NICE RIDE!!!!
Gotta love silver
Gotta love silver
Did some mods to car...
Grounded my car, in a daisy chain...i used the NRG kit...but did it diff then most people...i di dnot use a central hub point...as well i moved the crank sensor as far down as it went...
Well i did both mods in the same day...here is the result....
no more CEL from my AEM CAI...used to come on n off...now its not comin on at all...been over a week already...usually came on every other day...now no more...
also...rpm drops extremly slowly now...i mean extremly...
like i m drivin in fourth...pull up to a light...depress the clutch...engine drops to like 1500rpm...waits ther for a few secs...n then slowly over like 5secs, starts droppin down to the normal 750 range...but like u can see the gauge slowly slowly dropping...and that is new...big time new...was nto like that b4 at all...not sure if its from grounding or from crank sensor...
but the car now drives so much better...i mean...it has so much lower end grunt...bare in mind i use Esso89...so that has some effect on performance...at least on my car...
ohh ya, one more thing...the throttle lag that i had...is gone...ther is instant response now...and i mean instant...like its cable driven...
i also lowered my front with eibach pro's...and installed tokico's on front two weeks ago...n just finished the rear shock install last nite...here is the result...
i used to have serios clutch judder...its totally gone now...i m thinkin the only explanation i have, is the angle of the shafts has changed. nothin else...cuz installin the stainless steel braided clutch line jsut improved the feel of things, but the judder was still there...but now that i installed the springs...its totally gone...so i m really happy...
the car is extremly tight now...i also have the RB rear sway installed as well...so that helps out big time...the tokico rears are really really stifff...when i installed the front spring/shok combo..wasnot nearly as noticable a diff as jsut the rear shocks alone...
but over all...this is what the car shoudl have been like from factory...exxtremly tight...amazing power...and extremly balanced...no more brake/acceleration dive...no more leaning in corners...this is what its meant to be like...
i m really happy with results...
p.s.: for those who will try n install the front shocks...a word of advice...have a huge long crow bar ready, in case u cant get the fork screw off at the bottom of the suspension...i could not get that screw off for nothing...so i had to do it the long way...and compress the shock manually with a crow bar jsut to take it out....a big time pain... so jsut be warned...the rust can be a big pain...
CLaman...here soem pics for you
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notice that only front is lowered...so the front fender gap is bout 1/4 less then back now perfection...jsut what i was aiming for...
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now its perfect height, ride n control
Well i did both mods in the same day...here is the result....
no more CEL from my AEM CAI...used to come on n off...now its not comin on at all...been over a week already...usually came on every other day...now no more...
also...rpm drops extremly slowly now...i mean extremly...
like i m drivin in fourth...pull up to a light...depress the clutch...engine drops to like 1500rpm...waits ther for a few secs...n then slowly over like 5secs, starts droppin down to the normal 750 range...but like u can see the gauge slowly slowly dropping...and that is new...big time new...was nto like that b4 at all...not sure if its from grounding or from crank sensor...
but the car now drives so much better...i mean...it has so much lower end grunt...bare in mind i use Esso89...so that has some effect on performance...at least on my car...
ohh ya, one more thing...the throttle lag that i had...is gone...ther is instant response now...and i mean instant...like its cable driven...
i also lowered my front with eibach pro's...and installed tokico's on front two weeks ago...n just finished the rear shock install last nite...here is the result...
i used to have serios clutch judder...its totally gone now...i m thinkin the only explanation i have, is the angle of the shafts has changed. nothin else...cuz installin the stainless steel braided clutch line jsut improved the feel of things, but the judder was still there...but now that i installed the springs...its totally gone...so i m really happy...
the car is extremly tight now...i also have the RB rear sway installed as well...so that helps out big time...the tokico rears are really really stifff...when i installed the front spring/shok combo..wasnot nearly as noticable a diff as jsut the rear shocks alone...
but over all...this is what the car shoudl have been like from factory...exxtremly tight...amazing power...and extremly balanced...no more brake/acceleration dive...no more leaning in corners...this is what its meant to be like...
i m really happy with results...
p.s.: for those who will try n install the front shocks...a word of advice...have a huge long crow bar ready, in case u cant get the fork screw off at the bottom of the suspension...i could not get that screw off for nothing...so i had to do it the long way...and compress the shock manually with a crow bar jsut to take it out....a big time pain... so jsut be warned...the rust can be a big pain...
CLaman...here soem pics for you
notice that only front is lowered...so the front fender gap is bout 1/4 less then back now
perfection...jsut what i was aiming for...
now its perfect height, ride n control
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Looking good Serge. So, your rears are Tokico HPs with stock springs?
And, see, I told ya grounding kit made a difference
And, see, I told ya grounding kit made a difference
minor edit...
blue6 i dropped the front cuz its only 1.5" lower...and it will still clear all the snow i would ever encounter here in the Wopbridge
as for grounding kit...i will take soem pcis n edit the first post...gimme til later 2nite...after work...
ohh ya, CEL came bak yesterday...dotn knwo y...so i guess grounding did not get rid of it...
but there is something that bothers me...i did the crank sensor mod same day as the grounding kit...my fuel economy dropped like crazy...alsmot 50%...sure the car pulls like crazy...but it swallows fuel by buckets...also the sound of the engine changed...its a much lower gruntier sound...i m not sure i like the side effects...the fuel econo was my major reason for bein so happy with this car...now i m disspointed...big time...even on highway, i cant get past 500km now...
so i m gonna go n move the sensor back to the original place, n hope that the fuel econo goes back up...fingers crossed...
zoomzoomfan, yes i have stock springs on tokico blues rear
blue6 i dropped the front cuz its only 1.5" lower...and it will still clear all the snow i would ever encounter here in the Wopbridge
as for grounding kit...i will take soem pcis n edit the first post...gimme til later 2nite...after work...
ohh ya, CEL came bak yesterday...dotn knwo y...so i guess grounding did not get rid of it...
but there is something that bothers me...i did the crank sensor mod same day as the grounding kit...my fuel economy dropped like crazy...alsmot 50%...sure the car pulls like crazy...but it swallows fuel by buckets...also the sound of the engine changed...its a much lower gruntier sound...i m not sure i like the side effects...the fuel econo was my major reason for bein so happy with this car...now i m disspointed...big time...even on highway, i cant get past 500km now...
so i m gonna go n move the sensor back to the original place, n hope that the fuel econo goes back up...fingers crossed...
zoomzoomfan, yes i have stock springs on tokico blues rear
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