My other car is a.....

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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by kaos » 21 Aug 2009 10:29 pm

I do man, but hes called hicky... and well he lends me his engine crane and slides me some decent garage time
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Ronnie » 23 Aug 2009 01:36 am

Tourinki wrote:
Ronnie wrote:Not sure what to do with the '60 - give it some serious pimpage - or get rid
Was this meant for me?
No comprendo amigo :?
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Tourinki » 23 Aug 2009 03:26 pm

Ronnie wrote:
Tourinki wrote:
Ronnie wrote:Not sure what to do with the '60 - give it some serious pimpage - or get rid
Was this meant for me?
No comprendo amigo :?
Did you mean by that '60 my Land Cruiser or ?
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Aug 2009 03:42 pm

I think he meant HIS (ronnies) 360!! :lol: :lol:
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Tourinki » 23 Aug 2009 06:31 pm

oh :oops: i guess that i misunderstood it. Well luckily english isn't my primary language. Otherwise i would be in trouble... :lol:
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by volvosneverdie » 23 Aug 2009 06:34 pm

Your english is better than most of our Finnish, so you still win dude. :D

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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by mrsoundcraft » 25 Aug 2009 12:23 am

before I bought my 340 I bought a few Toyotas. I love the Celica, but the 340 might change all that.
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although Ive spent a lot of time driving this van lately
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Heres the car that funded the 340 pictured with the man who helped me destroy it!
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Post by xtrmjks » 27 Aug 2009 04:28 pm

Here's my Escort van, soon to be Zetec turbo.. :D
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Post by garth » 28 Aug 2009 09:02 pm

340 1.4, look at all that snow n ice = :D

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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Ronnie » 29 Aug 2009 08:47 am

I've decided that I'm going to keep my 360 - because I just frickin love it so much :360:

So - it's going to be my work car. The family can ride around in the monster truck. This means I no longer have to make family car compromises with my Volvo :twisted:
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Post by volvosneverdie » 29 Aug 2009 09:29 am

Ronnie wrote:I've decided that I'm going to keep my 360 - because I just frickin love it so much :360:

So - it's going to be my work car. The family can ride around in the monster truck. This means I no longer have to make family car compromises with my Volvo :twisted:
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Post by classicswede » 29 Aug 2009 09:41 pm

Here comes the solid suspension and super hot cams :lol:
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Ronnie » 30 Aug 2009 08:47 am

My thoughts precisely sm40

I'm a bit nervous about changing the suspension setup though - it works really good the way it is. How does stiffening up the front end affect understeer?
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by Chris_C » 30 Aug 2009 10:07 am

The less roll you have from each end promotes that ends __steer, so too much front spring stiffness would bring you to understeer land. I keep meaning to try and learn the maths to work out what spring rates would be idle but theres always more interesting things going on ;)

Considering how saggy most 300 suspension is, I'd guess it could go a fair amount more, but without doing the maths it's a going to be trial and error?
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Re: My other car is a.....

Post by jtbo » 31 Aug 2009 06:13 pm

Chris_C wrote:The less roll you have from each end promotes that ends __steer, so too much front spring stiffness would bring you to understeer land. I keep meaning to try and learn the maths to work out what spring rates would be idle but theres always more interesting things going on ;)

Considering how saggy most 300 suspension is, I'd guess it could go a fair amount more, but without doing the maths it's a going to be trial and error?
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