yah, it was nice for a change.


yah im kinda interested how conservative honda is setting der turbos. VW one can immediately unleash 30% increase in power with just stage1. ridiculous night/day difference in power.

 

alright happy friday! finally. been ready for da weekend since monday.

half day today too so should go by real fast. can’t wait to get back in my GTI dis am to reset my driving brain. dat altima screwed with my head. lol

have a great friday everyone!

 

Hey guys! yeah Im stoked. Been trying to find threads with #'s but they've been removed or uninformative.

If I recall...a conservative tune would get me 35-50whp and about 45-65wtq. So stock is 180hp/177tq. With a conservative tune would get like 225whp and 235wtq. Then the clutch needs to be upgraded to surpass that.

We will see. I'll definitely report back. I did find a SI RSB locally so I should be picking that up this weekend.

Have a good Friday gents.

http://ktuner.com/ktuner-civic-x-testing/
http://ktuner.com/16civicturbo/

Note about lowering springs...think I'm making too big of a deal about 0.2"/5mm? Sportlines drop 0.2" more than the Pro-kit but require a camber kit. That 5mm worth $180 camber arms? lol

 

That will be awesome gains shinjari! You thinking doing mail order or dyno tune?

The sportlines are listed as 103 lb/in rear. That's just way too soft IMO. You'll end up back where you started by going with a thicker bar and then softer springs I fear.

Then you have the Pro-kits that are variable rate and start softer in the rear.

I'd pick a different spring company, but that's just me.

 

nice gains shinjari.

da springs really depends on the working height which is the loaded ride height and how much it might compress while driving. spring rate, how fat u is and how u drive can also determine if u need camber stuff. most folks go for thread life of tires which imho is kinda bs.

drive da car how u want it though i guess.

 

oh mang da ride in my GTI was awesome dis am. danks nissan for shitty riding cars. it makes my cars even moar enjoyable. lol.

 

hummm. looks like local dealers are finally getting the 2018 500’s.. abarths soon maybe..?

 

An Italian car company building a car in Mexico...what could go wrong?

Between espresso breaks and siestas, it's no wonder it's a bit late to market. LOL

 

If you buy an Abarth I bet after not long you will think your GK is more reliable & better built. You do realize that it's fwd? A few posts ago you said how much you don't like fwd. I'm getting confused.

I've test driven the 500 Abarth & I liked it, but compared to my GTI it ain't much. Take a test drive & see if you can live with one.

 

At this point the 500 is a super, super dated platform. I like them a lot, but it is like a decade old.

 

Guess I shouldn't talk since I want a Charger Hellcat...aka American car built in Canada by an Italian company.

My Lincoln is kind of unique these days. American car built by an American company in Chicago from mostly American components.

The one murky thing on my car is the chassis. It's based on a Volvo platform.

Amazing how global cars have become.

 

That seems to be true of many FCA platforms. Many were developed by other car companies when they were owned by other manufacturers. I think that their goal is to milk everything as much as possible and then try to sell off some of the brands.

 

I mean, this is a Fiat platform, it just is based on a Fiat platform no longer used on anything else.

 

Yeah, I was more speaking of their investment (or lack there of) in Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram.

Basically, if they can't alter a Fiat platform like the one used by the Renegade, they just seem to let it ride and milk it.

The Charger/Challenger/300 is currently riding on a TWO+ decade old chassis. It's heritage dates back to the E class Mercedes of the '90's I believe. I'd love to see a new version. Something closer to GM's Alpha chassis.

 

LOL'ed.. yikes no wonder reliability is like #1.. from bottom.

yah, i drove da GTI home in rain dis PM and it just reconfirmed once again, u're absolutely right, faking hate FWD cars mang. pisses me off, no grip. and da more i get pissed off, da more i hate DSG too. AT is so stupid.

so? im many decades old.. lol

is dat the same factory dat made da FIVE HUNDREDs? lol

wow so much hate on fiat. where do i sign up?

not even a bicycle?

k, u lost me at 'Renegade'.. dat thing was such a pos garbage in da snow it was unbelievable. nearly crashed into an expressway entrance guardrail going no more dan 15mph super srow.. useless AWD.

 

ran a few errands before coming home, did a few house chores and a little repair on da 2nd floor shower unit drain cause i found a small stain on my powder room's ceiling dis pm. sucks mang.. i have to paint da ceiling now once all dry. another thing to do. i hate working on da hauz. i would much rather just pay someone to fix things for me.

anyway, will let the caulk dry for 24hrs and will see how things are before doing the painting maybe next weekend. so tired of bs.

but i did have my icecream and things are all okay now. lol

 

Yup...and it's a Fiat under the skin. Just sayin'.

 

lol'ed yah, im steering faar away from fiats now. haha!

i think im going to re-research da wrx limited u mentioned.. MT of course.

 

meh... (wrx)

 

kids making us mapo tofu.