[ D a i l y A u s f a g T h r e a d ] >Some Edition >

>>16427032
it happens to all of us mate. just wont watch it right before you go for a drive.

>>16427209
Stop trying to edit the discord link. It's not funny

>>16427209
We really need a detailed cars recc list. Something that lists and details some of the cars on there, the European bit doesn't mention anything about what models or engines to look for.

>>16427229
i could make up one for euro stuff. it'll just list the cheapo ones since nobody here is R I C H.

>>16427209
>>16427227
https://discordapp.com/invite/010IDtABv9b2ChJ0v

did that WA meet actually happen?

>>16427250

No? He probably lost the other key. The one he's using might even be the spare.

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the new alpine is NOT for girls

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>>16427259
>need to get a spare key made
>went to have it done
>my key is uncommon and he destroyed the only blank he had of it while trying to make a copy

2 threads really cunts?

>>16427280
What's the new one based off? Or are Alphine making originals now?

>>16427177
Real thread.

>>16427229
>>16427245
easy

>each one needs at least 6cyl
>cant be diesel unless mercedes

done

>>16427253
Idk but I definitely cant be fucked driving out in this heat, aircon or not.

>>16427280
it looks pretty awful tho

>>16427308
>Turbo SOHC intec
>instead of a barra
for what purpose?

https://youtu.be/ZZoBq_UqGiU

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>>16427291
>you will never have an Alpine BMW E30

>>16427314
I found an alpine E34 on carsales once.
Cunt wanted about $15k for it so I'm not sure if that's good or not.

>>16427317
would buy [spoiler]if it were cheaper[/spoiler]

>>16427291
the bmw one is Alpina the hairdresser's car is an Alpine

i dunno what thread to shitpost in can we use the other one?

>>16427343
fuck how did i fuck that up. i've never heard of Alpine then.

>>16427345
Falcunt shitposts is the other one, we're in this one actually discussing cars.
Take your pick.

>>16427345
Looks like this one was made because someone got mad over the pic and falcunt posting.

aka autism, other one is older and has more posts.

>>16427359
more shitposts you mean. im sticking to this one.

>makes a new thread even though there already was one
Buttblasted much?

How autistic are you on a scale of Jimmy to Falcunt?

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Ill just shitpost both then

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http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/port-adelaide/cars-vans-utes/1999-holden-suburban-wagon/1134322702

Why shouldn't I buy some big American rebadged monstrosity lads?

>>16427364
Both look equally shitposty to me. Its just the dat way

>>16427387
>sellers name is tattoo presley
what

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>>16427349
It's a french company that makes rear engined cars with renault engines.

Pic related makes 276 hp and has 290 km/h top speed, supposedly they were the most aerodynamic cars of their time.

>>16427229
I reckon the entire thing needs a bit of a do-over. Plenty of this shit is disappearing, or rice taxed, or needs to be expanded on in the first place.

>>16427403
>Renault engines

This doesn't sound like a good idea.

>>16427408
The price ranges are fairly out now too. There's also no mention of other older Commos that are good for flogging besides the VT.

>>16427427
it says VTs are still about 5k and i'm looking at a VZ for only 4k right now.

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>two threads

Why cunts?

>>16427387
I don't know how true it is but I heard the dash for the Suburban's are actually stretched out Blazer dashes since GM didn't want to redesign it for RHD, which also lead to all the bits falling apart and not fitting right since it was stretched GM crap.

>>16427445
>Someone makes thread
>Falcunt naturally moves over
>Someone else gets mad
>Makes this thread
Its a pain in the ass. But looks like the other is dying anyway

>>16427449
>lolden fans will defend this

>>16427449
This has given me an idea. If I had a LHD car that had no RHD version and I need to convert, could I find a 3D render of it, mirror flip and just 3D print a new dash?

>part of these different friend groups

>a bunch like to go to the beach and shit
>I hate beaches and swimming and summer

>other like going to see live music around the city
>I hate all the local bands and can't relate to all the songs about muh drugs and getting wasted and other hipster shit, plus I don't like going out to the city

>other group that loves partying hard every weekend, getting wasted and popping pills or whatever
fuck that shit

>another group that plays boardgames and and has intellectual discussions
im dumb

>car friends
I have a shit car, no money, i'm not even really interested in doing any work to modify cars or whatever

>work friends
I don't even like them


I really don't fit in with anyone and I want to be alone, but at the same time I feel so lonely.

>>16427470
what do you actually like doing then?

>>16427450
That's autistic as fuck. Why can't they be on the ball like this when threads are about to 404?

>>16427470
Be happy you have friends.

>>16427470
Save some money and get a nice car, don't modify it if you don't want to, modifying is a money pit anyway.

>>16427470
time to kill yourself probably

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>tfw second date

>>16427470
What interests do you have, m8?

>>16427664
>tfw second date
das it mane. what did you do on the first date?

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>>16427667
Movies. Now I'm taking her out to lunch.

>>16427675
>movies
risky move mate but at least it worked

>>16427664
>tfw starting to hang out more with this girl more and more in a group setting
>she keeps bringing her brother along
>becoming good mates with her brother
Well this backfired.

>>16427680
Risky how?

>>16427470
>a bunch like to go to the beach and shit
>I hate beaches and swimming and summer
too fat to swim and ginger skin that gets burned easy?

>other like going to see live music around the city
>I hate all the local bands and can't relate to all the songs about muh drugs and getting wasted and other hipster shit, plus I don't like going out to the city
who cares

>other group that loves partying hard every weekend, getting wasted and popping pills or whatever
this is fun, enjoy yourself

you have depression issues sort yourself out

>>16427693
you dont get to talk when youre seeing a movie or get to look at each other much. usually lunch is a first date, movie the second and dinner on third.

