1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

This is the place for the more off topic crap that has been cluttering the "What did you do today" thread.

IF YOU FALL BEHIND IN THIS THREAD, JUST SKIP TO THE END, IT IS NOT A CHALLENGE TO SEE WHO CAN READ THE MOST NONSENSE THE FASTEST

 

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See we can easily keep the BS confined to here, just link each other to it when shit strays too far from current 1st gen nonsense

 

Hmmm this thing is pretty cool lol

 

I’m buying a complete welding setup this weekend.

That’s pretty cool.

 

If its a beat up used one then @BartMaster1234 can restore it for you lol

 

Baja bugs are neat, always thought it was cool how it was only like 4 bolts to pull the engines, but on the other hand the beatle motor just doesn't do it for me

@jubei What did you go with???

 

You see the bug Jeremy clarkson made with a v8? That thing was cool

 

Probably, I liked one I saw one on Overhaulin' a long time ago that was fully built and Turbo'd was cool but still only 135HP

 

Feast you eyes on my $300 Millermatic 180 Autoset I bought from a drug dealer in the Santa Cruz Mountains.



A new MIG gun, a can of Rustoleum Primer, Safety Blue, and Clear Coat, and some new decals later...

 

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i would swap in a turbo boxter engine from a sti into one. That would be tight

 

I think MCM did that a while ago, E85 and everything. I wish they would do less E85 stuff now though because it just isn't as available in the US. Easier to get race gas, pump near my house has 110oct and you can boost it to 126 with a can of octane raiser.

 

Have you used it yet?

 

Im curious about that too. @BartMaster1234 you should start laying practice beads so you can make that front bumper.

 

I did try welding some beads to that rusty fifth wheel hitch I pulled off of the 5-lug, but I got way too much spatter and not good enough penetration since the metal was contaminated with mortar and paint. A flapper disc didn’t do much to prepare the metal. Didn’t want to waste the C25 so I used flux core.

 

E85 is all over cali is some areas. Best you can find here though is 91 which sucks. I mean im not sc so it doesn’t matter im fine with 87. But still lol

 

It's amazing how much high octane makes a difference on vehicles that need it though. My Harley loved 100 octane, timing could advance more and damn did it pull more. Taco loves it under boost and idles a wee bit lopey on 110 haha. The Maxima drive the timing up a good 5-7° with high octane and wow can that pull

 

With all the time & money invested to make it look newer, does it weld any better then before the transformation? Joke aside, damn nice restore

 

I bet. I heard some hipsters at a cars and coffee talk about how he was gunna e85 his gtr. All i could think about was how much of a fag he was. Because he was like over hypeing his gtr and what he wanted to do to it to some dad and his kid lol

 

I haven't been to a C&C in a long time. Kinda miss going to those, taco always got a question or two