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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: 88dx on September 25, 2010, 06:13:41 PM

Title: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 88dx on September 25, 2010, 06:13:41 PM
Seems like a lot of us have builds that are almost done but we just dont finish them ??? For whatever reason i just dont have any motivation to get my civic running, I have all the parts and it would take less then a weekend but its been like this for at least a year  :-X

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg168.imageshack.us%2Fimg168%2F4240%2Fstevespics001.jpg&hash=216490769d95f8b31398a7fdf0f31e66e9ee944c)

Ill buy luch and pay $4/hr if someone comes and finishes it for me  :mexi:



Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: SloS13 on September 25, 2010, 06:20:57 PM
yesterday I tore down out turbo bits to weld some cracks in the Miata's manifold, did that and brought it to the machine shop, picked it up and reinstalled.  Today I washed and vacuumed it.

I fucking rock.

You sir, are a lazy twatwaffle.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 88dx on September 25, 2010, 06:23:42 PM
thats cute u washed and vacuumed your miata hope your BF enjoys it  :-*
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: SloS13 on September 25, 2010, 06:25:25 PM
thats cute u washed and vacuumed your miata hope your BF enjoys it  :-*

speaking of gayness.  I went to "5 guys burgers and fries" today.  The dude who used to take my order is now a woman.  True story.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Robb on September 25, 2010, 06:49:20 PM
I've been meaining to put the 4g63 in the colt for like 2 years now. Apathy.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: jabberwock on September 25, 2010, 06:55:10 PM
Same here.. I need to pull the interior out of my crx, replace the fuel feed, and paint it.  I could do it in an afternoon but I just feel so meh about that kind of shit lately.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Foowee on September 25, 2010, 07:28:22 PM
I've always been lazy w/my car...  I'd rather get it done correct once, rather than build it 5 times in a month.  Time is not something I have a lot of these days.  I don't want to spend it fixing fuckups...

I think we're all getting grownup jobs, mortgages, real problems, n what not. 

Plus our builds are getting more complex.  Very few of us are simply strapping a .48/.60, walbro, n dsm 450's on a y8. 

My stuff will be finished when I get around to it. 
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: glustic on September 25, 2010, 08:08:59 PM
Im lazy as fuck with my car, I dont want to do anything with it anymore. I get an idea to do something and dont finish it
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: BoostedSchemes on September 25, 2010, 08:18:01 PM
i still wholeheartedly plan to pick up two gt15s and a he351 from the asheville trailer park boys and make a mess of my corolla as soon as i find a job that pays > 5$ / hr
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: crttaz on September 25, 2010, 09:36:19 PM
Fowee it is simple.....working alone on your own car gets old.....now with buddies and beer, it is more fun, but more fuckups.

I only have time on Sunday's now to work on my shit, no time to RC race now. Any racing I do has to be on Sunday's.

10/3 Tristate bracket racign
10/10 autox if I buy a helmet
10/17 SBZ meet
10/24 CRX Meet in Springfield Ohio

That along with trying to buy and machine 10 Quaife's while sitting fighting a first degree misdemeanor charge.

Yep, little time to get started on something. 
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: bob_barker on September 25, 2010, 10:14:30 PM
dutch you lazy fucker get the car done and ship it up to me ill give you 5 bucks  :noel:
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: turbohf on September 25, 2010, 10:17:47 PM
im too lazy to take mine apart anymore, so i just drive it...
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: LS1pwNzJ00 on September 25, 2010, 10:30:55 PM
because hondas have grown very boring and old, not as fun as it once used to be.  When everyone else had a honda and it was fun smashin on b series with a Rhmt'd turdbo kit.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: snm95ls on September 25, 2010, 10:34:07 PM
Eh, school has put a hell of a damper on my car nonsense.

I did finally manage to get one of my buckets into the wonderful world of positive manifold pressure this year.  That seems like a pretty decent accomplishment considering how well it turned out IMO.

Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Joseph Davis on September 25, 2010, 11:33:47 PM
Steve, you are lazy.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: highroller54 on September 26, 2010, 12:11:45 AM
Steve, you are gay.

fixoured 4 ju JD
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: crxvtec91 on September 26, 2010, 12:21:55 AM
Speak for yourself, got the 4dr sleeper almost done, working on the crx, working 40+ hours a week, and some how fine time to still go to school :noel:
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: michigan_soler on September 26, 2010, 12:45:18 AM
i soldered a set of wires for my radio the other day... working 3rd and not having a garage makes working on my car on off days really hard, and i useally do it alone so its boring...
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: HiProfile on September 26, 2010, 12:58:05 AM
I've been working full time & doing all the bullshit to get to the point where I can *start* closing on my house... yet I still fit a few hours in every other night on my b18a1. It's just stock for a winter beater (94 LS), but once I do close on the house, I'll be finishing turbo kit for it.

Tonight I finished swapping B1 cams into the A1. FYI the lift *is* different between the 90-91 and 94+ LS cams, all had 29mm base circles. Not much more, but enough to want to waste my time with it. I also made lifter adjustment tools. 1/4" drive deep-well sockets (10mm and 12mm) with a nut welded to the ends for a 17mm ratcheting box wrench to hold onto. Tomorrow I throw the new timing belt on and seal the bitch all up. Then next weekend I'll try to toss it in.


I also made the first steps towards a better e-cutout this week. I made a servo driver that works perfect and costs under $5 in parts. It should be half the weight of my current cutout, and easier to adjust too. Then once I get the house, I'll be making a bunch of them. :noel:


Last month I finished the A/C condenser&fan bracket. I flipped the fan to the front of it, meaning I had to completely redesign the condenser bracket...what a bitch that was.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 88dx on September 26, 2010, 02:19:59 AM
Steve, you are lazy.
where are all your finished builds baldy
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: michigan_soler on September 26, 2010, 02:25:41 AM
HiPro, any pics of that tool?
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Joseph Davis on September 26, 2010, 10:21:33 AM
Steve, you are lazy.
where are all your finished builds baldy

I work for a shop, I can 79fairmont your ass with a pictoral spread of cool shit.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: snm95ls on September 26, 2010, 11:25:20 AM
Steve, you are lazy.
where are all your finished builds baldy

I work for a shop, I can 79fairmont your ass with a pictoral spread of cool shit.

We're waiting...

An no shitty cell phone camera pics.

 :P


Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 2slow on September 26, 2010, 01:55:48 PM
I gotta 93dx 4dr on the side of my house waiting for oil feed line, 450s, chipped ecu. Its been like that for months. Its boring as fuck working on it all by your self. Ever since I moved to Texas I lost a shit ton of motivation. I have every thing to finish but the chipped ecu its also super hot out here I start sweating within minutes of working on the car
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Towdogg on September 26, 2010, 01:58:04 PM
FUCK YOU!

I'm going outside to do work!
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Teg2boo on September 26, 2010, 02:51:42 PM
Who is the stupid fuck that made 24 hours day?? We need more time! 36 hours day at least.

Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: SOHCKLR657 on September 26, 2010, 02:53:10 PM
<< bEEN DOIN WORK SON, YA'LL FUCKS BETTER GET ON IT :mexi:
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 92CXyD on September 26, 2010, 03:23:27 PM
I have been working on my car since I got back from Denver.

Damn electrical Gremlins.

Found 2 ground issues, 1 bat. to power dist. box issue, and AEM WB gauge took a shit.

I've had to replace the ign. coil and igniter. 

I'm moving my mechanical oil gauge to where the AEM WB was.

Installing my new 14point7 SLC this week.

