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Announcements / Re: Sv: Website Upgrade
« on: November 13, 2012, 06:24:00 PM »
i have that too, but only if im not logged in... pretty weird
Confirmed, I didn't notice it happened when I wasn't logged in. Perhaps its a way to get guests to register / not registered not able to read the shoutbox.

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Announcements / Re: Website Upgrade
« on: November 13, 2012, 04:04:19 PM »
All looks & works good, except shoutbox. I am using Windows 7 with Google Chrome x64. The shoutbox is there, but there are no shouts. Once I click the refresh button the shouts load. This could be fixed by setting an automatic refresh every x seconds, or auto refresh on page refresh.

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: April 09, 2012, 10:23:11 PM »
It is not the battery guys, I already checked for both voltage, current and if alternator is working.
It has 13.8 voltage when running, and 12.8 when off. It is a van battery, its too much for the car...but I use it cause I have some powerful inverter inside when I go up north for periods of time, it can hold good amount of power

Edit: Haha, to my luck, they just added better gas at my local station! The gas before was 87 octane, 89, 91. Now they put 94 (its very expensive) $1.50 dollar...

I added some of that, put some injector cleaner, ran it on 3rd gear on the highway on high 5000 rpm, and now it starts great...Must have been built up gunk.

Still looking at the Saabs to see if I could get one...I do hear their a lot for repairs : (

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: April 09, 2012, 01:55:55 PM »
It is not the battery, because the car cranks like new...

I talked to my mechanic, and he said it could be a number of things. I changed the spark plugs and its still going it. It does not always happen, usually when its cold, but not always. It never happens if its warm. My mechanic suggested I put some better fuel, run an injector cleaner and run it on high RPMS to clean up the gunk in the engine. He told me If I continue to drive it like this the worst that can happen is the failing component could fail causing the car not to be able to start...

I just tried and it fired right up..Really weird.

Anyway I researched those Saabs...I found a 2005 one, looks really nice with leather, sunroof, navigation, and good hp and engine. Only problem I heard they are a lot of $ to fix but they don't have many problems (the 9-3 model) I am interested to test drive it and see how it is ;)

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: April 08, 2012, 10:03:05 PM »
They are both petrol... :)

Today I had some trouble starting the engine...It would just keep turning over for 30 seconds, then it started....

Maybe spark plugs or wires or maybe something with fuel management?

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: April 06, 2012, 12:00:36 AM »
Can rims affect the performance ?
Nope only handling slighty depending on what sort of width the tyres are and other stuffs like that.
I try to take care and put the best spark plugs that are available in normal shops, but I think there are higher-performance online (maybe)?
Those will be fine your only supposed to go up in spark plug size with lots of work done to an engine
If I were to sell it, what would you recommend getting?
I would probably buy some sort of Toyota preferably something with either a 1jz or a 2jz in it, these engines are amazing you can get them either with or without a turbo either way they do something when you put your foot on the floor, or if your in a fuel saving mood they can be equally as nice to your wallet.

For your ride quality that will have to be done by you probably at a suspension store, I can't recommend anything as it may not fit, I don't know what sort of suspension would fit in your car :P

Brakes are the same, but most people just change their brake rotors and get bigger calipers for more stopping force to be applied to the rotor.

I would say go get a mild tune first, and find some forums that are based around your car model, these are full of information/parts/group buys for parts and usually nice people :P
This one seems pretty active and is aimed at volvo's in general:
http://volvoforums.com/forum/
Also ask your old school mechanic mate he would be able to point you in the right direction as I don't know too much about volvo's :(

Thanks a lot bro, really opened me to some new ideas. I will have a look and see what my buddy says. Sorry I didn't respond earlier, I was busy around work


I just talked to my buddy. He said I should buy a 2002-2005 Saab 9-3 2.0T...They run for about $4,000-8,000...I can probably sell my car for around there too. It also has a 1.9/2.0liter engine as the volvo, but it has 210HP over the 160 the volvo has and 220lb of torque....Seem like a good idea?

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: March 31, 2012, 09:12:12 PM »
Thanks for the reply Giuvannru and Grim...

Yes, my neighbor hood is mostly family oriented, however there isn't any old people. I see many driving BMW's, Audi's, Merc's and sporty ones too. I might be able to sell it...

If I were to sell it, what would you recommend getting? I still need something that's at-least decent on gas...Btw, I know the rims are a big selling power, but the rims on the car currently look pretty nice, if I wash it they look better. Their the stock volvo rims. Can rims affect the performance ? If they can I can look into replacing those too..  I don't think Volvos are known for their 0-100, but 100-180 is much faster then most cars I have driven. I get about 6-7liters on highway, and 7-9 liters in city (depending on summer/winter)...My friend who is an old school mechanic looked at it a while back, when I brought it to his shop, and he told me that the engine is running perfect and I should not consider even taking it to the dealer for anything, just to do the regular stuff on it. I try to take care and put the best spark plugs that are available in normal shops, but I think there are higher-performance online (maybe)? I am looking for something thats a little bit quicker... So I could do with some modding on this to get it to go 5-6 seconds... I don't need to race :P Another factor that I bothers me is that the car is very stiff. Its very low, great on turns, but the suspension is stiff as a rock, and has always been. I like smoother rides, like my wife's mercedes. For the best price/performance boost and something that would make the ride quality softer, what would you recommend? BTW, the exhaust is still stock, I owned a different car and sold that, and surprisingly that car's exhaust went over the time I had it vs this one... Another thing I've noticed is that the breaks on it are not as good as my wifes car. Hers are always very pumped and you don't need to press a lot for the car to stop. My car is crappier at breaking, and I had the breaks replaced with premium ones...What should I do for that?

