bullhead7

just got my gtus just wondering what u guys have done to yours and what is the best way to set things up all the way around (suspension,engine,ect.....)

Node

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whoa whoa whoa...........theres not just one way to set up YOUR gtus.

figure out your goals, and what you will be using it for. how extreme or how mellow do you want to go?

is it a daily driver?
do you have smooth roads or rough roads?
do you plan on autoxing? how often?
do you plan on doing open tracks? how often?
do you want it to be handle great and be comfy or handle like a race car?
do you mind loud noises other than exhaust like road noises?
do you want a loud exhaust?
do you know how much hp you want?
do you mind it being really low and have to drive sideways over speedbumps and be very careful about potholes and curbs or do you just want a tiny bit of lower so you still have good street clearance?

Madrx7racer

my GTUs:
3" Turbo-Back~custom FMIC~Eibach on KYB AGXs~RacingBeat Front and rear sways~ADR DTM 16" rims with 225's~removed heater and AC cores from under the dash~Blitz Turbo timer~Apex-i AVC-R, S-AFC~relocated battery to rear bin~MOMO competition wheel~Full TII swap into a GTUs~

My Fiancee's:
RB header, RB presilencer, Apex N1 dual(just replaced by old school HKS catback), Apex-i intake, fiero e-fan, MSD sci, AGX KYBs, Eibach springs, ST swaybars, clutchmasters stage 1 clutch, rebuilt GTUs tranny (SMOOTHEST SHIFTING TRANNY EVER), Apex-i SAFC (tuned), Pineapple racing sleeves, Kumho ecsta supra MX, 4pot brakes (rebuilt), HAWK HPS pads, steel braided brake and clutch lines, front and rear strut bars

bullhead7

i would like to be extreme in the hp with out periph port...yes it would be daily driven.... but drifting style sup dont really know what else i want nice kit some rims low pro's custom hood, something to make it diff from everyone else... any ideas would help thanks!

Node

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you don't need tons of hp to drift, and you could only get about 160-180rwhp from a n/a and still keep it streetable. There are more powerful examples however.

Skill and weight transfer plus the 160rwhp or so for drifting and track
Maybe some nitrous for straights.


GTUs is kind of a "rare" and unique model that people think should stay n/a but its your car. You can always go boosted but thats very expensive usually to even get a running boosted motor just to start with.

You can always remove weight from your car to make it lighter, GTUs' are already light to start with.
Some nice coilovers would help, Ground Control coilovers and KYB AGX's make a nice bargain setup thats fairly capable, but a matched strut to psring set will be better.
TEIN and a shitload of other companies make drift specific coilovers if thats what you want.

Bob_The_Normal

Oh come on...

"How can I rice out and disgrace my GTUs????"

--Gary

Node

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lol kinda what i was thinking.

you should search for posts on rarestrx. now he had a badass GTUs, you should think of him as your messiah

SonicRaT

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Is it just me, or does this only sound diff from your average rx7, but exactly like your average honda/nissan/etc?

ddub

It's not just you

But to be fair, there's been various 2nd gen 7 owners going towaryds that direction lately.

Node

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lately?

as much as you try to fight it. rx-7s are japanese cars and they will be riced out regardless


its all up to the owner on how ricey it gets

SonicRaT

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Yeah.. but at least we keep most of them away from here.

MPM

If you want it to be different from everyone else...........learn to drive it to its fullest. Do every autocross and drift event you can, but don't try to drift at the autocross events. Get involved with and organization like the SCCA or whatever the drifting one is. Personally, drifting is vaguely interesting to watch and it is in no way a racing event. If you want to drive your car fast then start with autocrossing then move on to time trial events.

Seat time, seat time, seat time, seat time, seat time......................

bullhead7

iam not trying to rice out my car ect.....just becouse i dont want to look like the next joe u call it rice if not for that reason i would like to know why.... do rims and a body kit make a car rice or what becouse if so then half the people on this form are rice or could it be bcecouse i like the idea of my car handling better with more hp ......please explain to me why my statement was rice ect......iam not saying your wrong i just want to know why! thanks for your time

bullhead7

by the way never owned a honda nor have i ever wanted to

Andrew.

iTrader: (4)

Don't think like that, honda's are great, reliable daily drivers. And the you'd never own a s2k?

