How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
12-23-2010, 07:24 PM
#5463
How to fail at changing the front and rear motor mounts in a Mazda 626:
1. Put car on jackstands, jack up motor, take apart undertray and remove airbox.
2. Discover that your puny arms cannot break the required nuts and bolts free.
3. Look at your turbo miata parked in the next spot over and decide to drive to autozone to buy a breaker bar.
4. Remember that you blew the motor in your miata two weeks ago.
5. Put Mazda 626 back together, make trip to autozone.
6. Get back, take **** apart, remove front motor mount.
7. Discover that the replacement mount, while definitely the right part, does not fit. Without access to a grinder or cutting tool, realize you're fucked and decide to work at the rear mount.
8. Spend 90 minutes breaking loose four bolts to remove the rear mount.
9. It's now dark outside. Leave car on jackstands in parking lot, hope you don't get ticketed and go back to dorm room.
10. To be continued....
1. Put car on jackstands, jack up motor, take apart undertray and remove airbox.
2. Discover that your puny arms cannot break the required nuts and bolts free.
3. Look at your turbo miata parked in the next spot over and decide to drive to autozone to buy a breaker bar.
4. Remember that you blew the motor in your miata two weeks ago.
5. Put Mazda 626 back together, make trip to autozone.
6. Get back, take **** apart, remove front motor mount.
7. Discover that the replacement mount, while definitely the right part, does not fit. Without access to a grinder or cutting tool, realize you're fucked and decide to work at the rear mount.
8. Spend 90 minutes breaking loose four bolts to remove the rear mount.
9. It's now dark outside. Leave car on jackstands in parking lot, hope you don't get ticketed and go back to dorm room.
10. To be continued....
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12-24-2010, 12:19 PM
#5468
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As far as looking at it, it tells me nothing. When I say I know nothing about bikes I literally mean that. I could sit on it and probably spend 30 minutes trying to figure out how to get it in gear. The closest I have ever been to riding an actual motorcycle is bending a girl over hers and having an enjoyable 15 minutes.
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12-24-2010, 03:02 PM
#5470
I've been thinking the same thing man. The bike is sex and V-twin ftw.
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12-24-2010, 03:09 PM
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The things one can do when money is no object.
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12-24-2010, 03:26 PM
#5473
So, getting 700whp/L from 2.0L @ 8500rpm is no small feat, but what do you need if you get bored and want to shoot for 2000whp?"
Jesus Tapdancing Christ, game over!
Last edited by Import Al; 12-24-2010 at 04:16 PM.
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12-24-2010, 05:08 PM
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Ahh! There is that flu! I've been feeling symptoms since Tuesday, and the brunt of it just finally hit yesterday. Apparently it's going around heavily around here. 1/2 of my family is sick with the flu for Christmas. I've tried to sleep 3 times today but end up tossing and turning having hallucinations and feeling just weird as hell in a semi sleep stage, never actually falling into a deep sleep. I know I've got a high fever, I guess it's making me a bit loopy.
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12-24-2010, 05:11 PM
#5478
Ahh! There is that flu! I've been feeling symptoms since Tuesday, and the brunt of it just finally hit yesterday. Apparently it's going around heavily around here. 1/2 of my family is sick with the flu for Christmas. I've tried to sleep 3 times today but end up tossing and turning having hallucinations and feeling just weird as hell in a semi sleep stage, never actually falling into a deep sleep. I know I've got a high fever, I guess it's making me a bit loopy.
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12-24-2010, 06:47 PM
#5479
Ahh! There is that flu! I've been feeling symptoms since Tuesday, and the brunt of it just finally hit yesterday. Apparently it's going around heavily around here. 1/2 of my family is sick with the flu for Christmas. I've tried to sleep 3 times today but end up tossing and turning having hallucinations and feeling just weird as hell in a semi sleep stage, never actually falling into a deep sleep. I know I've got a high fever, I guess it's making me a bit loopy.
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