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Old 09-24-2015, 05:54 PM   #1
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I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.

I don't want to hear about that s hit.
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Old 09-24-2015, 06:02 PM   #2
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OMG Jay

That post made my wife laugh out loud
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Old 09-24-2015, 06:13 PM   #3
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That post made my wife laugh out loud
virgin unicorn sperm ???

The Porsche coolant at $40/gal is stupidly expensive. At least you can get the distilled water from wallyworld for .88/gal to dilute it to 50/50
or of course buy it online for $4.00 /gal
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Old 09-24-2015, 08:50 PM   #4
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when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
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Old 09-25-2015, 04:15 AM   #5
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when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
For someone who drives a 'snob' brand to begin with, shaming those of us who bought name brand parts seems really lame. My starter was $150 or so (rebuilt, lifetime) but since my old WP had been scraping the sides of it's recess the impeller fits into, I went composite and Porsche water pump.

Tires and shocks from K-Mart? Only the cheapest gas?
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Old 09-25-2015, 04:24 AM   #6
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I would not use a metal impeller water pump, the Gates I was looking at has a composite . We used a lot of Gates products in large scale Printing and Photo processing back in the 80's and early 90's and always had good luck with their products.
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Old 09-25-2015, 04:52 AM   #7
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lol @ snob parts

When I do my own wrenching I prefer to dress like the banker from Monopoly, and look down upon the lower classes while I buy snob water pumps for my 15 year old boxster.

Kidding aside, fear of a metal impeller boring my engine block is why I went with a composite impeller.
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Old 09-25-2015, 06:58 AM   #8
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when i do my pump, i probably won't use any of the snob parts listed in this post. I put a $75 starter in two months ago, I put $215 ceramic pads and drilled/slotted rotors a year ago. I don't expect them to perform any less than factory. I might be wrong. but then again, i might be right.
A starter won't grenade the engine
pads and rotors won't grenade the engine, though the do effect stopping ability
yes, other coolant can be used safely

a bad or failing or cheap water pump can cause lots of damage. Is saving maybe $100 worth it?

It's your car, do what you want
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I thought the profanity filter was broken for a minute.

I don't want to hear about that s hit.
I read it that way too.
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