I picked up dinner at Italian Sensation to see if I might bump into you guys, but apparently I was way too early.

When I go to hell, I'm going to f*ck a bunch of thieves in their @sses for eternity.

Maybe someone noticed and commented already, but here's a rather ballsy ebay auction. Not only using the ninjai_ruken car to sell body kits but actually putting their business name across the photos as if to claim a copyright?eBay Motors: Duraflex Eclipse 90-91 Drifter Front Bumper (item...

Does anyone know of the formula you would use to back into what compression ration pistons you have by inputting the psi readout of your compression test?I have a stroker that's reading 190-195 across the board. I didn't do the build, so I'm not sure of the pistons' ratio. If someone...

Can someone verify for me that MB522142 is a gauge cluster for a 1990 tsi?I have the speedo starting at zero, but I suspect someone put gauge face overlays on that are meant for the 91+ cluster.Thanks

http://www.importcarpartsplus.com/myride.htmCheck out the license plate on this. His business's initials, or his version of the Sixth Sense catchline?

You guys are probably too good. I only like racing against people who are really slow! I'm going to be all over the place without any assists, but I'll give it a shot next time I see everybody online.

Must be that tropical paradise thing making people more social..

Who says we're all white? Are you letting "gangstas" limit your own use of gestures? Or is it the deaf people that you're really scared of? LOL

Do elaborate on what jeeps have to do with efficient communications amongst members of a loose-knit community. DSMTuners will travel hours just to meet each other face to face, but an effortless :dsm: is uncool?

Are you ever on the road in your "other vehicle" and see a nice DSM driving by, and have about 2 seconds to communicate not only your approval but that you also have a DSM? You can't do it. You can give a thumbs up, but that doesn't communicate that you're also a DSM'r. Waves, headlights...

When I try to follow the stages of cyclone operation in the faq, it seems like one chain of events is missing. http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224551He explains the situation in vacuum (1), then when the FPR solenoid has switched over (3). But what about the stage in between...

When you lay the pulleys on each other, the nick lines up with the oem piece's timing mark. So you're all set.

I'll see if I can find a good POS to race you guys with. B class is our target then?

It's the tight hairpin on suzuka. The race itself was the "Japanese R3 only" in the professional series. I was trying to smash into the wall when it happened.

I'll have to try these. I think my fastest car right now is a maxed out General Lee that can barely keep straight with around 1050 HP. And it sucks against other people!

somehow I managed to do this to my car. reminds me of some members' dsm experiences

You don't need the stock boost gauge anyway

As to the part of the original post regarding other possible uses for the gauge, I came up with another. Pretty limited value, but I could tie the signal wire in to the FPR solenoid, and the gauge should be a on/off indicator of whether my cyclone's butterflies are activated.I'm not sure...

Yes, it's a stacked bars style blinky light gauge.I don't think my little idea to use dying batteries to fake a signal to the gauge will work. having two + inputs and one - output wire, I'd have to drive it using a 12V source, as a little battery won't power the gauge at all. I don't have a...

So if I follow you, what would make sense when dealing with this inverse relationship, is to spin the gauge so it's rich on the left, lean to the right. As for inputs, we want to focus on the battery's operating voltages (say 10V to 15V? 11V to 14V?) being associated with the gauge's 14:1 to...

It's a PRIME Instruments gauge, their website is a joke, so I likely won't be getting any good data from them. It has ten bars that will light up, going from "lean" to "rich." I'd think an odd number of bars would make more sense..The idea would pretty much be to just turn the gauge 90' and...

What's the proper term for this component? Can one component do this, or would it require several components to get the desired effect?

I've got this narrowband gauge sitting here with no purpose. Is there a simple electronic component out there which would convert battery voltage down to a voltage that could be displayed on a narrowband? I guess we'd want 12V to become .5V so that would set a dead-center value on the gauge...

No loophole in terminology as far as the court's concerned. All roads are considered highways in MD, most likely the same for you. If this were an effective loophole it would have become famous (then closed) a long time ago.

Mine's my username also

I think that it varies based upon the initial car (or is it the base engine?) because I've seen different values come up for different vehicles. Where I'm really going with this is that the game doesn't seem to require you to match your fuel, intake/exhaust, and intercooling to your turbos. The...

It shouldn't be much for them to release a 1G for forza. We would be happy with just a 1G skin on the 2G attributes. They should put it out in an update.It's too bad the upgrades don't seem to perform relative to the other upgrades- for instance an exhaust upgrade makes a bigger difference...

My best car so far is an F355 with a "chick" somebody else painted onto the hood.. :cool: I have some driving to do.

I hear you. If you downgrade your S to an equivalent build of your 1G, I wonder how you'd respond to the thread.

Keep us posted, LSD..

Have any of you built your "real" dsm in the game? When you match up the HP and other attributes to your real car's general specs, what do you make of the outcome? Impossibly good? Embarrassingly bad?

When you say kid, are we talking about the kind of kid who lives at home whose parents don't know he's scoping cars at 1am? Or just kid in the broader sense of the word?If its the first, it would probably be worth it to also have a word with them about the path their son is on, as regards...

I don't have rear seats..

Boost leak testing has recently shown that the small16G's wastegate actuator has a leak where the fitting meets the body (it had been bent to the side a bit by the hard intake at some point).So first things first, I don't see many people even discussing fixing such a leak on here. This...

Thanks for the responseThis stinks. I have the seatbelt portions that come up from the floor and the shoulder straps/mechanism were deleted.Must the horn fuction like stock too, as in the steering wheel must be the switch to power it? I've narrowed my silent horn's cause as being...

So that's the can he's looking for, but:"Has anybody taken a MAS apart to clean it? If so, please help me.Is the Airflow sensor part of the MAS that little electronic piece that is in the middle of the MAS FLOW area, or is that a temp meter?"

This car is crazy looking. What's up with it? That bodywork hardly looks functional for a car of this capability?? Maybe I don't know the story of the rare super Fiero..

I actually have a roll bar, not cage, it's well behind me, and the harnesses have pretensioners on the belt that feeds to the harness. No airbags in my '90. So from the sounds of it, I have as acceptable of a harness setup as one could ask for during inspection.. or at least I hope THEY think...

Is there a DOT basis for the 4-points being a problem, or is it just the fact it isn't the stock belts that would give the inspector pause?

A pit bull is going to rip the hell out of his car in revenge for always being locked inside it for guard duty. He's better off with the moron thieves!

You just need to find yourself a girl who makes as much as you do and shack up.

I wonder how many fines they have to collect in order to offset such a patrol car!

Of course, the nice cars mentioned are offset by the vast quantity of SmartCars and Vespas in town... which are offset by the women driving them... which are offest by the fact they all smoke... Ah Rome, the city of tradeoffs!!

Just got back from Italy, didn't see any DSMs, but there were a few Maranellos and late Porsches, and a few of these police cars:

My 1G's horns aren't sounding. I have taken the wheel assembly apart and cleaned up the contact points, while also checking wiring integrity. Looks good.I have verified that one of horns won't go off when directly powered by the battery, the other does. I'd like to just have the working horn...

It would be hoped a way for heat to escape would help to alleviate the conditions that caused the OEM plastic to warp. To an extent.

I'd have asked the teacher why society wouldn't hold him accountable to use his brain when misreading speed limits. I think he was trying to entertain your classroom with that doozy.. LOL

Does anyone in the Bel Air, Maryland area know of an inspection site that would give a modded vehicle the best chance of passing the safety inspection? Let me know where you folks are passing inspection, and tell me what more "questionable" modifications you've gotten by with.I'm concerned...