd imagine even for a commuter appliance it would be exorbitant, but for a Viper? The original dealer gave it to me for cost, so $2K. It's a MOPAR one too, so
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Sep 30, 2015 22:24
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Oct 2, 2015 05:40
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How much could painting that panel really run you? I remember getting the flying roof on the Corvette redone for a few hundred bucks. I don't think you could ask for an easier panel for a body shop to work on.
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Oct 5, 2015 05:01
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protip: Cavallino is what the terribad people who talk about provenance say.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:45
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kimbo305 posted:The Viper had a direct mount shifter. It was stiff (as bemoaned by way too many reviews), but it was precise and absolutely positive -- shift it hard and you'll never miss. It's far less fun, but you can tell that it's born from the need for fast driving. People complained about that? 
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Oct 14, 2015 01:23
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iwentdoodie posted:This. The car classes at the Virginia City Hillclimb are usually done at the last minute, since we don't really know the final groupings until the day before. We usually break them down into way too many model-specific classes with 2 or 3 cars in each at the most. I thought it'd be funny to organize them into "Ferrari Early Model" and "Ferrari Late Model" with the cutoff being the 458. That was not well received by some people 
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Oct 18, 2015 18:38
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InitialDave posted:Why not have Ferraris and M3s split in a similar manner, "dyed and/or gelled hair, pastel or fluorescent polo shirt, Ray Bans other than Aviators" in one group, "normal humans" in another? Hahaha I'd love to, but those types always self-select themselves out of the group after realizing just how scary pushing a car they don't know how to drive on a road with 400' drop-offs can be. Those that do stick around know not to use words like "provenance" in our presence.
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Oct 19, 2015 02:56
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InitialDave posted:It's called darWINian selection, brah, not darLOSER. *Pops collar and turns off all electronic aids* And then you end up like this guy, taking the event with you in the process...  
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Oct 19, 2015 19:19
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Comrade Flynn posted:Was that the obnoxious internet celebrity guy that had the Carrera GT with no mufflers? Yep, and his demise took the Spectre 341 event down. Their insurance went from a few grand for the weekend to $25K, which is almost the entire budget for an event that size. Ours is operated partly by the Ferrari club, which is a lot more safety-focused. Speaking of which, kimbo now has a good reason to come out next year!
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Oct 20, 2015 00:24
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kimbo305 posted:That silver one still has a shaved hood. I think the 914 is a great looking car. 60% of why is playing it in Porsche Unleashed. Hah, I still have one of those too. Was there a group buy or something? I haven't touched the thing in years.
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Nov 9, 2015 01:35
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howling_mad posted:Wait, MA taxes you a percentage of the vehicles original value every year? The hell? The people's glorious soviet socialist republic of california does the same poo poo.
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Nov 25, 2015 15:58
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NitroSpazzz posted:
Just pulling the primary cats in the M3 did quite a bit for the exhaust note: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdnP-dPQ_k
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So much better than the stock, that is time and money well spent. But now I'm looking at headers and exhaust for the M cars because they're too civil.
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Listening to Vangelis made me think about this car again, and holy gently caress dude that exhaust is awesome. Cocaine white, awesome sounds, I love it.
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My favorite trick for regular braided wire is to wrap the wires together lengthwise (similar to above but less intricate,) sliding a heatshrink jacket on beforehand. Then I wrap a ~3/4" thread of silver bearing solder around the exposed wires, wrap the combination in aluminum foil and hit it with a crack torch lighter. Instantly the the solder liquefies, leaving you with a very solid connection primed for heatshrink.
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Raluek posted:Sorry dude, but that is jank as gently caress. Nope, it's rock solid and miles better than a crimped connection. I wouldn't use it as a first solution, but it's perfectly viable in tight spaces.
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BloodBag posted:So that's why his thread died back in May. The thread died because I just wasn't doing anything with the car, and I don't really have time to keep up with the forum anymore. A friend of mine was dying to drive it, and had driven my black car as well, but he made the mistake of letting his girlfriend drive the car. Its value started climbing once they announced the end of production, so I ended up owning both cars for free essentially. Sad it went out the way so many of them do though. Edit for those who care: Project.next is either building a dedicated hillclimbing/track car or buying a friend's McLaren 650S. I love the Viper but it's limited at my event's altitude, and building another one doesn't scratch the car ADD itch anymore. Das Volk fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jan 19, 2017 |
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