PNW Chit Chat thread

[5Toes]

I have always been on hr sports and bilsteins.. I just appear lower now from the front

[Wschnitz]

I like the lip actually...

On his car anyway.

[PNWDan]

I think you should find a 540 front end. That Volvo lip belongs on a Volvo man

[e30austin]

Whoops. Dad got tboned in front of the shop tonight...

[5Toes]

I think you should find a 540 front end. That Volvo lip belongs on a Volvo man

For $6... can I do any better? no

540 lips are cool for sure.. but not $6

[dashboardmonkey]

Damn! That intersection sees a lot of action.

[e30austin]

Damn! That intersection sees a lot of action.

Dude I know right? What the fuck? People run that light all the time, bad fucking move...

[djjerme]

I just don't see a point of cooling prior to the thermostat opening.

Actually, you want it to be on just under the opening of the Thermostat. Most Thermostats are not like a switch, it's a gradual transition from open to close (couple degree's either side.) In a properly working cooling system, the thermostat should be opening and closing as the engine temp fluctuates. You want the water to linger in both the engine block and the radiator, so having the fan come on before the thermostat opens helps to cool the incoming charge.

It's a lot more complicated to describe then I feel like typing tonight, but in summary, it's good to have the fan on even if the temp drops below the open/close threshold of the T-stat.

[ZoomZoomBoom]

Is 88 the stock M20B25 thermostat?

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Austin, was that a Fiat 500?

[e30austin]

No sir. Jeep Liberty.

[5Toes]

Local exhaust guy (best in town) today got my car up on the rack and quoted me $80 to run a single 2.5" pipe from the cat back.. so about 10 feet long Id guess. And install my muffler.

Fair price?

[dashboardmonkey]

Seems legit

[5Toes]

I thought it was a good price, I saw this skylark that he was just finishing up and it looked topnotch.

[EN318isPDX]

Took me 4 years but I seem to have blown 1 of my rear bilstein sports. Swapped diffs and found a large puddle of hydraulic fluid below the shock