Quote from spankmeyer :

Wait, is it a working day in Finland?

You're from Finland (judging by the flag), how hard did you have to "celebrate" to not know if the weekend started

I would like to congratulate the prosperous people of Moldova, with making a glorious choice!

Quote from chanoman315 :

only in ...America

Are you surprised? Pi equals 3.0 in Oklahoma BY LAW

Last edited by squidhead, Fri 10 Apr 2009, 08:24.

Quote from Mazink :

Don't let your skillz get up to your head but thanks for the "constructive" (flaming?) critisms

Judging by the answers you're giving you're way too sensitive for this forum... like a balerina in the war zone.
If you're confusing my comment to a flame, then, well... let's just say you will leave this place with a mental breakdown within a week.

Also, your reply to Sponges' post can be repeated to everyone who posts in this thread after my first comment with a linky, trust me, you can't top THAT much advice, so I advice to listen to the small details people don't like (I.E. Music) and try to figure out how to improve

Last edited by squidhead, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 21:53.

1940 skylark

Quote from Mazink :

-Camera flying over the track was too long and way too choppy and not smooth enough
-camera go through the car twice in the video, I needed to improve on that before I decided to import the raw avi files to Vegas
-the music/video sync is kind of good even though there is none, but could have been better IMO
-I recorded most of the shots in 0.125x, then in vegas7 I wanted to speed them up by 800% but I could only go up to 300% (it kind of worked great anyway except for the seriously low FPS the video now has)

fixed


http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53389
This potato is for you

Last edited by squidhead, Thu 9 Apr 2009, 08:26.

Quote from ACCAkut :

from what I read in several tuning forums the new VQ engines have the same if not higher tuning potetial than the RB series

I'll be honest with you, It's quite a stretch for me to believe that a VQ would outperform an RB26, not even mentioning RBX after the same type of modifications, whether those are mild, moderate or extreme... I have seen what a RB powered drag spec doorslammer R32 can do on the quarter and it impresses me... each 350z that i've seen being faster than that had to be a full on "funny car"

Quote from Scrabby :

Oh for ****s sake
Why does everyone always takes the RB engines first when talking about a swap? There are so many powerfull engines out there besides an RB or an SR...

as much as I hate to agree with you (since pretty much I'd go with an RB series swap if I had an S body Nissan), you're right... an LS1 fits there easily, and it's a torqy and rather light v8, it's a good choice since it doesn't involve ripping an engine out of a Skyline GT-R

Quote from theirishnoob :

ive seen several with 3.0 Rb lumps as they pulled like a skyline, looks like a skyline and handles quite alot like one..

RB30 couldn't EVER rev like an RB26 due to lack of cast in bracing, and due to some other issues. It also has a slightly higher torque output, but lower HP output even after swapping for a RB25 head. So, no... you can't compare the RB30 and RB26, since they're way too different in their specs and characters. Handling "a lot like a skyline", now Im going to assume we're still talking about the GT-R model, since we're discussing the RB26 engine, and your comparison is a bit less convincing than "clueless" and a bit more convincing than "laughable".
Just for your information, the GTR models came with all wheel steering system called Super Hi-cas which was controlled by a computer depending on the surrounding situation (I.E: high speed driving, cornering, parking, braking) and one of the best despite being one of the earliest (the 959 did it earlier but at greater costs) AWD systems called Attesa ETS, which would allow the car to remain RWD up untill the moment the rear would start to slide, where the FWD would come in. Resulting in pretty much no understeer and great grip under acceleration out of the corner.

Now... The glorias/cedrics were RWD

And now Im going to explain to you what you had said

"A rwd with a V6 3.0 was equipped by a 3.0 low revving I6 which was working like a homologation series smaller displacement, high revving I6. While handling like a car with one of the most sophisticated AWD and AWS vehicles in the world despite being blatantly RWD"

I call a BS on "what you saw", and may I suggest having a quote in your profile stating "warning, my post may not or may not contain actual facts"

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Hi there! I'm Töki. Nice to meet you.

