Car Thread - VROOM VROOM

[Herrinnert_U_zich_Jezus?]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBoSQq6Dbo my project is one of those, mine stood since 2006 out in the open and my wife gave it as a wedding gift.

 

[The Last Stand]

Norma Shearer Chrysler Roadster

Visit the post for more.

www.macsmotorcitygarage.com

 

[Diet coke made me black]

Anyone think the used car market bubble is going to pop? I hope so

Probably by end of 2022, or mid 2023.

 

[Diet coke made me black]

I'm not a car guy, but why do people put modifications on their cars to where their tires are slanted and/or the suspension is very low on the ground?

Hit a bump or incline and your bumper is scraping on the pavement. Plus, it looks ugly as hell.

They like to, I have a slammed 1989 ranger on bags. I can't stand stock cars personally myself, but I been going to car shows since I was a kid so I think that has influenced my taste somewhat,

 

[Diet coke made me black]

but I hate the idea of spending 100+ hours just to get something road worthy. This would have been patch welding, total brake job, nuke that wiring harness, tuning the engine, cleaning the gas tank, tires, etc.

I actually enjoy this. Sure it sucks in beginning, but nothing beats the feeling I get when I fix something I put alot time into.

 

[Bassomatic]

I legit took a few boxes of parts and a frame to my TR3a that's road worthy. Shit feels more mine than anything I've ever owned including my civic that's older than half the posters here and has more of my blood in it now than my legs have.

I wouldn't mind doing a kit car either but for as impatient as I am, I really don't seem to mind long projects if that makes sense.

Semi related, Pops got some nice new tires on his WRX (also will never tire my old man has a stick shift turbo car) thing really bites in fun drive but he thinks since it handles good it doesn't understeer.

 

[Yamamura]

I'm not a car guy, but why do people put modifications on their cars to where their tires are slanted and/or the suspension is very low on the ground?

Hit a bump or incline and your bumper is scraping on the pavement. Plus, it looks ugly as hell.

To try to answer this question, I've heard it explained this way before from an aesthetic design stand point. Stancing is a way to get the car to look the way it did in the concept drawings before compromises had to be made with the final design. In concept art the wheels are usually larger and closer to the wheel wells and slightly cambered out also the car is lower.






On a stock car the ground clearance is way higher for comfort and practicality. Basically driving a stanced car is sort of like what it would be like to drive the concept drawing in real life.

 

[The Last Stand]

Sophia Loren with a Mercedes. God, that looks ugly.

Cars are a girl’s best friend – Sophia Loren, madly in love with her Mercedes 300 SL - MercedesBlog

There were green beautiful eyes, there was the perfect hourglass figure, the cloche dresses, the jewels. And the cars. Yes, the cars. It was the late 60s

mercedesblog.com

 

[The Last Stand]

Stupid question, I know. But aside from the car sinking or being swept from the water, why do cars break down when you drive through floods?

I assume it's the engine. Does height matter?

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Stupid question, I know. But aside from the car sinking or being swept from the water, why do cars break down when you drive through floods?

I assume it's the engine. Does height matter?

An engine is fundamentally an airbox, and in modern engines a very precise airbox. The 4 stroke combustion engine operates by ingesting air through the air intake, which passes through an air filter, through the throttle body and runs into the cylinders through the intake manifold. The throttle body controls how much air is allowed in and once the air sucked inside the combustion chamber, the air is squeezed, banged, and blown out through the exhaust manifold. If anything but purified air were to enter the engine, it would essentially render it inoperable.

The typical sedan or suv can't handle wading through deeper waters (1.5-2ft) because water then starts to enter into the intake passageways. In addition to that major issue, lot of electronics can exist in the engine bay that aren't water resistant, so those can short and also kill the car.

People who offroad often add snorkel intakes to allow for passage through deeper than usual waters in addition to raising the ground clearance with lift kits and tires.

 

[TiggerNits]

An engine is fundamentally an airbox, and in modern engines a very precise airbox. The 4 stroke combustion engine operates by ingesting air through the air intake, which passes through an air filter, through the throttle body and runs into the cylinders through the intake manifold. The throttle body controls how much air is allowed in and once the air sucked inside the combustion chamber, the air is squeezed, banged, and blown out through the exhaust manifold. If anything but purified air were to enter the engine, it would essentially render it inoperable.

