Car Thread - VROOM VROOM

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

Thanks for the advice. I’ll consider it if all our gas burners aren’t replaced with the inferior lithium cars.

Also A bodies. Dart, etc. They go even cheaper. My buddy got his '64 Dart for $3500 running and driving.

 

[Shidoen]

Also A bodies. Dart, etc. They go even cheaper. My buddy got his '64 Dart for $3500 running and driving.

What about then super bees?

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Everytime I think of going to a track meet or a cars and coffee, I have to remind myself what car people are like and just go on a drive instead

I dunno - I like a good track day, but mostly because I go with a group of like-minded friends - we're all in it to just chill and enjoy driving hard instead of getting into dick-measuring contests.

Same with C&C or other meets. I'm here to look at cars and maybe chat with other chill car peeps.

 

[Larry Potterfield]

What ate the general thoughts on the Ford Bronco, the new one? Saw a video on it, seems the 4 cylinder version is pretty nice, and personally I like the two door look.

I've seen a couple at my off reading events and have talked to owners on the bronco forums. They're pretty cool and capable, but the rollout has been a complete shitshow. Many of the first in line to order still haven't gotten their build dates, and Ford screwed over the smaller dealers in favor of the huge ones. On top of that, many of the earlier builds have had their engines blow because of faulty parts from one of Ford's suppliers. The big weakness everyone's kvetching over is the tie rods. When speeding over obstacles they tend to break. I've seen it once in person, but there's tons of posts about it. There's now aftermarket parts but I've heard some talk of this causing people to destroy their rack and pinions since the OEM tie rods were supposedly designed to fail before that could happen. The interior also feels like fisher price, but I can't talk since my offroad rig is a cherokee.

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

What about then super bees?

That would be a B body. Good luck touching a superbee that isn't a Swiss cheese pile of rust for under $20k

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

I've seen a couple at my off reading events and have talked to owners on the bronco forums. They're pretty cool and capable, but the rollout has been a complete shitshow. Many of the first in line to order still haven't gotten their build dates, and Ford screwed over the smaller dealers in favor of the huge ones. On top of that, many of the earlier builds have had their engines blow because of faulty parts from one of Ford's suppliers. The big weakness everyone's kvetching over is the tie rods. When speeding over obstacles they tend to break. I've seen it once in person, but there's tons of posts about it. There's now aftermarket parts but I've heard some talk of this causing people to destroy their rack and pinions since the OEM tie rods were supposedly designed to fail before that could happen. The interior also feels like fisher price, but I can't talk since my offroad rig is a cherokee.

I wonder if it's the bigger tire/lifted packages that are more prone to breaking tie rods. The base models appear stout as fuck and I've seen vids of them doing wild shit, but the 4 doors with the bigger packages look like aftermarket hell

I haven't offroaded in years but I'm definitely interested in a base model 2 door.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I've seen a couple at my off reading events and have talked to owners on the bronco forums. They're pretty cool and capable, but the rollout has been a complete shitshow. Many of the first in line to order still haven't gotten their build dates, and Ford screwed over the smaller dealers in favor of the huge ones. On top of that, many of the earlier builds have had their engines blow because of faulty parts from one of Ford's suppliers. The big weakness everyone's kvetching over is the tie rods. When speeding over obstacles they tend to break. I've seen it once in person, but there's tons of posts about it. There's now aftermarket parts but I've heard some talk of this causing people to destroy their rack and pinions since the OEM tie rods were supposedly designed to fail before that could happen. The interior also feels like fisher price, but I can't talk since my offroad rig is a cherokee.

Interesting. Good to know if and when I get one when prices drop and I can get a 2 door on the used market, hopefully green, I'll look out for that

 

[An automatic clown]

The two door Bronco just seems like a cheap imitation of the 2 door new Defender. I'd love a base model 2 door Defender on steel wheels with coil spring suspension

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

Everytime I think of going to a track meet or a cars and coffee, I have to remind myself what car people are like and just go on a drive instead

Depends what sector of car culture you're hanging out with.

Cars and coffee is going to suck ass because those are nothing but shithead millenials and mfs with too much money, all of them buying into current decade car culture which is essentially just the result of 20 years of toyota/Nissan/Subaru marketing.

