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Replaced my dingy old headlight lenses with some pristine new ones. One is sitting about 2mm higher than the other one for some reason. I'm the only person who would notice so I'm trying to not go full OCD about it.
Also replaced the marker and drl lights with LEDs. Looks great!
Replaced my dingy old headlight lenses with some pristine new ones. One is sitting about 2mm higher than the other one for some reason. I'm the only person who would notice so I'm trying to not go full OCD about it.
Also replaced the marker and drl lights with LEDs. Looks great!
Yeah I took a good donor set of OEM lenses and replaced my old ones. I think there was too much original goop left in the housing on one side, though. I used silicone to bind the two halves together and I think one side had just a little too much. No big deal.
Current setup was a muffler delete on the G. Today I replaced the stock resonator with a magnaflow one and I love it!
Big thing with the Honda J30-35 motor cars too, stock resonator is just too quiet but without it you get rasp. The Magnaflow or Dynomax are perfect.
I'll be making a trip to the muffler shop soon too, the resonator that came with my Tanabe exhaust just isn't cutting it at legal Texas freeway speeds (75-80), hoping a longer resonator will knock out the drone at those speeds. Pretty much everywhere else its fine.
Lmao. So my coworker wanted to race me in his scion tc. Idk if he was serious or joking but he definitely tried. He obviously doesn't know his cars. Got an easy win tonight.
Of all the cars I have ever owned, I would rank changing the valve covers on a VQ the second worst* job there is. The amount of crap you have to get past just to re/re the covers makes what would be a one hour job on any other car a 5+ hour job.
I also installed a Kinetix velocity manifold and aramid gasket in preparation for next month's supercharger install.
Tomorrow's to-do list: cutting a couple of new vacuum lines to replace the cracked ones I discovered today, using zip-ties to re-secure the wiring harness. Ditching the stock intake plenum means losing a couple of harness mounting points.
Also tomorrow: hoping deleting the throttle-body heater won't be problematic. As it seldom dips below freezing here I'm not too worried. We'll see!
*worst job, in case you're wondering, is replacing the clutch on a Saab.
Changing valve covers is the absolute best time for a wire tuck. I didn't realize $88 for a maxima set. I got fel pro gaskets and ultra gray and decided to paint the valve covers while they were off and do a full wire tuck. With the wire tuck, cleaning intake, painting various parts, I spent 3 full days on it. Wasnt all that hard just time consuming.
i feel you on this. I have a NA and a FI car already this G was supposed to be my DD. I have a Stingray that's stock and a 5th gen Camaro Twin turbo LLT. I'm at this point just building a fun DD (that wasn't supposed to be) to make my hour drive to work and back more interesting
It's a new LT1 car isn't it. Nice car, must be nice to have a car throw down 410 at the wheels stock. That engine is begging for bolt ons
Sue me but I love monster Miatas. I had a '91 with a homebuilt turbo and even with just the +/-210hp that gave me, that car was nuts. I wanted to put a 302 in it but in the end a car that small is just too impractical as a DD.
Random thought of the day. Someone should completely gut the G35 just to see how fast it would be. 280hp with 3000lbs. Hmmm...
I did it to my 03 Mustang GT about 10 years ago. Weighs about the same as the GTs. I remember on a scale before I got real into it, it was 3240. Took a couple tenths off my time. 200-300 pds is doable with effort. A rear seat delete kit is key. A whole backseat assembly can weigh 80-100 pounds. Racing seats, lighter body parts, etc. With 256 RWHP and a tad over 3050 pounds empty, I was running 8.1 in the 1/4 mile but more aftermarket availability for a Mustang. 4 link rear end built with 4.10 gears on ET Streets was the key. I was rocking 1.60 60 foot times out of that 256RWHP car.
