11-18-2020, 03:26 PM
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#921
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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The 2.4L engine will have to at the very least deliver more urgency than the 2.0L. I really like these cars but the 2.0L engine would have felt weak 20 years ago. It doesn't need to be a drag queen but there needs to be a better sensation of speed when you step on it. In a perfect world Toyota would have designed and built the engines as it's just not Subaru's strong point which is low cost AWD.
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11-19-2020, 09:50 AM
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#922
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My face is a bum!
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That BRZ looks like an homage to the 2002 Hyundai Tiburon.
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11-19-2020, 10:28 AM
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#923
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evil of fart
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
That BRZ looks like an homage to the 2002 Hyundai Tiburon.
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hahaha the cheesiest guys drove those
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11-19-2020, 10:58 AM
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#924
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sliver
hahaha the cheesiest guys drove those
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All the cool guys drove the Eclipse although that third gen Eclipse was not as good as the second or fourth gen.
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11-19-2020, 11:18 AM
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#925
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
All the cool guys drove the Eclipse although that third gen Eclipse was not as good as the second or fourth gen.
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They really didn’t
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11-19-2020, 11:19 AM
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#926
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Coolest guys were still rockin' first gen Eagle Talon's. Bonus points if it was a Plymouth Laser
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11-19-2020, 11:20 AM
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#927
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
Coolest guys were still rockin' first gen Eagle Talon's
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Weren’t those either.
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11-19-2020, 11:30 AM
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#928
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Franchise Player
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Alright guys... I want some advice on how to go about something. Inspired by the recent Grand Tour trailer and Clarkson's bentley... I want to safari my S4 Avant.
I've honestly thought about this in the past, and almost bought a 996 C4S for the purpose. I've always wanted to take a more normal car and beef it up. And I'm in a situation where I've been wanting to replace the suspension on my Avant for a little while, so I think I'm prepared to just go the extra mile and get the bigger wheels, tires, some fender flares for the bigger tires, light bars, etc. And I'll probably end up spending a bunch of money, but it'll be worth it. The car already has pretty beefy SUV brakes on it.
Any ideas on who to talk to to get this done? I'm going to e-mail one guy later today who I think might have some good info.
Not that it'd be quite this extreme, but...
... you get the idea.
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11-19-2020, 11:37 AM
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#929
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evil of fart
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Wow, I'm going to have to mull that one over. And you promise you're not joking around? I kind of think you may be, but I don't want to dismiss this if you're serious.
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11-19-2020, 11:53 AM
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#930
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Franchise Player
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I'm actually not joking. Like right now the other option is to get a bilstein pss9 suspension kit installed and deal with the paint scraped off my fenders and associated rust. But even that is a whole lot of money, and the end result isn't all that different from the current iteration of the car.
I'll certainly talk to people who know what they're doing before doing it, but like I say, I have to do the suspension anyway and if that alone is going to cost me thousands, not to mention the body work I need to do, I might as well actually go for broke (literally) and turn the car into something epic, if I can.
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11-19-2020, 12:01 PM
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#931
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evil of fart
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Well, right away it's awesome you're even considering doing something so crazy.
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11-19-2020, 12:20 PM
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#932
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Franchise Player
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haha, why not the Allroad?
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11-19-2020, 12:21 PM
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#933
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Franchise Player
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First, because I already own this car. And second, because this car is a manual transmission V8.
Besides, you'd still have to do more or less the same stuff to make an allroad into that, and you'd just end up with a weaker version.
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11-19-2020, 12:33 PM
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#934
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Franchise Player
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Ahh, a manual purist. That I can appreciate. Do keep an eye on those chain guides.
What about an Air Suspension? Is this strictly a winter vehicle?
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11-19-2020, 12:33 PM
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#935
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Any ideas on who to talk to to get this done? I'm going to e-mail one guy later today who I think might have some good info.
Not that it'd be quite this extreme, but...
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Maybe Tunerworks?
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11-19-2020, 12:42 PM
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#936
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
Coolest guys were still rockin' first gen Eagle Talon's. Bonus points if it was a Plymouth Laser
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I owned a 1GB Talon TSI AWD and a 2GB Eclipse GST. Those were some of my fondest memories modding cars. Using prehistoric stuff like APEXi SAFC2 with a pocketlogger to tune the old 4G63 with EVO III 16G on the Talon and FP Green on the Eclipse.
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11-19-2020, 12:43 PM
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#937
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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See crank
See crank walk
Walk crank walk
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11-19-2020, 12:48 PM
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#938
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#1 Goaltender
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Prehistoric? ####, what’s an analogue Dwell meter, vacuum gauge and timing light 
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11-19-2020, 12:54 PM
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#939
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
See crank
See crank walk
Walk crank walk
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Never had CW issues with either of my 4G63T engines and they took a beating.
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11-19-2020, 01:00 PM
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#940
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cam_wmh
What about an Air Suspension? Is this strictly a winter vehicle?
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It's mostly a winter vehicle, or would be if I did this. If I just stay boring and get the coilovers it'll still be a year-round car, but in the summer I'd almost always rather just drive my summer car.
Air suspension would be fine but I don't really see much of a benefit to that in terms of my driving experience.
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