>>16427691
Move in on her now while you can dude. At least right now you have "her family likes you" points going for you.

>>16427705
Movie is fine as long as it's not just a movie.

It can be great when you can go for a coffee or ice cream afterwards because you have so much to talk about after the movie and you get a much more natural conversation going that doesn't feel forced at all.

>>16427721
Those are some pretty good points. Who knew /dat/ could have some good real advice.

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What are some affordable comfy 90s aesthetic cars? I want something really yuppie style like a BMW or SAAB.

>>16427748

porsche? m? amg? you probably can't afford any

>>16427784
>What are some affordable comfy
>affordable
read again

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>>16427748
90s Volvos

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oh god two threads are doing my head in

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>>16427748
I want to say Porsche 928 but ehhhh it might not be so affordable.

>>16427809
disgusting waifu

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>>16427823
uwotm8illfackenjobya

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>>16427748
Volkswagen TT

68th for leave me facken dole alone

>>16427830
pls tell me this is jimmys

>>16427845
yes its jimmys

>>16427845
the tt is based and built on the same underpinnings of a vw beetle so it is

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crosspost from our sister board /pol/
>>>/pol/105580055
>just fuck my country up
http://www.domain.com.au/news/forget-the-poor-firsthome-buyer-2017-needs-to-be-the-year-of-the-renter-20161211-gt8v5t/
and
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/04/billionaires-get-more-leeway-than-vulnerable-citizens-its-obscene?CMP=soc_567
>Autistic man chased by debt collector
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/04/heartless-core-autistic-man-chased-centrelink-debt-collectors
>making cunts off themselfves
http://www.baka.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/flawed-centrelink-debt-recovery-system-bringing-some-to-the-brink-of-suicide-andrew-wilkie-20170104-gtlog9.html

>>16427857
This is why we need to import millions of poor people from africa & the middle east. If there is more poor people the average amount that someone pays for rent will have to go down as that is all they will be able to afford

We cant give money to renters because that will encourage owners to charge higher amounts of rent without forcing them to increase supply of low cost housing or lowering rental costs

>>16427873
>/s
>boomer

Should I buy into gold anons? Coming into 2017 I've realized the economy has been too stable for far too long.

How do you buy gold here anyway? Do you get it on hand or as a piece of paper?

>>16427905
No. Gold is overpriced. Buy in to stocks that invest in US currency instead.

>>16427878
You talkin jibberish

>>16427920
That's what I'm trying to avoid. I wish to invest in something independent and tangible from the current economic model. So of the current market and fiat currency's do collapse as so many people have wrongly foretold I will still have gold on hand which will hopefully regain it's value.

This isn't intended to be an investment, merely security if the tinfoils are correct

>>16427939
In that case, yes physical gold, silver, platinum etc are good. But note that theyre currently overpriced.

>>>>/biz/

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Drew the short straw at work today, major service with front and rear wheel bearings needing to be repacked.

Wouldn't go up on the hoist as it was fucking full of shit, but the V8 turbo diesel had enough grunt to move the world.

>>16427387
what are some other weird rebadged imports we got?

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>>16427924
>Blab

>>16428074
Noice walky

>>16427939

There are a shitload of Australian ETF's that allow you to track specific commodities, indices or industries.

http://www.betashares.com.au/products/

Look at the gold, oil and agriculture ones.

>>16428083
Theyre fantastic if you care about their relativity to the economy. Original question was more about dystopian future with mad max tier economy - physical is better

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>>16427748
What you're after is a Saab 9-3 convertible, preferably the Aero over the base trim. Though have a look at the early 00s models as well. I reckon those still have a real 90s vibe to them (and even the more modern 9-3 convertible feels more like something out of the early 00s design-wise) and the taillights look better.

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>>16428102

>>16428094

Buy Silver at $10, Buy Gold at $800-$900 and buy Oil at $27.

The problem is the AUD will sink to 50-60 cents if these prices are achieved, which effectively doubles their price in our money. So you need to invest in the USD now.

There is a USD ETF btw.

As for physical, I just bought 1KG of silver for $720+$18 postage from private forum called silverstackers in Australia.

Physical gold is not cost effective to buy physically until you start sinking $50,000 for a 1KG bar, the premiums are just too high on the 1oz stuff in Australia.

>>16427939
Gold will always hold its value

>>16427969
>v8 turbo diesel
That's the shit

>>16428116

That is objectively not true. Gold goes up and down like any other commodity.

>>16428121
Of course, I'm no economist and known nothing about it but I can't imagine gold or other precious commodities completely tanking and not coming back

Sometimes I wonder if I should invest a little bit and maybe make something back in the future, but I have no idea about it all

>>16428120
>tfw no V8 turbo diesel swapped GT86

Why do I even want this

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>>16427748
Or if a good 9-3 is too hard to find go for an E36 convertible.

>>16428125

>Of course, I'm no economist and known nothing about it but I can't imagine gold or other precious commodities completely tanking and not coming back

If you bought gold in 1980, you would have paid $800 USD per ounce.

It would have taken until 2008 for you to get the same amount of money for that ounce of gold.

You have to understand the commodity you're investing in and understand why the commodity rises in the first place.

>>16428142
It's because gold is shiny right?.. and the Jews

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>>16427748

BMW E39 540i

>>16428138
Goes from torque dip to

>muh torks

>>16428120
>>16428138

It would twist the body to bits, that one has a few mods too.

