Ive now bought 3 different sets of rear brake pads and none are the right design. Close but not quite. My rock auto brake pads were defective out the box and the stupid metal bracket clip that holds the inside brake pad to the caliper piston that came with my rock auto brake pad and rotor kit are brass junk and dont even work on the old oem brake pads off the car. The old brake clip wont install on the caliper piston no more for some reason so i cant re use that and even if i could it wouldn't work cause the new pads i bought are designed wrong I bought a different set of pads at orielly's auto parts today and they are also designed wrong so the stupid clip doesnt sit on em right Ive now bought oem ac delco brake pads off rock auto that come with the metal clip and hopefully those should be designed right so i can finally get my stupid brakes done. Their just discs i didnt think itd take so long but i keep getting crappy china parts that dont work lol. I cant get ac delco front pads though so i guess ill run ac delco in the rear and hope my off brand front brake pads fit correctly
I finally took my car to a trackday! And it was at none other than the Temple of Speed, a.k.a. Monza Circuit. Driving on a Formula 1 track is so cool and the car handled it great too, it was a cold day so the water and oil temps stayed nice and low, they went barely higher than regular summer operating temp. The brakes however suffered a bit having to stop the car from 180-200 km/h into the chicanes, I'm thinking of upgrading to more track-friendly pads in case i find the opportunity to go back.
What so your average speed through the chicanes? I couldn't even fathom slowing down any meaningful amount from those speeds in a short distance
Well, i already knew the brakes would heat up a lot with these braking zones, so i avoided using too much pressure by starting to brake at about 250 meters, they still got pretty hot but held up fine. My speed was around 55 km/h in the first chicane, the Roggia chicane is a bit faster so i was closer to 70 km/h, the Ascari is much more open so i'd enter at 90 and exit at 110 km/h, not the fastest but it was my first time after all
Yeah that's my dream goal, lapping the Nordschleife in real life, but being 800 km away it's not as easy as driving to the circuit and then driving back home. I could theoretically go there by plane over the weekend, but the real fun is in using your own car
A round trip is close to 800 km for me, and often times we just go for a single day. You can always book one of the many B&B’s around the ring and spend a couple days in the area.
At least you don't live in flatlands, if you think that's boring then try driving across the nullabor, specifically the 90 mile straight, that's proper torture
Who owns a 2020 CRV with the 1.5? How much oil does that thing take? I put 4 goddamn quarts in that thing and it's still reading halfway full. Hot, mind you. No leaking.
I found a 96 caprice 5.7 for sell. Its disgusting looking the paint and body is uber ROUGH the interior is rough but it runs and drives has been the sellers daily driver has no check engine light is road legal all lights work and is 750 bucks. Im highly tempted to just go buy my next paycheck if its still avaible. Like 750 bucks for a driving car in 2026? and that generation of caprice is one of my bucket list cars I mean id buy it and just drive it around and beat the piss out of it and if it breaks down oh well. Also got life figured out and i still have my buick which im happy about. Will post a video of the sick interior my next weekend --- Post updated --- And its a 5.7 caprice that thing will shred tire all day
So back in March I bought a 1985.5 Porsche 944 without an engine on a whim. 86k mile car. The original engine had one of it's accessory ears broken off the block which unfortunately opened into a coolant channel rendering the block useless. Took about a month (and a 3 hour drive) to find an engine. I returned from the mini road trip with a Porsche 2.5L DAOHC M44/51 I4 from a 1986 944 that someone was parting out. I ordered literally every single seal and gasket for the entire engine along with all the belts (all 4) and a complete water pump kit. Took the engine down to the long block and then started replacing and cleaning everything putting it back together. This engine had SO many oil leaks that it literally destroyed the clutch. The ENTIRE engine was coated in baked on oil. Hours of sandblasting later, last night we resurfaced the flywheel, installed the new pressure plate, clutch, throw out and pilot bearing. We got the timing and balance belts installed along with all the new pulleys. Hoping to have it complete around the 4th of July. Fun fact, Toyota makes semi-sealed beam halogen headlights for the J40 Land Cruiser that are a perfect replacement (and upgrade) over the 7" non halogen sealed beam lights found on the 944 and NA Miata (and anything else that uses 7" round lights). I only paid $18 for them new at the Toyota dealer.
