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Update # 3 :

BUILD HAS AN OFFICIAL NAME, SAY HELLO TO ICEBREAKER!

More Parts On Order, including a shiny optimus block!

2 hours ago, Alex said:

Oh yeah in hindsight, thing is I had never driven on those roads before and I was never sure if coming up over blind hills or corners if there would be wildlife (had to do a few emergency stops during this trip for deer, squirrels, chipmunks, etc), massive potholes or people in the roads (very popular hiking spot). So I didn't want to go too quick or anything.

can only imagine what a small turbo would do for low rpm driveability of that car just something that gives you power through to about 5000 ish, then let vtec carry it.

i know 5 PSI makes my 2.7L V6 an angry little monster off the line, but it also tops out at 6500

1 hour ago, iamjanco said:

^purdy.

 

I thought about going with the Foundation block for my 5950, but opted for the TechN instead. Only because it's supposed to be slightly better per anecdotal input I've read from others. 

im going for both looks and function, optimus offers me a white bracket with nickel block finish, which is what i need for my rebuild, as the case is white and i'm doing white/blue theme wise as much as i can (obviously white M-ITX is a non-existent market)

i raise you with this.

1 hour ago, Alex said:

  

Also a video I took of the roads out in Muskoka, they were horribly bumpy, uneven and rough as well as it being 0c with really bad tyres (I suspect they were too low PSI too) made it rather sketchy and I just didn't push the car at all. The footage is from my dashcam, hence the beeps each time it thinks we had an accident (the bumps were that bad).

 

Also at 1:57 you can hear the car bottom out. And at 3:20 you can hear the clutch delay valve, 22lb flywheel and the clutch starting to die cause an effect on shifting:

 

 

soon as you hit that smooth section @ 2:20 ish i wouldve matted it. but thats because im a crazy man >.>

Steve Jobs would be rolling over in his grave with what tim cook has done to that company.

My grandfather in 2007, going against what i said, traded in his chevy trailblazer for this truck.....this is where the story begins.

through the years that he had it he kept up maintenance, was meticulous in cleaning. always serviced at the dealer as many older folks do still trust thier dealer, he had the money for it so i didnt argue

now, to put in context, this truck was not a basemodel. it came fully loaded with features we still havent used today. the DVD screen for the rear seats still has the factort cling plastic on it, the headphones for that dvd screen's audio are still in thier packages in the center console.

the interior is immaculate. he leather treated his seats 3 times a year.

now the horror part of the story begins, my grandfather had to go in for a TSB, rear hatch/strut motor malfunctions. he started having them so he had it done, all was well. then he passed away 3 years ago.

My mother then took ownership of the vehicle. and grew very attached to it. 

Enter the last 3 years:

my stepfathers fleet mechanic for his buisness "intermittently" gave the truck an oil change, and when i say that, usually 5000km-7000km past due. this caused other issues.

first issue: 6 months and 30,000km+ on the odometer into her having it, the infrequent oil changes killed the VVT solenoids on the V6, we had them replaced. couple hundred bucks. a warning from my close friend and a mechanic of 40 years to "change the oil before your dashboard says to". we can all guess that never happened.

Second issue : intermittent random check engine light, the infrequent oil changes lead to the timing chain stretching and needing to be replaced, this is a vehicle with 110,000km on the clock. it shouldnt have been anywhere near needing that yet. oh well. $3000 down the toilet, truck out of service for a week for an engine-out timing chain replacement. the ting uses 3 chains, not just one. guides were done aswell while he was in there. so was water pump.

Todays Latest issue : i get a phonecall from my mother in a panic? you guessed it. something else went wrong. but this time its a part that GM doesnt even MAKE anymore. the transfer case for the rear end of the AWD system is going bad, it clunks when you drive. oh boy.

EDIT : call this a rant if you will. but its crazy either way

boom.

coming at you sideways from the moon!

