"Flyboy is FAA certified insane" (flyboy396)
06/21/2016 at 16:43 • Filed to: Merkur
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"Flyboy is FAA certified insane" (flyboy396)
06/21/2016 at 16:43 • Filed to: Merkur | 3
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Reading this craigslist ad was all normal fare until I came to a part where he thinks there’s something wrong with the car.
“The cam had to have been changed as it is almost too large for a street car. Almost no bottom end and then it has rapid acceleration around 4000 RPM and up”
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I feel like he’s been around old muscle cars too long and really notices the lack of low end grunt on some of these older turbo cars.
MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 16:49 |
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I concur with your assessment.
Laurence
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 16:51 |
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Even then, 3k for a clean xr4ti with a manual is a solid np if you ask me
Klaus Schmoll
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 16:52 |
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“Had to have been changed” Did he put in another cam or not? We can only guess. English is not his strong suit.
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Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> Klaus Schmoll
06/21/2016 at 16:56 |
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I think that wording was used because he honestly doesn’t know
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Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> Laurence
06/21/2016 at 16:57 |
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I agree. I don’t see many, but when I do they’re rarely over $4500
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 16:57 |
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Those wheels are... something else
Invinciblejets
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 16:58 |
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Ahhh craigslist you always come through....
Honeybunchesofgoats
> Klaus Schmoll
06/21/2016 at 17:00 |
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Actually, I have to disagree. “Had to have been changed” is perfectly valid grammatically. In fact, it’s kind of a surprisingly proper English for someone looking for a trade on Craigslist.
Dusty Ventures
> Laurence
06/21/2016 at 17:03 |
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For sure.
...now to talk him down to $2,250 because of the cost of fixing the power issue it has in the lower RPMs
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Klaus Schmoll
> Honeybunchesofgoats
06/21/2016 at 17:06 |
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That's why I doubt the proper use. It implies a milder camshaft which wouldn't help the described symptons on a turbo engine.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 17:06 |
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My X-R-4-T-I is best X-R-4-T-I...
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Honeybunchesofgoats
> Klaus Schmoll
06/21/2016 at 17:09 |
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I think he's saying that he thinks that the previous owner must have added an aftermarket camshaft, because it looks too large to be stock.
Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
> Dusty Ventures
06/21/2016 at 17:13 |
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“Do you know how hard it is to find stock cams for these things?!"
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/21/2016 at 17:18 |
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I like how he specified that it was indeed not an SVO, or Thunderbird turbocoupe
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Klaus Schmoll
06/21/2016 at 17:19 |
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It’s an alternate phrasing to “must have been changed”. Perfectly correct English. He’s speculating (probably wrongly) that someone before him put in a higher lift cam, because the power response is odd.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Klaus Schmoll
06/21/2016 at 17:19 |
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I think he believes the PO changed the cams.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/21/2016 at 17:34 |
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I do believe these were off of some early nineties GM.
Malanga
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
06/21/2016 at 20:54 |
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Dino lube
GUYMANDUDE
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
06/22/2016 at 01:26 |
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I it was closer i ight make a bad/good decision tomorrow
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Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> GUYMANDUDE
06/22/2016 at 02:15 |
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Yea if I didn’t have to sell my Crossfire before I can even think of another car I’d be going to take a look at this.