The dumbest thing you've read on the interwebs today.

In reply to neon4891:

Which one of you put this ad out there? Fess up. You know that you put that on CL so that you could win this thread.

Mostthe dumb E36 M3 I read are along these lines:

(He's talking about an RB20DET in a Ranger.)

The Ranger station Station Forum said: well first of all that motor sucks balls and its too heavy and not many parts for that thing. your better off with a SR20DET its much lighter and packs alotta power. But uh yea i was thinkin the same thing i mean those motors are pretty dam good . . gotta s13 wit a SR in it n im lookin for a ranger and was thinkin of droppin one in it . . 91' ranger

Obviously no clue what he's talking about.

Cole_Trickle wrote: http://athensga.craigslist.org/cto/3481153126.html CL Mustang

WUT.

I mean...hypothetically, what would 4.16 in the 1/8 mile be in the 1/4? Low 6's? But only trapping 165...

N Sperlo wrote: The Ranger Station Forum said:

You could have stopped there and made your point.... Not saying it is a bad place, but it is a good thing breathing is an involuntary reflex, even if it is through the mouth....

Ah, three pages of the dumbest things. well worth a chuckle.

z31maniac wrote:

dean1484 wrote: These cars were hugely fast for there time. The 87 928s4 with a 5 speed I drove for a while would easily do 180 and topped out at well over 200. These are supper high-speed German muscle car designed to cruz the autobond at extremely high speed. (Yes I did this). 0 to 60 was fast for it's day but today's base corvette will smoke it. The bottom line is drive a good one not a clapped out POS then decide

Can I just say how much I love this forum? Because THAT'S the best example we can come up with for a dumb comment...and it's really not far off base.

Local ricer buys Supra: I need a turbo rated to an excess of 1000hp, and capable of spooling around the 36-4k range? while keeping the flow high in the greater rpms. Obviously ball bearing, i want a water and oil cooled turbine.

Forum members laugh and say its not gonna happen. ricer replies with:

Local ricer buys Supra: I assure you I will find a turbo, if I don build one., that will spool at 4k an produce over 1000. Especially if I raise compression

The thread becomes a total train wreck from there and the lulz become plentiful. Many of the lulz come from our beloved 92celicahalftrack.

Spoolpigeon wrote:

Local ricer buys Supra: I need a turbo rated to an excess of 1000hp, and capable of spooling around the 36-4k range? while keeping the flow high in the greater rpms. Obviously ball bearing, i want a water and oil cooled turbine.

Forum members laugh and say its not gonna happen. ricer replies with:

Local ricer buys Supra: I assure you I will find a turbo, if I don build one., that will spool at 4k an produce over 1000. Especially if I raise compression

The thread becomes a total train wreck from there and the lulz become plentiful. Many of the lulz come from our beloved 92celicahalftrack.

Oh man.... please tell me that thread isn't still active. That one hurt my head so badly.

nah, they banned that guy and it's calmed down since then. I wish they hadn't though, it was pretty entertaining.

Ranger50 wrote:

z31maniac wrote: Sounds like a money making opportunity, get on it.

I actually floated a trial balloon, but noone bit on it with any realistic intentions. The replies I got back were on the order of "Sure, for $250!" or "I can't see paying more then $350." That barely buys the steel before cutting a tube and laying a bead on it. I also don't have the facilities to do it either anymore or I already would have make a prototype or 10.

So, what you're saying is that you've discovered why those Torque Monster pieces are $700.

Duke wrote: So, what you're saying is that you've discovered why those Torque Monster pieces are $700.

Sure did. Plenty of wasted tube to copy the original Explorer headers that don't make any substantial increases in power.

Duke wrote:

Ranger50 wrote:

z31maniac wrote: Sounds like a money making opportunity, get on it.

I actually floated a trial balloon, but noone bit on it with any realistic intentions. The replies I got back were on the order of "Sure, for $250!" or "I can't see paying more then $350." That barely buys the steel before cutting a tube and laying a bead on it. I also don't have the facilities to do it either anymore or I already would have make a prototype or 10.

So, what you're saying is that you've discovered why those Torque Monster pieces are $700.

Yeah... I decided I'd like to do it the hard way and build my own manifold for the Bugaru. I've got a tubing bender, but for the challenge of it (and the bragging rights), I decided I'd do pie cuts instead.

