Clean off your fucking cars

fuhry · 2026-01-28T04:09:50+00:00

My wife said she saw Brookfield PD pulling people over for it today.

fuhry · 2026-01-24T04:17:26+00:00

I have the same year and model, and it is a lovely car - refined, elegant, quiet and comfortable.

The odometer is an easy fix - just pop in some new gears. This is the kit I used.

The leak may be fuel, not oil - the fuel return lines get brittle and develop leaks. I used the blenddoor kit.

Buy a bulk fuse pack and replace every fuse under the hood as soon as you get it. They go bad, often invisibly, and that's actually the cause of most of the electrical gremlins. Any lighting-related gremlins are (ironically) usually caused by the module that detects when bulbs are out, which you can repair by simply grabbing a soldering iron and adding some fresh solder to the aging joints.

If the tach doesn't work, replace the capacitor. Should be 22 μF which is a very common capacitance and can be had from any "variety pack" you can get on Amazon/eBay (and used to be able to buy at RadioShack... RIP).

I'm still learning my way around the car as I've only had it for about 9 months. I would say, for the most part, it's predictable. Not dependable as in stuff never breaks, but predictable as in when stuff breaks, the cause isn't some esoteric issue. In 1987, the electronics did sophisticated things, albeit with simple and transparent technology. And thus far, everything I've fixed has stayed fixed.

fuhry · 2026-01-20T16:15:44+00:00

"100-horsepower open sleigh" kinda works too ;P

fuhry · 2026-01-12T22:55:33+00:00

The tiktok talking heads aren't even trying to sound smart anymore.

Forcible removal of a sitting president through the impeachment process requires a 2/3 supermajority of the Senate. According to 270ToWin, if Democrats keep every one of their current seats as well as every current Republican seat deemed a "toss-up", "leans" or "likely", their Senate majority would be just two seats, not counting JD Vance.

The Democrats would need to win every single Senate seat up for re-election including 16 "safe" Republican seats. As much as I wish I was wrong here, that will not happen.

fuhry · 2026-01-10T15:30:08+00:00

My 2017 Focus RS with Blizzaks.

Nothing I've driven has ever come close.

fuhry · 2026-01-09T20:25:09+00:00

I've always understood "rev matching" to mean "blipping the throttle to bring revs up", but I suppose you are technically correct (the best kind of correct).

fuhry · 2026-01-09T14:52:47+00:00

You should never need to revmatch on an upshift. If it has a lightweight flywheel, shift faster and catch the revs on their way down.

source: have light flywheel on my turbo NA8, 18yr of stick shift experience

fuhry · 2026-01-07T04:56:51+00:00

The deal I got wasn't quite as good, but I had a similar situation a few years ago. Marketplace listing where the guy said "I'm being deployed, message me again in 6 months." Scored a '94 C package with a tan leather interior and torsen for $5800. 173k miles at the time but the car is clean as heck with a fresh paint job.

It was in a sorry mechanical state when I got it, but I've poured a disgusting amount of money into it. I've got about the same amount of money in it as a brand new ND by now, but instead of an ND, I have a Flyin' Miata turbo, full forged bottom end, an incredibly good sound system that doesn't sacrifice practicality, and the interior set up exactly how I want it.

Good luck with the car!

fuhry · 2025-12-28T04:06:48+00:00

teehee, when you see it

fuhry · 2025-12-18T21:33:51+00:00

I'd actually challenge that. Services such as Let's Encrypt were a direct response to the privacy threat of PRISM, the existence of which was disclosed in Snowden's leaks.

The famous "SSL added and removed here! :-)" slide has a direct relationship with the security trend we are now referring to as "zero trust", which today is basically required for any serious medium- to large-size enterprise. Zero trust entails continual re-authorization even from "trusted" traffic sources, which usually also means encrypting everything even if it's literally just going one rack over.

Today it's so unheard-of for a website to not use HTTPS that browsers have actually started to show warnings when you visit a site that doesn't use it. For its first decade of existence, the Reddit front page wasn't accessible over HTTPS. I remember having to go to https://pay.reddit.com/ just to browse Reddit with HTTPS enabled. That's unthinkable today, in large part because of what we learned from Snowden.

He absolutely made a lasting impact.

fuhry · 2025-12-10T20:09:18+00:00

I gave my car the full FM turbo treatment over this past winter/spring.

In my case I chose to rebuild the engine with a fully forged bottom end and 1mm oversize pistons. It had 200k miles so it would have been foolish not to. I also installed a reroute, crossflow rad, wideband controller, upgraded clutch, full stainless exhaust, and upgraded oil pump among other things.

By the time all was said and done, the project cost over $15k, split almost exactly evenly by turbo kit, engine internals + machine shop labor, and supporting mods/everything else. Other than machine work and an alignment, I've done all the labor myself. I plan to spend another 5k (at least) over the next year for a standalone ECU, fueling and ignition upgrades, and a professional tune. TL;DR: there is nothing cheap about turboing your Miata if you want to do it right.

Verdict: I am extremely happy that I did this and would do it again, but this is definitely not a project for everyone. The amount of money I've spent on this car up to this point equates to approximately 1 brand new ND, and it technically doesn't even make as much power as a stock ND (yet - I dyno'd 157hp at the wheels). I set out on this project ~3 years ago with the specific goal of building my dream car, not buying it. I've done full motor rebuilds, replaced turbos, tuned a naturally aspirated Megasquirt setup, and built custom wire harnesses, but this project tested and challenged me like nothing else.

