Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Least it's not a BMW or any British pile of junk those are far worse.

British yes, BMW...ehhh tough call but I'd be inclined to place the BMW over VAG products solely for the interior quality alone. When you put the same painted buttons in your VW and Audi lines that are in a Chevy Cruze and the paint rubs off them the same way....

 

And anyone remember VAG and their 'soft touch' materials? More like gooey sticky mess!

[MadyTehWolfie]

31 minutes ago, Bitter said:

British yes, BMW...ehhh tough call but I'd be inclined to place the BMW over VAG products solely for the interior quality alone. When you put the same painted buttons in your VW and Audi lines that are in a Chevy Cruze and the paint rubs off them the same way....

 

And anyone remember VAG and their 'soft touch' materials? More like gooey sticky mess!

To be fair this is a HPA manifold problem not a VAG problem. Simply no one really tunes flapless manifolds that well for the TSI. I'm not that impressed with BMW interior's or exteriors to be honest. Lexus IS series cars have a much nicer interior in my opinion.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Question to all of yous, how important is the undertray (a plastic cover that "protects" the engine bay from underneath)? Due to at least 3 of the screws holding it disappearing, a third of it has disappeared so the right side drags along the road now . Any point in getting a new one? I've currently just taped the right side back on so it would stop scraping along the road. 

 

I would remove it as it's just cover but can't reach any of the screws holding the left side without lifting the car. 

[Norwegiantweaker]

6 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Question to all of yous, how important is the undertray (a plastic cover that "protects" the engine bay from underneath)? Due to at least 3 of the screws holding it disappearing, a third of it has disappeared so the right side drags along the road now . Any point in getting a new one? I've currently just taped the right side back on so it would stop scraping along the road. 

 

I would remove it as it's just cover but can't reach any of the screws holding the left side without lifting the car. 

that depends where you live how heavy they salt ( if winter driving ). you wont damage anything major unless you hit a big rock. ive seen some people fit in alu sheets but they tend to have 300+++ HP and drive like they stole everything inside the car 

[Norwegiantweaker]

2 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

It helps with fuel economy for sure- depending on car can also help with cooling and potentially even some protection. Grab some zip ties and secure it back up there

does it really ? do you actually get that much drag/turbulence that ur MPG does down to any noticeable level ?, genuine question as i've never even thought about that nor care to be completely honest but never the less interesting 

[iDeFecZx]

10 minutes ago, Norwegiantweaker said:

does it really ? do you actually get that much drag/turbulence that ur MPG does down to any noticeable level ?, genuine question as i've never even thought about that nor care to be completely honest but never the less interesting 

Stops air traps under the front end. Id imagine its probably only about 1 or 2 mpg difference

[MEC-777]

160lbs of boost anyone? 

 

 

[Norwegiantweaker]

3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Stops air traps under the front end. Id imagine its probably only about 1 or 2 mpg difference

just found this little snippet "For a full-size truck, a change in drag coefficient of 0.01 is approximately equal to an improvement in fuel economy of 0.1 mpg on the combined city/highway driving cycle" now i have no idea how to calculate DC but looking at the 0.1mpg im hoping its less than 1-2mpg if not im wasting so much fuel holy shit

[iDeFecZx]

37 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

if you dont drive a piece of shit, zip tie it back up. if you do drive a piece of shit, rip it off and throw it in the recycling bin. like @iDeFecZx said the manufacturer spent money designing and installing tens of thousands of those parts for a reason. - areodynamics

areodynamics

[bcredeur97]

They can also protect the engine bay from water splashing up directly  in it which can cause some issues especially with the drive belts. Hit a big enough puddle and you’ll hear em squeal

 

also alternators don’t like water. 

[Ross Siggers]

I think most cars have a higher drag coefficient than 0.01 as well

[Jarsky]

Finished painting most of the boot lid for the R33, just touching up the corner where it messed up from unmasking it too early.

Fitted everything back in place, so once the corner dries, ready to go on the car. 

