Found in the Dumpster – Mystery Engine!

Yesterday I drove to the recycling center to throw away pots and pans as well as some cardboard boxes left over from ordering body parts for my Mazda, and in the metal dumpster lay this as-of-yet-unidentified four-cylinder engine.

I don’t know what car it’s come from, except it does look to be about 30-40 years old or so. It doesn’t seem to be very high tech from the angles that I could photograph it. Diving in and taking detail photos wasn’t an option, but I’m adamant these photos will be enough for our commentariat. Make the jump to see more. No, not in the dumpster!

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A Chess Set Made out of Engine Parts is Just as Awesome as You’d Think

Do you have a spare engine sitting around and also love playing chess? If so, you know what needs to be done. Also, free internet high-five to the first one who can correctly identify each part.

[Source: Reddit]

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Hooniverse Last Call: The Spark Plug Edition

Hey Hoons, my girlie got me a tattoo for the holidays.

img src= the Kenman

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Hooniverse Mystery Car

As the bulk of my fellow Hooniverse contributors are most likely MSG saturated and have ODed on football, this olelongrooffan asked for and, surprisingly, received permission to post the Mystery Car for this Thanksgiving weekend. Now, as I am confident my fellow Hoons may remember, this olelongrooffan has posted a few of these in the past and they, with the exception of the Opel GT, were guessed within milliseconds.

So this time, I am going to do something a little different. No fancy blurred images or partial body panels in this one.

I have had a pair of these old school hubcaps hanging on the walls of my garage or condo for a damn long time; so long that I don’t even know where or why I acquired them. Not only that, this olelongrooffan doesn’t know which vehicle they adorned when they left the factory. I have even toted these along to several auto related events but, alas, to no avail as to their identification.

So while I may catch some grief that this should me a Mystery Part post, this is a true Mystery Car post. I don’t even know the answer. I merely can ask politely of my fellow Hoons to assist in their identification. And I am not as picky as others, the manufacturor and the model will be sufficient. Engine and drivetrain identification is optional.

Who knows? The lucky Hoon who correctly ID’s these may actually see them under your Hoonimas tree this year. And if there is finish ala Smoke and Carl Edwards, you both might get one!

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Name That Part: Revealed!

Did you get the answer?

Well, my pretties… how did you do? Think you got all the answers to our pair of Name That Part challenges today? Now is the time to finally find out for sure. Hit the jump to see how you did!

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Name That Part: Bonus Round!

So do you think you have the answer to our earlier Name That Part? Think you’re doing pretty well? Scoffing at me for making your job so appallingly easy? Well let’s see if this one provides a little more of a challenge. And yet somehow, even with this ultra-close-up shot, I have a feeling someone will have the answer in only a few minutes.

Seriously, you guys scare me sometimes.

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Name That Part: Free Range Oxidation Edition

I was digging through the thousands of photos clogging up my iPhoto recently and found a lovely little series of photos I took while travelling this summer. I don’t expect this should take some of our more… obsessive… readers more than a few minutes to figure out, probably based on the oxidation composition of the paint, but maybe it’ll prove trickier than it looks.

Remember the rules now, it’s not enough to say what it is, you have to specify the year, make, model, engine, transmission, place of manufacturer, and middle name of the favourite niece of the day-shift supervisor on duty on the date of manufacture.

Off you go now!

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Friday Mystery Car

Okay, I know what you’re thinking, these Mystery Car contests are not even worth my time, they’re so easy. Well, today I’ve got one that’s so hard, so inscrutable in its diabolical cleverness and red-herring wild goose chase double cross that you’ll be pulling your hair out in frustration of not being able to crack th. . .

Oh who am I kidding, you’ve probably already figured it out. Go ahead, give it up – make, model, and engine, and I want ALL THREE this time. Don’t make me turn this blog around, people!

Go to it.

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Name That Part!

Milk, it does a body good. It also makes a bowl of cereal palatable and part of a balanced breakfast. The funny thing is, celebrity milkstaches and osteoporosis  ass-kicking grandmas aside, humans – and mostly western ones – are the only animals to continue to drink milk past infancy. And for those women who let their kids drink breast milk way past their infancy?  That’s just ewww.

Still, there’s nothing quite like a healthy bowl of fibrous bulk to keep the pipes clean and your poops nice and woody. That’s just plain good health. Another good thing is balance- in all aspects of life, whether in your diet or your car’s tires. Sure, there’s some laughs to be had watching someone else get their fillings vibrated out due to misbalanced tires, especially if they have those flappy teacher’s arms. Man they look like they could take off with those things.

But what does all this have to do with today’s resurrected Name That Part? Well, just click through the jump and all will be revealed.

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Name That Part – I Don’t Know Either!

It came from underneath...

…but I can tell you where they came from. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been spending a bunch of time (and money) sprucing up the Country Sedan. It’s been mostly sitting for most of the last year, so a round of tune-up parts was in order. After a distributor cap and rotor, new plugs and wires, valve cover gaskets, front wheel bearings and a cooling system flush-out, it was time to hit the road again. Specifically, the plan was to take it camping this weekend. Unfortunately, road testing post spruce-up revealed a tick-tick-CRUNCH noise from under the car, but only under hard braking…

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