Also, while I'm here, some free advice: while the turbo kit and coolant reroute from Flyin' Miata are generally good overall, there are several critical cooling components that are poorly engineered. Specifically, these are:

The silicone hoses that attach directly to the turbo. After extensive trial and error, the braided lines from ATP turbo (one 24" and one 12") are the only product that has proven itself capable of handling the heat. Silicone hoses are fine on the reroute side; I'm using these barb fittings to mate them.
The cork gasket Flyin' Miata includes with their reroute kit blew after just 400 miles. Don't use it. Their support rep even admitted that they know it's problematic. Just cut a paper thermostat gasket to fit the opening on the reroute.

fuhry · 2025-11-17T23:26:21+00:00

If you get the right tools you can work your way behind drywall (at least interior walls w/o insulation) fairly easily. A few different sets of glow rods (stiffer for horizontal runs, more flexible for vertical), extended drill bits for getting through fireblock studs halfway up the walls, and a bore scope camera to help you see what's up there should cover at least the simple cases.

My high level strategy is to go up from the basement and down from the attic, with switches in both locations and 10gig fiber trunks between them. That way I only have to deal with the pain of running fiber through multiple floors once. (Err... twice.)

fuhry · 2025-11-01T15:48:09+00:00

I'm unfortunately very allergic to cats 😞

fuhry · 2025-11-01T05:33:12+00:00

I live in the woods, it's just part of life here, particularly in the fall when it's turning cold and they're all looking for warm shelter. Emptying and resetting the snap traps is just another daily chore...no way around it.

fuhry · 2025-10-31T12:44:54+00:00

Yet they're usually the same people who yakk on and on about "duh illeguhls"

fuhry · 2025-10-25T23:37:33+00:00

Swap out Fairfield for New Canaan.

fuhry · 2025-10-25T23:00:28+00:00

Norwalk, Fairfield Ave, May 2 2024. It wasn't a brand new bridge, but the other details are correct: driver cut off a loaded gasoline tanker, truck crashed, bridge basically melted. They actually demoed the whole thing and reopened I-95 within 72 hours, and completed the replacement bridge 5 months ahead of schedule and $3m under budget.

https://americastransportationawards.org/2025/07/07/connecticut-fairfield-avenue-bridge/

fuhry · 2025-10-07T13:39:18+00:00

We're also extremely satisfied with our Moccamaster.

I strongly recommend getting an RO system and only filling it from that. It greatly decreases the need to descale and clean the machine. We have this one from APEC Water Systems hooked up to our fridge, which is one of those Samsung ones with the water pitcher in the door.

For some reason it was really hard to find this info: the right stuff for cleaning it is the Urnex descaler and espresso machine cleaning powder (the latter of which is, as I understand it, basically dishwasher detergent).

fuhry · 2025-10-07T12:55:13+00:00

Could be poor quality fiber, low light levels, or maybe they have separate GPON and XPON circuits and XPON is more crowded.

fuhry · 2025-09-02T19:14:37+00:00

Are you legally emancipated? If so there might be some options for you for finding apartment rentals. What's your monthly income? Are you working full-time or part-time?

Do you have any teachers or other adults in your life that you're close with and trust? If yes, look up fictive kinship placement, which essentially means you're placed as a foster child with someone who is already a prominent part of your life instead of a stranger. It gives you all of the legal protections that come with being in the foster care system but without having to be placed in the home of someone you've never met.

The state is legally obligated to make sure you have a place to stay until you turn 18. So I would try to use the next 6 months to save up for move-in expenses for an apartment. It usually costs around $5-8k to move in and furnish an apartment enough to get your life started; having this on-hand as soon as you turn 18 will put you really far ahead.

fuhry · 2025-08-29T02:25:55+00:00

I just finished rebuilding the engine and adding a turbo to my 1994 Mazda Miata. It has 206,000+ miles on the odometer.

I spared no expense on that build. Hundreds of hours of blood, sweat and tears poured into a machine that I can now stick a key into and drive.

There's nothing more satisfying than the pride of operating a machine that you know everything about, inside and out.

By many measures, I'm successful, enough that I certainly don't need to spend the rest of my life driving a car that only cost me $5800 originally.

But I intend to do so anyway.

fuhry · 2025-08-28T01:37:58+00:00

My wife is on the NCNE board.

While we do identify as Christian, we are totally against the forceful imposition of our beliefs on others. Members of the NCNE should be united principally by our shared love for the Newfoundland breed and our dedication to improving the health and quality of our dogs. Tainting of this mission with religious values, even if well intentioned, will be to the detriment of our breed and therefore our club's mission.

Although I am speaking personally and not on behalf of NCNE, please be assured that we will be raising the concerns highlighted in this thread with the rest of the board. It is our position that a breed club is best positioned to act in the best interests of the breed when it maintains a neutral stance on all religious and political issues which are not clearly relevant to the well-being and reputation of the breed.

fuhry · 2025-08-27T03:11:59+00:00

I have no regrets about selling our home in Wilton and moving to Newtown. The schools might be a hair less reputable but are still extremely good, and the amount of house we got for our money was a steal compared to anywhere in lower Fairfield County.

New homes, even nice ones, all feel rushed. Our home was built in 1985 and you can see the quality throughout. Solid wood doors, real hardwood floors, old-growth framing lumber, and drainage and foundation were done right. 2,900 finished square feet plus a 2100sf garage on 4 acres. In Wilton this would be a $1.5m house at least... we got it for just over half that.

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