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[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pour one out for this guy's 350.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Its already pouring itself one out via the rear main seal lol

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it's not leaking oil then it's not a Chevy smallblock.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if there's no oil under it, then how do you know there's oil innit?

[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You leave my Land Rover's proprietary oil check system out of it!

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

My Chevy doesn’t leak; it marks it’s territory






~(This~ ~is~ ~actually~ ~a~ ~joke~ ~about~ ~my~ ~E46)~

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

*"Because you think your exhaust sounds cool"

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I have a theory that people who do this and people who ride really loud motorbikes do so because they have not received enough attention and validation from their parents and are now seeking it elsewhere

[–] ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This study suggests those with intentional loud exhausts are sadistic, narcissistic, and psychopathic. Some of those traits could definitely stem from a shit upbringing.

https://www.psypost.org/psychopathy-and-sadism-drive-preference-for-loud-vehicles-study-suggests/

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I... just like loud exhausts. On some cars. I hate it on my diesel A6 (I didn't make it loud! Previous owner did, I bought this thing for under 2k EUR), but IMO things like the MB M156 engine or the BMW S85 deserve a louder-than-stock exhaust. Not full straight pipes of course, a proper custom exhaust.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I… just like loud exhausts.

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 1 month ago

Is it really a theory when it's obviously true?

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[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sounds and smells like your car just sharted, imo

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have to do the same thing for my EV.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago

Man I hate it when those electric motors won't stay idling right

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wish I could still make a cool sound with my ev they should add a button that revs the space ship sound up

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There are sets for that so your EV can produce all kinds of sounds, revving the engine like a V8, laugh like a witch, ... It's a bit silly that manufacturers start asking subscriptions for heated seats, while people would put real money down for skins for their dash and custom engine sounds.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually bought a skin for my dash and when I got a software update it broke and went back to the default. I called support and they had no idea what I was talking about lol

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 8 points 1 month ago

Oops, I forgot for a moment how notoriously terrible car manufacturers are with software.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would pay some amount of money for my car to laugh like a witch if I had an EV. Not a lot of money, but a little bit for sure.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 1 month ago

For example: https://thor-tuning.com/eu/thor-pro/

It does involve some hardware to make it loud.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't remember who, maybe audi or Lexus, but they are engineering their electric engines to make a pleasant base noise instead of the regular spaceship noises.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hyundai. Fake ICE noise. And Dodge with the new EV charger. They sold tens of them.

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I drive around playing a YouTube ASMR of Harleys revving for ten hours.

[–] treesquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

People will suffer through anything to avoid cleaning a carburetor

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Even spending 45 years buying cars with fuel injection

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Once the rubber diaphragms perish, cleaning won't help much. ('85 Bluebird)

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I revved mine because I don't know how to drive a manual and had no business buying this 1980's F-250 built like a Sherman.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

1980's F-250 built like a Sherman.

you're god damned right it is

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hah, those things loaded up off the line pretty much no matter what. Took some skill to not have it jerk a couple times.

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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My friends Mustang would stall on speedbumps. Just speedbumps, no matter how fast or slow. We tried rebuilding the carb,and a bunch of other things, but we figured it's probably more complicated than something we could fix in an afternoon, so anytime we went over a speedbump we'd throw it into neutral and get ready with the key.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Chances are you've considered this, but does that car keep running if you disconnect the battery? I know some older cars do, but if the 'stang doesn't, perhaps it's a loose battery terminal. I've seen that before.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honda coolant controlled Idle control valves require the same procedure when they go bad.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Funny you mention that because my other car is a 91 accord and it has that thermostat idle valve... About once a month in the winter I have to get under the hood and hit the stupid valve with a hammer to unstick it else it does the surging idle schtick when hot.

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

My friend, have you considered cleaning the valve ~once every 10 years as opposed to beating it monthly? It's not hard to do!

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

I had a late 80s Plymouth that I had to keep my foot slightly on the throttle and revving about 1000rpm because if it dipped to idle speed (around 600rpm) it’d just crap out. So I’m sitting at the light with my foot on the brake and feathering the accelerator.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago

Me revving the engine of a Ford Fiesta

Let's party, motherfucker.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I rev mine (lightly) because my v8 is cold and experiencing morning sickness with fluids - dont have the time to let it idle before leaving in the am.

I do not want to race you through this light, I do not want to turn first into a new neutral, i do not want to run my rpm so high on freezing cold fluids, but I will absolutely gap your soccervan if you want me to I guess because I will not sit behind your ass as you drive 10 under and then come to a fucking stop to turn into a parking lot in 2 blocks for the school.

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Assuming you have already done normal maintenance (and this meme is based on any form of reality), the first thing I would check is the air intake at the throttle. It gums up at the opening and not enough air can get through at idle.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Slap an Edelbrock carb on there, done and done.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

My '84 'yota had a similar feel, till I put on a new carb. Edelbrock is what's needed.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My old 1985 LTD had to have its idle set at 25mph to keep from dying.

When going through a school zone I had to ride the brake.

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

My carbureted v-8 feels called out

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