The Official EF Discussion Thread
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looks sick. I don't think I have seen a JDM front teal hatch yet.
I'll pay shipping on both if you really are down
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f you innovative crossmember and your non-clearance friendlyness
man that red hatch sure makes me want to go hit up some road coursessssss
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I just came back from the Smog station and they said my car weighs 3000lbs
does that sound right or are those things accurate.
DX from factory says it ways 2200. All I have in there is a B series and a roll bar.
does that sound right or are those things accurate.
DX from factory says it ways 2200. All I have in there is a B series and a roll bar.
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if i had to guess, i would say your car weighs 2350-2400 MAX. Thats a high guess. My CRX DX weighs 2000 with full interior, K20 swap and a full tank of gas.
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definatly way off i dont think the rollbar weighes 800lbs, and a bseries isnt a whole low heavier than a dseries,and you have the jdm front bumper support im sure so thats like 40lbs less weight
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(WHORING my favorite pics of my car ever, copied from my build thread)
chris rules at pics (j-specCB4 from honda-tech). hes starting to shoot for magazines, does it for a living, and for some reason has wanted to shoot my car for a while (got the head thats on it from his old engine, maybe thats why)
lol
for those who dont know, 1/2 hour before these shots were taken , i had just ran the car as hard as i could for 2 days at ITR expo @ autobahn. got the ITR calipers/10.2 rotors setup on the second day (lots of grinding to fit behind those ghetto-cheap 15's) , and mounted the cobalt XP3 pads that i won in the raffle at the banquet after the first day of expo... MAN what brakes. unbelievable.
we just dusted it off (didnt clean the wheels or anything really) ,and chris did his work. he said lighting was tough, but obviously, hes the man, and made it work . nothing like BLAZING sun and using multiple flashes! haha
suspension worked AMAZING. corner weighted it to a 48/52 (with me in the car) side-side balance (car weighs 2150-ish right now too, with weight to lose still), and near 50-50 side balance with a passenger. really happy with the car now. the F23/22 head RULED, made amazing torque , and took the 2 days with glee (oil temps were a bit high though, but they were 30 minute sessions. )
the quaife/trans were perfect, amazing, and lovely.
the swaybar (front only) kept the car SO flat. no rear, dont want it/dont need it
the front tires ruled (255 Yokohama JDM only slicks that tallkyle got somewhere). holy crap grip
the rear tires ruled (225 Hooser Rs304s i had laying around, stuffed miraculously onto 13'' stock EF steelies-took my brother-in-law mikey and myself 2 hours to get on without hurting the tires) . back end was NOT squirelly at all, car just floated/drifted with perfect controllability.
man....this build is FINALLY worth it now.
chris rules at pics (j-specCB4 from honda-tech). hes starting to shoot for magazines, does it for a living, and for some reason has wanted to shoot my car for a while (got the head thats on it from his old engine, maybe thats why)
lol
for those who dont know, 1/2 hour before these shots were taken , i had just ran the car as hard as i could for 2 days at ITR expo @ autobahn. got the ITR calipers/10.2 rotors setup on the second day (lots of grinding to fit behind those ghetto-cheap 15's) , and mounted the cobalt XP3 pads that i won in the raffle at the banquet after the first day of expo... MAN what brakes. unbelievable.
we just dusted it off (didnt clean the wheels or anything really) ,and chris did his work. he said lighting was tough, but obviously, hes the man, and made it work . nothing like BLAZING sun and using multiple flashes! haha
suspension worked AMAZING. corner weighted it to a 48/52 (with me in the car) side-side balance (car weighs 2150-ish right now too, with weight to lose still), and near 50-50 side balance with a passenger. really happy with the car now. the F23/22 head RULED, made amazing torque , and took the 2 days with glee (oil temps were a bit high though, but they were 30 minute sessions. )
the quaife/trans were perfect, amazing, and lovely.
the swaybar (front only) kept the car SO flat. no rear, dont want it/dont need it
the front tires ruled (255 Yokohama JDM only slicks that tallkyle got somewhere). holy crap grip
the rear tires ruled (225 Hooser Rs304s i had laying around, stuffed miraculously onto 13'' stock EF steelies-took my brother-in-law mikey and myself 2 hours to get on without hurting the tires) . back end was NOT squirelly at all, car just floated/drifted with perfect controllability.
man....this build is FINALLY worth it now.
Re: The Official EF Discussion Thread
so i found a 91 civic dx hatch, superior blue, auto, ac, owned by an older lady, immaculate condition. the ladys brother is asking $3k. im thinking i can talk him down, but you guys think its worth it?
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selling stuff on this site is like swimming in a bowl of corn flakes.
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yeah I'm going to find one of those truck scales
But all in a bad day. On my way home I took white lightning to VONs to get some stuff. And a couple (probably married) pulled up next to me after the off ramp in a black Compressor. The guy double takes my car ask me if I want to sell.
I didn't even think about it but "hell nah" just flew out of my mouth. Then I told him I have spent to much time on it, but thanks.
Made me feel really good. He probably couldn't tell what kind of car it was and thought it was an exotic
But all in a bad day. On my way home I took white lightning to VONs to get some stuff. And a couple (probably married) pulled up next to me after the off ramp in a black Compressor. The guy double takes my car ask me if I want to sell.
I didn't even think about it but "hell nah" just flew out of my mouth. Then I told him I have spent to much time on it, but thanks.
Made me feel really good. He probably couldn't tell what kind of car it was and thought it was an exotic
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yeah I'm going to find one of those truck scales
But all in a bad day. On my way home I took white lightning to VONs to get some stuff. And a couple (probably married) pulled up next to me after the off ramp in a black Compressor. The guy double takes my car ask me if I want to sell.
I didn't even think about it but "hell nah" just flew out of my mouth. Then I told him I have spent to much time on it, but thanks.
Made me feel really good. He probably couldn't tell what kind of car it was and thought it was an exotic
But all in a bad day. On my way home I took white lightning to VONs to get some stuff. And a couple (probably married) pulled up next to me after the off ramp in a black Compressor. The guy double takes my car ask me if I want to sell.
I didn't even think about it but "hell nah" just flew out of my mouth. Then I told him I have spent to much time on it, but thanks.
Made me feel really good. He probably couldn't tell what kind of car it was and thought it was an exotic
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