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[RevoltTrain]

3 minutes ago, KeltonDSMer said:

I see, I've always been weary of "custom" tunes going crazy with spark advance but as long as you know what you're doing go for it! Any reason you can't just up the boost and uncork the intake/exhaust? Can you monitor the knock sensor easily?

Not quite sure yet, still learning a lot about these cars. I'll find out in the future though

[KeltonDSMer]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

Not quite sure yet, still learning a lot about these cars. I'll find out in the future though

Good deal, have fun in the mean time and don't blow her up!

[chaozbandit]

15 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

yeah that's what I was worried about, considering we have 2 people and I want tires that will last a season

 

Oh they'll last you to the end of the season, it's just how much grip / you still have at that point in time  Is it a square setup?

 

BTW which version of Harry's LT are you using?

[RevoltTrain]

1 minute ago, KeltonDSMer said:

Good deal, have fun in the mean time and don't blow her up!

Won't do anything too stupid with it

[bcredeur97]

Just now, chaozbandit said:

 

Oh they'll last you to the end of the season, it's just how much grip / you still have at that point in time  Is it a square setup?

 

BTW which version of Harry's LT are you using?

im not using any version of anything right now. Started using my dad's go pro(sorry for "stealing" it dad lol) and the one button push to start recording is so convenient that I don't want to bother with anything else lol

 

Yeah that's true. The tires I have now I already starting to noticeably get a little harder after 1.5 season(s). Yes it's square, gonna do 205's all around with 6.5in wide wheels. (I'm staying in stock class, so wheel width has to match, though I can put as wide or narrow of a tire as I want on that wheel width). But yeah I see what you mean, all dem heat cycles. Plus it gets really hot here so have to keep that in mind too. Some people do say the RE-71R's don't last them a season though so that has me worried, but they are in bigger/heavier cars (And they ALMOST get a season out of them)

[KeltonDSMer]

4 hours ago, Strando123 said:

@AlwaysFSX

 

The intro....

Ugh, those are a dime a dozen around here. I can't stand form over function...why do people cut their 8'x4' beds open to stick dual 10" stacks through them only to find out they can't put a piece of plywood in their 8000lb trucks anymore because they want to look cool. I like diesels, I like trucks, but goddamn it pisses me off when I see a truck unable to do truck duties other than haul a beer cooler in the back because of completely useless stacks. Worse yet is when a truck is so jacked up that the little 2" tow ball has to hang down a foot from puny 1" thick piece of aluminum in order for them to hitch their 500lb trailor that could be otherwise towed with a 4cyl ranger.

 

 

^^^Form over function, I just don't like it.

 

 

To me, ^^^this looks just like this...

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, there are some badass diesels around here, but I just see this shit way to often with people that could use a hyundai sonata for the same "duties" their 3500's do.

 

Discalimer: I have a class A CDL with tanker and double/tripple endorsements, this is the rig I used to drive when the company I work for was moving our machine shop (and my gst is in the background )

 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, KeltonDSMer said:

Ugh, those are a dime a dozen around here. I can't stand form over function...why do people cut their 8'x4' beds open to stick dual 10" stacks through them only to find out they can't put a piece of plywood in their 8000lb trucks anymore because they want to look cool. I like diesels, I like trucks, but goddamn it pisses me off when I see a truck unable to do truck duties other than haul a beer cooler in the back because of completely useless stacks. Worse yet is when a truck is so jacked up that the little 2" tow ball has to hang down a foot from puny 1" thick piece of aluminum in order for them to hitch their 500lb trailor that could be otherwise towed with a 4cyl ranger.

 

^^^Form over function, I just don't like it.

 

To me, ^^^this looks just like this...

 

Don't get me wrong, there are some badass diesels around here, but I just see this shit way to often with people that could use a hyundai sonata for the same "duties" their 3500's do.

 

Discalimer: I have a class A CDL with tanker and double/tripple endorsements, this is the rig I used to drive when the company I work for was moving our machine shop (and my gst is in the background )

I love the guys who think their jacked up diesels can compete with a semi in towing.

 

Ricers of the truck world, plain and simple.

[KeltonDSMer]

6 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I love the guys who think their jacked up diesels can compete with a semi in towing.

 

Ricers of the truck world, plain and simple.

Agreed. And again it's not like I don't like trucks, I just hate seeing them unable to do truck things because they want to look cool. If a guy's bed is unusable because there is a 5th wheel in there or something, awesome. I just don't like trying to look cool without actually being useful for anything but getting groceries or taking up 4 parking spaces.

 

Like in that first picture of my rant with the super fabulous shiny drop hitch, the dude has massive tires but that rear diff is still like 6" off the ground...good luck driving over anything that a stock jeep couldn't do.

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, KeltonDSMer said:

Agreed. And again it's not like I don't like trucks, I just hate seeing them unable to do truck things because they want to look cool. If a guy's bed is unusable because there is a 5th wheel in there or something, awesome. I just don't like trying to look cool without actually being useful for anything but getting groceries or taking up 4 parking spaces.