Hey, Im Squidhead, and Im an alcoholic...
Now, the group therapy session is officially over

anyway... if one hobby becomes boring, you can always try another one

on the other note : Bon Bon really does know how to smoke properly

Quote from Agniz :

In my opinion, go for a 318is, if you can find it.

Sure go for an all time chav racer favourite due to a better gas mileage to horsepower ratio, which has been abused to no extent...


P.S: at least I tried to help, Bladey

Last edited by squidhead, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 22:18.

Quote from pb32000 :

What a quality URL. Literally couldn't be less well done.

I bet the webby cost more to create than the car

Quote from [SWE]RE :

Squid, did I succeed? :]

At some points you should have used more keyframes per second to achieve more smoothness and to make sure the glow sticks to the headlamp. Noticeable in RAC scene

Quote from Tim_J_23 :

My father has a 5.7L in his car, I have 5.0L in my car and then we have 2 extra 5.0L in the basement with a total of 125 bhp for them

Fixed
(sorry, couldn't hold back knowing how powerful were the mighty V8 engines in the 80's)

Quote from theirishnoob :

or an RB30 from the gloria...

Once again fresh info from you with no facts in it... way to go!
3.0 Cedrics/Glorias were powered by VG and VQ series engines

Quote from Bladerunner :

SO.....as a replacement I have my eye on THIS little beauty...what does people think? Price about right? A good car?...What???

An interesting choice, mate. From what I can gather it's more of a E30 than E36 underneath (Interior, suspension and engine wise), which would put me off, since E36 is a more modern car (I'd try to find a 1.6-1.8 E36 sedan if I were you if Im honest)... but anyway... That pricetag looks ok for a that beemer, plus it looks quite clean and neat in all respects. Also, it being the entry point E36, I'd say it was never used by a "streetraceish chav", so it should be a nice replacement for your swifty

P.S: For some reason I instantly remembered song, which was written right in the Top Gear studio during star in a reasonably priced car a few years back, with lyrics going "When they rolled it off the track, and it turned out to be a hatchback" :P

Last edited by squidhead, Mon 6 Apr 2009, 04:05.

Quote from MAD3.0LT :

lol

ditch the KA buy a SR20DET or rb26dett

uh huh... why? is he going 400+ bhp? I doubt it

and about advising RB series swap, anyone who does that should be submitted to smacking his hand with a hammer for advising the destruction one of a rare and legendary breed of Nissan Skyline GTR

At least somebody is trying to make the old game look good

All Nissan engines go like this

1st two letters are engine model (KE CA SR RB)
Numbers is the displacement (24 means 2.4 and so on)
D - DOHC
E - Electronic fuel injection
T - Turbocharger
T - Another turbocharger

except for RBX-GT2 which should have been RB28DETT but it's too awesome to be that

"RB" being "Race Bred" is just a rumour, nothing more.

An uneducated attention whoring racist who had cancer...
Yup, seems like national news material to me

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

I'd never ever buy a Supra.

You should, only then you will feel the misery I felt before switching to a E36
(I owned a JZA70 for half a year, should any questions occur, it did nothing but bring me unexpected breakdowns, while being slower and thirstier than I expected and less controllable than a sporscar should be. E36 325 coupe pleased me much more in terms of being practical, fast, sharp though the corners, cheaper to run, and easier to get parts for)

Last edited by squidhead, Sat 4 Apr 2009, 23:28.

Quote from TexasLTU :

is that a bug?

That's the devs paying respect to the most glorious union ever to be created by the will of nations...

Last edited by squidhead, Sat 4 Apr 2009, 23:21.

Quote from fraghetti :

its not my video

Then don't post it... chances are either the original creator has already posted it here, or doesn't want to post it here at all

Quote from Uke :

You can watch them here: http://s635.photobucket.com/albums/uu76/Ukedaa/

You can read it here
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53389