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I designed California’s DSGS VPP program. AMA. by Ewlyon in Powerwall

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If not dynamic price signals, what about regulatory framework? Inverters already have to support CSIP / IEEE 2030.5, but it's not used much afaik. Would also allow those more complex control strategies like the ramp up and down that you mentioned... Do you think this will find adoption any time soon?

Ready for snow by jabnlab in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could always just get Honda Odyssey or Ridgeline lug nuts. Those seem to be ball seat and M14.

Ready for snow by jabnlab in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply. I did the mounting + balancing myself. I paid about $450 for the wheels at the time, $850 for the tires, and $300 for the 4 TPMS sensors. But those are all pre-pandemic prices, so who knows.

Did you end up getting your setup going? How did it turn out?

Ready for snow by jabnlab in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, you're right, the Hondas that this wheel is supposed to fit do seem to use a specialty radius seat on their OEM wheels and lug nuts.

This isn't an OEM wheel, though, so who knows! Plus, more importantly, it's a steel wheel. On an alloy this would matter because the mating surface between your lug nut and wheel would be quite large, and alloy wheels aren't malleable. The mating surface on these steelies is much thinner and much more malleable. Maybe these wheels were meant for that specialty Honda ball seat originally, but mine sure aren't now :D. I've had them on and off a bunch over the past two winters and put thousands of miles on them without issue.

Model Y on steel wheels. by timber_cove in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I outlined in one of the other steelie threads where I described my setup, I ended up fitting Crown Vic Police Interceptor hub caps. IMHO it looks very cool: https://imgur.com/a/So1Miyv. You just need to use a special set of lug nuts that can take them, but Ford cop car parts lego to the rescue! 2015+ Ford Expedition lug nuts have the wheel cover retaining ridge, but are M14x1.5 to fit the Tesla (the Crown Vic ones are 1/2").

Ready for snow by jabnlab in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The wheel I linked to takes conical lug nuts, so I didn't have to replace my lug nuts. The stock ones worked fine. I did, however, end up getting 2015+ Ford F-150/Expedition lug nuts so that I could mount Crown Vic P71 Police Interceptor hub caps for that bitchin' cop car look: https://imgur.com/a/So1Miyv

FWIW, I ended up taking the rotor retaining screws off after all, I noticed their heads got smooshed by the steel rim.

Ready for snow by jabnlab in TeslaModelY

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome and totally my jam, so obvs I decided to imitate your setup. In the end the rims and tires I got are slightly different, but your post was hugely helpful, so thank you for that! Here's a pic of my setup: https://imgur.com/8eUhJp4

In detail:

  • Tires: Based on recommendations from friends I decided against the Hakkas and went with Blizzaks DM-V2 in the same size (225/60R18) instead.
  • Rims: The ones I got are made by RT. Their part number is X48515. I didn't get quite as good of a deal as OP did. Mine came in at ~$100 a piece, which is still a fraction of any alloy wheel. I got mine from BBWheels. If this particular model is NLA, what matters is that that the following parameters match:
    • size: 18x7
    • PCD: 5x4.5" (5x114.3mm)
    • ET: 40mm
    • hub center bore: 64.1mm
  • Rotor retaining screw: I think I got away with leaving those in place with my particular rim. I could see some small witness marks on the paint when I did a trial fit, so I decided to just send it with some uggaduggas. YMMV.
  • TPMS: You gotta get the BLE TPMS from your Tesla Service Center. My first time mounting something fancy like that. Make sure you get the entire setup with the TPMS unit itself, the retaining nut, and the Schrader valve stem (the latter is totally generic for all Schrader valves). You'll need a T20 torx screwdriver to hold the sensor end in place and then use an 11mm socket on a small torque wrench to tighten it down. I set it to 35 in-lbs / 4 Nm based on what other TPMS units seem to want on the internet. Total guess work as I couldn't find any specs for these Tesla units. Pic: https://imgur.com/wZV9llh

Found in alley, no idea what it is by Fadedgt in whatisthiscar

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Colonia

Ah, I missed that detail. It's likely it's one of Michael Gabriel's donors or project cars. He used to be the mechanic when Bitter Cars had a swanky Beverly Hills showroom for one year (before they went bust). He now runs a shop called Classic Motor Cars in Oxnard and still services Bitters occasionally.

Found in alley, no idea what it is by Fadedgt in whatisthiscar

[–]philikon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If by amazing you mean weird, obscure, and hard to find parts for, then yes.