Was great to drive, shite to work on

>>16428144
If it were just about looking like a rich dude in the 90s I reckon this would do the job, but it feels too sensible for "yuppie".

>>16428147
>Was great to drive, shite to work on
Same can be said for 99% of cars

>>16428148

To be fair you did say CHEAP. You can get a 540i for under $5,000.

It's actually pretty adapt at performance.

0-100 in 6 seconds

That's not extremely fast now but it would have whipped most cars in 1998.

>>16428157

For the most part yeah, GT86's are both shite to drive and work on though.

Most of our line up is easy enough to work on though.

Looking through gumtree bored

Look at this


http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/edwardstown/cars-vans-utes/torana-lc-improved-production-race-car-/1133508721

>260hp 4.0
Not bad

posting more weuird finds

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/north-perth/cars-vans-utes/toyota-cressida-manual-1jz-highmount/1134480682

>jz cress

>>16428148
Lexus IS 300. In your price range, 90s luxury & most importantly - wont have reliability issues or maintenance costs of the eurotrash

>>16427387
because its american. just dont buy it
there. solved. now dont burn your money on trash

>>16428168
It's not a 4.0 you fucking Nimrod.

>>16428195
Well excuuuuse me princess

>>16427387
It's the Shit house petrol model and not the turbo diesel 6.5, so no.

>>16428197
Hey, if you're a fucking idiot (a "4.0" Holden that clearly states it's a 3.3 with a 2850 head), then you wear the term fucking idiot. Do you know anything about cars more than 10 years old?

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>>16428225
who do you think your talkin too?

>>16428225
settle down, your autism is on turbo

>>16428231
i falcunted him good

>t. assmad boomers

Sup cunts? Enjoying the heatwave?

>>16428256
wat u talking about its cool as fuck here today

Got an instructor teaching me manual, any tips bois?

>>16428274
suck his dick

its back up

https://youtu.be/Y_WduMnUMsc

>>16427748
How about a BMW? Or possibly a SAAB.

>>16428381
Garbage

Best album of 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c_mhrB7LlQ

>>16428466
Filthy Frank really?

>>16428466
Always enjoyed Frank.
First song is 10/10

>>16428466
wat car?

>>16428466
Unironically, this song is actually really good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3vpBCiL2c

>>16428523
Dodge Stealth RT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-unYQp4kN0

Fucking amazing.

>>16428466
I fucking hate rap and hip hop and all that shit but I actually like that shit.

Vultures are out today in Brissie. Keep your eyes peeled lads since the cunts are hiding in the emergency stopping bays.

>>16428274
Listen to them.

the clutch is not an on and off switch, and neither is the throttle. Learn the friction point of the clutch and practice it enough so you know where it is automatically.

Don't worry about stalling, it happens and it's not a big deal.

Don't try to come off the clutch as quickly as possible, because it's not smooth and you'll be prone to skids or stalling (depending on how much throttle you're into).

Be smooth with your inputs, whether it's the clutch, the throttle or the shifter. Don't try to force the shifter into gear, it'll go into the right gear by itself if you let it.

Bring the clutch up smoothly (not necessarily slowly, but smoothly) after you've changed gear, don't just pop it. Same for downshifts.

Handbrake starts are piss easy once you know your friction point well.

>stop on hill, clutch in and brake with feet, apply handbrake
>find friction point of clutch, bring the revs up to ~1500
>release clutch a touch more, just enough to get the revs to start to drop
>release handbrake, slowly release clutch
>????
>profit

Above all, be relaxed. No point winding yourself up into a heightened state of stress for no real reason.

>>16430940
Also make sure your car has a good clutch and learn where the gears are

how hard would it be to do a timing belt on my excel?

>>16428259
>>16428256
>Aussie muscle continues to ignore falcunt
Lmao

>>16431309
oh no im so cut

Got another qoute for a gearbox today

decisions...

>>16431268
yes

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So I'm looking at either a 2005 Magna TL ES with 150K km for $3600 or a 2002 maxima with 70K km for $3800. I probably don't need a wagon, but they're just so practical. The maxima is really tight, and has been garaged for a good deal of its life.

What do you reckon is better value?

>>16431358
>magna
nope

nothing but trouble those cars they are all abused and rekt by bogans

get the maxima

>>16431353
really makes u think...

>>16431383
sohc? Should be too hard

make sure the timing is right

>>16431388
yeah sohc
i was thinking i would mark the old belt with chalk then count teeth on the new one and mark in the exact same spots so i can be super sure i'm doing it right

>>16431419
noice
>mfw my cars are both pushrods
kek

>>16431423
pushrods win again

>>16431433
i wonder how hard it is to change a cam and heads on a ls thats still in a dunnydoor

Engine Masters make it look easy but all their work is done when the engine is out

simplier just to take the engine out surely since the piston rings, sump gaskit and rear main need doing as well

>>16431358
You'd do well to ignore this unsubstantiated post>>16431368

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>>16431468
>assflustered faggot defending the magna
Really cunt? You know its a turd and youre just going on your little crusade against me

ffs the maxima is more reliable anyway and he said it has half the miles

dipshit

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>>16431325
It should be like 2 grand for a built auto from a reputable builder

>>16431509
How much should shipping be? One place wants $2450 shipped which feels like too much non exchange

the other place only wanted $100 to send a used manual box and thats all the way from Melb to Coffs

divorced bankrupt cunt here

I need a car valued at exactly 7.7k as any more the gubment will repo

I have had 4 bangers rotars and v6's, I want a V8 to fix up slowly. I had my heart set on a VH commo, but once you start fixing it and leave it on the road, it will get pinched.

