^^lol, I'm not in the least bit surprised to hear that

When I go in a few months I'll just be running on my OEM Michelin HP Primacy grand touring summer tires. People bash them but they are W rated with a 240 A treadwear rating. They'll probably get greasy but with my lightweight car I'm not worried about chunking them.

9/3/2013 12:26:26 PM

I will second smooth crims post.

My uhp all seasons had issues shifting belts and becoming unbalancable

Never again...

9/3/2013 1:33:52 PM

- Reinstalled factory intake assembly on Dakota; had to 'fab' up an offset 1/4"-20 stud to hold the air hat to the throttle body. Going to sell the Bill's Intake kit for cheap, separately.

- Went to replace water pump on Dakota, quickly learned that the pump I bought on rockauto 2yrs ago was the wrong one...back to the drawing board. One comes with a threaded pulley hub, the other has threaded holes on the pulley itself.

- De-"Oraled" Ol' Red by way of replacing straight-piped stock exhaust with a complete 409SS 4" system, complete with perf core muffler AND an FTE 30" resonator/muffler (auger insert, absolutely kills any interior drone). Also reinstalled the stock turbo's 'silencer ring', furthering my 'stock truck' goals.

- Detailed interior of Ol' Red, over a period of 4hrs and a few hundred q-tips. PO must have lived on a dirt road or something, as the thing was completely covered with dirt.

9/3/2013 1:36:11 PM

It would appear that some motherfucker in a white car sideswiped my Integra, from the opposite direction (which means they were probably drunk). I live at the end of a street, so this is ridiculously frustrating

2 foot long dent, deepest point is about 2-3". No sharp creases, no cracked paint. I wonder if this can be popped out at one of those Dent Wizard places?

9/5/2013 8:26:40 AM

opinions on genuine honda part vs autozone part for a rear wheel bearing assembly on 07 accord? prices for genuine are about double (or more)

9/6/2013 4:58:10 PM

Go OEM for the wheel bearing. Try majestichonda.com for better pricing.

I put 4 tires and an alignment on the Accord. Not really loving the Yokohama YK580. The YK520's I replaced felt more surefooted.

9/7/2013 7:33:47 AM

Oem or Timkin for bearings

9/7/2013 9:55:20 AM

DR Color Chipped a couple rock chips, it came out great

9/7/2013 9:56:04 AM

Even the Timkin's have been sketchy the last few years. You are not guaranteed a matched set of bearing and race. They started outsourcing to China and the quality has gone to shit.

9/7/2013 1:51:42 PM

Is it a bearing or hub assembly.

9/7/2013 5:47:15 PM

^^^^^ thanks
^ hub assembly

[Edited on September 7, 2013 at 6:19 PM. Reason : .]

9/7/2013 6:19:15 PM

Patched floorboards and replaced PTO shaft in F-600, treated floorboard in F-100 with ospho in preparation for patching.

9/7/2013 8:21:58 PM

Picked up a big bolt in a tire on my Insight today. I was about due for new tires anyway, so I limped it to Discount Tire. Without even doing any online price matching or anything, I got 4 Bridgestone low-rolling resistance tires, mounted and balance, with free lifetime rotation, 65k tread wear warranty, Discount Tire warranty against flats, a rebuilt TPMS sensor, taxes, out the door for $450 (if you count a $70 mail-in rebate).

It just tripped the maintenance minder for a scheduled service (oil and trans fluid change). I'll do it all myself for something like $65, using Honda CVT fluid, Mobil 1, and a Bosch filter.

After a decade of driving apart nothing but sports cars, it's kinda mind blowing how cheap this thing is to own and operate.

9/11/2013 9:17:08 PM

Can't beat discount tire warranty. A lot of tire stores have 40,60,80 rebates going on for a select 4 tires do to traveling season being over. So if you want tires now is a good time to get em. Tires are also marked down as well

9/11/2013 9:31:35 PM

My headers finally came in from California. Now I've got to find a free 1.5 day to do the swap on my Land Cruiser before its due for an inspection in November.

Toyota quality my ass.

9/11/2013 10:12:43 PM

my old exhaust pipes were beat to shit and leaking in a few spots. plus the old turbo elbow and downpipe were only 2.5" at the collector.

now everything's round and 3" from the turbo back.



new downpipe vs old.



dat flatness.

Quote :

"{blah blah blah, new tires and lots of other shit} out the door for $450 "

holy balls that is cheap

9/12/2013 9:42:02 PM

Replaced upper radiator hose. It was just a fizzer, so it was leaking down the back of the radiator without hitting anything hot to make it steam so I didn't know until it started running hot tonight.

9/12/2013 10:14:36 PM

power adder for the BRZ...purchased

9/13/2013 10:01:47 AM

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

> punch it in third.
> hit boost.
> rear end squats.
> top of tire rips through flare.






on the plus side... before i took it out for a spin, i used some threaded holes (originally for the cat heat shield) and an old strap of aluminum to hold up the test pipe and keep that flex section from hanging so damn close to the ground.



worked really well

9/13/2013 8:23:38 PM

^^ NAWZ?

9/13/2013 9:42:06 PM

SMFH


You're not testing anything.