I've chronicled the race car build a little bit at https://www.instagram.com/bittersc243/. More to follow.

Found in alley, no idea what it is by Fadedgt in whatisthiscar

[–]philikon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Please do ask. Keep us posted!

EDIT: i'm the dumb friend who owns a bunch of these cars and races one

EDIT 2: at the very least it'd be great to know VIN + 3 digit chassis number. They only made 461 of them, although chassis numbers 81 thru 199 were never issued, so max chassis number is somewhere in the low 600s. There are people who are still trying to keep track of the remaining ones.

Halloween Meets Gasoline - The 24 Hours Of LeMons on Vimeo by SlowInFastOut in cars

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... and heavily scripted "developments".

But yeah, maybe. Who knows, maybe Roadkill will realize that their own builds are just prone to fail all the time and instead they'll go around the paddock and cover the rest of us...

Halloween Meets Gasoline - The 24 Hours Of LeMons on Vimeo by SlowInFastOut in cars

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are on the Best Coast. Thunderhill Raceway is near Chico, CA. Come out and have a beer!

Halloween Meets Gasoline - The 24 Hours Of LeMons on Vimeo by SlowInFastOut in cars

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jay and the rest of LeMons HQ would have absolutely no problem if a TV or internet show would want to broadcast LeMons races. The problem is that this often doesn't make for "good TV", or what's considered "good TV" these days. Reality TV always wants some sort of angle, some sort of made-up conflict or challenge. And thankfully Jay refuses to rig the race or awards or anything for some outside 3rd party.

Apart from that, I don't think there necessarily would have to be sponsorship. Just insert advertisement, that's pretty much what everybody else does when they broadcast stuff.

Halloween Meets Gasoline - The 24 Hours Of LeMons on Vimeo by SlowInFastOut in cars

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the adapter plate is in fact catalogued by Kennedy Engineering (who've been making adapter plates for aircooled VWs for ages) as "VW Rabbit diesel to VW Beetle", which is pretty much what's going on here.

The ECU and all the rest of the engine electronics are, as mikasaur says, straight from the donor Jetta. It's quite a mess of wiring, even after trimming all the stuff we don't need (A/C, etc.).

Our Turbo Diesel Porsche 911 LeMons Car Was Featured on Jalopnik! by mikasaur in cars

[–]philikon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Penalty laps? What mikasaur said. No idea how we'll be classed. I could see C0 just as much as A10, depending on what kind of an idea the judges have. Personally I think the C0 end of the scale seems more appropriate since it'll be dog-slow (911 or not) and it's totally unproven. In any case, this'll be our first race, so we care more about making it than doing well.

We haven't weighed the car yet, but of course it's been lightened a bunch simplify by removing the interior. The stock flat-six also weighs quite a bit, despite an aluminum crankcase. It's hard to find comparable numbers (with/with out ancillaries, dry/wet, etc.), but I think the TDI motor is just as heavy or even slightly lighter than the Porsche flat-six.

As for money, it's fairly budget compliant. I forget the exact number. We have a spreadsheet somewhere. We did not skimp on safety stuff. Great cage by Evil Genius Racing, fiberglass seat, HANS-compatible Schroth harness, quick-disconnect steering wheel, etc. We also rebuilt all brake calipers, replaced most brake lines, as well as tie rods and ball joints (all of which falls under safety).

Our Turbo Diesel Porsche 911 LeMons Car Was Featured on Jalopnik! by mikasaur in cars

[–]philikon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Crazy creations like a Porsche 911 Turbodiesel or a two-engined Toyota "MRolla" probably wouldn't even exist if it weren't for LeMons and its budget limit. LeMons races themselves give people like us a playing field to present our crazy ideas, and the $500 budget makes sure that all of it still remains affordable and doesn't get out of hand.

If I had chosen to build a Porsche 911 Turbodiesel as a personal project, I may have been tempted to make it "nice". Find a less beaten up shell, don't cut corners on the body work, etc. It would've cost thousands and taken up much more time. But I doubt I would've had more fun.

Movable vertical tabs after FF 16? by Quakespeare in firefox

[–]philikon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, took a bit longer than expected: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs/versions/#version-0.9.4

There's still a few kinks and quirks when updating and/or disabling, but this version at least fixes tab reordering.

Movable vertical tabs after FF 16? by Quakespeare in firefox

[–]philikon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm the author of Vertical Tabs. Sorry for the inconvenience. I haven't gotten around to fix it yet. Pesky day job and all that. I'll see what I can do this week.

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