What kind of security is available for older cars these days?

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>>16431519
Is it auto or manual? What shops are close to coffs?

I got mine built in melbourne as its only 2 hours away.

4 speed for VN SS cost 1600
3 speed for VL V8 cost 1300

Stall converters were on top of that (900 & 660)

Is Sydney or Brisbane closer? Just get a list of the shops in sydney that build them and ring them for quotes

>>16431519
Coffs closer to brisbane or sydney? Just get a list of the reputable builders and ring them for quotes. The industry is not tech savvy and people dont like advertising their prices.

4 speed box in my vn ss was 1600

>>16431538
what car?

>>16431543
Problem is i am going to be putting a cam in it very soon and after that probably forced induction so i want this box to last

Most stage 2 500hp boxes are like 1900+ shipping anyway

Nah theres nothing around coffs and most other shops are away until mid-late way through this month as well.

Bris is closer but i'd have to get the trans shipped down as the car is stuck in the mechanics garage and isnt drivable
>>16431546
Where do i get this magical list? People keep recommending the same 3 trans builders and Craighs in sydney costs like $4000 lol

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>>16431538
Insurance and a lockup garage. Do you intend to daily drive it?

>>16431560

yes daily, insurance nps but no lock up garage

Cheapest ive found is this and its $2400 posted non exchange since my current box is likely unrebuildable

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/262778475743?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

God damnnit why do my trans always pop at new year? 3rd fucking one!

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>>16431555
How long until you go FI?

Will the cam auut NA or FI?

It sounds like you should just go out and get the box to handle 600-700 hp now rather than blowing up a 500hp when and getting another. With a 4speed that means paying over 3k for the box alone.

You can put the cam in the engine on the car. Easier if the gearbox is out

Which one of yous was this?

shes my waifu

https://www.racebook.com/meltonbacchusmarshthumbsupthumbsdown/videos/691894247637666/

fuck off this isnt spam

>>16431592
True but i dont have the money to do the cam AND gearbox at the same time

Forced induction at least a couple of years down the road when i get bored of the cam

Shop qouted me about $3k for cam, heads and bottom end work as well as other shit that needed doing like oil pump upgrade because the stock one has like 225k on it

Dunno if ill go FI, maybe a small blower to start as twin turbo seems like overkill

>>16431592
>falcunt
>going turbo

Hah, can't even imagine what sort of money he'd waste or damage he would do with a turbo'd Falcodore.

If it's anything like the R33 he had then....yeah.

So something like this would be better?
700hp

apparently there are more upgrades as well

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/V8-4L60E-BIG-HP-TRANSMISSION-HI-PERFORMANCE-AUTO-STAGE-2-SHIFT-KIT-/262792937853?hash=item3d2fae017d:g:WnMAAOSwmfhX27-f

thing is my poor ls only makes 300hp to the wheels as it stands and that gearbox would be like $3350 shipped + Stally $800 + Install would be deep into 4k

>>16431616
So? At least im making an effort to learn.

Ironically i am having way more fun with the shitdoor than i have any other cars.

Turbo LS is the end game but it might take a while.

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>>16431576
Whats your parking arrangement?

Just get insurance that has a low deductible and expect it to get stolen.

Also basic things like kill switches, bollards if you can etc

>>16431622
Dont worry about forced induction. Just get a box to handle 300+rwkw for now so you can start driving it. Then get a motor built with cam and heads.

If you still want to go FI afterwards, sell the car and start fresh or sell the engine and box and buy new

>>16431477
>being this mad
LMAO! Projecting your assflusteredness I see. Keep posting more unsubstantiated claims tho

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>>16431659
Why sell the engine?

As i said FI is probably OVERKILL

plenty of people turbo oldass ls1's
>>16431673
You are literally defending a magna

>>16431633

I know about all that but isnt there some new tech immobilizers or some shit?

>>16431698
wouldnt a car thief just get around a immobiliser eventually anyway?

While we're on the topic of LS's and shit is it cheaper to get a newer engine rather than piss around with my old ls1?

IF its going to cost 4k+ to mod and rebuild and a new engine isnt much more with a cam and shit already done what do boys?

Start saving for a whole engine and leave my ls1 5.7 stock?

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>>16428102
>>16428104
>>16428381
>>16427748

Yessss, this is exactly what I've done. I'm the raging faggot from the previous thread that posted a white Saab 9-3. I recently bought an older relatives' 2000 9-3 SE convertible for the cost of repairs, which came to just under $2000. Exactly the same as the photo attached, ugly wheels and all, Monte Carlo Yellow. Gay as shit.

She bought it new in 2000 with all the options for $73,000 and paid around $1200 a year in rego because of some luxury car tax. Now her insurance will only pay $8000 for a total write-off, and it took three months for the mechanic to find a new radiator from interstate.

Front wheel drive, automatic, all the bad things. But fuck! It's a horribly overpowered sofa-on-wheels that NOBODY else bothers to keep. Super cheap to buy, incredible build quality, but insurance and parts will bust you a new arsehole

>>16431724
In what planet is a brand new LS1 with the work already carried out not much more than $4000?

>>16431780
Coffs harbor ;_;

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>>16431769

AND THE INTERIOR, god damn.

Those fucking headrests are incredible.

What's a bit shit are where the keys go, though. Saabs have the ignition sitting between the front seats instead of next to the wheel. Great for pretending you're a pilot, but shit if you're driving a bunch of drunk mates around who can reach over and switch it off from the back seat

something like his but it doesnt have a price

http://www.horsepowerworld.com.au/_p/prd12/4540176761/product/550hp-ls3-378ci-6.2ltr-v8-gen4-holden-chev-street

>>16431790
Citation needed.