Two chop saw blades later, I've got something like 80 pieces of tubing.

^^Taken before I tacked up the 4 header tubes. Our electric bill was RETARDED that month. I'll finish it at some point, but I got tired of tweaking pie cuts around to get just the right angle and installed the stock manifold instead.

dumbest thing I read on the interwebs today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_Motorsports

Had someone show up trying to serve a writ. Didn't recognize the code of the violation, so I looked it up. Found an old thread on a legal forum that sums it all up..

"Can You Get Arrested For Preventing Repossession Of A Car, in Georgia"
http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43556

Cap'n Clueless wrote: hmm, I'm not hiding it, but car stays in garage not out where repo man can access itand I have not recieved any certified letters , just a phone call from repo man saying that I had 36 hours to contact him, or he will have me arrested

ahh, in TX being a repo man is tough, its illegal to damage any proprety while repoing, and also legal to shoot to protect property after dark. sounds like its easier for them in georgia. they just write you a letter. lol

Dumbest thing I've read online today: turbos aren't affected by altitude if you set them up with electronic boost control. Now, where did I read that...

They spool slower, they generate more backpressure and they produce more heat. It's not as dramatic a difference as a naturally aspirated car or a supercharged one, but there's a definite difference.

Parantheses are important.

andrave wrote: dumbest thing I read on the interwebs today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_Motorsports

especially the "Tebowing flounder"....nobody says that. It was proposed, but I've never seen it used. Naked. tattooed raccoon, OTOH.....

andrave wrote: ahh, in TX being a repo man is tough, its illegal to damage any proprety while repoing, and also legal to shoot to protect property after dark.

But if you're repo'ing, aren't you returning possession TO the rightful owner, IE the person with the car/truck is no longer the legal owner?

Shot at is shot at no matter what, of course.

Keith Tanner wrote: Dumbest thing I've read online today: turbos aren't affected by altitude if you set them up with electronic boost control. Now, where did I read that...

I guess the brain trust has never heard of an absolute pressure based wastegate diaphragm. (And yeah, inefficiencies and all that - holding THAT in abeyance for the sake of simplicity)

Kids these days, can't imagine how anybody did anything before ICs. That's like the people who want a CNC machined widget that turns out to be something like a flat plate with three holes in it that you could whip up with a hand drill and a hacksaw in less time than it takes to figure out how to boot up Solidworks.

OT - Was reading on one of my favorite subjects, twincharging. Before I start foaming at the mouth at how awesome the concept is, I'll cut to someone wondering why not just use a VNT turbo. Someone pointed out that they did try it, and yeah they got 15psi boost at absurdly low RPM, but the exhaust manifold pressure was on the order of 90psi so it was actually a net loss. Intake manifold pressure was right on up there but the engine was plugged up like it had a clogged pellet-bed cat on it, so it did nothing until the VNT blades could start to open.

Porsche seems to think variable vane turbos work. Heck, so does Cummins.

I can see why twincharging would have been awesome back in the Lancia Delta S4 days - but there have been some major strides in both turbo design and engine management since then, I'm not convinced the concept is all that worthwhile today. Although VW would disagree.

Y'know..what Knurled and andrave had to say about the repo thing I found online was really interesting. I think I'll start a new thread about repo laws.

reporting back from forte forums:
why the hell even bother calling it an "axle-back exhaust"??
it's just a berkeleying muffler.
it's not worth $300 or whatever that E36 M3 cost.
I got my full cat-back done at a muffler shop for $250, including piping, labor and a magnaflow muffler. Why would you pay $700 for one? it's not made of Ti or Ub or anything..

corytate wrote: Why would you pay $700 for one?

Because Racecar!

N Sperlo wrote: Mostthe dumb E36 M3 I read are along these lines: (He's talking about an RB20DET in a Ranger.)

The Ranger station Station Forum said: well first of all that motor sucks balls and its too heavy and not many parts for that thing. your better off with a SR20DET its much lighter and packs alotta power. But uh yea i was thinkin the same thing i mean those motors are pretty dam good . . gotta s13 wit a SR in it n im lookin for a ranger and was thinkin of droppin one in it . . 91' ranger

Obviously no clue what he's talking about.

WTF DID I JUST READ?????