93h2beg

My fiancé and I are looking at moving... my working situation is the only thing keeping us here. I will have a fantastic opportunity here in the next few years if I stick with.
I have been toying with texas, south carolina, and florida along with georgia. My other passion aside from cars is surf freestyle jetski-ing so I need to be close to an ocean with waves- which make Texas not a hot candidate as the gulf is very low surf if at all... But sheesh it is cheap!

Regardless, I will continue my crusade to personally stimulate the economy by spending every dime that comes in and then some!

Geis

I wonder... Can you get around the hood popping by relocation of the hood latch?

I know there are people running ridiculous power around here, because I've seen them. I'm sure you remember riceball777 shodan.


Guess I'll just have to make sure not to get caught by those pesky Chp

2kdrift

I run a relocated hood latch cable so potential thieves cannot open my hood easily from outside the car, I think the OP is more concerned about cops tho

93h2beg

And if the cops have PC to believe your car is illegally modded and you "can't" open the hood they can impound your car and have their mechanics open the hood. Then you get tagged with tow fees, and all that fun jazz.

I was almost a cop- long story but decided some point after the academy I didn't want that job. They teach you how to pull anyone over and find PC to search if they want.

93h2beg

I received my oil drain back bung today. Lined it all up, marked it out. Took it to the table to drill it and TIG it up. I decided to move my drain back about 3/4" to the right of my mark. Drilled the hole, TIG welded it up, and set it back on the block only to realize I moved the bung over a oil pan bolt hole... UGH. Guess Ill order a new bung and weld up the hole. Rookie mistake.

Also received a new CC stage 3 clutch today. Got it from a vendor here. good guy, fast shipping and the best pricing I could find anywhere! Thanks to Brandon @ street standard!

93h2beg

What LSD should I buy?

Wavetrac or Factory i CAN get either for about $700. This will be a street use car with some 1/4 mile blasts. I have read lots about both- and I guess really it does not matter which one I go with as they will both be a huge improvement over an open diff.

The real question is can these both handle 500+ who in street abuse use?

AZ_CIVIC

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If those are the only two options you're going with I would choose the Wavetrac. Mfactory is also a good option, I've been running mine sine 2012 and it works great.

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

WaveTrac IMHO, if those are the only 2 options.. I like MFactory, but I've had a better history on those Helical LSDs from Wavetrac or Quaife.

93h2beg

my budget keeps getting spent elsewhere.

It was maybe a month and half ago two of my dogs got into a fight and I had to spend $1200 to get her fixed up.

Just this Sunday night 2 different dogs got into a scuffle and another $300 out the window.

Why do you guys say if those are my only 2 options. This is not going to be a track (CIRCUIT) car, just a weekend driver, are the LSD unit I mention not good for this? I thought I had done my homework, but never saw HP / TQ numbers that these 2 units are okay with.

2kdrift

im quite happy with my OEM LSD for street use

93h2beg

I have run OEM Lsd's in the past, I was also very happy with the performance I had, but my N/A build was maybe 250 hp?

And I have a lower milage LS trans with an open diff. At least I'm not saying phantom grip or welded diff / obx

2kdrift

Im at 400 HP, truth be told I mostly purchased the type R trans for the gear set but the LSD was a bonus, I dont do burnouts on purpose or anything like that but so far its done quite well

93h2beg

I put a want ad up here for a b16 intake.
Found and purchased a type r intake and throttle body.

Seller slacker for 2 weeks in shipping and then didn't have funds to ship it. So I had to pay for shipping on top of what I gave him. Truth be told I still paid less than market value for just the intake.


It arrives yesterday, I clean it up and go to install it. As I'm tightening down the nuts, I notice on the coolant passage side of the manifold there is a hairline Crack. I'm very tempted to file a PayPal claim, but I do have the ability to repair this.

The intake was boxed so poorly with a few pages of newspaper thrown into the box as protection, not crumpled, just laying in there. I assume the damage came from shipping- there was a hole in the box where this part of the flange had poked through.

The kid I bought it from... well he does not seem to have it all together, very poor transaction. I guess in the end, I have the intake and can repair it. Maybe I'll just let it be.

Geis

I would file a claim on his dumbass, would be an easy case to win and PayPal always sides with buyers.

I bought a turbo a while ago that had the intake cylinder a bit bent on one side at the end, it kind of pissed me off, however I realized that despite decent packaging that **** can happen in shipping. But if the kid takes your money, holds it hostage until you pay shipping, and then just throws it in a box I say ****'em.

​​​​​​​Just my opinion of course :p

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

I'd let it go, and make the repair as needed, as this could easily be from shipping. If you want to file a claim, file it with the shipper/shipping company. Leave Paypal out of it.

Always filing claims doesn't teach anyone any lesson, if you're doing it, "just to do so." Sure, the guy's an idiot, why deal with him any further than you have to. If you can repair it, and turn lemons into lemonade, then just go with it and move on.

Just my opinion too.

93h2beg

That's really how I was feeling about it. Obviously this kid isn't as fortunate as I have been. When he can't make a 37$ shipping bill.... if I were to file a claim with PayPal, what would that do to him? Not pay car insurance? Rent is short? And to me, what is 37$.

I can probably repair it so I will try. If I burn up the intake In doing so, we'll that's just funny then.
Then I'll have to go aftermarKet.

TheShodan

iTrader: (14)

There you go.

93h2beg

here is the repair to the intake

I did a V groove along the crack and welded it up very hot.

Ground it down and turned down the heat (voltage) to the MIG and did these three colder passes over just as reinforcement.

Doubt it was necessary but I figured i was all set up so I might as well do it.

So intake is repaired and is flat on the surface- I will clean it up a bit and probably paint it to match the engine block.

93h2beg

well just hand a hand surgery yesterday- carpal tunnel release... so it puts my build on hold. bummer. guess i will just clean my garage

93h2beg

Hand is doing fine.
Bought some rims, brakes (mini) and lsd w/b16 tranny. It's a quaife lsd. I'm going to replace the bearings, the synchros look great!

Should I break the motor In on the chassis dyno? Or do I need to put a bunch of miles on it as an n/a???
I'm thinking start it up as na here. Check for leaks and due valve adjustment. Then trailer it to the shop for dyno.

What about dyno tuning if I change out the Intercooler at some point, retune?

2kdrift

you can break in on the dyno or chassis its up to you, it should be broken in after about 500 miles theres lots of opinions on which method is best. I had good luck with the hard break in myself.

shouldnt need to retune for an intercooler as long as the tuner does a good job

Geis

Damn, so you're the one who picked up Caoboy's tranny. I was strongly considering it haha.

93h2beg

LOL, ya he couldn't verify if the LSD worked but I took a risk... he gave me a great deal.

I hit him up and jumped on it late on a Sunday night. My fiancé was pissed I bounced out at night.


So in doing the brake upgrade- mini ITR.

My car is a DX- So i went to junk yard and found a 95 EX civic and took the knuckles. I replaced the bearings, ball joints and assembled it all. The Calipers hit the rims now... bad. WTF.

2kdrift

what size are your rims? I beleive 14's is the smalles you can use, if 14s dont fit then its 15's i cant remember which

93h2beg

I'm running 15's they hit the spokes..