>>16431713

yes, was hoping for something recent that is very difficult to steal

>>16431799
that dash is pretty horrid typical 90's plastic shit though mate

>>16431805
well lets just say thats the price he floated and im like... nah

he also qouted to get my trans done in syd for $5k+ lol im like no and thats with exchanging my old pos

>>16431816
I think you completely missed what I asked.
In what planet is a brand new LS1 with the work already carried out not much more than $4000?

>>16431268
Hard, I've tried, blew up the motor in mine and scrapped it. It's easier to pull out the motor and do it than trying to get your hands between the metal, engine mount & timing belt.

>>16431830
I answered your question

Coffs Harbor

Thats what i get for staying in this shithole that only has one decent performance shop hahah

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How fucked am I at work

work retail
there was $50 extra in the safe
mention it to boss
tells me to just ring it up as a sale.
ok whatever
few days later accounts people ring up asking about why we were short $50 when we banked last week.
apparently whoever did the banking last week must've read how much we were supposed to bank incorrectly by $50
admitted that yeah there was an extra $50 in the safe and that I just rang it up as a sale. told them the exact day and time I did it so in the sale record it was there.
tells me that doing things like that is against policy.

I mean it's shit that everyone does and I only got unlucky because there was a reason there was extra money laying around when I go do it.

like I guess I know why it looks suspicious cos it could look like I just nicked off with the extra 50 and pretending that a sale to a customer was that $50.

normally I wouldn't care because I wouldn't mind being on the dole but fuck man lol, just bought a new car

pic related. car I bought

>>16431835
timing belts are fucking retarded anyway

Timing chain master race
>>16431843
>Retail
Fucking horrible shrinking sector be glad its dead soon

>>16431840
>I answered your question
No you didn't, you told me what it's worth to have work done on your current motor, which is about right. Then you claimed it was not much more for a new motor and the work already done, which is what I'm asking the citation for.

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>>16431808

Oh, but I've got the spew-inducing woodgrain dash! She voluntarily paid around $3000 for this shit. Saab pretty much caters for people with too much money and no sense. I'm cool with it though, it'll make a sick beater

>>16431860
Oh sorry i mis understood

but surely something like this would be a better buy in the long run

all it would need is valve springs and a cam

http://www.pmparts.com.au/surplusparts/index.php/engine

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>>16431869
jesus christ

ive always liked the saabs from their rally heritage and shit but fuck that interior is UGLY

its like AU1 Level bad

>>16431853
I hate doing any timing now, I just pay some poor cunt $500 to do it, let them have the headaches.

>you'll never have 55k usd for a racing engine
kill me

http://store.custombuiltmotors.com/cbm-engines/cbm-motorsports-tt-463-rhs.html

>>16431681

If going all out with FI everything will be different. Easier to sell the old to fund the new.

>>16431698
GPS tracking is probably the only good thing. Immobilizers arent great on olser cars that are so simple

>>16431934
k

https://youtu.be/0c_mhrB7LlQ

>>16431799
Enjoy your car fire. Last time i saw one of these pus boxes it had closed the Eastern freeway and was melting in to the tarmac

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lol i saw one burn in coffs

>>16431843
Cool. Pics of the actual car?

>>16431963
>no funky SAAB tri-spoke wheels

I'd have torched it too desu

Guys, I want to learn about building my own car. From engine, to spray to interior.

Where do I start? What course should I do at TAFE first?

>>16431955

I will! After driving an old VP Calias over everything, into everything, reversing off a cliff and having an ex-girlfriend rear-end a truck with no damage that can't be fixed with $50 and a trip to the pick-apart... I'm looking for some excitement in my life

>>16431982
>Get old project car
>Buy some tools
>???
kgo

>>16431982
YouTube tutorials and a shitbox

>>16431870
Cheapest engine there is like 7k

>>16431982
Start with something small and old like a corolla - will be much easier and cheaper

>>16432005
ok so LS1 rebuild + Cam = $4k give or take

going to reuse crank, heads, pistons and block and conrods

i couldnt just slap something like this on it or would it grenade?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/361594266434?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

>>16432015
Yeah, slap it on. Run 6 psi and probably have no issues.

It will die when you turn the wick up though

>>16432013

will prob be good for parts too?

maybe a 2002 hatchback manual

>>16432062
So basically what melts first?

Nothing stopping me from whacking in new pistons, rods and lower compression in a couple of years if i go FI though

>>16432079
Any engine will run 6-8 psi on stock internals, you'll see rods bending first in any pushrod engine then probably valves. Best off running it at 6-8 psi and building a spare engine to handle 30psi+

>>16432104
oh shit so basically just build a totally seperate engine from scratch.

Righto well ill just do cam + heads this year

How hard is it to get 450rwhp N/A ?

>>16432113
Not impossible,
>LS7 cam
>bigger injectors
>stronger rods, they bend pretty easy if you're mashing the man pedal.
>e85 tune
>higher flowing intake perhaps

Best off with a turbo at 8psi and a ls7 cam, you'll get close enough.

>>16432144
cheers

>>16432144
That wont do much for NA

>>16432113
NA 450rwhp? 5.7 wont be enough. Stroker or swap to a bigger motor

>>16432205
e85 tune a meme or what?

>>16432205
For LS3 it gets it around to 400 since they make 325 ish from factory. Just re read he has the LS1 so he is best off with a turbo.

