@SuperDicq the subhuman who drove it did, i found a windshield for it tho and got it changed (poorly, now it's leaking water from the top seal, i shouldve done it my way or given it to an actual professional tbh), and we banged up the roof so its somewhat back in shape, i've been driving it for the last week but my brake pads are bare metal and i can't pass the inspection without changing them, plus the brake system could fail with such worn out pads and the rotor was getting damaged, though the front brakes were stopping it well.

it's all for the better. thanks to the car not starting, I got a brand new name brand battery, brand new spark plugs, changed both mirrors including the one that was damaged before the rollover to perfectly working new ones with even better visibility, my new windshield has really good visibility it's crazy how fucking well i can see out the car, it's an OEM windshield so it's stronger glass that didn't get weathered over time as much as the previous aftermarket Saint-Gobain one I assume, no more sun glare completely destroying any chance of seeing what's in front of me, I got a new shift stick cap cuz the old one was torn from the previous owner and i completely destroyed it while drifting, got an oem antenna so i can now listen to the radio, got a new door handle and fixed the door mechanism for good (thank you perfectly sized ziptie laying around on my backseat), fixed up the exhaust that needed a proper weld rather than the halfassed shit that was done to it before, now I'm changing my brakes which were screeching and grinding before. overall good flip. I don't mind spending another $700 on the car, that's about how much it's gonna come up to

@meso@new.asbestos.cafe Yeah definitely change the brakepads dude. They aren't expensive.

I can't believe you actually managed to bang out the roof and fix the car. Most cars are basically totaled if they get flipped lmao

@meso@new.asbestos.cafe Also considering you drift it have you welded the diff?

@SuperDicq no, I drifted on dirt, i don't feel like wearing the tires anyway.

@SuperDicq and like, I was considering welding the diff but, i'd like to park normally

@SuperDicq i might get a 240 someday to drift with, i'll really tune it up, maybe I'll get a Penta motor and swap it in there. welded diff and everything, some other mods. I wouldn't turbo it I'd prefer no lag between my foot and the car

@meso@new.asbestos.cafe I personally don't like turbo Miatas either. I wanna put ITBs on mine eventually when I got the money for it.

Definitely not doing that on this motor tho. I got a spare engine lying around with a lot less kilometers on it so I think I will build that one if this one shits the bed.

@meso@new.asbestos.cafe I don't know if they make ITB kits for a Volvo. Probably not.

For like Miatas and AE86s all the Japanese guys put ITBs on them. Turbos are for baka gaijins who don't appreciate a well tuned naturally aspirated engine.

@SuperDicq hmm I'm looking at ITBs and I'm trying to figure out how they improve performance. on a regular throttle body it only has one inlet similarly sized to the 4 ones in the ITB right? that'd mean it gets a ton more airflow in?

@SuperDicq I assume the ECU would adjust the amount of fuel going in automatically to compensate for the leaner mixture right?

@meso @SuperDicq ECU's do in fact automatically adjust the fuel-air mixture, but the stock settings probably to only expects so much air and/or fuel and may need adjustment.

@Suiseiseki @SuperDicq I know there's some libre ECU stuff but I wonder how hard it is to get it working on my Volvo

@meso @SuperDicq I'm not sure if Speeduino is free, as their websites are absolutely proprietary, but it'll probably work unless digital handcuffs get in the way.

@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @meso@new.asbestos.cafe The Speeduino has free firmware but the only issue is that in order to tune it you probably need TunerStudio which is proprietary.

I mean in theory you can write tuning maps without it with just a text editor but that's not really realistic to do.

TunerStudio is a .jar application that should be easy to reverse engineer tho. I thought about doing that once but obviously couldn't be bothered to actually go through with it because it's way too much work.

@SuperDicq @meso If I was to use Speeduino, I would just hand edit the tuning maps with a text editor, no matter how difficult it is.

But really I don't think there's much more performance to get out of the current engine (I can only accelerate so hard anyway, otherwise the tires just start slipping) and I can just redline if I want more.


Instead I would probably make GNU/Car, with free ECU software by default.

@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @meso@new.asbestos.cafe Honestly if you want a real GNU/Car just buy something that has a carburetor and no ECU.

@SuperDicq @meso You can get an engine that's not too heavy and delivers at least 500kW with a carburetor?

@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @meso@new.asbestos.cafe Why do you want 500kW?

@SuperDicq @meso It needs to be able to hit 400kph (for the meme).

@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @meso@new.asbestos.cafe Yes but that imagine if from "Geoff" the home made car from Top Gear. It did not make that much power. It is an electric car with the motor taken from an airport luggage truck.