Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

The one on the left looked like the one on the right, just a few minutes earlier:

914Driver said:

Looks like there's debris in the tire and someone just kept hammering on weights without thinking about what they were doing...

In reply to Knurled. :

My guess is he was putting weight 180 degrees off.  Most of the weights have one directly opposite.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

That would just result in putting more and more weight across from where it was needed.

If there's something in the tire, like something that punched through and was plug patched, or maybe a TPMS sensor that broke off due to hamfisted tire installation, the point of imbalance is going to change every time you spin up the machine.  Spin the machine, it wants an ounce *here*.  Spin again, it wants .75 *there*.  Spin again, it wants 1.50 *over there*.  Never the same place or same value twice.

I actually just used that image to show a new hire what NOT to do... and if you get a tire that wants weight on the Ouija Board Principle, shake the tire and listen for debris inside.  Then dismount it and remove the trash and try again.

AWSX1686 said:

I just want an affordable option for a T5 or similar variant sequential gearbox. Is that too much to ask? (Yeah, probably...)

200-4R or 700-R4 plus manual valve body plus ratchet shifter.  You could do that way cheaper than $2400.

Or, if you like Fords, you can do some of the electronic Ford transmissions with MegaShift, which has a manual shift option.  Manual shifting an electronic trans is never as fast as a manually shifted hydraulic trans, though.

914Driver said:

What does it mean that I owned both of those cars when they were fairly new?

Can't stop thinking about Hummelbirds. Yes, they are this size.

Saw this car six years ago at a Lime Rock show, really thought hot pepper flame jobs would take off.

Knurled. said:

AWSX1686 said:

I just want an affordable option for a T5 or similar variant sequential gearbox. Is that too much to ask? (Yeah, probably...)

200-4R or 700-R4 plus manual valve body plus ratchet shifter.  You could do that way cheaper than $2400.

Or, if you like Fords, you can do some of the electronic Ford transmissions with MegaShift, which has a manual shift option.  Manual shifting an electronic trans is never as fast as a manually shifted hydraulic trans, though.

 

I'll have to look into those. Thanks!

914Driver said:

Saw this car six years ago at a Lime Rock show, really thought hot pepper flame jobs would take off.

That it didn't may be related to the Mexican/Central American (?) slang use of "el chile" to refer to a certain body part.   

Unrelated:

just dropped the 4.8 into my z31 last night.

In reply to Hal :

That you are old and weird?

spitfirebill said:

In reply to Hal :

That you are old and AWESOME!!!

Fixed that for ya 

Duke said:

 

Bad design study?  Misguided custom?  Meth?

The Book of Faces has gifted me another picture of a car I worked on.  

In reply to Wally :

Is the 34 an homage to Wendell Scott?

In reply to edizzle89 :

Did you use a kit for the install? - looks great!

Trying to decide what to do with mine.

BMW Z3 Coupe by macauspit, on Flickr" />

And you thought the VR6 was odd.