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Mirage Hyper-Miler
Can't have them blasted?
DauntlessCan't have them blasted?
The glass media just bounces off powder coat. Maybe something like garnet would work, but garnet makes a mess of the aluminium.
Best process that I have found so far, is attack with gasket stripper, scrape, wash, dry, bead blast, and repeat.
I got it 90-95% on the first cycle, but am not confident that I will get to 100% on the second.
a month later
Life is far more valuable than fuel bills and caring for the planet. thats why i choose a heavy old Volvo. Tough as nails and will save your life some day. I have lost two friends in little ding dong cars like this and another lost her right arm in a sh tty little mazda she was driving to save money.
the cost of an accident in these little cars and the suffering you and your friends n family will go thru cos you were in a crash in a little light car saving money / "the planet" and fuel can not be compared.
past_the_moonLife is far more valuable than fuel bills and caring for the planet. thats why i choose a heavy old Volvo. Tough as nails and will save your life some day. I have lost two friends in little ding dong cars like this and another lost her right arm in a sh tty little mazda she was driving to save money.
the cost of an accident in these little cars and the suffering you and your friends n family will go thru cos you were in a crash in a little light car saving money / "the planet" and fuel can not be compared.
It is sad you lost people.
You will find the old 240 doesnt come anywhere near a modern like size car in real world crash testing , the new one will deform to save your brain and body , a 240 will crumple and fold (especially rust filled ones ) and you will recieve massive trauma copmparitively. Theres a reason they do c=rash testing and then do not build 240s anymore.
I am making a conscious, deliberate choice here, understanding the risk and am prepared to accept the possible consequences.
Riding the road bike is also an option that I am comfortable with - except for the possibility of hitting a roo. Compared to the Suzuki, the Mirage will be considerably safer in that circumstance.
Claiming that anyone needs to make the choice between their own safety and minimising the damage they do to the environment is a false dichotomy: there’s a multitude of newer cars that use less fuel AND are safer than both the Mirage and any RWD Volvo.
4 days later
SpacI am making a conscious, deliberate choice here, understanding the risk and am prepared to accept the possible consequences.
Riding the road bike is also an option that I am comfortable with - except for the possibility of hitting a roo. Compared to the Suzuki, the Mirage will be considerably safer in that circumstance.
Claiming that anyone needs to make the choice between their own safety and minimising the damage they do to the environment is a false dichotomy: there’s a multitude of newer cars that use less fuel AND are safer than both the Mirage and any RWD Volvo.
Add cage and seat and 6pt and hans and helmet to the mirage and its safer than 99.9999% of cars on the road or for sale
Any idea what the motor weighs?
I was having a thought today on this for the e87 bmw...
25kw of lifepo4 is ~170kg
Ac motor and inverter etc should be about 45-50kg that support 100kw output
Range would be more than enough for yass->act and back without range anxiety
Not against this idea, but am too tight to do it at current prices.
Philia_Bearhttps://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/198860#Comment_198860
Add cage and seat and 6pt and hans and helmet to the mirage and its safer than 99.9999% of cars on the road or for sale
@Spac
Any idea what the motor weighs?
I was having a thought today on this for the e87 bmw...
25kw of lifepo4 is ~170kg
Ac motor and inverter etc should be about 45-50kg that support 100kw output
Range would be more than enough for yass->act and back without range anxiety
just buy an i3 with range extender. Done.
a month later
So it passed the blue slip.
Two things are apparent:
The suspension springs are way too stiff. I figured that Kings would be ok, but they are not. Will probably replace with slightly cut stockers.It is too loud. Sounds ok at idle/low revs but has an unappealing bark under load that is not going to impress the family or neighbours when I am on my way to work. Probably going to fit the stock S40 T4 rear muffler and see how that goes.
SpacAsk me how much I love powder coat…
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These are old rally wheels that came with the Daewoo. The powder coating had chipped, and then long, poor storage had allowed corrosion to form underneath, so I had to go exploring.
Turns out that the corrosion wasn’t bad, but once I started…
I'm of the opinion that wheels shouldnt be powdercoated.
scratch the barrel that the nut/bolt goes into when putting a wheel on and crack/break the coating and it'll flake.get moisture into a crack/stone chip, they'll corrode from underneath and lift the rest of the finishIt will crack/flake (eventually) around the wheel centre and get you to either of the above faster than you'd like.Hot brake dust/friction material can discolour it.Paint those suckers and call it done.
AshDVShttps://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/196602#Comment_196602
I'm of the opinion that wheels shouldnt be powdercoated.
scratch the barrel that the nut/bolt goes into when putting a wheel on and crack/break the coating and it'll flake.get moisture into a crack/stone chip, they'll corrode from underneath and lift the rest of the finishIt will crack/flake (eventually) around the wheel centre and get you to either of the above faster than you'd like.Hot brake dust/friction material can discolour it.Paint those suckers and call it done.
Absolutely. It’s an ongoing debate among old dirt bike people, but it is funny to watch the advocates discover the problems and then paint their next bike.
Powdercoating definitely has its place and in the right application, it is very durable.
I've previously had multiple sets of wheels powdercoated, but wouldnt do it again, nor would I do anything that regularly sees contact/impact or is in the path of debris, etc.
15 days later
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Dragged it up to fit a better rear muffler today, and then realised that the S40 muffler is too tall (top to bottom) and wasn’t going to fit nicely.
Currently paralysed with indecision over whether to add a resonator or get a whole new cat-back exhaust for this car and use this exhaust on the silver race Mirage.
Instead, I took the mudflaps off (less wind drag), and fitted the S40 front brakes and the 15” wheels. Calipers are surprisingly close to the wheels - I had blindly assumed that they would fit without drama but it was closer than I expected.
Wheels & tyres look a bit odd IMO, but not terrible (and better in the photos than IRL). The tyres are 175/65R15s which is where the oddness comes from.
I also fitted the AC belt yesterday - and the AC works!
15 days later
Registered!
Had to drive to Goulburn because the local registry doesn’t reopen until after New Year, and the blue slip was about to expire.
And then they were super busy because a lot of the regional registries are closed… Ugh.
Rego, green slip and comprehensive insurance were all cheap. The insurance was laughably so - $170/year including windscreen cover. Admittedly, this is with a $50 discount, limited use and on a $2145 value (which is the maximum I could get).
Took it for a quick spin to make sure that the brakes work properly and all that.
It is still too bumpy, but drives ok overall.
Nice!
12 days later
Maiden voyage to work this morning.
Actually cruises along quite nicely. Acceleration is “leisurely” in 5th gear, but it is happy to maintain the speed limit without needing to drop back to 4th gear or even too much right foot.
Initial fuel consumption signs are good. Gauge is segmented into 20ths. It dropped less than one of these segments in 55km.
To get pseudo-scientific about it (by massively over-estimating the accuracy of a 24yo fuel gauge) the tank is 50 litres, so each segment is 5% or 2.5 litres.
Dropping 1 segment in 50km extrapolates to 5l/100km - I appear to be about 10% better than that, so 4.5l/100km.
Obviously, this needs to be verified with much more careful measurement over multiple tanks of fuel, but so far it is promising.
Oh, and it is getting a new 2” exhaust fitted today to shut it up. Keeping the 2.25” exhaust for the silver race car.
Why not a 35mm exhaust to reduce flow and thus decrease effective displacement?
Because it needs whatever performance it can muster.
SpacBecause it needs whatever performance it can muster.
Time for hybrid?