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Old 12-06-06 | 12:05 AM
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wacky one of these days, i'm going to tie you by your feet and drag you all the way up to alaska, and just spin donuts with you in the snow :P .. but on the more serious side, if you feel like paying for some dry ice and shipping i will be more than happe to give you a free Canadian Sample :P
Funny you should post this idea, then get kidknapped in your own car afterwards. Makes one wonder what kind of friends Wacky may have and how extensive is rotary contacts are.

Looks my thread went to ****, so I might as well keep whoring the post count.
Old 12-06-06 | 12:13 AM
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lol ^ i tried posting my stuff a few pages back. I guess I could try making it useful by asking what do you guys use for winter tires? those of you who drive in the winter that is.
Old 12-06-06 | 05:01 AM
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^ my choice of winter tires are good ol' bridgestone bt70's or some **** like that. they were on my 83 GS when i bought it and since purchasing the 82 S i replaced the crappy woosung tires with the same bridgestones. they do really well for daily driving here in northern CA even in wet conditions....but man a rear sway bar and wet roads.....
Old 12-06-06 | 10:22 PM
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**** if I had known you wanted some,I would have filled the back of my truck up with the white stuff just for you,Wacky!

Just spent the last 4 days at my Pop's place up in Alturus,wheelin' the Samurai.The last night we were there the temperature was 5........pretty f-ing cold by my standards.It barely got above freezing during the day,but it was damn beautiful outside.
Got back,upacked,and headed for Tahoe the next morning for the skishop venders day at Sugarbowl.Cant go wrong there.....almost no one on the slopes,free day passes,free demos,$25 lift tickets for the rest of the season and live band/drinks afterwards....fun time....Ive seen enough snow for a while though!
Old 12-06-06 | 11:21 PM
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Thanks Steve...Im waiting for the local snow as well since I have not time to drive up to Mammoth or Tahoe. Snow board is ready to go.

And yes, going to the beach almost every weekend is getting boring. Im tired of surfing. J/k..Im not surfer dude.
Old 12-07-06 | 07:30 AM
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I LOOOOVE the Blizzak WS-50s on my Golf. It makes driving on ice feel like driving on dirt... there's a ton of grip available.

I have some WS-15s for the RX-7, but they are not new and so suck, kinda.
Old 12-07-06 | 07:40 AM
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I'm in class, looking out, and it's CRAP. something like 24* but feels like 10*. It sucks but is a lot of fun trying to get to school in my honda. More tq than hp ftw.
Old 12-07-06 | 07:59 AM
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What would I do for fun I move to the snowy areas. I dont know but I'll be sure to bring a good supply of condoms.
Old 11-06-11 | 07:44 PM
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How about tips for starting a moded 7 in the cold mine takes 5 min to start I crank for 5-10 secs stop try it again stop and try again then it starts no cold start assist thinking of filling my washer fluid with af and piping it to somewhere on my intake good idea or no ?
Old 11-07-11 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by hsilive
How about tips for starting a moded 7 in the cold mine takes 5 min to start I crank for 5-10 secs stop try it again stop and try again then it starts no cold start assist thinking of filling my washer fluid with af and piping it to somewhere on my intake good idea or no ?
save yourself the trobble of doing that and put a circulating/tank heater in. it hooks into your coolant line. plug that baby in for a few hours before starting and you'll have a warm engine and heater working the moment you start it. its what im putting in mine and what my father has in his jetta TDI the windows on the jetta are slightly defrosted when you go to start the car if the heater is left on defrost overnight.

the circulatory heater is the best heater you can use because it actualy warms the whole engine and heater core because its pumping warm coolant throughout your engine block. if you get a powerfull enough one it will have the block at or near op temp the moment you start it. (given the heater's plugged in long enough)


edit another nice thing to have is a battery blanket. i'v had batery's last over 10 years with one of those on it and every year it hits below -40c

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Old 11-08-11 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by nff
save yourself the trobble of doing that and put a circulating/tank heater in. it hooks into your coolant line. plug that baby in for a few hours before starting and you'll have a warm engine and heater working the moment you start it. its what im putting in mine and what my father has in his jetta TDI the windows on the jetta are slightly defrosted when you go to start the car if the heater is left on defrost overnight.

the circulatory heater is the best heater you can use because it actualy warms the whole engine and heater core because its pumping warm coolant throughout your engine block. if you get a powerfull enough one it will have the block at or near op temp the moment you start it. (given the heater's plugged in long enough)


edit another nice thing to have is a battery blanket. i'v had batery's last over 10 years with one of those on it and every year it hits below -40c



edit edit: wow it seems like my car starts better in the winter than it dose when its warm.....
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