Car-spotting thread

[EJphotos]

This is the Type R I would want:

 

[qclabrat]

Please don't put Potenza's on that thing. What size tires are you looking for?

235/40r18 ft 275/40r18 rr

 

[qclabrat]

Screaming chicken?

 

[GSTim]

235/40r18 ft 275/40r18 rr

I was never a big Firestone fan, but when I was looking for new summer tires for the boy's GTI the Firehawk Indy 500s got pretty good reviews. They are great tires, quiet, good ride and reasonably priced. Also the tread pattern looks pretty cool/aggressive which was a selling point for him. 😎

 

[Patrick]

Screaming chicken?

i hear the fire, where is the smoke???!!!

🛣️

 

[GSTim]

i hear the fire, where is the smoke???!!!

🛣

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^ This.

 

[UtahJoe]

Sounds good @qclabrat

@Dingo holley carb jet fit like a glove... Rocker stud goes in that hole next to it and traps it


Then I put my oil primer in and spun it up to make sure it wouldn't move.... Now onto the other side

 

[dmkalemba]

A few from boonton tonight

 

[Patrick]

Sounds good @qclabrat

@Dingo holley carb jet fit like a glove... Rocker stud goes in that hole next to it and traps it
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Then I put my oil primer in and spun it up to make sure it wouldn't move.... Now onto the other side
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They must make an oversized pan ?? is that off the table at this point?
(probably not necessary after adding HV oil pump then putting in a restrictor?)

do you have an oil cooler separate from the one in the radiator?

dry sump it!

 

[Dingo]

They must make an oversized pan ?? is that off the table at this point?
(probably not necessary after adding HV oil pump then putting in a restrictor?)

do you have an oil cooler separate from the one in the radiator?

dry sump it!

The main problem is the oil does not return to the pan fast enough. It stays "upstairs" in the heads and lifter valley. Adding a high volume/pressure pump just adds to the problem. Builders will coat the insides with glyptal paint smooth the casting surface, restrict flow to lifters or rockers all to aid keeping the oil in the pan to feed the crank bearings. Dry sumps are for another oiling problem...

 

[FastFreddy]

This is the Type R I would want:

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Closest I ever got to one of those was my '99 Civic SI sadly it burnt a hole trough one of the exhaust valves on the way home from snowboarding one day 🙁 drove almost 60 miles home on three cylinders it sounded more like a Subaru than my current Subaru does LOL

 

[UtahJoe]

They must make an oversized pan ?? is that off the table at this point?
(probably not necessary after adding HV oil pump then putting in a restrictor?)

do you have an oil cooler separate from the one in the radiator?

dry sump it!

Yup, what @Dingo said.... this is basically the easy step one step 2 will be pulling you oil pan off and changing the oil pump... I'd rather not do that if I don't have to but it's next up on the list... Hoping this works

Need a ton of zip ties, but bbf rockers all come off at once rather nicely... this is an aftermarket setup with Billet stands and hardened steels shafts.... Mounted on arp studs... But for whatever the reason they removed the holes on the end where you would put the cotter pin so you have to zip tie all this together to pull it off.... But it's pretty easy

 

[EJphotos]

Closest I ever got to one of those was my '99 Civic SI sadly it burnt a hole trough one of the exhaust valves on the way home from snowboarding one day 🙁 drove almost 60 miles home on three cylinders it sounded more like a Subaru than my current Subaru does LOL

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This is the closest I've gotten to a Type R. 4 door GSR. Fun car.

 

[mfennell]

This is the closest I've gotten to a Type R. 4 door GSR. Fun car.

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Until it was stolen, right? Based on the sample size of friends-with-GSRs, they're all stolen eventually.

 

[Mr.Moto]

Until it was stolen, right? Based on the sample size of friends-with-GSRs, they're all stolen eventually.

Years back just before we were married, my wife had a GSR. Stolen while we were having dinner at the mall.

 

[EJphotos]

Until it was stolen, right? Based on the sample size of friends-with-GSRs, they're all stolen eventually.

Nope not stolen lol. Where I live, car theft doesn't really happen. I still did have layers of deterrent though.

 

[mwlikesbikes]

Seen on the mean streets of Linden this morning.
If Mad Max drove a Nova.

 

[GSTim]

Seen on the mean streets of Linden this morning.
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Bold move with a cowl hood AND a scoop through it!

 

[JDurk]

From today's ride.

 

[Bike N Gear]

Seen on the mean streets of Linden this morning.
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My grandfather passed away when I was 12. He had a dark green Nova sans hood scoop. I was so pissed when my father let my uncle take it. ANd then to end up with a Datsun B210 as my first car just made it worse.