9/13/2013 9:49:08 PM

that's what i've always seen it called. cat delete pipe, maybe? i dunno.

9/13/2013 10:01:59 PM

replaced the real bearing assembly today - nice quiet ride again

9/14/2013 9:28:21 PM

It's called an off-road pipe. That's the non ricer term.

9/15/2013 3:15:26 PM

Quote :

"off-road pipe"

when suddenly

9/15/2013 7:20:10 PM

Test pipe is a standard name for a cat free down pipe.

9/15/2013 7:29:10 PM

^ ricer... Doesn't count

Subie guys say catless dp up etc
Ricers/ euros say test pipe

V8s say off road h pipe x pipe etc cause that's how 'merican companies market them sa not for street use.

9/15/2013 8:13:51 PM

that guy needs to get SS bolts for his flares, that rusty bolt has to go

9/15/2013 8:22:36 PM

That's incorrect maxidrver

Sumfoo1 is closer, but still, nothing is being tested, and when you order your test pipe it is usually written somewhere n the order form or catalog as or road use only not testing purposes only

9/15/2013 9:32:38 PM

What it is called and used for are different. You just said, "when you order a test pipe."

9/15/2013 9:43:04 PM

(" ") was implied.

9/15/2013 11:18:26 PM

A test pipe is just a pipe. A catless DP is different only that it's a downpipe, not just a length of tubing made to replace a cat. Same idea with H-pipes, X-pipes, etc.

The difference isn't just subculture vernacular; it's rooted in the differences in how the exhaust systems of different vehicles are configured (transverse I-4 vs longitudinal naturally-aspirated V8 vs turbocharged flat-four, for example).

...and besides that, who gives a fuck?

9/15/2013 11:23:57 PM

Ricer terminology.

9/16/2013 12:49:37 AM

ragged, your argument is like an american telling a brit that his spelling of "colour" is incorrect.

sorry to have started such a flood of butthurt

9/16/2013 5:55:33 PM

back on topic... I installed new HH-sintered pads on the R1200R .

:/

9/16/2013 7:10:20 PM

jawhitak, is that your DD? What kind of WHP are you working with?

9/16/2013 9:10:35 PM

it was for a few years while i was still at NCSU, but now that i'm out of school with a real job i have a '90s honda to get me to work and back reliably.

i just finished putting a built SR in it with a 2871r, n62 maf, 740ccs, etc, etc, etc. it's a pretty common SR setup. basically the biggest you can stretch the stock bottom-mount T2 placement. most guys see the 380-400whp mark at ~20psi, but i have yet to dyno mine to get exact numbers.

[Edited on September 16, 2013 at 9:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/16/2013 9:14:40 PM

Dynomatted under the reas seat of the maxima. Cut down on exhaust noise considerably.
Will do trunk some other time.

9/16/2013 10:45:40 PM

Spent Sunday trying to track down a coolant leak on the s2000 with no luck

It's losing quite a bit of coolant, too. Really bothering me.

No coolant in the oil and no oil in the coolant.

No blowing smoke.

No puddles when I park.

What the hell am I missing?

If it were a headgasket problem, especially with that much coolant loss, wouldn't at least one of these signs show up? Plus the plugs aren't fouled and compression is ok and it doesn't run like dick like coolant is just flowing into the cylinders.

I suck, I know.

[Edited on October 3, 2013 at 5:42 PM. Reason : spelling]

10/3/2013 5:19:58 PM

can you smell coolant burning in the exhaust? seen that before.

10/3/2013 6:03:03 PM

no

10/3/2013 6:06:17 PM

you sure it's not coming out the reservoir while you're driving?

faulty radiator cap?

10/3/2013 6:07:40 PM

seems like you have a lot of problems with that honda

10/3/2013 6:07:54 PM

^^ will check and might as well replace the cap anyway

^ apparently it was beat on pretty bad before I got it, because I've babied the thing - le sigh

of course, the coolant thing is probably my fault

[Edited on October 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM. Reason : ]

10/3/2013 6:11:09 PM

Isn't this your second honda? The first one your buddy destroyed right?

10/3/2013 7:12:39 PM

No, that was some other dude. I've never let anyone drive this thing Well, except the dude that I bought new tires from.

And there was coolant under the car when I left work (in the dark) so that's awesome - maybe it's gotten bad enough to spot Never thought I'd be happy about that.

[Edited on October 3, 2013 at 7:43 PM. Reason : ]

10/3/2013 7:40:30 PM

Heads on 1 week till dyno tune hopefully.

10/3/2013 8:51:55 PM

^ Should probably have been paying attention, but what car/truck?

[Edited on October 3, 2013 at 10:31 PM. Reason : ]

10/3/2013 10:30:53 PM

61 galaxie

10/4/2013 5:31:30 AM

Quote :

"^ apparently it was beat on pretty bad before I got it, because I've babied the thing - le sigh of course, the coolant thing is probably my fault"

How much did you pay for this S2000 anyway? Given all the problems I really hope it wasn't more than $10k

With a puddle forming now, could it be a hose or the radiator?

10/4/2013 8:47:50 AM