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  • iamsam
    Advanced Member
    • Jun 2008
    • 172

    #166
    good luck w/ the project....

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    • bluefox280
      Wrencher
      • Apr 2010
      • 255

      #167
      Originally posted by Bimmerman325i
      Minis owners are mostly retarded
      Drive car hard, no problems, drive scared, big problems
      FSAE is WINcest
      This, all win.

      Gawd, again I wanted to strangle somebody on NAM (Mini board) talking about cheating engine death with lower than required octane rated fuel.
      And I proud to red-line each and every one of my vehicles. Roland, take note!
      I need to get back into school just to go play with 60in wheelbase racecars.

      - Erik
      Pattern Draft Imaging.com - "...Where Engineering Discipline and Photography Merge as One..."

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      • blefevre
        R3V Elite
        • Dec 2008
        • 4287

        #168
        The M20 scares me to redline it. It's loud.

        And what do you mean?! If I buy shitty low-octane gas I can save 3 ENTIRE DOLLARS on gas!

        - E30, DSM, Golf R, Mazda 3 Skyactiv

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        • Bimmerman325i
          R3V OG
          • Dec 2007
          • 6854

          #169
          The octane isn't so much the issue, if you run lower octane the car will just pull timing. Mini owners complain about carbon buildup because they're too dumb to redline the motor so that it self-cleans.

          It's funny, but motors that get beat on hard (when up to temp and other maintenance issues are looked after) tend to last longer and better than ones that were pansied about.
          2017 Chevrolet SS, 6MT
          95 M3/2/5 (S54 and Mk60 DSC, CARB legal, Build Thread)
          98 M3/4/5 (stock)

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          • blefevre
            R3V Elite
            • Dec 2008
            • 4287

            #170
            I can only get my E30 to half temp if I floor it up I70 in 4th for a long, long time. Oh well, it will still get beat on. At the same time, the Jeep is always as hot as the suns core and it sees redline all the time and still runs like a champ.

            - E30, DSM, Golf R, Mazda 3 Skyactiv

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            • Bimmerman325i
              R3V OG
              • Dec 2007
              • 6854

              #171
              Good sir, the proof is in the pudding, as it were.

              aka yup.
              2017 Chevrolet SS, 6MT
              95 M3/2/5 (S54 and Mk60 DSC, CARB legal, Build Thread)
              98 M3/4/5 (stock)

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              • Roland H
                R3V Elite
                • Mar 2009
                • 4480

                #172
                Originally posted by bluefox280
                This, all win.

                Gawd, again I wanted to strangle somebody on NAM (Mini board) talking about cheating engine death with lower than required octane rated fuel.
                And I proud to red-line each and every one of my vehicles. Roland, take note!
                I need to get back into school just to go play with 60in wheelbase racecars.

                - Erik
                I red line all of my vehicles...?*















                *when I drive them.

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                • Bimmerman325i
                  R3V OG
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 6854

                  #173
                  I don't normally drive my cars





                  but when I do, shit's on like donkey kong, brah.
                  2017 Chevrolet SS, 6MT
                  95 M3/2/5 (S54 and Mk60 DSC, CARB legal, Build Thread)
                  98 M3/4/5 (stock)

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                  • colorado_cabrio
                    E30 Modder
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 891

                    #174
                    Originally posted by Bimmerman325i
                    I don't normally drive my cars





                    but when I do, shit's on like donkey kong, brah.
                    this

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                    • Cloudbase
                      E30 Mastermind
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 1795

                      #175
                      Originally posted by blefevre
                      I can only get my E30 to half temp if I floor it up I70 in 4th for a long, long time. Oh well, it will still get beat on. At the same time, the Jeep is always as hot as the suns core and it sees redline all the time and still runs like a champ.
                      Mine is the same way, but it's my thermostat stuck open (I think)...
                      JOY IS AN E30...

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                      • Roland H
                        R3V Elite
                        • Mar 2009
                        • 4480

                        #176
                        if your engine is running cold, it's very likely the thermo is stuck open...

                        which means you're getting shitty gas mileage. Change that isht out!! (it's sooo easy:))

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                        • blefevre
                          R3V Elite
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 4287

                          #177
                          I get 26mpg with a 4.10 LSD, and I've replaced the thermo already, no change. Shit just runs cool. The radiator is HUGE for a 2.5L 6cyl imo.

                          - E30, DSM, Golf R, Mazda 3 Skyactiv

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                          • Roland H
                            R3V Elite
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 4480

                            #178
                            intriguing.

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                            • Bimmerman325i
                              R3V OG
                              • Dec 2007
                              • 6854

                              #179
                              Pretty much all 89+ M20 cars that I've been in run maybe 1/3 from cold on the temp gauge. The radiator is the same as the E36 M3's radiator, and is way oversized for the m20. They all run silly cold.
                              2017 Chevrolet SS, 6MT
                              95 M3/2/5 (S54 and Mk60 DSC, CARB legal, Build Thread)
                              98 M3/4/5 (stock)

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                              • Bimmerman325i
                                R3V OG
                                • Dec 2007
                                • 6854

                                #180
                                Bump for 7/7 (i.e. thursday).

                                If y'all aren't there you'll miss out on insane Prius v8 swap ideas and assorted BSing.

                                Hopefully one of my cars will be in working order by then.
                                2017 Chevrolet SS, 6MT
                                95 M3/2/5 (S54 and Mk60 DSC, CARB legal, Build Thread)
                                98 M3/4/5 (stock)

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