Edit- To stay on topic, if you really want to drift it, keep it stock it'll do its job just great, then when you get the feel of it get some shocks/springs (I like my illumina/tanabe setup for drifting) and the dtss eliminators, camber plates also help the fc alot for drifting from what one of the instructors at the drift days told me when i've been out there.

-Andrew

iceblue

bullhead7 I figured it out. You need 3 jobs a large pocket book a used civic dealership and own a discount tire store and a junkyard wouldent hurt. Have fun.

Ok just to be on topic.

Ok here we go.
Exstream ricer #1 thing said: "extreme in the hp with out periph port"
Exstream ricer #2 thing said: "drifting style "
Exstream ricer #3 thing said: "low pro's custom hood"
Exstream ricer #4 thing said: "All this and daily drivin"

wyallen

You didn't buy one of a million copies of some economy car, you bought one of the rarest 7 ever made (if it really is a GTUs). So instead of realizing that, you seem to feel the need to be different by doing what every 18 year old honda civic/chevy truck/etc.... owner is doing.

By putting some stupid body kit (which would be any body kit that was designed for looks not superior aerodynamics, other wise any of em) on it and discarding the rims for some huge/heavy rims (no doubt) you are destroying a rare piece of 7 history (not to mention the engineering, handling etc.of your car).

Of course this is America and in this case you can do what you want (that may not be true one day, think of the numerous sites where there are strict rules dealing with the modification of historical houses). I just don't understand it. If you really have a GTUs it could probably be sold for 2x the price of a similar condition n/a, and since you plan to destroy just about everything that makes it a GTUs, you would end up with the same car for much less $$ (and 1/5 the scorn of other 7 owners) if you sold the GTUs and bought a more common 7.

Madrx7racer

remember: you drive a GTUs not a Honda

iceblue

I am hunting for a GTUs. That is the last car I want befor i get a FD. It is so beutifull and you wanna brake the rear end the half shafts brake u joints cambers trannys and so on. Most people here have a huge pashion for this car you dont so maybe you could understand the bitterness between 98% in the thread.

Icemark

don't forget the other side:

Madrx7racer

man I just met this honda kid that has a lot of $$ into his car and his **** is less ricey than what YOU want to make......btw this kids civic kicks ***.

Node

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man, i gave him a little **** but you guys are too much.

if he wants a GTUs no reason not to mod it. now if he were putting a v8 in it thats one thing...................

GTUs has no sunroof, super light, lsd, good brakes and turbo seats w/ 4.3 rear end.
he wants a performance oriented fc and this is most definately the closest to track model of the s5's

what kinda money do you want to spend on this and do you have to pass emissions?

A standalone would be great because it will make more power just about no matter what. And on a N/A the tune isn't deadly.

Madrx7racer

^ BAN HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol.........i would feel the same way about any other 7 though. This drif craze is getting annoying and so is every kid that asks me if I drift my GTUs......I always tell them: "no, drifting is retarded, it's fun to do sometimes but it's all about maximum grip around the turns" and then they look at me like OMG you are just like the guy with the black skyline in initial D....the ricers have moved on from FWD and are now looking to get the cool cars like the 240, the FC and the Uber-cool-kill-any-other-car-no-matter-what corolla....errrr i mean HACHI-Roku.

bullhead7

ok thanks guys for all the **** u have gave me....look the car when i got it was rice from what u guys say....the guy put some little turning lamps on the fenders, upgraded the stering wheel and it has the pacific top glass sunroof installed on the car the car is nice over all black on black i know how rare the car is....yes i have checked the vin it is a gtus the car has no motor thats the reason i wanted know the best way to set things up so i can do it all at one time , original rims, original spoiler, seats are riped some on driver side, look i will to keep the car as original as possible if it will make all of u happy, i asked for help and all i got was a bunch of **** from a bunch of judge mental people u could have been decent about things and not jumped down my neck....thanks for the help!!!!

Icemark

aftermarket sunroof eh, not factory that powers/slides on the outside. Bummer.

And please be careful on your comments about other members. You may not like what people say, then just ignore it.