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    Sure- keep it out of the rain. Done. Perforations took decades of time, the sheet metal is way thicker than anything this side of 1960.
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    Headlights work, high beams work, tails work, brake lights work, dash lights work, ammeter works, horn does not. Horn circuit is strong, the horn itself is dead. Super bummer; I've been waiting to hear this baby 'hork' since I got it. There are people who refurbish them, have to go that route- it must speak! Overall, a very good evening!
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    instead of baking it, I ground one end of the pin off, heated up the pedal arm end a bit & hammered the pin out. Then everything came apart. Bushing does show wear- this was the cause of the pedal wobble : Looking for repro piece. - - - - - Installed the master cylinder & hooked up it's brake lines, plus hooked up the last wheel's line to it's hose, so the brake system is now officially 'closed'. Bleeding next : Also installed an auxiliary temp gauge in the glove box (or; the space where the glove box should be) & connected the other end to the motor : Here's the master cylinder pushrod- can't for the life of me imagine how one could break such a low-stress part, but here it is with a section of bolt brazed in : It's fully functional & will be reused.
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    I think they meant to name it "C30"…..
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    To return to subject :: much like many downplaying comments WRT the CT6's athletic abilities over it's competitors, people aren't going to take this price tier of car to the drag str— oh. nvrmnd.
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    The 228 MPH run was in 2012- certainly not much different from then to now (restrictor plates aside).
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    I have to question the claim of 450 hp. Surreal, do those numbers (900= 228 ~ 450=200) make ANY sense? If the power dropped in half, and the SPEEDS dropped in half (or a huge degree), I could credit reduced airflow to fight. Not the case @ 200. Unless the unrestricted cars were only giving it 3/4 throttle, but that makes zero sense, too. - - - - - Elliot did an unrestricted run @ Talledega and the car went 28 MPH faster. Restricted cars are running 200 with 725-750 HP. How are 450 HP cars running anywhere near 200? This is not a question of 'amazing', but of 'how'?
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    That's an interesting claim. From the link : The unrestricted record for Talledega is 228. Pre-restrictor qualifying laps were around 212 MPH IIRC. I'm not seeing the math that dropping 450 HP results in a decrease of only 12 MPH. If they went to 250 HP, could they still hit 180?
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    God, that's wretched.
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    At the 2015 GEICO 500 held May 3rd 2015 @ Talledega, the 3 top qualifiers set lap speeds of 200.xxx MPH. Do you REALLY think they did that with only 435 HP ??? Cutting power from 850-900 down to 435 would cut race speeds in HALF. Who's going to watch a gaggle of race cars going 100 MPH?? Actually, with cautions & such, the average speed at the end of that race was 160 MPH, so change that '100 MPH' to something like 60 MPH. Yeah; 435 HP.
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    NASCAR 'stock' cars have about 850 HP, not 450 (and without 4 turbochargers). Tho VW claims the veyron can reach 1.4g, tested figures I saw said .94. NASCAR drivers see close to 2.0gs in the speedway turns (NOT the same as a 200-ft skidpad, of course). Sprint Cup cars weigh about 3300, veyron is a porky 4200. Tires are not comparable. The 2 would be close in a straight run (one bit I saw said the veyron has been tested in the 1/4 miles @ 139 MPH, older NASCAR car has been tested @ 147), but the weight & tires would be a major disadvantage to the bugatti on an oval track. There's really no comparison.
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    Cheaper gas & oil? Hmmm, maybe have to find the additional funds to supercharge the B-59.
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    Wonder how the writer is quantifying "most people"… there's practically zero buyers for the R8.
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    BMW's problem is, it's design 'language' is just a decades- old regurgitation of the same ol', same ol'. Even the CGI piece just looks like flares on an old BMW.
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    OEMs & coachbuilders defined the terms pretty clearly. There have been some deviations & creations along the way, but in most cases one only needs to examine the evidence & consult the 'dictionary'. The cars in your sig are a 1. coupe and 2. a 2-door sedan. That answer has everything to do with how the bodies are configured and nothing to do with what the platform may underpin another model. - - - - - What's happening outside the dictionary to an alarming degree in recent years is the push of marketing departments. But very much like an occurrence I witnessed today on the job, marketers seldom understand what they are pedaling.
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    No it doesn't. My question still stands: what's in your sig pic?
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    Truck IS wide @ 82" but no; tires are by -even remotely modern standards- 'skinny'. Tread width is 5.5"… which is 135mm. They are '7.00 x 20' : 20-in rims, 35" tall tire.
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    A 4-door coupe : Haven't seen any OEMs build a true one yet.
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    I like the pics of course, but those are clearly what they are : 4-dr hardtops. Avista 'ponder' is NOT a 4-dr hardtop. - - - - - See your sig pic, oldshurst? What are we looking at there?
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    Front bumper re-alignment. Before : After : - - - - - Clutch/brake assembly out : Have to remove pin in one end to disassemble- there's bronze bushings in there. Only recommendation I could find is to heat it all up to 250 for an hour, dribble paraffin on the pins & "they all slide apart". Wife gave the thumbs up to use the oven!
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    A 4-door wha? While we're at it, can I get a 2-dr sedan? Oh wait, that's just about every 2-dr with a back seat. Must create another niche to make #trending.
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    '16 mercedes C300 sedan. So bland & dowdy out back, the only reason I noticed it was one of the grille shutters was already broken & stuck closed while the others opened & closed. Overall it looked 10 years old.
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    ^ I do like that feature on the Packards AND the Continental. Cars in general need some cleaning up; too many panel seams & creases & rain gutters & giant license plate inserts, etc.
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