I went to a place

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 07/05/2015 at 23:09 • Filed to: JUNKYARD AWESOME

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I went to a wrecker’s yesterday Oppo, looking for a bumper for my girlfriend’s Lancer. Didn’t find one, found a Cube, sat in it.

The wrap-around rear window was smashed. Turns out there’s just a body-color pillar under there like any other car, wish I’d taken a photo! I don’t really know what I expected to find, but it was cool.

Also found an N12 EXA/Pulsar NX. I love the later N13 (mostly because of the t-tops), but this thing was awesome. It’s a damn shame so few of these awesome 80s cars are preserved.

Yes, there is TURBO badging on both sides, 4 of the seats and the goddam instrument cluster . Because a boost gauge (measured in…what the hell units is that?) isn’t an obvious enough reminder of the turbo. This sort of stuff is a bit silly, but at least it’s character, something severely lacking from far too many modern cars. Or maybe I’m getting starry-eyed for an era because I never had to live through it.

Sorry about the pics, didn’t really plan on posting them when I took them. Was just trying to capture the awesome.

TheOnelectronic > Nauraushaun 07/05/2015 at 23:28

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mmHg is a weird unit for boost. It’s applicable, but weird.

“How much boost are you running in that thing, brah?”

“Five Hundred Millimeters of Mercury, son.”

“Sheeeeeeeit.”

Nauraushaun > TheOnelectronic 07/05/2015 at 23:31

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Amazing

NoneOfYourBiz > TheOnelectronic 07/06/2015 at 09:59

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I laughed out loud. Yeeeaaaahhhh... 500mm is about 20inches or ~10psi, so, pretty typical inline 4-cylinder boost in the 1990s.

I guess they wanted it in metric...? Being Canadian and used to the metric system, I still find this odd. Hg or PSI please.

Nauraushaun > NoneOfYourBiz 07/06/2015 at 22:56

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I think I’ve seen kg/cm2 as a metric measurement. Better I think.