Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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pontiackid86 wrote:
The Dark Side of Will wrote:At least lowlux posts original content to Youtube. What have you done for karma lately?
Nothing. I know at least the basics of using a computer. I have better things to do with my time than pointing a camera and a bebe gun at a computer and making myself look like a total retard.
Honestly, I'd love to pose with a Bebe gun on camera

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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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pontiackid86 wrote: Nothing. I know at least the basics of using a computer.
I consider using all of the letters of the alphabet a basic computer skill.
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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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CincinnatiFiero wrote:
pontiackid86 wrote:
The Dark Side of Will wrote:At least lowlux posts original content to Youtube. What have you done for karma lately?
Nothing. I know at least the basics of using a computer. I have better things to do with my time than pointing a camera and a bebe gun at a computer and making myself look like a total retard.
Honestly, I'd love to pose with a Bebe gun on camera

http://www.piercemattie.com/blogs/Bebe_ ... _brand.jpg
You mean BB Gunns?
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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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That's just foul, my pic > yours.
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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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Agreed.
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Re: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS HOLE

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There are several holes in each of those pictures, but does it really matter? Put the bolt back and leave it there. Problem solved,
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Re: 1988 fiero suspension swap

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yes
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Re: 1988 fiero suspension swap

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Swapping cradles is even harder than fixing the alternator.
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Re: 1988 fiero suspension swap

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Have fun dropping the motor on your face.
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Re: 1988 fiero suspension swap

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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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They haven't made yellow poly in years, that must be old as hell.
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Re: Lowlux's ultimate thread on multiple car problems!!!

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Gooch wrote:Way to go douche. You are like a one-man, fiero-destroying machine.
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Re: fixing... small bullshit

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The white spot on the roof is oxidized clearcoat. There isn't any way to fix it except to get it repainted..
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Re: FORGED MOTOR MOUNTS.... coming soon..

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Sand casting is not forging. Wildly pounding on the red hot metal with a hammer won't do much to help, either. And even if somehow you ended up with something better than a mix of solidified carbon chunks, molten scrap metal of various origins, and impurities, harding it to ~Rc 60 would make a part as brittle as glass. Rc 40 would be a better ballpark, and that's probably a little on the hard side as well, depending on what alloy and what application.

Long story short, there's a really good possibility that HALF the thickness worth of rolled, low carbon bar stock would hold up better, be cheaper, and take less work... Don't bother.
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Re: FORGED MOTOR MOUNTS.... coming soon..

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That said, if you want to make some gangster ass engine mounts, machine them out of Cro-Mo steel bar stock of known quality and alloy, and have them heat treated.
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Re: FORGED MOTOR MOUNTS.... coming soon..

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why even stress it? You're gonna have 190 horses, stock style mounts are more than good enough. They were designed for abuse and crash safety as well as nice driveability. Solid mounting is just a good way to fatigue the cradle and stress the trans.
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Re: Ecotec...

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No.
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Re: Ecotec...

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Re: Rust - son of bitch

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You dont want to slow the rust down. That is like putting a bandaid on a cut that needs stitches. The best thing to do is cut out the rusted ares before it reaches unrusted metal. Than buy a welder and weld sheet metal into its place. Do not skip cutting the rust area out or the rust will infect the new sheet metal you put in place.
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Re: fixing... small bullshit

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lowlux wrote:SHIT. they make some shit i seen it on a 350z to make the roof look like its carbon fiber? i think it sticks on..
Its not worth it. The sun beats onto it and causes it to oxidize rather quickley. plus real carbonfiber is going to be expensive.
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