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by AMD Damo
Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:04 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

My Falcon is now 5sp manual but I have some issues with it, vacuum leak under the dash, and the bottom end of my engine is toast, so I got another from a wrecker.

I need to change clutch cable and shifter on the box as well.
by AMD Damo
Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: SSD taking a while to boot up
Replies: 4
Views: 2632

Re: SSD taking a while to boot up

I have a Samsung 840 EVO booting Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, and there are times when it would just take so long to get past the Welcome screen. I notice that running Samsung Magician and doing an OS Optimization fixes things (even if I go to Power Options and re-select the Balanced power profile .....
by AMD Damo
Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:40 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: SSD taking a while to boot up
Replies: 4
Views: 2632

SSD taking a while to boot up

Hey guys, I've got an Intel 120GB SSD in both of my PCs as the main boot drive with Windows 7/8.1 installed on the PCs. The one with Windows 7 has been taking a good 20-30 seconds to get past the Windows logo on bootup for some reason recently, is there any way I can look into this. It also takes a ...
by AMD Damo
Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:19 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

http://news.yahoo.com/toyota-end-car-manufacturing-australia-062453043.html We did everything that we could to transform our business, but the reality is that there are too many factors beyond our control that make it unviable to build cars in Australia. Yep we just lost our entire automotive indus...
by AMD Damo
Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:37 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The most deadly hacking target yet: Your car
Replies: 7
Views: 2393

Re: The most deadly hacking target yet: Your car

Anything with CANBUS electronics is, which is just about every new car these days.

Except you can't access any of that stuff wirelessly, unless you happen to leave your ELM27 OBDII to bluetooth adaptor in your OBDII port while you're driving it.

Which would be nobody.
by AMD Damo
Tue Jul 16, 2013 4:03 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"
Replies: 159
Views: 28727

Re: Pet peeve - it's pronounced "herb" not "erb"

We in the US are (typically) soft on the "h", so "erb" is a correct pronunciation. In fact, I heard someone from the UK prnounce that letter as "hache" or "hayche" the other day and it sounded very strange to me since the "h" is silent in US classro...
by AMD Damo
Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:28 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Yeah, I can if I want to but I'm thinking I'll just leave it off the road for now, the dash has to come out to replace the heater core and while I'm there I might as well as convert to manual as you have to change the pedal box without the dash in there :)
by AMD Damo
Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:01 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Falcon is off the road at the moment, the heater core is busted and its slowly leaking coolant, which is a pain in the ass job because the dash has to come out.

So I'm thinking while the dash is out, maybe manual conversion, as the dash has to be out for that too.
by AMD Damo
Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:28 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

mobile workshop sounds freakin' awesome. Don't know about Oz, but here in the US if you can spin wrenches on diesels, there's good money to be made by offering mobile service. Long-haul truckers in particular experience side-of-road failures and need to get their machine back up and running ASAP, a...
by AMD Damo
Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:36 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

What's the end goal? Camper, or mobile workshop? Camper at the moment, but damn mobile workshop sounds freakin' awesome. I'll give you guys a bit of back story to the vehicle: It started out life as an import by the Victorian Government, as they were never imported, complianced and sold here in Aus...
by AMD Damo
Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:02 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Car fixin stories :)
Replies: 19
Views: 3433

Re: Car fixin stories :)

When I was working at a Honda dealership when we rotated wheels and did them back up again, I'd set my impact gun to low torque, do them up to a low torque, drop the car and do the wheel nuts up to 80ft/lb with my torque wrench. One of the other monkeys would be there with his 1/2" air impact g...
by AMD Damo
Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:53 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Photos of my new project: http://imageshack.us/a/img856/7590/90532110200309598837400.jpg That was when I first laid eyes on her, she come into my workshop for some aircon work, and I decided then and there it would be mine :D At home: http://imageshack.us/a/img96/6613/21166641.jpg http://imageshack....
by AMD Damo
Fri May 31, 2013 4:40 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: New desktop for cousin
Replies: 6
Views: 3210

Re: New desktop for cousin

If you guys want to create me a wish list, here is the site I use: http://www.pccasegear.com I need to allow around $40 for shipping though. I've got a budget of $1000, including Windows 8, Microsoft Office 2013, Speakers, keyboard mouse etc, it needs to be a full computer setup. The reason I picked...
by AMD Damo
Sun May 26, 2013 5:38 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: New desktop for cousin
Replies: 6
Views: 3210

New desktop for cousin

Hey guys, my cousin has enlisted my services to come up with a build for him as his sister is moving out of home and taking the PC with them: I have come up with: Case: CoolerMaster Elite 341 with 420W Mobo: ASRock FM2A55M-DGS CPU: AMD A10 5800K 4-Core Processor RAM: Corsair CMV16GX3M2A1333C9 16GB K...
by AMD Damo
Sat May 25, 2013 6:36 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What is it about american media honchos
Replies: 42
Views: 8792

Re: What is it about american media honchos

Philldoe wrote:
This reeks of Top Gear UK vs Top Gear US. Of course only an idiot would say the US Top Gear was good.


I like both, the US one is good in that they do some sort of challenge every episode.
by AMD Damo
Sat May 25, 2013 4:08 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: First hand view of the Moore, OK tornado damage
Replies: 20
Views: 5200

Re: First hand view of the Moore, OK tornado damage

Its all over the Australian news channels, hope all you guys there are OK.

Its crazy, leveled entire neighbourhoods.
by AMD Damo
Sat May 25, 2013 3:16 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

I'm on probationary license, its illegal for me to drive any car with gasoline forced induction, V8s, including diesel 8 cylinder (like my GMC Sierra) or even any performance modifications like my Falcon, hence why I went with something low key as to not attract police attention. This particular bi...
by AMD Damo
Fri May 24, 2013 9:04 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

I just don't understand this fascination with investing all this money into a grandpamobile with auto tranny. It's like hotrodding a beige Taurus or Camry - you could but what's the point? I'd much rather save all this money and buy a car that's designed to go fast from the get go. And the ambulanc...
by AMD Damo
Fri May 24, 2013 5:52 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

People here in Victoria are quite angry with Ford Detroit at the moment. Its not just the 1200 people out of work from Ford, its all their little suppliers.

Ford Australia is the canary in the underground mine, Toyota and Holden will eventually follow.
by AMD Damo
Mon May 06, 2013 8:40 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

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by AMD Damo
Sat May 04, 2013 2:31 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Before all the modifications they put out around 100kw at the wheels when they get to this age, so we're going alright. I asked for torque curves as well but they couldn't get it to stay in 3rd gear (1:1), it kept kicking back down to 2nd gear when they were running it up on the dyno, so they could ...
by AMD Damo
Fri May 03, 2013 10:00 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Grandpa on his way to church, then a quick game of bingo afterwards: http://imageshack.us/a/img153/1881/gramps.jpg Nothing modified under here? http://imageshack.us/a/img835/6666/img20130504123815.jpg Booyah! 138KW (185HP) at the rear tyres http://imageshack.us/a/img35/1920/dynol.jpg Not bad, she go...
by AMD Damo
Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:46 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets
Replies: 15
Views: 4965

Re: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets

when you drop a tyre inflator once, thats its, its brown bread, its not coming back, its never going to give an accurate reading again Really? Why is that? I'm genuinely curious... are we talking about 6 foot drops, or 6 inch drops? No idea why, even a small drop onto the floor from your hand when ...
by AMD Damo
Sat Apr 20, 2013 3:28 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The TR Internet Videos Thread
Replies: 763
Views: 385805

Re: The TR Internet Videos Thread

This has got to be the BEST government ad I've ever seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-ifO-hsG8

LOL
by AMD Damo
Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:57 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Its been on the road for about a month:

Image

Its in a shop at the moment for some ECU tuning and a dyno run :D
by AMD Damo
Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:16 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets
Replies: 15
Views: 4965

Re: Cheap (yet useful) gadgets

http://www.transquip.com.au/products/WTD-Heavy-Duty-Tyre-Gauge.html Tyre pressure gauge, it comes in handy because when you drop a tyre inflator once, thats its, its brown bread, its not coming back, its never going to give an accurate reading again, which all the ones at a petrol station have been ...
by AMD Damo
Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:04 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The TR Internet Videos Thread
Replies: 763
Views: 385805

Re: The TR Internet Videos Thread

"YOLO"

http://youtu.be/2yIttkuO-ag
by AMD Damo
Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:47 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

Unsure about the meaning of the confederate flag, other than it represented the southern states. Um, the Confederate flag, at least here in the US, is full-on R&P. I was simply wondering if the Eureka Flag had the same negative connotation in Australia. I just saw the movie "Lincoln"....
by AMD Damo
Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The TR Internet Videos Thread
Replies: 763
Views: 385805

Re: The TR Internet Videos Thread

Just waitin' for a mate:

http://youtu.be/jm7-rDwRx18

LOL.
by AMD Damo
Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:32 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Got me a project car :D
Replies: 139
Views: 41095

Re: Got me a project car :D

I plan on either converting it into a pretty sweet camper van, or getting rid of the rear box body, whacking a tray on the back, 5 poster bull bar on the front with spot lights, two flag poles with a confederate and eureka flag on either side, alloy roll bar for the tray with more lights on top. Do...
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