3 hours ago, Diffident said:

 

I have an Asus A7VBX if you want it.  It has an Athlon XP 2000 installed, I think it's a 2000. It has a 333mhz FSB and 2 SATA ports. It was one of the first boards with on board SATA.  I replaced a 266mhz FSB board with this just to get the SATA ports.    I'm guessing it works, but I have no idea.  The CMOS battery is probably dead.  It's about 18 years old.  Since your into  old computers.  Don't know it you have a Socket A yet....I think it's a Socket A.

 

 

 

those PCI slots though god i dont miss them or ISA slots

UPDATE # 2 : more parts and coolant.

EDIT: look sideways images just like OCN!

23 minutes ago, Alex said:

 

Actually went through Orillia, up to Gravenhurt to Port Carling and around to Bracebridge. We went hiking at multiple trails there and the Cranberry farm. It was a bit chilly this time of year and kinda scary to drive on the roads with bad summer tires on, but really beautiful.

 

 

Live around Markham now! Used to live in Port Credit, gotta say I'm not a fan of Brampton nor the drivers there though

 

I know what you mean dude, I used to live up subury area and they drive like morons down here

hmmm ontario huh....what city you in slicker. lol

i'm down in brampton, but my cabin is up in burks falls.

i always did love honda's yellow on that car, not fond of it on the other ones though

i think we need here, what we didnt have anywhere else.

a section both ere and in discord for a "game night" kind of thing. it would bring the community together more i think.

think like. bring up a list of game we'd like in the forum section,vote on it. then set a meet time on different days of the week in discord and play as a group. even if in multiple teams for say, 4 player co-op games.

UPDATE #1 : Parts Arrival

Radiators, 140mm Fans, and RGB kit

more coming in the future!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: THIS BUILD WILL BE MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT HARDLINE

throwing up a little teaser:

Ironically EK wants more for thier block than heatkiller does.

Can We Have Our Hardware Appraisal Area Back?

or am i missing something somewhere?

1 hour ago, Avacado said:

We talked about sizes. The choice to go large tubing and thus spending money is purely aesthetic and impacts flow/temp in no meaningful way. If your fan box was any larger I would send you a few 16mm fittings and tubing to play with the size difference. 

i know its for looks and not performance, but in the case of this build i want the looks to matter as much as the function, my H210i is a butchered mess because i was experimenting.

the only reason i debate 5/8OD tubing so much, is white fittings to go with the theme, and as you've said before, the possibility of the tubing size looking better in the case

10 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Donating organs again I see.

 

Definitely subbed. Looks like its going to be a sweet build.

i mean, he has to donate something doesnt he?

11 hours ago, pioneerisloud said:

Subbed.  I'll just get my water cooling fix from your posts.

you cant afford it! we talked about this!

i'm in a debate with myself on tubing size again. stay 1/2 OD or go 5/8 OD, one requires the purchase of fittings the other doesnt (unless i decide to go white fittings which would fit the build)

6 hours ago, pioneerisloud said:

My lowly Ryzen 3600 rig with a Gen2 NVME drive was night and day difference from my old i7 3770k @ 4.4GHz, with the same GPU installed.  Yes, it's going to be a HUGE upgrade lol.  Going to a fast NVME from a 2.5" SSD is almost as good as going HDD to SSD.  So that alone is going to be a huge upgrade because probably Gen5 NVME by that time.  The CPU is going to help smooth things out so much too, oh man.  

You got nearly a decade's use out of that rig.  To me, that's a pretty wise use of $4,500 10 years ago.  I just always have to have something to monkey with, so I'm always buying old used junk lol.  If I were on a regular "new" upgrade cycle, that's how I'd want to be too.  One "all out" build every like 10 years.

i mean, i went i5 7600K to current rig so.....enough of an upgrade i wont touch it CPU/mobo wise for many years. we all know GPUs are pretty disposable though.... my old i5 2500K is still in service at my parents place as a work computer. they still say its faster than any prebuilt or laptop theyve ever bought. storage makes a difference, i brought them from 5400rpm HDD to SATA III SSD, even taught them to use a spare 7200RPM 1TB HDD i put in with the SSD as file storage.

15 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

Thanks I saw your PM, will reply to it a little later on

must've been a very busy man today E

280 and 360 version of these rads

And an O11 Dynamic Mini Snow edition: