it?

C'mon guys, we're nearly in our 30's now. Why all the hatin'. I remember when the Gayrage was a happening place, threads bumpin all day long. garage meets.



Let's see some more interesting shit besides the normal banter of 993's, M3's, evo's, Sti's

I want more motor swaps/build threads/cool car finds/etc. for 2011. more diesel. more corvette's with drag radials. more 4x4 builds. more of anything to break up the norm.



Alright you gayragin' fools - let's do this thang.

12/30/2010 9:41:51 AM

i am an XYZ certified shade tree mechanic. I charge 70/hr. I am too good to answer questions, and will make fun of anyone who asks. I drive a beamer/landrover/porche. I am... the new garage.

12/30/2010 9:45:58 AM

Quote :

"Let's see some more interesting shit besides the normal banter of 993's 996's, M3's, evo's, Sti's"

993's are hot for sure, but most of the Porsche talk in here is about the 996


I'm all about track related stuff, but it's only so often that I can afford to do them

12/30/2010 9:52:27 AM

dont get me wrong, I appreciate the knowledge level that's present - just dont like to scroll through every thread only to read "SHOULDA BOUGHT A ____X____"

x = list of cars mentioned above

12/30/2010 10:04:23 AM

I too agree and sorry to be a jerk but i read auto blog and jalopnik daily and don't need to see cross posts from them here.

I want someone to get a tarus sho and tell me how it goes or something with the ecoboost 6 in it.

12/30/2010 10:05:55 AM

im talking about shit like this:



TURBOS - CHECK
BADASS PLUMBING - CHECK
POWER? - DOUBLE CHECK

12/30/2010 10:15:27 AM

Yeah I want a project car but I want a house and a big garage first.

Honestly though I wouldn't post the build thread here.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 10:22 AM. Reason : .]

12/30/2010 10:20:53 AM

why not? gayragers hatin'?

I use to thoroughly enjoy the diversity of taste in the garage

12/30/2010 10:25:26 AM

Idk there are only a few people in here I respect the opinion of... Just not enough to make it worth the trouble.

+ I'd rather not share intel with the locals lol.

12/30/2010 10:41:58 AM

bah. worried someone will steal your shit or that what you're doing 'hasnt been done before'?

12/30/2010 10:43:22 AM

I'm giving thought to stripping down the Integra and rebuilding it but I'm hesitant to take it apart when I don't know what my living situation will be come late summer

12/30/2010 11:08:46 AM

Im bout to bump my MJ build thread, get that thing going again! The next month will be an intense battle, man vs. machine, as adam8778struggles to get his buggy ready to take to california for a shakedown run of epic proportions.

[Edited on December 30, 2010 at 11:09 AM. Reason : sd]

12/30/2010 11:09:04 AM

Quote :

"Yeah I want a project car but I want a house and a big garage first"

12/30/2010 11:09:15 AM

and my next major The Garage ™ production is scheduled for early 2011, where adam8778 builds a 30x50 shop, sells his house, and lives in the garage apartment! Stay tuned for that one.

12/30/2010 11:20:20 AM

I'm in the midst of a 1973 cb175 project. Granted, it's going to make about as much power as my left nut when it's all said and done, so no one here would really give a shit. I'd make a thread if I thought people would be interested, but it's more a simple clean/budget-minded restoration than some wild turbo project.

12/30/2010 11:52:00 AM

nah dude, that is the shit that the garage USED to have. It needs more of that now.

12/30/2010 11:53:03 AM

^^yes plz.

12/30/2010 12:57:57 PM

Adam, you're gonna wanna build a bigger shop than that if you're gonna live in it

12/30/2010 4:35:46 PM

I miss trippled's scooter threads.

12/30/2010 5:45:58 PM

Quote :

"im talking about shit like this: TURBOS - CHECK BADASS PLUMBING - CHECK POWER? - DOUBLE CHECK"

infamous lbz duramax? makes me happy.

i'm currently researching what's involved with swapping in a 4bt cummins into a jeep cherokee. does that meet your criteria?

12/30/2010 7:33:45 PM

Quote :

"corvette's with drag radials"

k.

12/30/2010 10:44:18 PM

I remember back in the day when we used to have pretty technical engineering discussions on here...then after that, at least there some sick/crazy projects.

I'm doing what I can to keep cool shit (old BMW airhead, Z06 vette, hotrod waverunner, and '66 chevy pickup restoration), but I need your help. Ivan, Ahmet, and I can't do it alone. You offroaders need to build some more buggies and SAS your bitch-made IFS trucks. The rest of you need to sell your subarus and 240sx's and stuff and start doing LSx swaps into Seven kit cars, or having maxima driver rig up some turbo plumbing through your air conditioning ducts.

12/30/2010 11:54:04 PM

I don't post my interesting projects on here.

12/30/2010 11:54:36 PM

its because modifying cars is largely some bullshit and a waste of time and we're old enough now to know it and buy at the appropriate starting point. most of us are smart enough to have jobs where we make more in an hour than we'd pay per hour for someone to do our lame mods or what have you. it might just be me but if im gonna spend my time engineering something, it's going to be brand new, not some johnny come lately been there done that garbage. i suppose i participate in this exercise in making my motorcycle more ergonomic, lighter, handle better but that's because i'm left with little choice as you can't buy "cup bikes" too readily and im too fat for stock jap suspension.

there's no hate, but fuck if im gonna meet up/talk about/work on something, there better be some sort of competition involved.

12/31/2010 12:44:44 AM

I don't want to say I don't have the time, but the little bit of time I do have I'd rather chill out or travel. Keeping up with maintenance alone gives me plenty of wrench time.

I also prefer to buy OEM performance vehicles, not some rigged up shit that has boost/vacuum leaks, unoptimized suspension damping and what not.