>>16432217
e85 is not a meme, makes your car able to handle more boost without detonation than 98.

>>16432228
isnt it unessicary for n/a though?

what if i cant get e85 can it run regular?

>>16432232
e85 tune is only really used if you want a high comp NA motor or nutty FI motor, Not really ideal for a daily. You can tune a car for regular but it will be more prone to detonation than premium or e85/methanol/alcohol. At least put 98 in your car if you're gonna mash on it.

>>16432260
i put 95 in it atm it seems to be happy with that

>>16432273
95 is fine for any stock engine, most modern engines are tuned to run on 91 since it's available everywhere. Look at mazdas skyactiv engines, run at 13-14:1 even higher possibly and are made to run on 91 and get 5-6L/100km. If you are pushing anything higher than stock power you definitely need 98.

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I might pick this up next week for 500 bucks and get started on it as a project.

I want to upgrade everything on the car at a good price and keep it as a sleeper without ricing it.

Obviously I will start from the basics, wheels tires and then slowly move up and add tools to my garage.

Thanks guys, you have inspired me!

>>16432308
surely 95 would be fine for a mild cam no?
>>16432314
noice

>>16432273
Factory recommended fuel for v8 commodores from vt II onwards is 98

>>16432320
Mild cam is nothing, should be alright for a while, 98 is recommended though. I always chuck in 98 every few fill ups and usually use 95, but my car is tuned for 91. Unless the engine/car is complete garbage to begin with I run the cheapest nastiest shit.

>>16432335
kak ive been running 95 in it since ive had it no problems what soever had a mild tune as well

ran 300rwhp with 98

>>16432320
If you want to make any sort of power, no.

>>16432600
k

>>16431538
Quick release steering wheel with a hub lock

>>16432607
If you want any real advice, go join the discord server linked in OP.

>>16432628
im not drunk enuf

>>16432636
go home KJI

>>16432628
>implying we want that retard there

>>16432646
>implying we want someone who drives a french cuck mobile.

http://www.my105.com/ListingDetails/id/12641
falcunt should save up his dole for a couple of years and chuck this in the calais

>>16432643
BUT I HAVE NO ACHOLHOLLOL

>mfw cant go to dan murphies until tomorrow because no car
life is pain

>>16432682
Pretty sure dans does deliveries.

>>16432692
to middle of assfuck nowhere?

discord doesnt work who keeps fucking with it?
>>16432680
breh

>>16432718
the link? Try this https://discord.gg/010IDtABv9b2ChJ0v

>>16432712
I'm sure they do if you pay them enough, lel.

>>16432755
Wrong link dude.

>>16432760
Works fine nigger, Fix your pc.

>>16432755
>evo discussion discord
m8 stop fucking with us and post the real link

Someone near me has a mercedes 450sel thats been sitting in a driveway for years because the owner is too old to drive, pretty much been offered it for free.
Is something like this a good idea to teach myself cars with?

>>16432798
Take it anyways.

>>16432798
Hell yeah. Those old boxes were invincible.

wew this discord thing is pretty cool thanks /o/

>>16432692
1st choice do too, but with both it takes a day or two which is no good if the bloke wants his piss now

>>16432895
I'm waiting for robots that shop for us desu, and do our jobs and earn us money. Robots will take over and humans will be lazy and do whatever we want all day. COMFY

>>16433018
Laziness is great until you realise it's not particularly satisfying and that challenge is the spice of life.

t. neet of five or six years

get on discord

https://discord.gg/010IDtABv9b2ChJ0v

>>16433044
It's a fucking Mitsubishi Evo fan discord.What the fuck.
Post the real one cunt.

>>16433053
thats the one i joined

post the other one

Any of you cunts done the ole freeze a bearing to get it on an axle without a press?

>>16433032
I was neet then got a job, if i could be neet and have good earnings it would be mint.

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>>16433154
>was neet
>got a job
>lost job
>no verbal warnings, written warnings or even anyone saying anything
>everyone i knows says to file for wrongful dismissal, job provider (whos parents own the place) says workplace din du nuffin wrong
>cunts even fired one guy after he got back from his holiday
>a true bro i worked with says its bullshit and is happy to be a referee on my resume

Did australia ever get fucked by the oil crisis and have gimped engines in the 70s or was that just the usa

>>16433199
We continued making ridiculous V8s well up until Holden pulled out a few years ago. Even our 6cyl cars were big 4 litre things. We didn't give a fuck about fuel prices, we wanted to go fast no matter what the cost.

>>16433191
At least you got a referral out of it. You should complain about the company on social media and google maps shit, When you look up the company website it has a review thing and details of the company on the side usually and you shitpost their company. I've done it to a couple of shithead companies for keks.

>>16433199
USA pretty sure, I don't think Australia had much impact with it, they did bring out 4 bangers options in their lineups thats about it.

>>16433199
The falcon got a 4 cylinder turbo, only a few years ago

>>16433154
>>>/biz/

>>16433205
...not really.
>>16433199
We suffered a similar crisis in the seventies that more or less lasted until 90s, except our crisis was blamed on the media and labelled "the supercar scare". Right up until that we had 350-400hp small block powered vehicles built for production touring car homologation purposes. After the scare for a brief time 300hp Clevelands was about the best you could get but by the mid to late seventies even the flagship V8s from our local marques were around 200-210hp.
Then catalytic converters came along mandating the use of unleaded which came at a great cost of octane levels, so then we literally had 165hp 5.0 V8 Commodores (although the turbo six version offered about 200hp). It was only around the late nineties we started getting remotely interesting engines again.

