NAiL05

Car looks good. But I went to the RKC Firewheel meet wasnt too impressed as I got there late at 9:40 ish when everyone started to pull out. Meets should not end early. Jared sounded like he negotiated with the mall people. It sucked ass. IMO it wasnt a great meet at all especially for the first time opening in a while.

Silver Bullet

^^^nice E$! it's a totally different looking car.

Rick_TL-S

Well, it was the first meet, and Jared wasn't expecting the lights to go off at 9:30. He's having that dealt with for next week.

NAiL05

I guess we will see if I feel like driving that far but for now I will just stick to the Wed night meet.

vthree

iTrader: (1)

rick did you come out for the meet!?
and nail you should have given me a call. we did a mini photoshoot since hte meet got cancelled lol.

Rick_TL-S

Yeah. I was the only Type-S out for the 3Gen's, until a blue one came. Guy was cool, but left 10 minutes later.

I'll be there next week as well.

NAiL05

yea John told me afterwards but me and my friend were screwin around the side of George Bush. Lots of cops out that night too.

Rick_TL-S

Yeah, they caught a few folks. There was a guy in a matte GT-R who got pulled over just before Coit doing around 80.

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

man i miss that car...

still brings a tear to my eye...

RUF87

Very nice Trans . . . I bet it looks like a winner

Ruf

RUF87

BY THE WAY . . . .

Depending on the weather Friday night . . . anyone up for a run to the Motorplex?

They've really cut back on the Fast Fridays and Hot Import Nights. It's probably the last time for a while before I'll go again . . . gunning for some low . . er very low 14s.

Ruf

trancemission

just hit 35K.......if (god forbid) I ever have to let her go, you will always have first dibs my friend

You were there at teh very begining.


But I already told Karen to dig my grave big enough for the TL, Lotus and me

NAiL05

Maybe it would be nice to run the car to get a baseline to see what it runs. But first I need to source a pair of stockers. I dont feel like running down the track on the 19s I have.

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

damn bro you really don't drive it at all... the 07TL already has 25k miles on it as a weekend car... dad takes a lot of trips to Atlantic City since he is bored at home during the week now...

vthree

iTrader: (1)

is this the new motorplex i've heard of in dallas? i think i may wanna go.. how much would it be? i dynoed my car yesterday (205.5 to the wheels =/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgeRVVXqoAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL4uCJWE6L8

he didn't really floor it through all gears; but i didn't realize that i wanted him to do that til afterwards..

G

E-the car looks GREAT-but please, do it some respect and take better pictures!

Anybody persuade you to come down this weekend?

pmptx

Runs $15 for all you can run. Typically we have gotten 10-15 runs in in about 3-4 hours.

It is worth going just to see Ruf run his car.

He beat me by .2 last time and I have H/I where he only had an CAI. He has dropped a lot of weight and now has some new goodies.

It is a blast. Go and run, you will love it.

RUF87

LOL . . . Mantis (one of the old guys) ran on 19s, but he had NOS

What I did was buy an extra set of wheels and then put a set of my old tires on it. The main reason is to keep from eating up my daily drivers . . . with the wheel spin it doesn't take long to wear them down.

Right now I'm planning on going . . . there'll be a pretty good headwind, but since it's been more than a year since I last went I'm really needing to see what it's running so I know what mods I want to do next.

Ruf

RUF87

The Motorplex is the older track down in Ennis. There is another track being built in the Tyler area, which will be closer for those of us on the northern and eastern side of the Dallas area. I'll have to find out when it's going to be open.

Ruf

RUF87

don't go jinxing me now . . .

I'll be disappointed if I don't knock .2ths off my best. You never know what the results of various mods will do. Sometimes a mod can actually net you nothing, or even result in a slower time because of offset traction or something. Traction is what I'm really worried about now.

Ruf

horsepowercrzy18

Ethan - car does look major hott! makes me want the whole aspec kit now lol. you gotta come to austin with us man. at least drive down and back

RUF87

aaaarrrrgggghhhh . . .

