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[Zep5.0]

Spotted this worn down 94/95 this morning.

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Is it cool to wear all of the brake pad on the front wheels

 

[Zep5.0]

How weird, first two black MN12s in one day, today the two best looking Chevy’s of 1966.

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I've never heard best looking when discussing a corvair. My 2 would be Vette and then Nova.

 

[CDsDontBurn]

Lunch, right now. It's so Pho king good .

Is it cool to wear all of the brake pad on the front wheels

Obviously, the guy just needs a car for transport and nothing else. This Bird was pretty beat up on the front end.

 

[White Lincoln]

Photo I took of my grandfathers wood splitter, he built the whole thing himself from scratch

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Photo I took of my grandfathers wood splitter, he built the whole thing himself from scratch

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Now that is a chipper / shredder!!!! LOL

 

[Jae 'Bird]

Is it cool to wear all of the brake pad on the front wheels

It was when I was trying to find ceramic brake pads and not the trash semi-metallic pads, I tried to keep em clean but one ride and they were coated. I found ceramic ones and it is so much better

 

[XR7-4.6]

I've never heard best looking when discussing a corvair. My 2 would be Vette and then Nova.

Corvette>Corvair>Impala>Chevelle>C10 pickup>Van>Nova

I don’t really like the first gen Corvairs that much but that second gen hardtop body is sexy. Fuck Ralph Nader lol

 

[Boston-Bull]

Picked up the wife a Raleigh Venture 3.0, fixing to tune her up ​

 

[XR7-4.6]

I usually get MN12 sightings in the Focus, but I actually caught one doing a shakedown run in the Cougar for a photo op!

 

[Vicinity]

That's such a sleepy, fun color. Never see them being sold

 

[XR7-4.6]

That's such a sleepy, fun color. Never see them being sold

I like the mint about as much as I do beige

I couldn’t find the owner but it looked like a CA or AZ transplant with the oxidized clearcoat and zero rust.

 

[Generalee0527]

Rolled over another thousand so I tested the original ecu speed limiter. Yup. Still works.

 

[CDsDontBurn]

What's the ECU speed limiter set to again?

Haven't had the opportunity to test it yet.

 

[Zep5.0]

What's the ECU speed limiter set to again?

Haven't had the opportunity to test it yet.

It matches the posted speed limit, I'm sure

 

[XR7-4.6]

It’s like 107ish IIRC

 

[MadMikeyL]

Factory speed limiter has been 109mph on every 4.6 MN12 I have owned.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

It’s like 107ish IIRC

Factory speed limiter has been 109mph on every 4.6 MN12 I have owned.

Yeah. 107, 108, 109. It's not exact but right in that range. I dug up that Car & Driver article from 1993 and they tested it at 106 MPH.

 

[Wile E. Coyote]

Watched the sunrise today. Even Daisy had to stop for a second.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Watched the sunrise today. Even Daisy had to stop for a second.

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

 

[MadMikeyL]

The driveshaft isn’t really the problem. The speed limiter was put there because the factory S-rated tires were only good for 112mph, so they shut the car down a few mph before that. The automatic 94/95 SC had the same driveshaft, but came with H-rated tires, so the speed limiter on those is around 125-127, to match the 130mph limit of H-rated tires. The driveshaft doesn’t become a problem till around 140mph with stock 3.08-3.27 gears. But when it does, you’ll know it! That vibration is anything but subtle! And if you’re crazy enough to keep your foot in it past that, you’ll crack the tailshaft housing off the transmission. Ask me how I know!

 

[dDUBb]

The automatic 94/95 SC had the same driveshaft, but came with H-rated tires, so the speed limiter on those is around 125-127, to match the 130mph limit of H-rated tires.

That doesnt explain the non existent speed limiter on the 94/95 5 speed SC unless they came with different tires.

 

[MadMikeyL]

That doesnt explain the non existent speed limiter on the 94/95 5 speed SC unless they came with different tires.

My guess would be for such low production numbers, they weren’t worried about getting sued. But then that doesn’t explain the lack of any speed limiter on all 89-93 SCs, so who knows. All I know is it isn’t cause of the driveshaft.

 

[gunn]

..and she's off to a new home with another Bay Area/Santa Cruz team. This tbird will race again at Sears Point soon (hopefully this fall).

It's been a blast. Now I can focus on my EV conversion project (83 Ferrari Mondial) esp since I just punched myself in the nuts by figuring out that the axle shaft angles are too severe and I'll need to go with splitting up my Tesla LDU to make it fit. At this point, what's another $3K in machined parts?

I also need to figure out what kind of racing I want to try next after Lemons and the Mexican 1000. I'm toying with the idea of the Maroc Challenge

Maroc Challenge | The Dakar of the 70's for today's adventurers

No matter what your expectations may be, the Maroc will always surprise you. It doesn’t really matter if you are looking for a personal challenge or...

www.marocchallenge.com

PS. I already told Tyler and his crew about this website. Hopefully he'll join shortly. If he doesn't want to keep some of the unobtanium parts I sold him like the ABS bleeding tool or the B&M short shifter, he knows this is the place to come.

 

[CDsDontBurn]

Bitter sweet to see it go to a new home.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

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..and she's off to a new home with another Bay Area/Santa Cruz team. This tbird will race again at Sears Point soon (hopefully this fall).

It's been a blast. Now I can focus on my EV conversion project (83 Ferrari Mondial) esp since I just punched myself in the nuts by figuring out that the axle shaft angles are too severe and I'll need to go with splitting up my Tesla LDU to make it fit. At this point, what's another $3K in machined parts?

I also need to figure out what kind of racing I want to try next after Lemons and the Mexican 1000. I'm toying with the idea of the Maroc Challenge

Maroc Challenge | The Dakar of the 70's for today's adventurers

No matter what your expectations may be, the Maroc will always surprise you. It doesn’t really matter if you are looking for a personal challenge or...

www.marocchallenge.com

PS. I already told Tyler and his crew about this website. Hopefully he'll join shortly. If he doesn't want to keep some of the unobtanium parts I sold him like the ABS bleeding tool or the B&M short shifter, he knows this is the place to come.

You'll have to tell them about us here. Would love to see what they do with it and some updates on it's new life.

 

[Derphound01]

A tradition unlike any other.

 

[theterminator93]

 

[Trunk Monkey]

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A tradition unlike any other.

One of those Ultra-Exclusive events where you need to know somebody who knows somebody, or be related to or associated with somebody, or pay out the nose to get tickets?

 

[Derphound01]

One of those Ultra-Exclusive events where you need to know somebody who knows somebody, or be related to or associated with somebody, or pay out the nose to get tickets?

Nope, just a straight lottery. It's estimated that 2mil people are in the lottery all going for about 10,000 tickets per day. And if you win them, you win the chance to buy tickets for one day only and you can't resell them. Prices are $140 a person, so honestly not bad.

The waiting list for the Select Badge has been closed since 1978. That's the deal where you have the ability to buy tickets for all four days plus the practice rounds at a discount for the rest of your life. Once you die, it dies with you and the next up on the waiting list is afforded the opportunity to buy it.

 

[White Lincoln]

I also need to figure out what kind of racing I want to try next after Lemons and the Mexican 1000. I'm toying with the idea of the Maroc Challenge

Some people have all the fun....