>>16431358
If it's a 4 speed Auto Magna I'd go the Maxima instead.

>>16433251
reeeee fuck that engine

Bought a car with 8 months rego.

When I finally get it and transfer the details to my name at Vic roads, can I bring another set of plates to transfer the rego over?

The ones coming with the car are shitty ones that start with a number which looks gay imo.

My bro has a set starting with T (probably a plate my car would've come with originally) on his rusting "project car" which he hasn't registered since 2008 I think.

can I bring those along and use them instead and have the rego with it.

how much you think it will end up costing me?

What do you guys of a Mitsubishi 380 as a first car?

>>16433435
Can only do that with custom plates unless you order the plates from Vic roads. No BYO

>>16433511
good
>>16433531

victoria a shit

>>16433474
That's not how rego and license plates work. In any state. At best you could have them be "too damaged to read" due to an accident and then pay to have brand new ones of the same plate number made.

Why isnt BLDC and other cunts on discord?

Did jimmyshit ever get one it?

>>16433555
Just get custom plates. Only $495

>>16433568
Jimmy made the discord and regularly shitposts in it.

>>16433569
$495 as a one time payment or is that per year on top of regular rego costs?

>>16433572
In vic its one time - then you own them for as long as you wish. Ine of the very few things better in vic than other states

>>16433578
I might have to think about getting some custom plates then. Can I revert back to my regulr plates if I change my mind?

>>16433572
lol i dont belive you

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>>16433587
Yes you can. Can also transfer the custom plates to any other car you own. No need to think of a plate. I got you senpai.

>>16433572
Lol no. Jimmy hasnt been on the discord so far. He hates the place, who do you think started the dickscord memes?

>>16433623
he's the one with the dickscord lmao

As anyone who has ever driven in Australia for 15 seconds or more knows, in order to legally drive a Commodore, you must be a brain-dead bogan deadshit.

Consequently, I propose that from this point on, Commodore drivers are to be known as JADIACs.

Just another dickhead in a Commodore.

>>16433657
When youre old enough to drive kid, you will buy your shitbox jap/euro car and after years of being beaten in races, paying more for parts and maintenance, insurance and having horrible resale value retention, your head will still be too far up your arse to realise that theyre popular because they represent good value for money

>>16433657
They are cheap as chips. Skid like a mad cunt with their auto + open diff and you can literally find parts on the side of the road.

What else do you need?

https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Ford-Falcon-1998/SSE-AD-4426193/?Cr=33

lads what do you think

>>16433673
AUUUUUUUUU YEAH CUNT

>>16433667
You missed the point, champ. Commodore drivers are, to a man, dickheads. You have proved my point nicely.

>>16433572
>>16433623
Jimmy didn't make the discord, I did.

>>16433673
>auto
>tickford
be very careful

>>16433742
Hi Detripped Jimmy how are you?

>>16433747
im good i just sucked alot of dicks

>>16433714
I drive a ford focus

>>16433746
all falcon autos til the B series were made of glass

>>16433747
I'm not jimmy though, join discord and ill reveal myself.

>>16433755
ba series used the same auto tho the BTR 4 speed until 2006 with the BF

only difference was they changed the cooling system which is what kills the boxes.

i put a cooler on my rebuilt one 4 years ago and it went fine

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If the car ran on petrol could have it turn key tonight. Sadly on LPG gotta take it down to my mates shop before first fire.

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>>16433768
New dash is in tho.

>>16433768
What a beast, I wish you'd join discord so you can post more photos.

>>16433775
this
>>16433772
>>16433768
noice

so much nicer not having capcha and gook moots shit servers

>>16431358
The Maxima has almost half the mileage for a similar price. The additional space in the Magna would be nice but not a necessity and your leech friends would suddenly be asking you to help them haul this and that about.

I reckon go with the Maxima here if you don't have any pressing need for the extra space.

>>16433775
What's the DAT discord? I'll join

>>16433780
https://discord.gg/010IDtABv9b2ChJ0v

>>16433780
noice

>>16427209
First for Agusta, makes me happy

>>16431843
cool, you bought a european import eh?

FUCK SAKE WHY DID YOU CUNTS LET FATCUNT ON THE DISCORD

IF /DAT/ WASN'T ALREADY BAD ENOUGH WITH HIS RETARDED SHITPOSTING NOW HE CAN SPAM THAT CHAT ALL DAY AND NIGHT

>>16433809
lol ur banned

>>16433809
>not wanting to share dick pics with Fatcunt

Rude, m8.

>>16433809
i left when he started posting pics of his neckbeard

>take 100 selfies and all have dumb faces or crooked/squinty eyes
>take one mirror shot and is perfect
do selfies only work for women?

>>16433825
No, women also take hundreds of selfies and just keep the best one

>>16433825
Yes. Because women are attractive unlike you.

>>16433768
you doing lpg to dodgy up emissions?

>>16433830
this is actually true

>>16433768
>LPG
why would you want that shit

Hey guys, checked out a WRX today 2005

Pretty low KMs 95000, stock and has a complete service history at URD, not owned by a Habib but by a white tru blue type of family in their mid to late 30s. Appears to have been their passenger family car with the kids whilst they dad drove a work van


Think that's a good indication that the insides are still in good nic? URD is supposed to be some highly recommended specialist according to forums.

Didn't seem to find any leaks or anything like that. Then again I have never checked out cars much

What do you think? I've never bought used

Also comes with rwc and 6 months remaining rego. $11k

thoughts? sounds like a nice deal or too good to be true?

>>16433847
>Subaru
Fucking run mate and don't look back.