The typical sedan or suv can't handle wading through deeper waters (1.5-2ft) because water then starts to enter into the intake passageways. In addition to that major issue, lot of electronics can exist in the engine bay that aren't water resistant, so those can short and also kill the car.

People who offroad often add snorkel intakes to allow for passage through deeper than usual waters in addition to raising the ground clearance with lift kits and tires.

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I dunno why, but the Lexus overland conversions are pretty sexy

 

[Car Won't Crank]

I dunno why, but the Lexus overland conversions are pretty sexy

It's that duality of luxury poshness mixed with rugged off roading. That's probably what makes the L322 Range so popular, or even Land Rover in general.

 

[TiggerNits]

It's that duality of luxury poshness mixed with rugged off roading. That's probably what makes the L322 Range so popular, or even Land Rover in general.

I'm not sure thats my reasoning. I hate Rovers that aren't Africanized Defenders, but I do have a soft spot for kitted up G-wagons, too. I think it's just Toyota's attempt at elegance being so outright generic (pre-Lexus cleft palette grille design) that when you beef it up and make it more aggressive, it's like when a 7 gets in good shape, dresses a little better, wears some dark eye-liner and gains the confidence to be a 9.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Apparently, the kind Firestone employees love to bust the wheel studs off and they just say "oops" while I have to take the knuckle off, replace the half shaft, and disassemble the front bearing just to replace it. Thanks Firestone!!

 

[Torque Wheeler]

I don't want to PL too much. I had a great photo of about 20 jugs of old coolant set up in a sweet tea rainbow but one of my other vehicles which is super unique was in the shot and I'm not interested in self-doxing. At least you get to see flush #1!

 

[TiggerNits]

Apparently, the kind Firestone employees love to bust the wheel studs off and they just say "oops" while I have to take the knuckle off, replace the half shaft, and disassemble the front bearing just to replace it. Thanks Firestone!!
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This is why I only do tires at the dealer or discount tire. The dealer because the guy who runs their service and parts is a close friend and discount because they will straight up suck your dick if they jack up your shit and you call them on it

 

[TiggerNits]

I don't want to PL too much. I had a great photo of about 20 jugs of old coolant set up in a sweet tea rainbow but one of my other vehicles which is super unique was in the shot and I'm not interested in self-doxing. At least you get to see flush #1!
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I've had piss look like that before. Which is how I learned you always wear a condom for anal, even if it's your wife

 

[Car Won't Crank]

I'm not sure thats my reasoning. I hate Rovers that aren't Africanized Defenders, but I do have a soft spot for kitted up G-wagons, too. I think it's just Toyota's attempt at elegance being so outright generic (pre-Lexus cleft palette grille design) that when you beef it up and make it more aggressive, it's like when a 7 gets in good shape, dresses a little better, wears some dark eye-liner and gains the confidence to be a 9.

That's true a lot of the early Lexus were Toyotas with a few extras in tech and comfort. However I think moving on with the second gen GX and LX, they became more refined, which set them apart from just a Toyota in a dress.

I don't want to PL too much. I had a great photo of about 20 jugs of old coolant set up in a sweet tea rainbow but one of my other vehicles which is super unique was in the shot and I'm not interested in self-doxing. At least you get to see flush #1!
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Is that a fox body mustang?

 

[Torque Wheeler]

That's true a lot of the early Lexus were Toyotas with a few extras in tech and comfort. However I think moving on with the second gen GX and LX, they became more refined, which set them apart from just a Toyota in a dress.


Is that a fox body mustang?

It's a little smaller and they were making fox bodies at the same time. Still FoMoCo, but much rarer. Keep guessing!

 

[Car Won't Crank]

It's a little smaller and they were making fox bodies at the same time. Still FoMoCo, but much rarer. Keep guessing!

Did you import a Fiesta XR2i? My other guess was a Merkur XR4ti but the headlight design is different and it's a larger car.