i final got my Fc
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
i final got my Fc
first i like to say that i am glad to be home it was a 6 hr drive. the after market cd player skipps, i have at least one blown speaker and the speedo is off. but she is al mine now. it rode nice no major problems beside the slight miss when we first started it. and the burnt out blubs. it is a 87 base 5 speed. if you guys really want pics i will post them.
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Warned about everything. These cars are great vehicles but the reliability factor isn't all that great. I personally haven't had any mechanical problems at all yet, and there's 195k on the body and 60k on the swapped rebuilt. I have the tendency to drive with a cement coated lead foot, if you know what I mean. All in all, I say the trouble that some of these Rotaries can give you is well worth it.
One design flaw I'm pissed off at: No passageways for RAM-air from the bumper to the airbox or snorkel, that still allows the hood to close. I would have to cut my hood open and add a scoop if I wanted RAM air..no ghetto rigs like my Eclipse, DAMN IT!
One design flaw I'm pissed off at: No passageways for RAM-air from the bumper to the airbox or snorkel, that still allows the hood to close. I would have to cut my hood open and add a scoop if I wanted RAM air..no ghetto rigs like my Eclipse, DAMN IT!
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
i will get the pic up tomorrow. i put the stock wheels on the back only. it was on my lunch break ran out of time to do the front. speedo is still off. yes ram air only truly rams air at 150-200 mph but you are still getting cooler fresher air in there
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
yeah i am working on it, also does any one know where i can get the head light lens in the bumper the pass. side is broke. and does any one know where i can get Carbon fiber head light covers.
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
i am going to do a oil change soon. i was told to run castol gtx high mileage or something like that. i was thinking about using gunk motor flush. add it to the oil run it for 5 minutes at idle then it comes out with the oil. is this going to do more harm then good??
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Originally Posted by adrock3217
Ram air does not exist less then 150-200 mph....
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I wouldn't do any oil additives due to the fact that our engine burn oil in the compustion chamber. I also would just use standard GTX, not high milage. I think it has additives that might not be good for our engines. My car used GTX with 215k on the engine and still did great.
As for ram air, it will be useless unless you go at very high speeds. Now it would help get cool air in, but thats what a CAI is for. And for the record, the Ferrari 360 Modena only gets a 10 HP boost (400 to 410) at 185 MPH from ram air, so I don't think it would help us.
As for ram air, it will be useless unless you go at very high speeds. Now it would help get cool air in, but thats what a CAI is for. And for the record, the Ferrari 360 Modena only gets a 10 HP boost (400 to 410) at 185 MPH from ram air, so I don't think it would help us.
Originally Posted by fcdrifter13
dails are oldschool man. If I didnt have S5 T2 wheels, and if my car was four lug id rockem
I'm rockin the phone dials.
they got good bridgestone potenzas on them when I got the car, and I dont have the funds to get new wheels and tires for with the 5 lug swap yet.
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
i trying drifting last nite. over corrected and ditched it. so now my exhuast leak is a little worse. scared the living crap out of me. no major damage or real manior damage. i learned that drifting is not as easy as it looks and is better on a closed course with a little more know how.
Originally Posted by raksj04
i trying drifting last nite. over corrected and ditched it. so now my exhuast leak is a little worse. scared the living crap out of me. no major damage or real manior damage. i learned that drifting is not as easy as it looks and is better on a closed course with a little more know how.
sorry I had to.
I learned by bending tie rods and bustin tension rods with the 240sx.
never ditched it though.
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
the front was in the ditch the back on the road. i have no idea what i did wrong. part of me wanted to go try it again. you know the whole if you fall off a horse try try again. but i was thinking i oly had this car a week, better not. is there are where i can learn to drift at? i live it SE wisconsin.
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Awesome job man! Congrats on the FC. I've did alittle drifting on mine in safe areas...that rear end kicks out doesnt it haha.
Anyways, not to thread jack but...
Niiice car =) reminds me of mine..hahah...take good care of it man, their amazing vehicles.
Anyways, not to thread jack but...
Niiice car =) reminds me of mine..hahah...take good care of it man, their amazing vehicles.
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From: Elkhorn, WI/ N.A.S. JAX
damn you and your 5 lug. the back end didn't real kick out. it seems to catch when i don't want it to. i also have manual steering and i have been driving cavailers for four years.
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haha, mine has LSD and Power Steering so its prolly a whole different feel. But anyways, the threads about your ride. It looks really awesome, few things here and there, but with alittle Tlc it's gonna be pretty insane =) Welcome to the Owners club!