What car do you drive?

[Floyd]

Depends upon the tolerances of your rebuild.
I'm not up on synthetics, but with the tolerances possible now during modern manufacturing most new car manufacturers are recommending 5w30.
15 is pretty heavy especially for cooler climates. Your break in oil should certainly be less viscous.
Some guys used to build their cars "loose" thinking it would give them a few more rpm's or horsepower.
I personally never belonged to that camp. I'm all for precision and tight clean fits.

 

[JoshuaC]

 

[BuddyLee]

I used Castrol Syntec 5w-50 in my Magnum 360... it has it all covered. The Emglo compressors at work even call for 5w-50.

 

[Pvt.pile]

Me trusty steed... .

Handle bars bent after having a wee off .

New shinnie gold ones, new grips on there soon.

 

[D.a.L-UnteroffizierG]

Awesome, Welt. Was gonna say slam it, on some BRM's or raders', but restore to factory is also a really good option.
Unfortunately my van is still in my garage, not moving - so old pics will have to suffice. As soon as its running (this weekend *hopefully*), I'll get new pics up.

awesome! please do a full rebuild of the car. otherwise it would be a shame to let it rott in rust...

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

awesome! please do a full rebuild of the car. otherwise it would be a shame to let it rott in rust...

It is neither rusting nor rotting as far as I can tell, and as such doesn't require a full resto atm. Plus, I'm only 17 and can't afford to pay for a full resto. I'm gonna look after it Its garaged, and whenever it gets wet, I leather it off.

 

[gautrek]

ignore

 

[Pavel]

The first thing I learned from my dad for driving was never get behind a VW Bus. My dad says his dad told him the same thing.

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

The first thing I learned from my dad for driving was never get behind a VW Bus. My dad says his dad told him the same thing.

LOL, why? Slow? Bad brakes? No reverse lights?

 

[Capt.Marion]

Exhaust from running too rich, prolly...

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

Exhaust from running too rich, prolly...

Pshh, mine only runs rich immediately after being started... Its fine when it warms up.

 

[D.a.L-UnteroffizierG]

i got a new one

i got a new one

finaly i got a car. its more like a classic one... italian supreme rust car:

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

Cool

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

Passed my test, insured my van, cruised around, broke my van - Story of the past 12 days.

That was Friday, I went to the beach with 2 mates.
Saturday, I went to go back to the beach, and broke down about 30 second drive from my house, after stalling, and then the van not re starting - due to the fried solenoid on the starter.

 

[odin1899]

Look at the size of that antenna! Has the suspension been lowered, or are old Transporters always that groundhugging? It's a gorgeous automobile anyway.

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

Look at the size of that antenna! Has the suspension been lowered, or are old Transporters always that groundhugging? It's a gorgeous automobile anyway.

Hehe, the antenna is connected to nothing (No radio atm), I just put it up to see how long it is, then forgot to put it down, lol. Yea, the suspension has been lowered a bit, and it has lower than normal profile tyres.
Cheers

 

[Nimsky]

CAUTION LOW RIDE HIEGHT

 

[Grobut]

How can you not have a radio in a party bus like that!? that needs to be at the very top of your "stuff i need to fix" list

 

[Ralfst3r]

Me trusty steed... .

That looks like fun.

 

[R1G4M0RT1Z]

CAUTION LOW RIDE HIEGHT

I know 'height' is spelt wrong, and you're not the first to say it BUT - I can REALLY see why that sign is there - Theres a massive speed bump near my old school, and I used to fly over that at about 15-20mph in the Ford Fiesta (new model) I learnt to drive in - But, as it was my first day properly driving my split, I went over it in first gear, literally crawling - Probly doing less than 5mph, and I STILL managed to scrape the bottom of my front bumper - I was like Woah... It is rather low

How can you not have a radio in a party bus like that!? that needs to be at the very top of your "stuff i need to fix" list

Haha, yea, I do need one - Blast out some Beach Boys, is what we were wanting to do, while on the sea wall - That would have pwned. When I get a job, among other more important things (Yes, there are things more important thana stereo ), I'll have to sort myself out some nice speakers, a sub, and an amp to go with the head unit I've got.