Nonsense Thread

[Northern]

Nothing as exciting as Desert Narcos, but I had my site visit with my garage contractor this morning and he didn't seem phased by anything I want to do, so I'm taking that as a good sign.

Power might be an issue since there's no line of sight to any poles on my street, but my backup plan is to just run power from a 60A sub panel in my basement workshop, and overspec the new stuff so I can bump it to 100A later if needed.

Excited to finally have somewhere to work on all my automotive junk - hopefully finished by end of summer.

[econti]

How does having a car hoist on your 110v power work, do people make motors to suit the low voltage (but higher current) or is it mandatory to go 3 phase or 240v?

[MrBurgundy]

How does having a car hoist on your 110v power work, do people make motors to suit the low voltage (but higher current) or is it mandatory to go 3 phase or 240v?

You can run a hydraulic pump off 110.

It's just going to take a lot longer to lift the car.

[E30 Wagen]

Damn drift tax is making the search for an unmolested e36 impossible

[SOneThreeCoupe]

They've been impossible to find for a while.

E36 M3s are easy to find if you have the money. Mine will be for sale relatively shortly, completely unmolested, low miles, with a ton of recent work... but will not be cheap. I need the money to finish the E30 build.

Edit: Mine will not be for sale. Drove it again. Remembered why I've owned it eight years.

[MrBurgundy]

They've been impossible to find for a while.

E36 M3s are easy to find if you have the money. Mine will be for sale relatively shortly, completely unmolested, low miles, with a ton of recent work... but will not be cheap. I need the money to finish the E30 build.

Edit: Mine will not be for sale. Drove it again. Remembered why I've owned it eight years.

e36s are so awesome. I support not selling it. It's gonna be one of those situations where you'd sell it, want one again, then realize that you're not willing to spend what it costs to get back into it. Similar to what happened to e30s.

I regret selling my 328is for almost nothing. It had 100k on it and I bought it from the original owner. Great daily.

[MR E30 325is]

e36s are so awesome. I support not selling it. It's gonna be one of those situations where you'd sell it, want one again, then realize that you're not willing to spend what it costs to get back into it. Similar to what happened to e30s.

I regret selling my 328is for almost nothing. It had 100k on it and I bought it from the original owner. Great daily.

Amen.

[2mAn]

Sup

[MrBurgundy]

Sup

doing an a/c service on my e30 cuz its hot and the e39 is broken :c

The rear shock mount took a shit.. I replaced it with an oem one when I lowered it, so it was pretty much new.. replaced it last week and I didn't even make it home before the rubber shot out again lol..

It has struts in the rear so, its not as simple as the e30 to change..

How's the alfa/z3/secret car going?

[2mAn]

How's the alfa/z3/secret car going?

Kevan is making great progress on the Alfa, Z3 has arrived in OC ... and yea lol

[SOneThreeCoupe]

Secret car? Does it have an engine in an unconventional location?

[MrBurgundy]

Secret car? Does it have an engine in an unconventional location?

Maybe it doesn't even have an engine :o

[roguetoaster]

Maybe it doesn't even have an engine :o

Maybe it doesn't even have four wheels.

[2mAn]

It’s not even a car! It’s a pile of random parts and a dream

edit: y’all want to donate to the cause

[roguetoaster]

It’s not even a car! It’s a pile of random parts and a dream

edit: y’all want to donate to the cause

I would argue that it should be an E30 now that prices are returning to somewhat more sane levels. In which case I would happily contribute parts.