Since the forum was down the last couple of days and I was going in to convulsions with my daily fix of just SOMETHING relating to the FD, I came across this pretty cool Japanese website. It shows many DIY projects that just require tools and labor, no parts. If you take the time to look through most of the links, I think you'll realize just how more technical they are than us.

Here is the first page, just click on each link:
http://13b.power.ne.jp/main_contents/tune/index.html

And here is their homepage:
http://13b.power.ne.jp/main_contents/index.html

 

The site looks very informative by the way the pics seem. Only problem is i can only read english

 

I want that chassis strengthning kit badly.....

 

hehehe, I mentioned that it was a Japanese site but I guess I should have also mentioned that there is no English, it's all just pics for us Americans. Anyhow, there are many cool items. For example, it shows one mod where they cut out the sheetmetal just behind the oil coolers (just in front of the front tires). The stock system is that the air flows through the oil cooler, up and around the tire, and out the vents on the side of the fender. By having the air exit directly behind the oil cooler, I'm sure the air flow must be greater due to the shorter path and lower resistance. In any case, it's definitely all pics and requires some logic to figure out what they doing.

 

There has got to be some way to translate that into English! Does anyone know how?

 

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

 

http://babelfish.altavista.com

 

hahaha...that babelfish thing almost makes it make less sense....almost

 

HOLY ****, that translater page is INCREDIBLE!!! At first I tried copy some text and translating it and it would NOT work. But just below that it says "translate a webpage". So I entered http://13b.power.ne.jp/main_contents/tune/index.html and well-ah, an almost perfectly translated page. I can't F'in believe it. Thanks guys!!!!

 

HOLY **** is right!!!! I didnt see the translate web page area! Thanks for pointing that out.

 

hold up, I spoke too soon. Although it converts everything to English words, a lot of the sentences don't make any sense. But at least if gives more info than just looking at Japanese symbols.

 

It just takes some thinking. It seems to translate better than in the little box. And it sure beats copy & paste.

 

yeah the translated sentences don't always make perfect sense but usually you can figure it out and reading english in bad grammar is better than trying to read japanese..

 

i tried the translate page thing, and i was really really confused... then i realized i had tried to translate a japanese page from english to spanish... i need to go to bed

 

Great website! I love the stuff they are doing including LOTS of Ghetto mods I've never seen or thought of before. It's nuts trying to figure out what they are saying with the translator engaged!

Now I finally (I think) understand why the extra grounding straps work so well..........

 

Is it me, or is reading Japanese like reading Shakespeare?

 

Hell yeah, good job spotting that webpage translator. Nice find with the japanese page too.