Finally shiny again

 

broken links...

 

Screw you and your nice weather

 

We have nice weather?

 

Yes. Both of you.

It was in the 70s Tuesday and Wednesday. Now its raining and in the 50s, where it'll stay through the weekend.

 

Hey...we had 50's on Sunday. BRRRR was so cold!

 

Its so cold in LA. 60 cold that is.

 

Southern California has the ideal weather to me...LA down...Irvine, SD...all a dat.

 

Great weather


But it's still CA, so I'd never live there

 

I have a pink mustache i'm going to put on your brz.

 

In Switzerland, a pink mustache is akin to a blue waffle

 

I love blue waffles!

 

I love me some pink mustache

 

Pink mustache rides?

 

Looking good, Kimchi.


And dayum you and your good weather.

 

Oh no.







Tomorrow's high is 3 degrees above freezing here.

 

That's

 

I love canyon runs! It sucks when there are like 8+ cars though. I remember on one of the bigger cruises we had (all 86s) there were 25 cars

 

Faster cars in the front. Slower cars in the back. The front pack control the pace.

Fun times! Leaving in 3 hours. Should be fun. We have 6 cars total I think. 1 BRZ / 1 M3 / 1 335i / 1 S2K / 1 FRS / 1 Si.

 

I know which cars will be at the back




Have fun! Be safe! Take videos!

 

The high here tomorrow is 39F. We will not even see 40F again until April.

Do not complain about 60F.

 

There was condensation on my back window this morning. I had to use the rear defroster

 

Same here...I hate parking outside my garage!

 

Well, more than 6 cars came out. It was sooooooo fun. A heavily modified S2K brought his friends who all had modified E46 M3, 370Z, 135i. They were all pretty damn fast.

Spend 2.5 hours in the canyon and went to In-N-Out to finish the night.

And just went to car wash again and cleaned the car. Too much dust on the car from the mountain

 

^ I spy an M3 in there...



So like...IS THAT THE M3 YOU PASSED UP ON, KIMCHI!?!??!

 

Oh in fact, yes! My friend has the same type of E92 M3 that I was looking at. 6MT. No Navi.

Do you know how much $$$ he has to pay for his mods/consumables/labor? I spend about 1/4 of his budget to do the same thing.

 

You're also about 1/4 as fast...and your mirrors don't tilt.

 

86 with a HKS SC kit!?

Lapped faster than Cayman GTS and almost as fast as M4.

BOOST BABY.

 

Stole the words right outta my mouth...

 

That kit is impressive, Kimchi.


You getting it?

 

Oh, no it's not, I tell you that.

And yeah, my mirrors don't tilt... German Engineering at its finest.

 

When I pay off this car and my warranty runs out, yes, I'm going to S/C it. By then, this is going to be my 2nd car.

And this is why I'm not touching my engine til later! No point for me. I'll just add in coilovers and call it a day. Want to up my skillset at track first.

It's amazing how fast this car can go around the track with the right driver...

 

You're right...1/8 as fast.

 

 

Sounds like a plan.

But, yeah...that SC is tits. How much will it cost all in and etc. for it?

 

Found more video on HKS SC Version 2 for 86..

Oh I gotta stop looking at these vids...

Never thought my engine can sound like that... Love it.

MAD TRACTOR KICKED IN YO!

 

There are a lot of SC kits for this car now. Most of them are +/-$5k. I talk to my friend who has a SC on his FRS. He said with a lot of hook-ups and right mix of supporting mods, it should run around $6k which isn't bad at all. You can easily get 250-300whp from it. That's a FAST car for a budget of $31-32k.

 

~$6000 for that much gains? Yeah, if you do a HP/$ ratio, it's not a horrid price overall.

 

0-200 run video on that kit. Wow.

This is really fast.

Looks like it took 14 seconds to get up to 115mph.

It's as fast as E92 M3 at that pace. How ironic.

 

The HKS v2 definitely has my attention, and its not terribly expensive. I prefer the powerband these sort of kits provide; I think it fits the personality of the car much better.

Things to consider for boost:
-dyno tune (canned tunes are OK for getting you to the dyno) $600ish
-clutch $700ish
-header $1000ish
-depending on pressure, WMI kit or e85 $400+
-catch can $100
-coilovers $1000ish
-motor, transmission, and diff mounts (the engine moves A LOT) $600ish for all
-better brake pads $150
-down force (the ass will step out a lot) $750ish, depending on what you get

So that's about $4900 in supporting mods, leaving out the wmi/e85 option. Add both and the cost of tuning rises as well.

Oh, and don't forget the wideband or any other gauges you want/need to run. With this engine, oil pressure is a good one to monitor.