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Old May 29, 2012 | 06:26 PM
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Pull caliper grease pins and work the e brake arm lots of pen oil
say what? lol
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:30 PM
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Throw on one of those Megan cat-backs and Alpine HU you got sitting around collecting dust for me, too.
Buy and send ill test chrismans wheels and hid kit on it too
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
say what? lol
You said rear brake right?
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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You said rear brake right?
yea...
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:34 PM
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If not i blame my confusion on the 47x i tried to line up this trans today im about to flip the engine on its end and jump up and down on top of the trans
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
yea...
Caliper seized?
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:44 PM
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Buy and send ill test chrismans wheels and hid kit on it too
If I do buy it, I'd put my 2000 SE up for sale.
Old May 29, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cjandura
Dont the stutz front fender go over the exhaust
It was just a guess. I know the Stutz was an American car from that era and had that same flared fender look. But so did a lot of cars.

The image file says "1964_studebaker_ss.jpg", but clearly that's for people who are looking to cheat. Nice bit of misdirection there.
Old May 29, 2012 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rochester
It was just a guess. I know the Stutz was an American car from that era and had that same flared fender look. But so did a lot of cars.

The image file says "1964_studebaker_ss.jpg", but clearly that's for people who are looking to cheat. Nice bit of misdirection there.
Actually, that's exactly what it is a 1964 Studebaker SS. Designed by Brooks Stevens to mimic the look of a Mercedes SSK. Just 1 was made, before Studebaker backed out of the project. Stevens took the design, formed his own car company & morphed the Studebaker SS into the Excalibur car line.

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Old May 29, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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That design is far off to be a studebaker also kind of resembles a early MG style with a touch of 30's maybach
Old May 29, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BobPezz
Actually, that's exactly what it is a 1964 Studebaker SS. Designed by Brooks Stevens to mimic the look of a Mercedes SSK. Just 1 was made, before Studebaker backed out of the project. Stevens took the design, formed his own car company & morphed the Studebaker SS into the Excalibur car line.
I have never seen a studabaker designed like that i fail!
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Here's a truly obscure American car quiz. For you guys to ponder.



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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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Here's a truly obscure American car quiz. For you guys to ponder.



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DeSoto?
Old May 29, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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Here's a truly obscure American car quiz. For you guys to ponder.



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Early Plymouth?
Old May 29, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Starting to have that love n hate thing with my car
Old May 29, 2012 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
Starting to have that love n hate thing with my car
Its always like that...
Old May 29, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Brett -

What's the weather like down in that area of the country around Thanksgiving time? Going to fly into KC, MO and drive down into Arkansas for family, wondering if I need me a rental SUV or not
Old May 30, 2012 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
My riceroni lol...

Yeah I'm need that rear lip to finish up my car.
Old May 30, 2012 | 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
sounds loud and extremely raspy in the vid.... i like the rasp sound honestly, it grew on me and in cabin its not as loud


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Originally Posted by T_Behr904
DeSoto?
Nice try, but no.
Old May 30, 2012 | 03:54 AM
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Early Plymouth?
Nope, not a Chrysler product.
Old May 30, 2012 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
Starting to have that love n hate thing with my car
You think you go it bad wait till i start the 97 up i bet my breakfast that the waterpump gonna jump out or something crazy going to happen.i done replaced or am going to replace everything in the front of that car and i know for fact the one thing i dont replace is going to go bad and make me replace it anyway.it's called God's Humor you think you got it all done and struttin around like your salhat dont stink when your done and Bam! God points at your steering rack etc and says haha now fix that!
Old May 30, 2012 | 04:46 AM
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E1 there is a 6mt trans mount in the 4sale section $60 both pieces
Old May 30, 2012 | 04:59 AM
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CJ why u scared to race (track) clashez maxima vs maxima
Old May 30, 2012 | 05:11 AM
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1940 or 1941 Skylark?
Old May 30, 2012 | 05:21 AM
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So what's the deal with seafoam? I found a bunch of half used cans. Is this still OK to run through the engine or will it harm?
Old May 30, 2012 | 05:25 AM
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I've heard mixed things (praise and condemnation) about seafoam. I had a buddy use it on a car I was trying to get in running shape, and it stopped running altogether after he put it in.
Old May 30, 2012 | 05:30 AM
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I've heard mixed things (praise and condemnation) about seafoam. I had a buddy use it on a car I was trying to get in running shape, and it stopped running altogether after he put it in.
I've put it in my 2k a bunch of times, hence multiple half bottles left over. While there was a ton of smoke clearing out after doing it, i'm not 100% sure whether or not it ever made a difference.
Old May 30, 2012 | 05:30 AM
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So what's the deal with seafoam? I found a bunch of half used cans. Is this still OK to run through the engine or will it harm?
I went through a can each Spring for the last few years, half through the intake and half in the tank. I never put it in the crankcase.