They closed the track for tonight . . . because of the wind and cold . .

"Tonight's Fast Friday, March 29, has been canceled due to the cold temperatures and increasing winds we will see as the evening progresses."

That really sucks . . . April 17th is the next open time . . .

Ruf

vthree

iTrader: (1)

dang i thought it got a lot brighter/clear outside too.. damn. soo april 17? lol. maybe i can get some pulleys on before then

Rick_TL-S

Damn Texas weather. I was actually bored & planning to go down there today.

NAiL05

I will be down to join you guys for a track day after i find a set of OEM rims if not aftermarkets. I dont think my times will look too good with the 19s and they have good tires. but i am gettin rid of them after the tires are out.

RUF87

I wish I could get some good track tires . . . I need them. I had the car all ready to run and decided to play around a little last night and I was all over the road. I had no traction off the line or from a punch in 1st gear. Didn't matter what speed I was at in 1st gear it would just spin 'em when I punched it. I probably wouldn't have improved much on my 14.46 time because of the traction problem. I guess doing any more power mods would be a waste until I get the traction issue worked out. I probably need to save up for some 18" wheels & tires . . . which won't be for a couple of years.

Oh well . . . I can always run people in 2nd gear.

Ruf

02 WDP TLS, Black Interior with Black Grill Inserts
**1/4mile 14.46 @96.07MPH (45-70mph test - 3.5 secs)
** 14.46 was before headers, Hi-flow CAT, IMMs & Bored & Match Intake mods
17x7 Konig Appeals SMF with P225/45ZR-17 Kumho SPT
(used Ziex 512s track only)
CT Icebox, RamAir, Sways & Springs
3nd Gen Innovative Motor Mounts
BBTBs & More, Mugen Cooling Mods & Thermoblok
Ceramic Coated XS Headers & Random-Tech Hiflow CAT
NEO Anti Freeze & NEO 5w-20 oil
Tranny #3 Installed 11.17.2008

NAiL05

Well you have to factor in the weather and the road. The concrete absorbs the cold really well. So there is a big factor to consider why you were not hooking well at all. Plus they usually prep of the track with VHT so it hooks good. The good ones at least.

Chopsie

E-thangular, Lovin the ASPEC kit!
I knew you would break down and take pics....

RUF87

Right, but I've been having these traction problems since the last mods. Concrete or black top it's been a big problem. The VHT helps, if they really clean up the track and you get to be one of the first bunch of racers . . I got to go once right after they did it and you could feel it . . . the car would barely roll.

Maybe if things work out Wednesday we can meet up at the weekly Plano meet.

Ruf

NAiL05

Oh yea definitely as long as the weather isnt shitty I will be out there.

trancemission

Sorry I didnt make it guys

leolebo28

E....car looks SICK!!!!! cant wait to see it in person

NAiL05

SO how about that hail

pmptx

Holy $h!t

We got the brunt of it and saw some golf ball plus sized hail. Betting on a new roof FML

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

All I know is that storm came out of NOWHERE. Am watching tv one minute and 5 min later it is a fucking hurricane outside, loud ass thunder that set off car alarms, wind... phew. Luckily I have a carport and didn't get any hail damage, although I don't think we had any in Arlington (but I heard northern parts got some big hail). What pisses me off most is that I washed my car Sunday and now it's all dirty again and supposed to rain again on Thursday.

NAiL05

Yea my old accord turned into damn. The rain pushed so much debris and my old accord was so low that it caught ALL the debris lol so it was flooding a bit around my accord for the water to get around haha. I got lucky and missed some of it I still got hit but like nickel size hail though I still need to check on the damage in a few i doubt its much but still.

Silver Bullet

the j-pipe has arrived! I've got the test pipe (3rd cat delete) already. can't wait!

Silver Bullet

^^^ no hail, just a good rain and wind, in rowlett.

Silver Bullet

I just got this on my iPhone! It's excellent!
http://www.dynolicious.com/

NAiL05

Werd...Anyone gonna head out to the WEdnesday night meet at coit and park tomorrow? The weather seems promising so far.