12/31/2010 2:33:56 AM

building engines is fun. Taking dirty blowed up ones out is not so fun. I am looking for something busted to buy but every car with an ls powerplant is $$$.

I want to redu the cold side plumbing on my car. Somehow I have had no boost leaks in over a year at 17lbs. Ray, can you believe that hahahaha. You got a welder yet??

12/31/2010 8:14:40 AM

Who wants to help me strip out / remove my AC system? It stopped working 3 years ago and I have no desire to fix it (I think the compressor's dead).

12/31/2010 8:43:41 AM

i got married and all the fun shit is gone so i am stuck living vicariously through yall. the c6 plan is still in full swing but i doubt i will do a single thing to it.

12/31/2010 9:19:12 AM

dr pepper... so where is your build thread?

you cant come in here and scold everyone else for not contributing if you're not doing so yourself..

12/31/2010 10:11:51 AM

psi - yes.

bbr knows whats up.

duke - right on. if adam8778 can keep up with the pics and the posting, his truggy build will be fun to read.

I know the CRF boys have some cool shit that's postworthy too.




as for my build thread - it's been here all along. I am the artist formerly known as Hurley


The Blak Lung:
message_topic.aspx?topic=504630


7/2009 - stock turbo, bigger injectors, other minor mods - 332/727
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoHurley6BT#p/u/7/omyaKnsvuAE

3/2010 - stock turbo, street tires, 45deg ambient & track temp nearly as low: 9.44@78 1/8th
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoHurley6BT#p/a/u/1/xDZyP1j57cg

mid summer 2010:
installed 66/73/.91 T4 BW turbo with matching t4 manifold,
8.97@81

late summer 2010:
installed 63/68/.88T4 BW airwerks #177283, with 50mm external gate-




stock transmission was immediately hurt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an87VwrH3sY

made 522whp uncorrected (1.12 CF that day), with trans slipping & not completely tuned in. I have since put the Lung in the stable, waiting for the day I can drop $7k for a transmission capable of handling up to 800whp.

[Edited on December 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM. Reason : there, i said it.]

[Edited on December 31, 2010 at 10:34 AM. Reason : -]

12/31/2010 10:14:10 AM

Quote :

"i got married and all the fun shit is gone"

12/31/2010 10:30:29 AM

TKE, swapping a compressor and vacuum/recharging is very easy and cheap, don't gut it, you'll thank me in the summer! Oh, and I'd be willing to help pull it out if you still want to, you know weight savings and all...

12/31/2010 12:16:46 PM

Quote :

"I remember back in the day when we used to have pretty technical engineering discussions on here"

never forget

12/31/2010 5:56:40 PM

Quote :

"as for my build thread - it's been here all along. I am the artist formerly known as Hurley"

oops

[Edited on December 31, 2010 at 6:17 PM. Reason : i was wondering what happened to you...]

12/31/2010 6:16:22 PM

Quote :

"Adam, you're gonna wanna build a bigger shop than that if you're gonna live in it"

Im going to live ABOVE it, or above half of it, anyway.

12/31/2010 6:23:04 PM

What ever happened to jsquared?

12/31/2010 9:03:33 PM

I ran into him at a track event @Roebling Road a few months ago, I think I posted a picture of his car here, he was driving an ~2005 STI. Oh, he's a Marine and has a fiance...

1/1/2011 1:45:16 AM

I am still working on my 240. It's nothing special but I've done all the work myself. I tell my friends who care to know. Right now the shitty winter has kept ^me from messing on it. I like having it though because it prevents ^me from wasting my money on other projects.

1/1/2011 7:53:21 PM

I was off tww for a while what ever happened to the Sam you had??

1/1/2011 8:05:56 PM

I am contemplating doing a 20v swap into my AW11. Not original but the end result would be fun.

1/1/2011 8:23:02 PM

Sam?

1/1/2011 8:26:17 PM

Lol Sam = dsm fucking auto correct.

1/1/2011 8:40:03 PM

Fuck dsms :/.

I've had 4 240s they always have the same smell and are always easy to work on

1/1/2011 9:13:38 PM

Who had the dsm project on here then ?

1/1/2011 9:19:36 PM

Quote :

"TKE, swapping a compressor and vacuum/recharging is very easy and cheap, don't gut it, you'll thank me in the summer!"

Is that an offer to help replace it? I've never done a lick of work on an AC system. Also I was under the impression that an AC compressor costs $400 or so.

1/1/2011 9:32:09 PM

I wouldn't imagine it'd be hard, txt me on Monday if you want me to check the price, but I've swapped in used A/C compressors w/great luck in the past (and often the compressor is good and there's a leak in the system that causes it to not engage).

1/1/2011 9:38:26 PM

I did the dude who I had build the engine was an idiot and built it with a crack in the block around the crank shaft and tried to permatex it up to cover it up. Ragged helped ^me on it after the fact which I am grateful for. But it wasn't worth fixing so I unloaded it. After that lesson I started doing everything myself

[Edited on January 1, 2011 at 9:42 PM. Reason : N]

1/1/2011 9:40:52 PM

^^^ $200 at http://www.rockauto.com

hire Dan...he's very good at HVAC stuff

1/1/2011 10:42:32 PM

^by Dan do you mean zxappeal? I've had him help me out a few times I agree he's a cool dude.

1/1/2011 10:56:24 PM

I do AC shit in my sleep. LOL. Yeah, Duke means me. I charged his AC on his truck.

I gotta agree with Ahmet...I've had really good luck with used AC compressors, and sometimes you can find them for CHEAP. The Integras usually use Nippondenso 10PA15C compressors, which are pretty rock solid. Did a retrofit on an '89 Celica GT using a used compressor off of a '96, and it turned out beautifully.

1/2/2011 3:17:53 AM