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>>16854694
So what did you study if you did study... I want to go down a similar path and was thinking mechanical engineering was the way to go, but I am not sure... Is there anything else in that aspect relatable to car stuff.

>>16854811
Automotive engineering, this is a three year degree and i'm at the last year, but you can enter even at the first year if you know your stuff. Depending on where you plan to go it's best to stick wiyh mech eng rather than automotive, as it is a more established course, but if your uni has a good automotive course go for it. Also, as a mech eng you will have a lot more options for work (and you can still specialize in vehicles), but automotive engineers are somewhat of a rarity here, so usually automotive companies prefer automotive engineers all other things being equal, and you probably won't have trouble finding a good job in either case

>>16854694
>>16854854
where are you going to school?

I was going to community college for mechanical engineering hoping to transfer to a school with an automotive engineering program but i dropped out because I am a piece of shit.

Im assuming you aren't American.

Auto is faster and gets better mpg. Stay cucked grandpa

>>16854373
>cucked

What's cucked is letting a computer take control of your car.

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hurr americans cant drive stick HURR DURR

Rear view camera, LED-bar and winter tires

>tfw retarded and poor

>>16854312
Nice original bait

>>16854312
>muh turbo 400.
>muh $4,500 overdrive

Nah, gimme my turbo 350 and bored out big block. "But u will fuck it up..."

Not yet...


4 years now

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TRD Aurion front clip

I I've how the late 90s ones looked

>>16854243
Buying something else, ricing a Camry is just sad

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Man one day you retards will realize the bump limit is 310.

It's only been that way for like a year and a half now so I understand it's probably gonna take you a few more months to catch.

>>16854230
Its the faggy newcucks that whant attention the ones making threads early and just wait this summer is going to be one of the biggest shitfest in dbt history.

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>>16854170

>coast up to stoplight in Drive

>>16854170
wait is this supposed to be bad? been driving manual for a month and when I'm coming to a stop I just press the clutch in and brake

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>>16854170
>light turns red
>start coasting to a stop
>car behind me starts honking
>light turns green before either of us come to a stop

I sure showed him

>>16854088
do a compression test, that's what matters the most. i've seen plenty of nice looking cars for a high price with shit compression and plenty of cars that'll require some interior bits, maybe a fender or paint and have a decently recent rebuild so good compression.
na rotary lasts the longest when treated right before needing a rebuild. the turbo cars are way less forgiving if they weren't looked after correctly. the fc can have the power bumped up for almost free vs it'll cost lots to barely get a power increase from the rx8.
the fc turbo stock intake and exhaust are restrictions to keep the turbo in check because shit wastegate and i've rarely seen an fc sold with a stock exhaust. parts store together a new afm to turbo inlet for ~$30 and that's inprovements there. get atleast an adjustable fpr or rising rate fpr, and get the wastegat ported if it's and s4 (86-88) the ht18 doesn't outputting more than 10psi and won't do it for long. get a watermeth kit and the tmic is ok at up to 15psi with decent IATs, cx racing makes a copy of the impossible to find intercooler that fits in front of the radiator with angled outlets that everyone likes since it's an FMIC and keeps short plumbing, stock turbo should last a good while at 9psi, put in a better fuel pump and back timing down a few degrees and stock injecors will be sufficient. if you make the stock turbo into a hybrid with a t4 compressor you'll need an adjustable fpr for sure, 2 would be better (one for each fuel rail so you won't be too rich while just running the primaries)
obviously get a wideband o2. stock ecu won't retard any more timing after you pass 9psi so if you do with a hybrid/new turbo make sure to back down the timing with the cas at least.
that's the cheap dirty way to do it and it'll work. rtek is garbage and seems you can't use a computer with it easily so save up for a standalon EMS if you want more. unlike the rx8 the stock turbo trans can handle being hard on more than 300whp

also you'll need a cheap fuel cut defender (you can make it yourself if you can't find a cheap one) or the 1.8 RTEK (whatever the cheap options are) to disable fuel cut at the least and it'll let you run bigger secondaries at the stock fuel pressure.
you can safely run pretty high hp on the stock ecu and with most ports, only issue is you might have a shitty idle and you'll use more gas. and tuning is much more work.
install the wideband as far back on the exhaust as you can as well, it'll keep the o2 cooler, less likely to damage it from heat, when you remove the stock turbo just take it out with the manifold through the front, remove the rad hoses and it'll fit. check hatch drains for rust.
rx8 dashboards like to crack
12 afr is fine around 5psi, as you get above 7 go for 11-10, above 9lbs 10.0 at the leanest under full boost/high rpm
watch out for 5th gear synchros, they brake easy if they haven't been changed to thenew one you can get (from a miss shift, 2nd to 5th instead of 3rd) mainly an issue of shifter return springs are bad

>>16854233
>>16854201
That's quite a lot of info, thanks a lot. I don't know how much power I'd really be looking to make, or even how soon. Like I said, I've been driving a 90s pickup with barely 100hp for quite while so either one of these cars would feel pretty fun at first I'm sure. Which one tends to handle better stock? People rave about the RX8 being surprisingly nimble, but I don't know if "surprisingly" translates to good, especially compared to the ~200?lb lighter FC. Of course suspension can always be changed and I wouldn't mind it down the road either.

just finished it

it feels so close but so far

>>16854046
comfiest youtube series by far

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>>16854046
>NEW PROJECT BINKY

Praise jebus!