>>16433842
>>16433842
Because it's cheap, available everywhere, and it's an incredibly high octane.
It was the old E85 before E85 was a thing, and is still a very practical option.

>>16433847
>Pretty low KMs 95000
This is right about when they need to have their timing belts done
Expect to fork out a couple grando or more for that.

>>16433853
You also end up with a fuck huge taking up the entire boot and the potential for any part of the car to blow at any moment.

I saw a blown muffler as a result of LPG. That was some awesomely scary shit.

>>16433860
If it's a dedicated LPG setup (like any good street machine) then the tank simply takes up the space of the old tank.
And the likely hood of such an occurrence of a blown muffler (which you'd sooner win lotto) is well worth the trade off of higher boost and/or higher compression on pump fuel. Realistically though, I wouldn't bother with LPG unless it was a forced induction street application.

>>16433852
any reason why?

>>16433847
Sounds about right. Pho toss?

>>16433869
Only concern would be upcoming service costs

>>16433867
I bet you he's doing LPG for emissions so getting an engineer cert is easier.

Seems like a few people in vic go that way, from what i was reading.

>>16433867
>such an occurrence of a blown muffler (which you'd sooner win lotto)
i've seen two at work before its not that rare.

>>16433880
>>16433880
>>16433880

NEW THREAD

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>tfw Horizon 3 is now perfect.

>>16433847

I'd be really hesitant to recommend buying a WRX second hand, even if it hasn't been thrashed on you're likely to have to shell out some serious cash over the next 50,000 km's, clutches, gearboxes etc

Go and lurk on a few Subie forums and see what sort of problems people have had and what they've had to replace so you've at least got a worst case scenario in mind before you pull the pin.

Oh and ring around and get a few quotes for the 100,000 km service, it's a biggie so factor that into your purchase price to.

With the exception of pic related i've pretty much exclusives had Subaru's for the last decade and whilst i've loved them dearly, they've absolutely been money pits.

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>>16433894
A bunch of cars got leaked and a group A VK was among them

>>16433876
>blow up a muffler
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!
>>16433874
This too.

When servicing a car if it says to do it at 100k km /4 years.

does that mean that the major service timing belt and shit should have been done in the 4th year since new regardless of whether it has hit 100k km?

also if I buy the Subaru and just do the regular 10k services and just get everything that Subaru says needs to be done I should be ok with it not ending up being a lemon right?

or will be being this fastidious with servicing just have them be jewing me?

Between 6 month servicing (don't think I will be driving more than 10k a year) would doing extra oil changes myself be enough?

I don't go out anymore so I realised I'm basically working for no reason right now so I don't mind spending a bit of money on a toy right now since owning a home is unrealistic and will be inheriting my parents home eventually anyways.

>>16433894
>With the exception of pic related i've pretty much exclusives had Subaru's for the last decade and whilst i've loved them dearly, they've absolutely been money pits

damn didn't know Subarus were money pits.

just shit failing constantly or services?

>>16433915
>does that mean that the major service timing belt and shit should have been done in the 4th year since new regardless of whether it has hit 100k km?

belts degrade but usually get changed 80,000-100,000 km. sometimes 60,000.

>also if I buy the Subaru and just do the regular 10k services and just get everything that Subaru says needs to be done I should be ok with it not ending up being a lemon right?

Other stuff may go like bushings, tie rods, shocks (suspension shit), even gearbox, awd system and clutch.

>or will be being this fastidious with servicing just have them be jewing me?

follow the logbook servicing reccomendations, they are pretty worst case scenario. you can get away with oil changes every 20,000km with synthetic, granted you top up.

These maintenance intervals are designed around normies who need a time frame set to check up on things. also timing belt intervals are well under when they will snap. This dumb old timer I know had a camry with stock timing belt, it snapped at 260,000km with him using it as a delivery car.

Subaru's are nothing but trouble(As an owner of two subarus). The brand attracts retards who will launch the car at every red light and roleplay as a rally driver (me). Boxer engine a shit too, so many issues, if youre going to use horizontally opposed pistons build the shit out of it like porsche did.

>>16433847
Timing belt would be due, if it wasn't done at 90,000 as it should have

>>16433919

>just shit failing constantly or services?

A little of both really, it's not as if Subaru's are catastrophically unreliable, but Subaru ARE a relatively small manufacture and have absolutely had their fair share of quality control issues with shit like head gaskets and glass gearboxes over the years so maintenance and staying on top of issues is pretty critical.

The problem with the gearboxes/clutches are mostly down to the fact that they're AWD cars so they're inherently more complicated, prone to wear and labour intensive to fix which equates to more expensive to maintain, but if you do maintain them there's a reason as to why you'll see Foresters and shit with 400,000 km's on them like it's nothing....but they didn't get there for free.

Servicing is considerably more expensive than a lot of other cars, my gf drives my old GT Foz and that just had it's 200,000 km service and that was $1600 (my iload by comparison was $800, my XT Forester was over a grand in parts alone for it's 100,000km service), that's in addition to smaller services every 5,000k's because TURBO, you can do a lot of it yourself as the engines are relatively simple (fuck changing spark plugs though) but if you run into all sorts of electrical and sensor issues that shit can sometimes take weeks to sort out properly....and that's with the help of trained mechanics.

For my needs they're pretty ideal, they're good little practical cars, AWD is super handy for where I live (three creek crossings to just get out of my property) and they're a ton of fun, BUT, if you can get everything you need from a simpler FWD or RWD car that would absolutely be the better choice financially.

>>16433901

Fucking nice.

Is a cluster swap legal if the ks don't match up?