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Old 01-31-2017, 08:10 PM   #43
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Well for me to help you with some rotors you would have too drive:
A big thing hauling stuff around that you don't give a F about 250 times
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You don't mind if you ram something.
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Cruise around in vehicle named after a circus owner (aftermarket)
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Haul smaller loads and work in a park or special army unit (aftermarket)
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Have a sudden interest in off roading (or at least pretending you go off road)
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Have to take a bunch of kids to hockey practice (and beat the Twins off the line I am told)
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Decide to start taking out crowds at meets
surely one of those would have the right design to fit the twins. It might be a bit gigantic, but it could fit.
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Well for me to help you with some rotors you would have too drive:
A big thing hauling stuff around that you don't give a F about 250 times
Or
You don't mind if you ram something.
Or
Cruise around in vehicle named after a circus owner (aftermarket)
Or
Haul smaller loads and work in a park or special army unit (aftermarket)
Or
Have a sudden interest in off roading (or at least pretending you go off road)
Or
Have to take a bunch of kids to hockey practice (and beat the Twins off the line I am told)
Or
Decide to start taking out crowds at meets
Thought you were making an acrostic or something.
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Old 01-31-2017, 08:19 PM   #45
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Thought you were making an acrostic or something.
LOL Now sit there and read it over and over until you find it!
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Old 01-31-2017, 08:21 PM   #46
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surely one of those would have the right design to fit the twins. It might be a bit gigantic, but it could fit.
Nothing even close (I checked believe me). All either way too big or way too small.
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Old 01-31-2017, 10:01 PM   #47
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What about putting bleach on tires?
Is that a thing? I've heard about it for doing smoky burnouts but does that do any more than water to get things started?
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Old 01-31-2017, 10:34 PM   #48
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I gave up on that a long time ago!

I can't help myself. I predict a short lived stint here, depending on how the mods are. haha


I'm getting old(er?) and cranky and like building from scratch (I swear I was reading a thread here that was 10-15 pages long about how/where to buy a 7/8 plug, including part numbers, the unwillingness of store employees to help find it, and the elusiveness of said plug).
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I can't help myself. I predict a short lived stint here, depending on how the mods are. haha


I'm getting old(er?) and cranky and like building from scratch (I swear I was reading a thread here that was 10-15 pages long about how/where to buy a 7/8 plug, including part numbers, the unwillingness of store employees to help find it, and the elusiveness of said plug).
Yep sounds about norm for the course. There was probably a strong debate about whether to use nylon or abs in there as well.
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Is that a thing? I've heard about it for doing smoky burnouts but does that do any more than water to get things started?
We used to do it in our FWD 100hp Hondas in highschool and it worked pretty good
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just re-postin your words of wisdom

Fun to play around, but also glad to see the OP got some help. That's the way we do around here.
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That's how the cops know a car hasn't been driven.

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My rotor faces can rust after siting for about 45 minutes when they are salting the roads here. It would be a horrible indicator for us.
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