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tomtikki · Post by **tomtikki** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:11 pm

Ive never been a 4 spoke fan but they look fantastic!!

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:26 am

Furai wrote:
dylann wrote:kieran god damn it, genuine rodders or replicas? either way super jelly!
Genuine, I didnt know they made fake roders?

Have seen a couple around the internet that don't have any markings at all on them, look identical though.
then again, it is the internet ..

4 spokes get me so hard

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:18 am

haha I almost bought a set of those Big End Rodders from japan but the offset turned out to be alot higher than it was listed so i cancelled my order
Bought some Weds instead

What size are they?

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:55 pm

Yesterday I got the rear muffler replaced. It sounds a heap better without being overly loud. Will get a sound vid on Monday when its on the dyno.

NicF · Post by **NicF** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:18 pm

What'd it cost? Mine's driving me crazy, resonates at just over 3000 and sounds like a fly farting into a microphone.

Nice echoing off the walls of a gorge when it's being caned though...

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:33 pm

Mine resonates around 3000 too.. maybe its due to the length of the pipe and where it bends etc. Something something soundwaves something physics.

NicF · Post by **NicF** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:35 pm

How do I make mine sound like a worked V8 so my gf will stop calling it a gay car?

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:39 pm

Strap her in and commence spontaneous hard driving.

chris · Post by **chris** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:46 pm

NicF wrote:How do I make mine sound like a worked V8 so my gf will stop calling it a gay car?

Road head.

Or.

Grow a pair and stop caring? lol

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:49 pm

My ex used to call it gay until I threw money at the car and now she hates how impractical/uncomfortable/things keep breaking/noisy the car is... Now it's no longer a fun car

Although I have hopes that the Ohlins will make it more practical/comfortable somehow

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:53 pm

Punch her in the nose and ask her if it is still gay through the blood

NicF · Post by **NicF** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:54 pm

I just tell her that being a gay car means I get twice as much sex.

And my hair's never looked so good.

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:55 pm

Snapfrozen wrote:Punch her in the nose and ask her if it is still gay through the blood

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:32 pm

Kieran wrote:haha I almost bought a set of those Big End Rodders from japan but the offset turned out to be alot higher than it was listed so i cancelled my order
Bought some Weds instead

What size are they?

Got them from a guy locally who bought them from Japan years ago.

Fronts are 15-7J +20 and rears are 15-8J +20.

Most are +35 but for $500 I dont really care!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:36 pm

NicF wrote:What'd it cost? Mine's driving me crazy, resonates at just over 3000 and sounds like a fly farting into a microphone.

Nice echoing off the walls of a gorge when it's being caned though...

Cost $200 for muffler and install from pitstop. Talked the guy down from $250 but he said they would be losing money doing it for $200. Guess he really wanted my business

Or my number

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 7:17 pm

authentic wrote:
Snapfrozen wrote:Punch her in the nose and ask her if it is still gay through the blood

Lol , my thinking as well

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:46 pm

NicF wrote:I just tell her that being a gay car means I get twice as much sex.

Lol buttsex

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:54 pm

if anyone has some spare $$ donate so i can get a tee shirt once he makes $25k

http://wreckthehouse.com/

you can have your face on a tier one formula drift car!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:09 pm

Ive seen that as well, will see next week whether i can spare some money

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:38 pm

So i won a free dyno run at E&H motors on facebook, taking the mx5 in tomorrow for a laugh to see how much power its lost from factory.

Taking bets on the whp figure it makes. Winner gets free karma.

Only power related mods are 14º timing, decat and replaced rear muffler.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:12 pm

siren676 wrote:So i won a free dyno run at E&H motors on facebook, taking the mx5 in tomorrow for a laugh to see how much power its lost from factory.

Taking bets on the whp figure it makes. Winner gets free karma.

Only power related mods are 14º timing, decat and replaced rear muffler.

83WHP

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:16 pm

Will try get a printout of the run/s and will also be filming them

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:58 pm

Thanks to Redben and Peanut Piston Ryan for helping me get stuff into the car. The chassis mods of my car are now complete

Oh and we got that oversized piece of metal called a radiator in with some difficulties (by we, I mean they), put a working fan onto the radiator and voila, no more overheating problems

The upgraded swaybars make the car sit suuuper flat (it's awesome)!! The frog arms make the steering way more responsive and I find myself turning into corners too sharply now (will have to adapt) and they actually made a surprising difference to how the car responds.

And the Ohlins went into the car finally

Holy crap they are worth it. The car feels soft and yet is unbelievably planted in the corners. On Scenic Drive heading to Piha, just past the Huia turnoff there's a 25kph corner. Normally I'll get slight understeer going around that corner and the tyres would be chirping quite a bit. Today, same speeds and NOTHING. The car is soo compliant.

I think the only reason I liked the new GT86 was that it had more power and better suspension than my car... Now it just has more power which will be fixed soon enough

harlansmart · Post by **harlansmart** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:37 am

Often quite amazing what really good suspension can do to an already good car!

85whp

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:12 am

These guys almost collected me. They overtook me on Beaumont Street before crashing 100m down the road and were doing 140-ish at the time I was passed. Glad they missed me because I wouldn't have walked away from it

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