 

 

 

Also the new clutch arrived from Australia

 

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

20 hours ago, Norwegiantweaker said:

that depends where you live how heavy they salt ( if winter driving ). you wont damage anything major unless you hit a big rock. ive seen some people fit in alu sheets but they tend to have 300+++ HP and drive like they stole everything inside the car 

*cough cough* very, very, very heavily. About three days ago, I drove over a road that was newly salted...because some councils are cray cray. There is also a lot of salt in our air in general as where I live, it's about 35 miles west coast to east coast. 

 

So I guess it probably is worth spending £100-200 in getting a new one, maybe. 

[bcredeur97]

37 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

*cough cough* very, very, very heavily. About three days ago, I drove over a road that was newly salted...because some councils are cray cray. There is also a lot of salt in our air in general as where I live, it's about 35 miles west coast to east coast. 

 

So I guess it probably is worth spending £100-200 in getting a new one, maybe. 

You could probably use some fiberglass reinforced body filler to repair yours if it isn’t too bad 

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

You could probably use some fiberglass reinforced body filler to repair yours if it isn’t too bad 

Well...here's approximately what's missing 

 

Might be worth getting a new one...

[bcredeur97]

49 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Well...here's approximately what's missing 

 

Might be worth getting a new one...

Yeah that’s pretty bad... lol

[iDeFecZx]

Just what the civic needed, more NOISE.

I will eventually get round to sorting out the mid pipe with something less fucked.

K100s on the cards next for a more suitable VTEC point and bump in power up to around 230 with the current mods. Then depending whats going on its time to focus on the suspension

[iDeFecZx]

5 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Well...here's approximately what's missing 

 

Might be worth getting a new one...

What car is this on again? And rather than getting a new one go to the local scrappers, probably only cost you £30 at most

[Bitter]

3 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

Just what the civic needed, more NOISE.

I will eventually get round to sorting out the mid pipe with something less fucked.

K100s on the cards next for a more suitable VTEC point and bump in power up to around 230 with the current mods. Then depending whats going on its time to focus on the suspension

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to go UNDER the car, not inside the car.

[iDeFecZx]

48 minutes ago, Bitter said:

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to go UNDER the car, not inside the car.

Well how else does one get it home

Its going on once ive got access to a lift at work lmao

[chaozbandit]

LOUD NOISES

 

 

[FuzzyYellow]

Had a fun day! 

Toyota pulling a Ford, the true order of the world.

 

[Bitter]

It hasn't folded in half yet, you know nothing of Toyota truck rust.

 

[FuzzyYellow]

54 minutes ago, Bitter said:

It hasn't folded in half yet, you know nothing of Toyota truck rust.

 

I had one of those Tacoma’s I sold it. My tundra has a brand new frame from Toyota though.

1 hour ago, vinyldash303 said:

Holy rust!

Yep, replacement body panels are in the works.

[warmmilk]

Went to the track yesterday, had some fun, set a new PB of 1:39.23, but parts of the track were repaved so it doesn't really count... the powers that be said the changes should result in about a 2 second reduction in laptime, and well... I went those 2 seconds faster... even though I went from RS4's to R888R's... in my defense it was raining earlier that day so the track was green, the 2 switchbacks (T3a-3b) were literally repaved the day before.  So thats my official excuse for track layout only improvement and no tire improvement.  None of that stopped my asshØle friend with his asshØle BRZ from running an asshØle 1:35.5 on asshØle year old and like 4-5 track day old asshØle RE71R's mounted asshØle backwards.  I never should have sold him my race seat... or talked his wife into buying him a BBK for his birthday... but I'm not bitter... I'm happy for him...

 

in other news, my pad knockback is finally fixed. finally.  for the first time since I've owned the car.  the car that I bought a BBK for right away so I don't have any brake issues.  that I had brake issues since day 1. 3 years (or is it 4?) I finally have good brakes.  I replaced the master, booster, and the vacuum line that goes to the booster and has a check valve in it.  I suspect it was the check valve but not sure...

 

anyway.. here are my vids...

the section around the 52-1:00 mark in the first vid is where asshØle pulls the most amount of time on me.  He's generally just a hair faster most places, but this section he does faster than pretty much anyone.  Even a very experienced driver in a GT3RS that laps in the 1:20's.. 

 

 

@bcredeur97 @vinyldash303 @chaozbandit @terrytek @vetali

 

Edit: linked the same vid twice, fixed with correct link