you guys are all wrong!
and i dont even wanna have to explain myself

 

jk

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RARE_EG2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you guys are all wrong!
and i dont even wanna have to explain myself </TD></TR></TABLE>
You're really not that far off, and I was actually thinking about this the other day when planning my wire tuck...

I am personally a HUGE fan of cars that look fully functional, that really are stripped down race cars... There are some things that even by a bare minimum standard you need to have. One could argue that on a flat race track, suspension is uneccessary, since most efforts are spent in stiffening a purpose built car to eliminate suspension travel in that circumstance. Obviously a WRC car would need lots of suspension travel, so something more elaborate is a requirement.

The K.I.S.S. idealogy is most often times the best way to begin any project... There is a line however where necessity crosses practicality. That being said, you could eliminate the ignition system all together and just use a jumper to start the car, but how practical is that in a street driven application? Remove the heat from your car to eliminate the wires and plumbing, but I personally live in WI and without a reliable daily driver I may need that heat one day...

Think of how a modern vehicle has evolved as new ideas and technologies were developed. Hydraulic steering and braking systems, distributors, disc brakes, double wishbone suspension, rubber and urethane bushings everywhere to eliminate vibration, etc... All of these things used to be options at one point, that now come standard...

Am I making sense here?

 

Oscar, how goes the quest for the s2k?

 

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and i dont even wanna have to explain myself </TD></TR></TABLE>
jimmy has all the knowledge..lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by babyS2K &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lane, i'm gonna steal your precious CUSCO </TD></TR></TABLE>haha why does everyone want it so bad...the mounting plates are small, it wobbles at times, and worst of all it is a bolt in. Only reason I keep it is because I happen to really like blue, and it's JDM bling y0! Though if you were to steal it, I have family in your area so I'd fly out, give your dog a steak to get it to stfu and steal it back

Oh by the way, I have sat in a IRL car cockpit (which is somewhat similar to F1 from what I could tell based on controls and how cramped it was) and it was just awesome. All the different adjustments available on the fly are just rediculous, and it really is a marvel of function-driven technology. Everything is there for a reason, and it is in perfect position for the driver to reach.

 

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But it ain't got no Coors dispenser like my Days of Thunder car does!! Kew kew kew!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Enerjohn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">But it ain't got no Coors dispenser like my Days of Thunder car does!! Kew kew kew!</TD></TR></TABLE>Coors? eh, it's ok I guess...now if you had said newcastle I would have been on that like a fat kid in a bakery.

Best part about this new thread is how I get to repost all my shitty *** pictures

 

picked up some more parts for my sol...got GSR strut bar and the first part of my turbo setup(mani, turbo, DP and oil lines).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by broketuner-sol_si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">picked up some more parts for my sol...got GSR strut bar and the first part of my turbo setup(mani, turbo, DP and oil lines). </TD></TR></TABLE>I'm going to a junkyard to get a couple of those strut bars this weekend. They sell them cheap, and nothing is as functional as something that came on the car when they were sold. I love Honda OEM parts

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imm0rt41 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Coors? eh, it's ok I guess...now if you had said newcastle I would have been on that like a fat kid in a bakery.

Best part about this new thread is how I get to repost all my shitty *** pictures
</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ahhhh, I love parts IN the car. My old corolla had a full front and rear bumper in the hatch from my parts car. Thing was like a drivable shed, haha.

 

Yeah man, i had to keep that stuff in there since it wasn't in a garage at the time. Didn't want someone walking off with my ****!

So which would look better, an OEM Del Sol VTEC/GSR strut bar stripped and polished, or powdercoated blue like my Cusco roll bar?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by imm0rt41 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So which would look better, an OEM Del Sol VTEC/GSR strut bar stripped and polished, or powdercoated blue like my Cusco roll bar? </TD></TR></TABLE>
blue you ricer!!

yay for new pics!!! (and yes jimmy, i took them and uploaded them myself )

look on my thread for more and ill add the rest of em later or for page ownages!


Modified by afro sheen at 5:26 PM 10/9/2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by afro sheen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">blue you ricer!! </TD></TR></TABLE>haha well then, looks like I get to pull a few strings and get it colormatched. Should look pretty sick!

You car looks good by the way, Terrence and I don't think I ever thanked you for getting me in touch with the mod that got me unbanned...so uhh thanks bro!

 

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thank you and no problem w/ the help. im sure you or someone else wouldve done the same thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by afro sheen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thank you and no problem w/ the help. im sure you or someone else wouldve done the same thing </TD></TR></TABLE>You bet your *** I would!

And since this is a del sol thread, here's how i currently am feeling towards my project sol:

 

yeah thats the way i feel about school and not being able to have my car.

edit: wooot ownage! that means more pics of my del Sol for you all to enjoy!



Modified by afro sheen at 5:26 PM 10/9/2006

 

^^looks sick!^^^^ Best pictures yet!

 

lol thanks ian and you can thank my friend arnold for photoshoppin'!
but the pic ideas / shots came from your boy BIG-T!

edit: and i may be willing to sell you my ex/si lip soon (im thinking about getting a new one! we'll see though and ill keep you updated *nothing final yet*)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by afro sheen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol thanks ian and you can thank my friend arnold for photoshoppin'!
but the pic ideas / shots came from your boy BIG-T!

edit: and i may be willing to sell you my ex/si lip soon (im thinking about getting a new one! we'll see though and ill keep you updated *nothing final yet*)</TD></TR></TABLE>

DEFINITELY keep me updated. If its a good deal I will most likely take you up on that. It'd be the final thing to get done before winter hits. Weather says it might snow a little Thurdsday

 

yeah afro...i'm loving that shot...

i wish my sol was that color

 

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i wish my sol was that color</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea me too...

 

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i think the cusco blue would look cool

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by afro sheen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yay for new pics!!! (and yes jimmy, i took them and uploaded them myself )

look on my thread for more and ill add the rest of em later or for page ownages!</TD></TR></TABLE>

aaahhhh youre learning young grasshopper ..damn your car looks so good with those wheels ..and without the side moldings

 

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it's not a quest. it's a guaranty . vy knows whats up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by memphisraines26 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">james was that hill climb in greece? be fun to take a sol out like that.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know I'm 2 pages late but no, thats not Greece, those roads are too wide and the turns arn't twisty enough.

Sasha : I actually use the power mirrors often so I don't hit the curbs while parking - roads are a tight fit here in Europe and especially Greece

Danny : Loved the "Days of Thunder" comment... I pissed myself laughing at 5:30am in the morning!

As for racecars it can go either way, theres no need to fight over it. I've met officials from both Lotus and Ferrari during my time at the magazine, Lotus keeps Colin Chapmans ideology of "performance through lightweight". They'll tell you that not having electric windows means "less can go wrong".

Then you have Ferrari, with the F1 inspired flappy paddle gear box, which not only shifts gears faster than any human can, but it gives torque to the engine for those few milliseconds the clutch is activated. BMW's SMG II & III are just perfection, and even VW/AUDI DSG double clutch is the fastest shifter you can get in a reasonbly priced car.

When it comes to real life cars, it's all about what you prefere. Even in racing, F1 has one ideology, WRC another, LeMans another and so on and so on.

When it comes to del Sols - it's just one giant headache trying to figure out how make that bitch handle properly without spending a pretty dime.