I have about $5,000 to spend on it max....So what would be best for all the things I want? (Faster, Softer, better at breaking ?)

BTW, I don't know much about the ECU, or anything, so I would have to have that all done else where...I need some direction so I don't walk into an Auto shop, notice that I don't know much about cars and get burned for no improvements what so ever.

Thanks...

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Member Biographies / Re: [SiK]Grim_Reeper
« on: March 31, 2012, 02:04:29 PM »
I just have a quick question.....Seeing you guys are really into cars

I have a 2002 Volvo S40 1.9 liter turbo with 200,000km. The only thing I've ever done on it is: oil change, air filter change, new tires, rotations, and timing belt replacement...

I want something quicker...it does 0-100kph in 7 something seconds, no tuning. If I wanted something faster, would it be a good idea to invest money in this car, or get a different one all together? I am not sure how strong it will hold up, but I think the engine is ok for now. The body has almost no rust, just a few in stupid places but it does not really make a difference with the amount there is.

If its better to tune/mod it, what would you guys suggest to do to it?

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Multi Theft Auto Discussion / Re: Feature Requests
« on: January 15, 2012, 11:10:03 PM »
I have another suggestion, normally I talk with people when I finished the race, butt the script are constantly saying don't votespam when I try to talk with others... and it's a bit anoying.
And I talked to some people when I was in the server, and they think the same.
So my suggestion is when during the votemap, disable this don't votespam because you are just talking put don't votespam only for numbers, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, not for letters


Very true...During the map rotation, the only time you actually get to make a little convo, is basically eliminated by that exactly. Perfect suggestion.

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Multi Theft Auto Discussion / Re: Feature Requests
« on: January 06, 2012, 08:14:05 PM »
Right well the busy Christmas period is over now, and while work is pretty intense my weekends are now free. Got a few things to do today, but after than I think I'll make a start on this. And actually the first thing I'm gonna do is make my own game monitor, as is quite obvious the current one is completely shit, so there's no reason I can't make my own, it wont be quite as feature rich, but can certainly show active players.

I've got something that you might be interested in, it is fully customizable, and I feel it is a great starting point as a game monitor.

It also has MTA support so it should work right off the bat if you didn't want to spend a lot of time integrating a new game.

Here is the link to the official website: http://www.greycube.com/site/news.php

Here is the download page: http://www.greycube.com/site/download.php?list.10

Here is the latest version ( 5.8 ) standalone which is the one you don't need to integrate into a site/blog: http://www.greycube.com/site/download.php?view.56


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Denied Or Left Applications / Re: Modern's Application
« on: March 19, 2010, 11:25:48 PM »
a sik member
Nice way to fool him :P

Im just the greatest diod ever, thats what he was trying to say ;)

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Denied Or Left Applications / Re: Modern's Application
« on: March 19, 2010, 11:18:08 PM »
Who am I? Bro you have alot to learn, im one of the greatest clan members. Ever. :P . Demon here will explain lol :P

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Denied Or Left Applications / Re: Modern's Application
« on: March 19, 2010, 11:04:15 PM »
hold on a sec, there was something strange about you sentence format, so i checked your ip.


72.12.172.199     [SiK]diod, Modern

odd

Hm, some mistake you got there demon, rofl..
My ip has always been : 24.36.221.243

Its always started with 24. ALWAYS.


And my isp has ALWAYS been Cogeco.

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Random / Re: New Laptop for my Deployment
« on: February 15, 2010, 12:33:06 AM »
Sweet ass laptop, It's specs are peak for a laptop or around there. Awesome surfaces too, this is definitely isn't just your super-laptop. Hope you find some good use for it, maybe for more gpu / cpu excessive games, just to test it out. Hope on hearing where your leaving to soon.

Edit...

wow that is a nice laptop,even better then a pc like mine.
when you will leave?

Hehe, im sorry, I didn't really read your post clearly. Uhm, last I checked your pc specs were

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Processor:Pentium(R)4,3.0ghz 512MB RAM

Video Card:Nvidia Geoforce 6400(Dont remember the correct,sry)

Operating Sistem:Windows XP Professional

Im very sorry if you have gotten a new pc / laptop in the mean time, but if you haven't , I really hope your not underestimating the power of the beast that demon got.

Cpu about 4X better then yours
Ram 5.5 gb more then yours.
GPU? God, don't even get started on that, lol.

Sorry if this seems a little like an argument, just trying to set you straight :P

Or it could've been me not understanding your post but it sure seemed like you said: wow thats not bad, even better then a pc like mine, ( i just re-phrased it to how i think you ment it ;) ) I am sorry thought if thats not how you meant it.

wow what a post !  :o

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Denied Or Left Applications / Re: xerion to SiK
« on: October 20, 2009, 01:20:28 PM »
*I have been on the server alot the past couple of days.... and i have not seen him on.... *

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