When running it through the intake, use the vacuum lead that (used to) source the VIAS vacuum tank. It's got a little black cap on it, at the top left of the UIM, just next to the block-off plate. Use a 6 foot section of hose so that you can sit in the car and feather the gas pedal so it doesn't stall out. At least, that's the technique that worked for me. After sucking up the Seafoam, let it sit for 20 minutes (? forget), then start it up and drive it on the highway for a while to clear it out.

You will likely throw a code for a vacuum leak, but that will go away the next time the ECU cycles, or if you clear the codes.



On another note, every time I removed that BOP, the UIM was clean as a whistle inside. My guess is you're OK, merovi. But it couldn't hurt to do once a year on a 10 year old car.

And one last thing... back in November 2009, Vision Nissan performed an extremely thorough BG Products internal, upper-engine cleaning service. In doing so, they whacked the throttle body, and replaced it with a new one.

Which reminds me, also as a once-a-year maintenance thing over the last 3 years, I would run a can of BG-44K through the tank.

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why does bow wow now look like wiz? growing out a mini fro and wearing snapbacks, cmon on dawg.
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I'm alive!
Somebody raped you?
Old May 30, 2012 | 06:13 AM
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Somebody raped you?
Yeah, they poisoned my food, left me on the toilet all day yesterday.

If you can call that rape.
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Brett -

What's the weather like down in that area of the country around Thanksgiving time? Going to fly into KC, MO and drive down into Arkansas for family, wondering if I need me a rental SUV or not
I don't know about Arkansas. I know some areas get snow...but not a lot.

Generally here in Nashville, it's in the upper 40's to lower to mid 50's in the day time, and down into the upper 30's at night. But if you're worried about snow, and needing an SUV, then no, there's not issue.

Oh God. I don't want to think about fall already. But it seems like it's already around the corner. It's June tomorrow for chrissakes.
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Old May 30, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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So what's the deal with seafoam? I found a bunch of half used cans. Is this still OK to run through the engine or will it harm?
Where did you find these cans?

If you found them on a street corner, or in Crusher's closet, I'd advise against using them.

If you found them in your garage, they should still be okay, as long as the lid has been kept on them. I'd open them up and take a peek inside. As long as the fluid is clear, and smells sort of like gasoline with a bunch of detergents in it, you should be okay.

SeaFoam has pros and cons. I listed them in the old thread a long time ago. But recap:

Pros:
- Cleans carbon build up off of valves and pistons
- Cleans gunk off of intake manifold
- Displaces moisture from fuel lines
- Loosens and breaks down gunk in oil pan (when added to oil)

Cons:
- Can potentially clog cats if there is excessive carbon build up
- May shorten the life of spark plugs
- Applied incorrectly, it can actually hydrolock your motor
- Detergents may actually strip coating off of your motor's internals if overused

So it's not a BAD product. It has its pros and cons like everything out there. Yes, it works. But I'd only use, maybe, 1/3 of a can on the intake manifold.

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Yeah, they poisoned my food, left me on the toilet all day yesterday.

If you can call that rape.
Man you dont want me to reveal what really went down now do you?
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Where did you find these cans?

If you found them on a street corner, or in a hobo's secret moonshine stash, I'd advise against using them.


Originally Posted by cjandura
Man you dont want me to reveal what really went down now do you?
Not even asking



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