Worst Mechanic in Australia: an E28

[floatingdino]

okay screw you all the car started it's important to me

[180roman]

The lack of brakie vid dissapoints.

Awaiting brakies to redeem yourself

[floatingdino]

The lack of brakie vid dissapoints.

Awaiting brakies to redeem yourself

pretty sure it would not be able to do a "brakie" if you'd like to call it that Roman. If I didn't live at home with a parent who works from home, and if the car was not parked in by the tenants' Mercedes I would have taken it for a quick drive.

Plan is to get it running smoothly, then new supercharger, fix up my interior problems, then register and drive.

Rest assured it will not get onto the road, I am much too anti-talented (that's worse than un-talented)

[dvious]

Well that thread sucked. Sorry weird hair dude..

[floatingdino]

Well that thread sucked. Sorry weird hair dude..

sorry 'bout it

[floatingdino]

In order to continue on a theme, I went to change the required fuel value in the megasquirt today and realised I'd left the key on accessory and the battery was dead :shrug

[UpperClass]

You shouldn't leave the key in there. Someone could start it up and drive off with it…

With the loss of your jesus like hair and beard I feel as though this thread has gone backwards.

[floatingdino]

I will come back, my children

[Earl]

Just curious, but what made you shave your mane off? Was it a lady friend or is the e28 really driving you that mad?

[floatingdino]

Just curious, but what made you shave your mane off? Was it a lady friend or is the e28 really driving you that mad?

No, the hair was driving me mad... People don't realise it's actually a considerable effort to deal with that much hair day in and day out.

Main things that I'm glad about is now being able to drive with the window down, sleep without constantly moving my hair to keep it out from under my back and being able to towel-dry my hair after a shower.

You could say it was for a lady friend because I'm single, and I got jealousy rather than affection for the hair...

I've been taking it slow with the car, mostly because I was completely stumped on it... I was really close to selling it on and getting something that worked - I was looking at E12s, E23/E24s, even VW Type 3s, but I am properly reinvigorated now, and I might even make the Halfway Hangs deadline (6th February).

I'll try to get to a wrecker to sort out the few bits I need this week, and then the fun task of putting the dash back together

[aLaFleur]

Typical.

[floatingdino]

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Knocked back the fuel on the Megasquirt today, and let it come up to temperature a bit, you CAN hear the SC at load, and it appears to work... somewhat. I see ~5psi come up on the gauge, and you can hear it a little at ~2.5k+ rpm. I would have done a longer video and actually shown it at lower RPM and given it a bit more at high RPM, but that crunch before the video started distressed me a little.

She sits at ~800rpm if I hold 3% (according to tunerstudio) on the throttle. I'll have a look at it with someone who knows a bit more about tuning some time soon, probably push up the idle to 800 (rather than 600) and adjust the intake so it can idle at 0% throttle.

Very happy at the moment, just need to grab a seat cover, some front struts, fix the interior, fill a small chip in the windscreen, and then she's off to roadworthy!

[FunfGang]

I always thought your username was "floatingdingo" and I'm just now realizing it's not and I'm kind of upset.


However, good update, now do a burnout.

[floatingdino]

However, good update, now do a burnout.

says you

[UpperClass]

do werk son!