Something about engines, horsepower, and emissions.

[Kurt_]

If it's 395 lb/ft stock, and you're 4000-10,000 feet above sea level, I don't think YOUR horsepower would be 395. Also incomplete combustion of fuel = hurts efficiency, pollutes!

I recommend an afterburner!

[Jongamer]

We used to have Emission test every year here in Ohio, but they abolished it like a year or two ago.

My friend's 3rd Generation Honda Accord (old Small ass thing, but still a 4 door) probably wouldn't pass safety.

he can't use his horn or it will blow fuses for the brake lights and the horn, he said he has a short in the wiring.
His Gas gauge is broke, so he using his Trip meter to tell how much gas he has left, by how many miles he has gone since his last fillup.
But it is a fuel efficient little POS.

It idles at a little over 500 RPMs causing the car to vibrate.

[Triton]

my volvo has over 200,000 miles on it. its a turbo 4 cylinder thats 160hp and 187ftlbs torque stock. when i finally get around to bolting on the parts i have that number will be north of 250HP and 250+ ftlbs of torque

and i will probably convert it to E85 ethanol fuel just because of the better performance potential (104 octane equavalent and its 30-60 cents cheaper than regular gas here )

[Kurt_]

Now THAT's thinking green!

Did you crash this volvo yet? I think it's due.

[vskid]

Did you crash this volvo yet? I think it's due.

That is the Volvo he crashed.

If it's 395 lb/ft stock, and you're 4000-10,000 feet above sea level, I don't think YOUR horsepower would be 395.

lb/ft is torque. I know it isn't that high at my altitude, which is why turbos would help a ton. Pump more air into the engine, increase efficiency, increase amount of fuel that can be burned, fly up hills with a 7000lb trailer.

[Kurt_]

Yeah I got that part, that's what I thought. I would definitely go for it.

[Triton]

<3 turbos! my volvo stock is set at 6-8psi of boost, i upgrade the fuel system (larger injectors and E85) upgrade the exhaust and intake and put on the other turbo i have and i can run north of 20PSI which is a gain of nearly 100hp over stock and i have everything but 2 parts that i need (the 47#/hr rate fuel injectors and fuel/ignition chips) which is only about 150-250$ in parts

and yes i have crashed it

but then i fixed it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lqdUpv2LdA

[Rekarp]

Haha. Triton I crashed my Jeep to a couple years ago. Same Corner!

[Skyone]

I'm proud to say I rode the Lolvo (a 5-seater wagon) with 6 people inside, hanging on to 3 other guys and the oh sh** bar for a good hour and a half around Wisconsin.

Fun times.

[gamecube6]

This has got to be the strangest conversation I've ever seen! when did we get to bragging about cars?

[ShockSlayer]

About page 8.

I wish I had a car. Or knew how to drive.

SS

[marshallh]

I'm proud to say I rode the Lolvo (a 5-seater wagon) with 6 people inside, hanging on to 3 other guys and the oh sh** bar for a good hour and a half around Wisconsin.

Fun times.

You forgot drawing penises and shoop da whoops/OVER9000 on the headliner foam above us

[Kurt_]

I always thought OVER9000 would be the single most awesome license plate ever for a modded car.

As far as modding tailpipes to make cars sound more beastlier: That's for ricers.
As far as modding engines to make cars better: That's for Vegetas.

My focus wagon lacks hardcore acceleration, but hey, it's a 4 cylinder subcompact.
One day I'll restore myself a Chevelle or something, and possibly hybridize it.

[bicostp]

Yeah, electric motors on 4000 pound cars with additional battery weight really move...

Hybrids are bullcrap anyway. You'd be better off getting a restorable shell and dropping in a modern LSx motor, like the show Muscle Car did with Old Blue Hair. (A 1970 Nova sleeper)

EDIT:

If greens knew the amount of nasty chemicals and waste that go into Ni-MH and Li-ion production...

Seriously. The nickel that goes into Priuses is strip mined in Canada, refined in Europe, made into batteries in China, and assembled into cars in Japan before being shipped overseas to the continent it came form.

I prefer the term "Greentard".

[marshallh]

Hybrids are bullcrap anyway. You'd be better off getting a restorable shell and dropping in a modern LSx motor, like the show Muscle Car did with Old Blue Hair. (A 1970 Nova sleeper)

If greens knew the amount of nasty chemicals and waste that go into Ni-MH and Li-ion production...

Planning to twin-turbo my DOHC v6 this summer if all goes well. 320HP here I come!