GLowrdr

Damn... must be a new site or something. I have more posts than the moderators do... lol

We should represent AZ and go there. That will actually be the last weekend that I will be driving the car as a daily driver since I'm lazy and don't want to shuffle cars every morning.

asujosh1

You could always go work at Target...

Do you have any idea what it is that you want to do in college? If so, you might be able to get an internship or something at a company that does that and get some experience.

Razzi

imma go hit up a target pharmacy for some internships sometime these next few weeks

Slepybear

I want to major either in mechanical engineering (or most engineerings, at least get a feel of them) or business major.

but i'm for sure down for the honda meet next weekend.

and i applied at circuit city and afton alps, and best buy tomorrow..
also got my amp situation fixed, i guess i just blew a fuse messing with the wires

Slepybear

also some guy from eden prarie asked me if i knew of any other tc acuras, so i sent him a link to this, hopefully he joins up

asujosh1

I know that the TTS (geek) part of Target has just finished with at least one round of interviews at the U. Usually the interviews are done by people at headquarters that work in that area.

I have a friend that works in the comp shop for pharmacy, I could see if they are looking for interns or anything. You would be working downtown, but you would also get to see a different side of the pharmaceutical industry.

Razzi

yeah that'd be tight. not looking for a job till november tho, october is chock busy for me

today me and my cousin are gonna attempt to install an ebay intake, anything we should know before hand?

Razzi

holy shit dan, 1200 picked up for volks and tires
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/closed-volk-racing-gt-s-wheels-w-tires-690941/

underst8

They sure do look nice but i doubt they would fit. would need lots of camber and fender rolling and that might be pushing it. I'm still holding out for a deal like Josh got.

asujosh1

Interns are almost always hired for the summer, and they hire everybody at the same time-ish.

I think there is college credit for working here because you have to learn something and do presentations and such. Check with the U career office, they can probably provide you with some more information on internships. I DO know that the Target ones are paid, whereas not all are. Also, most interns that do well get offered a job upon graduation, so if you are going to do it, take it seriously because people are going to give you real work to do.

Nothing makes people more mad than when an intern comes in and jacks around and screws up life for them. This is also a good way to start off with a bad reference for future employment.

Razzi

hey assuming the 4 wheels weight 120 lbs you can ship it via ups to rhode island for 100 dollars lol. that'd get dan some nice wheels for 600 bucks

asujosh1

Try 40 pounds per corner, or 160 pounds... Dont forget to include the tires in the weight, sometimes they weigh as much as the wheels.

asujosh1

By the way, the Zombie Bar Crawl starts at Gold Medal Park at 4, usually there are a few hundred zombies milling about. We'll be there with lawn chairs and drinks watching and taking photos.

For those that don't know, Gold Medal Park is at 11th Ave and 2nd Street in Minneapolis.

Razzi

is that after deflating the tires? i had no idea the rubber weighs 20 pounds

asujosh1

Are you seriously in college? How much do you think air weighs?

Tires are made with steel belt and cords in them, it's not just rubber. Also, have you ever taken into consideration how much rubber is included in an 18" tire? Also, the shorter the sidewall, the stiffer they have to be made, meaning more steel and more rubber.

Besides, rubber is pretty damn heavy, have you ever picked up a Kong? (dog toy) Those things weigh about 5lbs and they are about the size of my fist.

asujosh1

As an example, my brother put 22s on his F250 and the wheels weighed about 65-75 pounds, but with tires they were over 160lbs per corner.

Slepybear

I lol'd..

also, if you were to fill the tires with helium they would weigh less. its a fact

asujosh1

True, but you would be measuring the weight savings in grams. Not much of a benefit.

Lots of places will fill your tires with nitrogen, but the benefit is not weight, it is a more stable temperature and pressure.

marks_lude

Wheels can be shipped pretty cheap as 2 sets of 2. I shipped 4 with race rubber on them for 80 bucks from PA to AZ via ups before. If you try to ship all 4 together you go over their dimensions and max weight and pay out the ass.

Race rubber is light, so normal street tires would be a bit more expensive.

ek20a2

That would be me. I work at MA Performance in Plymouth, MN. I'm starting to pull more and more TL Parts in stock. Ksport coilovers, World sport exhaust, Megan Coilovers, Coated Headers No more leaky ebay headers! I already carry the P2R (www.powerrevracing.com) Line. Were going to start selling custom parts. (Turbo kits, intakes, exhaust, etc etc etc)


Anyways, I'll be posting on here more often now and getting to know more of ya.