Even the getting groceries thing is a bit of an eh thing if you have to toss them up to the seats because your truck is lifted too much.

[KeltonDSMer]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Even the getting groceries thing is a bit of an eh thing if you have to toss them up to the seats because your truck is lifted too much.

Lol, that's what the chromed out side step bar that completely negates the advantages of having a lifted truck is for silly !

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, KeltonDSMer said:

Lol, that's what the chromed out side step bar that completely negates the advantages of having a lifted truck is for silly !

Oh you mean the one that's 3.5 feet off the ground?

[bcredeur97]

@AlwaysFSX @Strando123 @warmmilk @vinyldash303 @vetali @chaozbandit @MEC-777 @RevoltTrain @terrytek @FuzzyYellow @KeltonDSMer @Zodiark1593 @JoaoPRSousa @did i forget someone?

 

go see the video description to skip around through my runs, my best was the third one if you just wish to see that. There's some good bits here and there though, some funny annotations too. Videos are better when Neil jokes around in them but what can you do when he isn't there? lol (that means no monthly video too btw)

[KeltonDSMer]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Oh you mean the one that's 3.5 feet off the ground?

I was thinking more of the ones that hang way down below the frame making it so that big lift is super worthless as far as driving over anything unless you want to high center on it, but yeah

 

 

I know this is a stock truck, but it kind of shows what I was thinking. FWIW, I see my rants have had mostly dodges in them, but I actually really like the straight 6/single turbo over the other ones.

[KeltonDSMer]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

I wouldn't own Dodge anything unless it had the Cummins in it  

But what about the Stealth R/T TT?

 

Here is a partial of my buddy's 3Kgt VR4, same car as stealth (was taking a picture of the Eclipse):

 

 

10 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

did i forget someone?

 

 

Is it wrong that I was mesmerized by the shifter flopping around for the first two minutes ? Seriously though, awesome driving that was badass! What are you going to do if you get more traction/power though...you might have to shift gears ! Man that thing can turn, that was a lot of fun watching that.

[KeltonDSMer]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

Eh. I'm nuch more interested in towing if I'm buying a dodge. 

 

Maybe an SRT8 300 if you're counting a Chrysler. Maybe an srt10 1500

I was just joking around, it's not like there is anything "dodge" on the stealth anyway :'D

[bcredeur97]

4 minutes ago, KeltonDSMer said:

-snip-

 

Is it wrong that I was mesmerized by the shifter flopping around for the first two minutes ? Seriously though, awesome driving that was badass! What are you going to do if you get more traction/power though...you might have to shift gears ! Man that thing can turn, that was a lot of fun watching that.

haha, I still never did my shifter bushing (partly because I want to get the whole kit that has everything for the shifter so it's all new, and that's expensive). thank you! been working hard on being smooth and relaxed and you'll noticed I applied that pretty well on my third run compared to the others -- and got rewarded for it!

 

my friend matt also was co-driving my car (he's in the second run) and we are typically equal (within a few tenths.. but I was good enough today he beat his best time by almost 2 full seconds lol)

 

more power isn't going to happen anytime soon. Not till I have a real job lol (currently a 19yo college student... who really shouldn't be doing this but im too good at it and it's too fun to quit lol). As for traction, it'll be fine. Second gear is good for most corners, we typically don't have any third gear corners, only straights (and that's rare). So the extra grip will only help me, not hurt. But it's extremely hard to go up/down gears in autoX since you have to be so quick. Still faster than an auto though

 

Yeah that thing can turn! And I don't even know how because it has body roll for daaaaaaayssss

[AlwaysFSX]

30 minutes ago, KeltonDSMer said:

I was thinking more of the ones that hang way down below the frame making it so that big lift is super worthless as far as driving over anything unless you want to high center on it, but yeah

 

I know this is a stock truck, but it kind of shows what I was thinking. FWIW, I see my rants have had mostly dodges in them, but I actually really like the straight 6/single turbo over the other ones.

Yeah that's what I was talking about.

[KeltonDSMer]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

haha, I still never did my shifter bushing (partly because I want to get the whole kit that has everything for the shifter so it's all new, and that's expensive). thank you! been working hard on being smooth and relaxed and you'll noticed I applied that pretty well on my third run compared to the others -- and got rewarded for it!

 

my friend matt also was co-driving my car (he's in the second run) and we are typically equal (within a few tenths.. but I was good enough today he beat his best time by almost 2 full seconds lol)

 

more power isn't going to happen anytime soon. Not till I have a real job lol (currently a 19yo college student... who really shouldn't be doing this but im too good at it and it's too fun to quit lol). As for traction, it'll be fine. Second gear is good for most corners, we typically don't have any third gear corners, only straights (and that's rare). So the extra grip will only help me, not hurt. But it's extremely hard to go up/down gears in autoX since you have to be so quick. Still faster than an auto though

 

Yeah that thing can turn! And I don't even know how because it has body roll for daaaaaaayssss

Is it a lot heavier than the hardtop, like did mazda put any extra bracing down there? I am still blown away how that corners, good stuff man good stuff.

