OttaWacK

i think the hand mvt is definitely the only difference. Wouldnt shortening the distance between the fulcrum and lower ball limit the ability of the shifter to actually engage the gears completely in the tranny?

Cocoa

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Dicorp is right.

Here's an article to back it up.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...r_and_can.html

732xghost

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i know im late but yes fuck philly. fuck that whole city and their front running fans. cant stand those motherfuckers. Go Steelers!! Yankee Baseball 09!!!

so yea ive been eye deep in my friends project. me and him rebuilt his entire B18B1, cleaned the entire engine bay, did a full wire tuck, and bolted on the turbo kit. just have to do a few odds and ends and project is over. ive been going non-stop since friday night.

DaInFaMMuS1

ahh so i'm not the only one working on a b18b1 on a friends car huh? The damn thing wouldn't start cuz it had 5 bent valves and the timing was off, so we ripped the head off, changed the valves, changed the headgasket and timed it correctly and now she runs great, just need to adjust the idle a bit.

Dicorp

wtf is a b18b1? Integra LS engine? why not just build a B18C GSR?

DaInFaMMuS1

yeah its an LS motor. GSR motor = lots more money and my friend is a college student on a budget, and thats the motor that came in the EF civic he bought so thats what we're working wit. Its a good motor for boost too, its like 9.8:1 compression or something, and he could also go LS-VTEC if he wanted.

97BlackAckCL

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Sounds like a lot more fun than working on my buddy's d17 pain in the ass

South Jersey CL

i wouldnt call someone who roots for their home city's team a frontrunner. especially since the eagles have never won a superbowl.

Gnate

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My wheels come in teh mail tomorrow!

97BlackAckCL

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He's just mad philly beat the giants

732xghost

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i would rather have the cowboys beat the giants. i hate philly sports, there fans all come out of the closet when there team actually succeeds and trash them when they dont. trust me i deal with alot of philly fans that are from south jersey.

now i gotta route for your team chris, the real team in pennslyvannia, with real loyal fans.

97BlackAckCL

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believe me, we have tons of fairweather fans too, ever since they won the SB in 05, the fan base has increased at a disgusting rate, believe me, no one gave a damn about the steelers or penguins, until all the sudden they got good, just the way it is

732xghost

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i guess its like that in every city. you should see all the "all of a sudden" jet fans that came out once Brett farva came into town. now their all trashing him and realizing chad should still be here.

Gnate

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These are the wheels I got and am powdercoating black... i had no idea chris had these before.. fuck

oh well at least it'll look good...

Cocoa

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^ You bought stockies?

Gnate

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Yeap, lost interest in my enkei's (as made obvious my my sales attempts) and figured I could save a couple bucks by gettin rid of em and using the stockers
the one's I got were in real good condition, bought em off ethenol, shipping fucked me though

Cocoa

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I miss having a CL I can drive around town. I know it'll be my next car again...

Dicorp

u mean Brett Favre?
and if you, he's STILL playing? didn't he retire a century ago?

732xghost

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yea favre, i have a few nicknames for him. he should have retired officially last season.

Gnate

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well mine's going to end up looking exactly like yours when it was street-legal so... let me know if you decide to get another one... save you some work haha

97BlackAckCL

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He's still around, but should never have come back

spencer_homer

i suggest spray canning them. ive been down that road. yeah it turns out nice, but its really not worth the 200 bucks for stock rims.... if i had a nicer wheel, then definately powdercoat.

but its up to you and if u powdercoat then awesome. its real nice!

spencer_homer

well i gues im wrong. but can someone clarify for me?


"Well, in addition to the actual stick being slightly shorter, the entire shifter is straighter, and the angle has been reduced, and the position of the bolt has been changed, meaning that the balance is now altered, and the distance between the gears has been reduced in the simplest way possible. "

so an aftermarket shifter actually shortens the distance between gears at the base?

South Jersey CL

Just because we boo our teams when they do bad doesn't mean we're not loyal. Believe me, some philly fans would die for the eagles.

But i gotta say, ever since the giants won the superbowl, i've met an increasing number of giants fans, even down here in virginia.

MoSp33d

so true...its like pplz r band wagons they jump from team to team. i remmeber many people were Rams fan, then Ravens, then Pats, and then giants. its like oo shit imma love the team that will win the main event, hate tht shit. imma die hard yankee fan, eagles fan, Lakers fan and Barcelona.

spencer_homer

^^^yay man all the best teams in sports.

Cocoa

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Think of it this way:

Imagine a triangle if you would upside down. Now imagine moving your hand from one end to another at the top (remember it's upside down).

Now let's lower your hand to the mid, and go from one side to another. The distance is greatly shorter is it not.

When they say they shorten the distance between the gears, they are simply stating the distance your hand will be moving from gear to gear that has to travel.

Hope that helps.

Gnate

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my friend's girlfriend's father works at a metal factory where they powdercoat... it'll end up running me only like $135, so its a pretty good deal

mitch14

Those stockies look sick in black Nate, and good luck with the powdercoating. I may be looking into doing the same but with the stock 6-spokes that i have, i guess i'll try and look for some pics or something...

spencer_homer

yeah i understand the concept that a shorter stick will make your hand have to go less distance.

i was just mistakenly told that an actual aftermarket short shifter did something other than just shorten the height.

spencer_homer

anyone else see the ron jon first gen?

South Jersey CL

the white one?

MoSp33d

yeahhh i thought i was the only one who seen it...i like it, but if u notice the grill, its chromed (i think) not likin tht tho...

mitch14

^ i didn't see it, where was it? link?

MoSp33d

once u go onto 'CL' u will c it ontop right hand corner

mitch14

hahahha lol i just saw that when i went to click on this topic, and i was like damn why did i have to post so soon

MoSp33d

:t omato::tom ato:

mitch14

hey i already ed myself, you didn't need to do it like 20 times and those wheels look ugly on cl's so that's why it didn't grab my attention, the only car they might look good on are those new civics which they have a pic of

MoSp33d

i dont think so...ew

mitch14

...anyways hopefully no one buys those wheels for a cl, such a waste of soo much money IMO, but to each their own, and ppl have so many different tastes when it comes to wheels