>>16853897
Right now it's still far too expensive to be a practical alternative on the market; not only the cars (due to the large amount of platinum used in the fuel cells, and the expensive carbon fiber H2 tank), but the fueling stations themselves cost millions for a setup that can only fuel a couple cars at a time, and a small number during the day. It's all driven by California emissions mandates, and funded by governments throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at Toyota/Hyundai/et all to develop it.

Also, with relatively affordable, usable BEV's hitting the market in greater numbers, and a growing number of fast charging stations being installed, I don't see the market for these among consumer vehicles for a long while yet. Most likely use will be in long distance trucks in 20-25 years when oil starts getting really expensive.

Mind you, I like the technology itself, but not for this application.

>>16854094
Damn shame, I like them a lot more than lithium battery systems. The idea of quickly refueling a high-torque electric motor without significant wear on the components sounds great, even if it's not a combustion system. Shame that cars just need so much damned infrastructure.

>>16853897
gasoline is king

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> What are some big mistakes people make when driving?

® Getting emotional delusions - assuming other drivers are 'trying to piss them off.'
® Not looking far enough ahead.
® Not paying enough attention to the road.
® Not signalling soon enough - turn signals are supposed to show *intent*. They are not supposed to be turned on when you've already started switching lanes.
® Not leaving room for other cars to merge.
® Staying in the left lane on a highway when the right lanes are going their speed and have open spaces.

>>16853909
Thank you

make sure your low beams are not too high

>>16853778

Who is this pepsi fellow? I hope hes not as bad as that bepis creep who sends dick pics out of the blue

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>checking in to pick up salt.
>ambiguously foreign flatbedder disregards sign directing trucks to park to the side of the entrance
>causes major clusterfuck as trucks try to get around him and does not appear to notice when angry truckers repeatedly come into the guard shack asking who has that flatbed
>guard asks if his trailer is a step deck or regular flatbed
>i glance at his obvious stepdeck as he answers regular flatbed with supreme confidence
>dis gun be gud
>there's a long line around the property, just supposed to hit a dock when one opens up, though they have an open area to load low flatbeds.
>stepbruv don't need no line, just chills next to me being in the way.
>when it's almost my turn, he jumps in front of the truck ahead of me, probably because he was told to hit a particular dock that is enclosed for safety and it just opened
>he promptly gets told to go to the end of the line by the shipper when he tries to check in, because they know what order everybody checked in at the guard shack
>laughingtruckers.scr
>i'm getting loaded when he finally bumps a dock..sort of
>loader opens door, looks at the 3 foot drop, then walks over and asks him if he knows what the fuck a step deck is.
>laughingtruckers.inf
>he gets his four pallets loaded before I get my 26, and I watch him roll out the gate with two straps ripping into his salt bags on all four pallets and no tarp
Fuck me but today was a good day.

is there any chance that i could learn how to drive an 18 speed truck even though ive never even drove a manual car just automatics? im around trucks all day and even get to service them and change their air brake pads and the idea of how many gears they have and shat gear you want to be in for a certain speed and how to shift it without using the clutch and changing hi/lo and splitting sounds insanely hard but id feel awesome if i could know how to drive one

theres a truck driving school that is 3 weeks long that is like 20 miles from my house but considering i dont even know how to shift right or the proper way to would they probably use me as a joke and just laugh at me and yell at me for being an idiot? or would i have a chance and probably get a cdl in just three weeks?

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Because race car or something.

Also tfw both coolant gauge

>>16853786
>no coolant gauge

fucking phone

thinking of getting an ultragauge because of the lack of gauges

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Love this

>>16853741
Corolla, the Civic is 2big, 2ugly, and it's more of a liftback than a hatchback.

>>16853741
Why did Scion die?

>>16853872
Because nobody was buying them and it became too expensive to manufacture the same car with different badging just for the American market

>>16853631
Yes do it, i ran and the cops never caught me i encourage you to run

>>16853656
This. Once they see that you have the balls to run they give up right away cause they don't like to fuck with badasses

>>16853719
They give up because it's usually not worth the energy or risk to chase after you, and police cars are slower than most production cars.

you are getting 13k max m8y

>mfw i bought a used car for 6900$ and its fully insured and will payout 10k


basically get a used car and shut the fuck up

buy a 2015 corolla LE, thats what the payout will be for, not a new car

>>16853480
this. you didn't wreck a new car. get gap insurance next time