 

I mean, I can shift through 10 gears on a truck without a clutch by rev/load matching all day long, but wow I would suck at autoX on my first go. DSMs don't really like to turn, or stop, or stay in a straight line under power (why did I get into these damn things )

[chaozbandit]

12 days until I leave for Rally Tall Pines. Need to practice shooting in the dark and freezing temps.

 

So here's the super moon.

[bcredeur97]

11 minutes ago, KeltonDSMer said:

Is it a lot heavier than the hardtop, like did mazda put any extra bracing down there? I am still blown away how that corners, good stuff man good stuff.

 

I mean, I can shift through 10 gears on a truck without a clutch by rev/load matching all day long, but wow I would suck at autoX on my first go. DSMs don't really like to turn, or stop, or stay in a straight line under power (why did I get into these damn things )

hardtop? the hardtop attachment that you can get (well the OEM one) is heavier AFAIK

 

Yeah I can shift up/down all day long as well in my miata on the street. AutoX is tough though, if you go to third you already have to be planning how you're gonna get back down to second without messing up and unsettling the car... it's kinda scary almost tbh since you have to rev match so fast and so perfectly... glad I don't have to do it often

 

haha yeah cars that can maintain their balance is gold for AutoX.. you have to shift weight around so much. Very tough to maintain control if the car tends to be all over the place on weight-shifts (i.e. mustangs)

 

(bad pic yes... I was far away and this was at the very first event I went to just over a year ago.. mind you the guy was kind of an idiot) (but we don't use this parking lot anymore -- we have the big airfield now. sooo much better)

[KeltonDSMer]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

hardtop? the hardtop attachment that you can get (well the OEM one) is heavier AFAIK

 

Yeah I can shift up/down all day long as well in my miata on the street. AutoX is tough though, if you go to third you already have to be planning how you're gonna get back down to second without messing up and unsettling the car... it's kinda scary almost tbh since you have to rev match so fast and so perfectly... glad I don't have to do it often

 

haha yeah cars that can maintain their balance is gold for AutoX.. you have to shift weight around so much. Very tough to maintain control if the car tends to be all over the place on weight-shifts (i.e. mustangs)

(bad pic yes... I was far away and this was at the very first event I went to just over a year ago.. mind you the guy was kind of an idiot)

 

Oh are all of them convertibles or something? I was under the assumption that convertibles are generally heavier than their hardtop counterparts due to extra frame in order to try and combat said body roll, because of lack of rigidity from not having a top body structure.

 

The 2G eclipse gst spyder (convertible) for example is 180lbs heavier than the hardtop

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, KeltonDSMer said:

Agreed. And again it's not like I don't like trucks, I just hate seeing them unable to do truck things because they want to look cool. If a guy's bed is unusable because there is a 5th wheel in there or something, awesome. I just don't like trying to look cool without actually being useful for anything but getting groceries or taking up 4 parking spaces.

 

Like in that first picture of my rant with the super fabulous shiny drop hitch, the dude has massive tires but that rear diff is still like 6" off the ground...good luck driving over anything that a stock jeep couldn't do.

really i only like lifted trucks when they actually have some decent ground clearance. and i wouldn't take a heavy duty diesel truck offroading, something a bit lighter duty, like a tacoma or even a 4runner (not a truck, but still based off a truck), with a decent 3 inch lift and some 33 inch toyo open country tires. but i agree, trucks that are lifted like crazy, but can't even travel over a boulder are flat out pointless. it's like they're trying to show off their nonexistent balls by lifting their heavy duty trucks to hell and back.

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, KeltonDSMer said:

 

Oh are all of them convertibles or something? I was under the assumption that convertibles are generally heavier than their hardtop counterparts due to extra frame in order to try and combat said body roll, because of lack of rigidity from not having a top body structure.

 

The 2G eclipse gst spyder (convertible) for example is 180lbs heavier than the hardtop

yeah all miata's are convertibles. If you see one with a solid top it's either custom or one of the OEM/aftermarket hard-top attachments. The car is designed to be a convertible and only weighs 2200-2400 lbs depending on the model

[KeltonDSMer]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

yeah all miata's are convertibles. If you see one with a solid top it's either custom or one of the OEM/aftermarket hard-top attachments. The car is designed to be a convertible and only weighs 2200-2400 lbs depending on the model

Wow, I can't believe I didn't know that!

[MEC-777]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

@MEC-777 you should immediately take those headlights off your car and clear coat over them so they don't yellow again. It'll happen faster since you took the factory coating off

 

In the kit they include a protective wax compound you apply after the plastX polishing compound to protect from further deterioration/yellowing etc. I'm curious to see how long they last before going dull again. Keep in mind, that was 300k+ kms of driving those headlights had been exposed to. Should be good to go now for a while.