The normifiecation of car culture has been a huge issue. I personally enjoy going to cruise nights. $10 fee and I get to park up with about 1000 other cars and just hang out. No bullshit. No takeovers. Actual car guys, instead some overweight Latino accountant who played too much GT4 as a kid

 

[Pee Cola]

Car youtube in general is pretty hard to watch, too much dumb shit

That's what I love about Mighty Car Mods. They're still the same guys from 15 years ago, only with a bigger budget and some sponsors. Marty and Moog's most recent purchases were cheap mid-'00s nuggets that will be turned into track cars.

That said, Aussie automotive YouTube in general is still pretty comfy. You've got MCM and their associates (The Skid Factory, Benny's Custom Works), and then there's a bunch of other channels with videos made by dudes fucking around in garages and/or pulling bush wrecks out of the desert.

 

[God's drunkest driver]

Can’t do MCM, stopped watching years ago. Moog is too annoying and not funny but thinks he is, and he has become more annoying vs the old days when they didn’t have a shop yet. Before I lost interest in them altogether I had started to fast forward through moog. These days I’m down to
Bad obsession (inactive)
Deboss garage
Finnegan’s garage
Nivlac57
Steve Magnante
Wesley kagan
Supefastmatt
Engineeredtowin

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Can’t do MCM, stopped watching years ago. Moog is too annoying and not funny but thinks he is, and he has become more annoying vs the old days when they didn’t have a shop yet. Before I lost interest in them altogether I had started to fast forward through moog. These days

Yeah I felt the same way with MCM from years ago when they were doing their cheesy but fun mythbusting videos to current day build videos. The charm isn't there anymore.

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Can’t do MCM, stopped watching years ago. Moog is too annoying and not funny but thinks he is, and he has become more annoying vs the old days when they didn’t have a shop yet. Before I lost interest in them altogether I had started to fast forward through moog. These days I’m down to
Bad obsession (inactive)
Deboss garage
Finnegan’s garage
Nivlac57
Steve Magnante
Wesley kagan
Supefastmatt
Engineeredtowin

You forgot zip ties https://youtu.be/cRFFJua0des

 

[Null]

full cab diesel truck no cia hardware, what year what make
thanks

 

[Look--an Alien!]

full cab diesel truck no cia hardware, what year what make
thanks

Early 90s Ford diesels, the IDI or later 7.3 Powerstrokes. 12v Cummins Dodge trucks are great as well, just need to be early 90s to avoid electronic crap.

 

[Slav Power]

Early 90s Ford diesels, the IDI or later 7.3 Powerstrokes. 12v Cummins Dodge trucks are great as well, just need to be early 90s to avoid electronic crap.

If you want absolutely zero electronics you have to go a few decades older than that, since ECU's started getting used back in the 80's. However ECU's are very rudimentary computers and all they really do is regulate the fuel/air mixture, support rudimentary driving assistance tech like ABS etc, the only way you can connect to it is if you rip it out and plug it into a computer, or if you have an OBD port. At this car era your bigger worry is that if the ECU fails the car won't run, but to have a truly analog car that only has electrics is to have a way way older car than that.

 

[Look--an Alien!]

If you want absolutely zero electronics you have to go a few decades older than that, since ECU's started getting used back in the 80's. However ECU's are very rudimentary computers and all they really do is regulate the fuel/air mixture, support rudimentary driving assistance tech like ABS etc, the only way you can connect to it is if you rip it out and plug it into a computer, or if you have an OBD port. At this car era your bigger worry is that if the ECU fails the car won't run, but to have a truly analog car that only has electrics is to have a way way older car than that.

True. I think Null would be ok with a basic ECU like Chevy implemented in the late 80s/ early 90s--self contained, with no outside interference. A little computerized stoich ratio maintenance isnt a bad thing (until it is lol).

 

[Null]

How much maintenance do trucks from the 90s need? I know very little about cars.

 

[The Last Stand]

How much maintenance do trucks from the 90s need? I know very little about cars.

Here's a list of 90s trucks that would last a lifetime.

Here are a couple sources about regular truck maintenance. I imagine if you're hauling with it, you'd need a keen eye on your vehicle.

 

[PointOfNoReturnPoint]

I wonder if it's the bigger tire/lifted packages that are more prone to breaking tie rods. The base models appear stout as fuck and I've seen vids of them doing wild shit, but the 4 doors with the bigger packages look like aftermarket hell

I haven't offroaded in years but I'm definitely interested in a base model 2 door.

This happened on GM trucks for a long time. They simply cheaped out on it and made it too small to handle the load. the idea that they want them to break before the steering rack is half a coput cause it's true but steering racks are not weak...they cant be.