Anyone ever think about setting up a weekly meet?

Slepybear

wait wait wait..
you have a turbo in your tl?
And setting up meets is hard cuz everyone is always busy, but i'll show up to whatever i can, razzi linked a MN honda meet next weekend

Razzi

no effing way.....your shit is boostin? and how about them headers? how many clams. got any pics of your ride man


and josh, man for some reason i thought if u put 35 pounds per square inch of pressure, you wont get 35 pounds per square inch of weight, but i thought it would be substantial, apparently not haha. and come on, we all have our brain fart moments

Slepybear

who all is going to the honda meet next weeekend?

ts_vaj

Let us see your TL! I'm sure the rest of Azine wouldn't mind hearing about it as well. You've got a built auto tranny huh?

WannabeG

I got my car dynoed at MAperformance

Just got back from the weekend up north. Rode back in an 06 Toyota Avalon limited. Those cars have some balls for an old man sedan.

Anyone let me know if you ever want to meet up. im available most days.

Slepybear

Slepybear

i really need to black teh headlight housing,,

BlackuraTL

Sounds like we need one more final meet before the snow hits and we put our cars away. I have my car on weekends now but I'm storing it for the winter. Right now I've been lookin for a cheap truck in the hundreds with 4x4 that I'll just use in the winter.

WannabeG

Anymore pics of your car? side shots?


For winter i am storing my car... and due to my dads job, and his lack of need for a car, i am wintering his 08 G35x Sport (yes we have 2 gs) haha

because that is AWD and leased and mine is RWD and owned, we wont have to buy snow tires and i can take mine off insurance and save some $$$.

Slepybear

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/slepybear-246048-albums-fogg-471/
https://acurazine.com/forums/members/slepybear-246048-albums-random-shots-202/

WannabeG

It wont let me view the pages

marks_lude

Adam I assume (according to your sig email)... I may have met you. I work around the corner from MAP at Banner Engineering. I've stopped by MAP twice to pick up oil in the past. I have a yellow s2k.

Slepybear

I'll post a few of my favs in a bit

Slepybear

Slepybear

I want to seafoam this weekend, does anybody know exactly what to do? I dont want to screw everything up..

marks_lude

I've done it a bunch of times, but never on a 6 cylinder. I'm sure if I glanced at the engine I could figure out how because its a pretty easy concept, but you have to careful because bad technique can make you hydrolock you engine. Your essentially putting liquid into your cylinders, so if you not really sure, get help.

marks_lude

BTW, I recommend that everyone sells their cars and buys Cayman S's! I co-drove one at the last autocross and it is an amazing car!

ek20a2

Possibly. I am the guy sitting at the front desk as soon as you walk in. I just picked up my TL This weekend in michigan. (I left it there when I moved here) I need to strip my EVO of all its parts so I can give it to my roomate (He really wants it back) and I'm going to be putting the TL in the shop for awhile.


The car isn't currently turbo'd. Waiting on the manifolds!!!!!



As far as the headers and everything will go. they will be going in the 200's area. These are not the XS power ones, though they are still Taiwanese made, they are still way nicer than what is out there. Same concept/Design, just better materials, better welds, and no leaks!..... Bonus, they are Heat coated! To protect it from any elements from mother nature.


I'm going to be focusing mainly on the V6 Honda/Acura market from now on. Nobody really offers anything and I'm kind of getting tired of searching. We have a full fabrication area and a dyno. So for any parts I make and design. We will be putting to the test asap!



BTW, Seafoam guy - I did it this weekend. I went through 3 cans. I did 1 OZ in each cylinder. I took the spark plugs out (Put new ones in) And put an ounce in each cylinder then turned the motor over with a wrench on the power steering pump. That way it went evenly in each cylinder and cleaned the Valves as well when you turned the motor over it hit the backside of the valves, (Mainly the exhaust side). If you really want to get the back of the intake valves cleaned up take the intake manifold inspection cover off and pour 1 ounce down each of the intake runners.