I have to replace the heater core in the near future or winter is go to suck for me. :-\

Then back to tuning.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 88dx on September 26, 2010, 03:44:48 PM
Ive spent most of the day on the couch watching football 8)
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: snm95ls on September 26, 2010, 03:45:33 PM
Eh, went out and burned some dead dinosaurs.  Goddamn turbo cars love cool ambient air.

 ;D
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 92CXyD on September 26, 2010, 03:46:41 PM
Ive spent most of the day on the couch watching football 8)

I've been watching the Singapore Gp and BBC has Top Gear marathon on all weekend. ;D
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: fearsomedan on September 26, 2010, 06:05:02 PM
For my paseo, I fluxcored the manifold, over paid for a chinese turbo, and installed the intercooler over a year ago. Its now used as my mobile tool box. I took the passenger seat out last week to go pick up a transmission  from the junkyard. I left it seatless since then because its easier to get the tools out from the back seat. When I leave my regular job, I go do side work out of a 1 bay garage that I rent. I'm hoping to get off my ass and get some positive pressure in the engine sometime this year.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: shadow on September 26, 2010, 06:26:59 PM
im still waiting to see that boosted seo.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 1991civicsi on September 26, 2010, 06:54:38 PM
Ive exhausted my race car funds for this season. It is expensive to go fast. If I get $400 to spend on my car, I'm buying a time sert kit to repair my head stud threads.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: HiProfile on September 26, 2010, 10:11:19 PM
Here's the servo driver circuit I'm testing. It uses two 555 timers (ne556 later), so hopefully it will work with the CDM digital servos. Drawing shows the eventual servo horn & spring setup. Standard servo = 40oz/in torque. CDM servo = 180oz/in torque @4.8V. I'll be running it at 7V, so ~250oz/in.

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg267.imageshack.us%2Fimg267%2F303%2Fservodriver1.jpg&hash=01e53d866f25c7a6e80cc7df6956d2520af8e544)



Here's the lifter adjuster:

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg641.imageshack.us%2Fimg641%2F7877%2Flifteradjuster1.jpg&hash=c7bd0357d56907fb385bc7ecc03aee84f2c07032)

(https://realhomemadeturbo.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg715.imageshack.us%2Fimg715%2F7691%2Flifteradjuster2.jpg&hash=0aaa4e8977f78645ed527eb039e09c1299964055)
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: 2slow on September 26, 2010, 11:39:49 PM
I have made a tool similar to that to get the top hat nut off an 03 lancer front strut
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: t_cel_t on September 27, 2010, 12:09:37 AM
damn i want a set of those ratcheting wrenches
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: HiProfile on September 27, 2010, 01:13:34 PM
They told the theft-prevention guy at my store to toss that set out because it was missing the 19mm. Well I found a better place for them instead. ;D
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: Towdogg on September 27, 2010, 01:18:15 PM
damn i want a set of those ratcheting wrenches

They r nice to have.....  The ones the you have to turnover to change direction suck...  :(
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: ratcityrex on September 27, 2010, 01:33:11 PM
The ones the you have to turnover to change direction suck...  :(


Totaly true. I use my wratching wrenches so much that I im on my second set. Thank you very much Sears! I probably use mine more than I use my ratchet. Its probably a 50/50 on the use of them. Man my 14mm and 17mm take a beating.
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: crttaz on September 27, 2010, 04:28:00 PM
Bought a set of stubby ractchet wrenchs for 1/2 price as it was missing the 16mm and 18mm.....not needed on Hondas :)
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: michigan_soler on September 27, 2010, 04:37:31 PM
I got a set years ago but it was the flip over kind and pretty far between each ratchet click....
Title: Re: are we all lazy with our cars these days?
Post by: turbohf on September 27, 2010, 05:19:46 PM
I got a set years ago but it was the flip over kind and pretty far between each ratchet click....

we have the same set? lol. oddly enough, my 13mm is broken? think the only thing i can use it on is my turbo....

every time i see a set of reversible ones for a decent price its missing the good ones. usually a 17mm  :-\