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12-27-2004, 01:26 AM
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My Village Called
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Last edited by 0l33l; 06-14-2005 at 08:08 PM.
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12-27-2004, 01:45 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Seattle
Vehicle: 2002 Saturn SL2
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Quote: Originally Posted by rafaelsherman
Just out of curiosity, I wouldn't kill the car with regular unleaded, right? I just wouldn't get the right kind of performance, right?
Peace,
Rafster
If you do it once a month by accident, then no. Your car's PCM will retard the timing accordingly to prevent detonation. But you will lose mpg and performance plus if you keep doing it on a daily basis you risk ruining your engine ahead of time. Never put different gas in a car that was not designed for it.
BTW, nice project!  |
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12-27-2004, 01:51 AM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by Yuriy
If you do it once a month by accident, then no. Your car's PCM will retard the timing accordingly to prevent detonation. But you will lose mpg and performance plus if you keep doing it on a daily basis you risk ruining your engine ahead of time. Never put different gas in a car that was not designed for it.
BTW, nice project!
Thanks  My car's speedo even says "Premeum Gas Only"  When I send in my cluster to be repaired (common problem) I'm gonna tell the guy to block that part off... |
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12-27-2004, 01:58 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2004
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If you primered it before you painted..... it shouldent scratch off. Good luck with that.
-Ryan
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12-27-2004, 01:59 AM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by IxTanGxI
If you primered it before you painted..... it shouldent scratch off. Good luck with that.
-Ryan
I did that. The primer also scratches off
We tried like 7 times to paint it. Pratically all combinations, and it still scratched off 
We even washed it with peroxide, and still same result. |
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12-27-2004, 02:01 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Hmmmmmmm...... I am not a paint expert. Any opinions from anyone??? I am painting my piece tommorow and dont want to have the same problem.
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12-27-2004, 02:20 AM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by IxTanGxI
Hmmmmmmm...... I am not a paint expert. Any opinions from anyone??? I am painting my piece tommorow and dont want to have the same problem.
We're going to go to a hobby store and ask them how they'd paint it. |
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12-27-2004, 04:14 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: TX
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ah yes...the sc300's dash isnt too easy to work on..
I guess if you look on the brightside....its also a lot harder for anyone to steal your stuff when youre done. |
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12-27-2004, 07:36 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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did u sand the plastic b4 u painted and primed it?
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12-27-2004, 04:34 PM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by MoFo
ah yes...the sc300's dash isnt too easy to work on..
I guess if you look on the brightside....its also a lot harder for anyone to steal your stuff when youre done.
Tell me about it  And I haven't even gotten to doing anything with the bezel. I just removed the poorly designed cupholder (for panasonic dvd/cd-rw)
Quote: Originally Posted by djmickyg
did u sand the plastic b4 u painted and primed it?
Yes, and we also then used peroxide to clean off the remnants. |
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12-27-2004, 06:51 PM
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Tainted Love
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Looking good Boris, looking good! What AWG size are those wires? Aren't they a bit too thick?
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12-27-2004, 07:14 PM
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bout time you got yourself a car computer!  lookin good! |
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12-27-2004, 07:21 PM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cris
Looking good Boris, looking good! What AWG size are those wires? Aren't they a bit too thick?
Thanks Ummm... which wires 
Quote: Originally Posted by jcdillin
bout time you got yourself a car computer! lookin good!
Thanks  |
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12-27-2004, 09:29 PM
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Tainted Love
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In the last two pics a couple of wires appear(one red, wich I assumed it was "+", and a black one for the "-"). Judgeing from your reaction, I understand they have nothing to do with the screen "). I have a question about the slim slot load cd: can you load one of those small size cd's in it? Obviously I've never used a slot load before...
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12-27-2004, 10:33 PM
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My Village Called
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cris
In the last two pics a couple of wires appear(one red, wich I assumed it was "+", and a black one for the "-"). Judgeing from your reaction, I understand they have nothing to do with the screen "). I have a question about the slim slot load cd: can you load one of those small size cd's in it? Obviously I've never used a slot load before...
Oh those wires! The red one is an extention cord and the black one is for the power sander that I don't know what I'd do without. I wouldn't try to load one of those small cds in there, but really, I don't even know if my DVD drive works.. I still haven't gotten the adapter. Big008 disappeared from the face of the internet and directron has just shipped it out. |
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