This method is honestly the best way to do seafoam. After you got it in the cylinders and turned the motor over by hand a couple of rotations (clockwise) Pull the valve cover breather hoses off and pour half a can in each valve cover. This will make it into your oil. There is a rumor on here that when you put seafoam in it only cleans the front head and not the rear head. Well the issue is your pouring the seafoam IN THE FRONT HEAD! lol. If you put it through the valve cover breather hoses it will go into the baffling plates (Cleaning those) And when the oil passes through there it will end up on your valvetrain thus cleaning everything thoroughly, after it goes through there it will then be part of your oil and do its job. As for the fuel. There really is no other way to do it.. Put it in your gas tank.


After this way of doing it (I call it the "RIGHT" way or the Adam-Method) I drove all the way to Minnesota from Detroit, Mi. Here is a picture of my trip odometer. This is on a FULL tank of gas.....






Yes that is 452.8 miles to a TANK of gas. This is just regular gas, I am not on E85 yet. (You get less MPG on E85 anyways) Regular 93OCT Gas


After you get the seafoam into your motor in the ways I mentioned above. With the spark plugs still out (After about 15 minutes of letting it sit on your valves/pistons) turn the motor over a few seconds to shoot the rest of the seafoam out (It will spray pretty good, so stand back from the engine bay if someone else is turning it over for ya) You cannot leave it in there, I can't stress this enough, you will hydrolock your motor if you leave it in there. So spray it out for about 3 seconds with the key.


After that, put your new plugs in. GO DRIVE! IT will smoke obviously like any seafoam method, when its done. You will be on here thanking me


If anybody has any questions let me know. I'm pretty knowledgeable about the honda/acura line seeing as I have been building them since I was 14 (22 now)..... I have owned a business in this market based on honda/acura's alone!


Thanks for the space!

marks_lude

BTW, some notes... After a few hundred miles the seafoam has done its job and you should change your oil because the seafoam thins it. If you rev out your motor daily its wise to get fresh oil in there.

2ndly, if you have never done it, and have high milage, and suspect you have a pretty 'dirty' engine, there are a couple things to think about. first, if you do a heavy seafoam job, and push a ton of carbon out, you can clog your cat (esp. if you cat is old too). Next, if your high milage, some start to burn oil more after because the gunk actually acts as a seal in alot of places, and cleaning that out now lets oil by. This is similar to those who switch to synthetic at high miles.

Again be very careful about how much you put in as to much fluid in a cylinder can hydrolock it and bend rods or valves. Turning it by hand is a very very good idea like Adam said.

Also a note... some dirty engines actually feel less powerful afterwards, because a ton of carbon can actually raise your compression. Cleaning that lowers you compression back to normal specs, but also make the car run/idle alot smoother.

With my 4 cyl engines (preludes and my s2000), I use 1 can per application. dump 1/3 into the gas tank(when full) and 1/3 into the PCV while running which sucks it intot he intake and disperses it into the cylinders (if you dont plan on pulling you plugs). let it sit for 15 min (car off), and then rev the piss out of it. Once its done smoking, put 1/3 in you oil (last of the can). Few hundred miles later, or when that gas tank is done, get an oil change.

Thats my method, and the general method used among the prelude crowd. The only tricky part is getting the seafoam in the engine thru the PCV. once you pull it off, you screw up the vacuum so the idle is irratic, and its easy to stall the motor when you suck in the seafoam. its best to pinch the hose you pulled to make the opening small to help it keep vacuum better, and suck in the fluid very slowly. The other option is to get a friend to step on the gas and keep the revs at about 3k while you suck it in.

The last note I'll add: this works for my engines, I dont know how it will desperse from the pcv in a 6 cylinder tho. I'd check into that or just do it thru the plugs.

ek20a2

The problem with just adding it into the vacuum line, the first 2 cylinders on the intake manifold will suck it all up. It will not disperse to all the cylinders. If you think about it, it enters in the throttle body area and then immediately comes to an opening of 6 runners. The first two are going to grab it all. So you will have an un-evenly cleaned motor, which is not good for balancing and equaling out the power.


I forgot to mention, CHANGE YOUR OIL AFTER! heh. IF you have new oil. Add a small amount to it as an additive.

If you thin out your oil and don't change it, you can have vtec issues and check engine lights. Vtec works off oil pressure, if you thin the oil out you also drop oil pressure.