ECS Tuning 997 GT3 air deflectors arrived today. Ordered 2 pairs for $28 before tax, So $14 each pair with shipping.
This Brake upgrade kit is coming together really well.
ECS Tuning 997 GT3 air deflectors arrived today. Ordered 2 pairs for $28 before tax, So $14 each pair with shipping.
This Brake upgrade kit is coming together really well.
Did some additional number crunching today in my spreadsheet. Added in my costs for the oil I've put into the car. Oil changes outright will be for sure tracked. Additional track oil may be missed. I'll also add in tires I use for DD use.
So far with the oil I've purchased thus far
Hazmat costs 10.84 cents a mile to operate as the numbers run right now.
That's not too terrible considering I'm using fairly expensive oil and changing it often and the car runs on premium.
Burns muffler guy did not respond fast enough for my ADD.
So muffler money is now motor mount money.
Ordered Hasport upper and lower torque mounts.
On sale for 10% off plus free shipping. So worthwhile to move on.
My Birthday was the week of thanksgiving. I bought myself a little something extra special and had it shipped in from Tokyo from the guys at 7Tune.
JDM 8th gen civic FD2 Type R brochure.
Lots of neat stuff in it
But the sections on brake and suspension caught my eye
Son of a... mother berkeleyer...
Honda used nearly an identical brembo to the TL one...
AND
They used a duct and scoop method to move air to the backside of the rotor!!!!
I had no idea they did this. I knew it was on the new Type R. But had no clue it was being done on this car back then..
And cause I bought 3 brochures.. I got a little something extra thrown in the package with them.
I've bought those Nostalgic Car Magazines and they are all written in Japanese. I think this is how it must be if you can't read - you can only look at pictures and only wonder what all the words mean.
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
They apparently make a translator app where you aim your phone camera at the text and it changes it to english.
In reply to Daylan C :
Doh
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
Daylan is working with insider trading info since I was geeking out earlier and sending these to him
Another night.. More youtube diving from me..
I found in this video at 14:50 they have a great shot of the brake cooling setup
Plus lots of tearing up the track. It's a properly fast car.. Now i just gotta keep working to make my own version.
The Honda Civic Si is a game reduced trim of Civic by Honda. The Si (Sport Injected) trim was presented for the third era of Honda Civics in both Japan and North America. In Canada and somewhere else, the trim got known as the SiR for the 6th and seventh ages, and the Si trim was identical to the USDM EX model.
For the Japanese and European markets, the Civic Type R was embraced as the superior variation of the Civic, beginning with the EK9 incubate for Japan in 1996 and afterward with the EP3 bring forth for Europe in 2001. In North America the Type R name was never utilized until the 2017 model year with the dispatch of the Honda Civic Type R. Past to this the Si name was the most noteworthy in North America (aside from Acura vehicles). The Civic Si appears differently in relation to the more track-situated and austere Type R, which has less solid stifling and courtesies as an end-result of better execution. The Civic Si has been situated as even more a full-included game trim, highlighting extravagance alternatives, for example, a sunroof and a seven speaker sound framework.
YOU SHUT YOUR SOUND!
Hazmat's clean cut brother sold today on Bring a trailer...
$21,0000
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011-honda-civic-si/
Way more than i expected, but probably the cleanest 8th gen Si in private hands.
spacecadet said:Hazmat's clean cut brother sold today on Bring a trailer...
Way more than i expected, but probably the cleanest 8th gen Si in private hands.
Surprised me as well, but for the final year of the last of the DOHC N/A VTEC k-series in a desirable color and rarer-still 4 door body style, I wouldn't say it was poorly bought. I thought 8th gens with that mileage literally didn't exist anymore outside of a museum.
Why cant Honda get back to that Si enthusiast vibe?
Like the sad tale of the Datsun 240Z, which devolved into the 280ZX....
New ones are bloaty, buzzy boulevard bombs that cost a fortune, weigh too much and look like a Stinkbug on wheels....
Agent98 said:Why cant Honda get back to that Si enthusiast vibe?
Like the sad tale of the Datsun 240Z, which devolved into the 280ZX....
New ones are bloaty, buzzy boulevard bombs that cost a fortune, weigh too much and look like a Stinkbug on wheels....
I'm not sure what Honda you're talking about.
But the Honda I KNOW, is very much building fantastic enthusiasts cars. And if I hadn't literally been trying to become car payment free for 5 months and finally achieved it YESTERDAY. I'd already have a Si or Type R in my driveway.
The 10th gen Si has a curb weight within 40lbs of my 8th gen... and thats with all the modern gadgets and touch screens and top notch fit and finish of a modern car.
Honda built the S660 Kei car, that harkened back to the Honda Beat of the early 90's, in Japan a few years ago and sold EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Honda will build what we enthusiasts will buy that makes financial sense for themselves.
Honda is building great cars and I think the forthcoming coupe that the Acura Type S concept is forshadowing will be a very good enthusiasts car.
Honda got jumped all over in 2012 when the 9th gen civic released and was a rental car spec interior and did not reflect a modern Honda committed to building nice cars. They immediately admitted their mistake and fixed the cars.
Honda is making and selling a TON of the Civic Type R.
I have no issues with the state of Honda today, 5 years ago.. There was a few concerns... but not anymore.
ScottyB said:
I wouldn't say it was poorly bought. I thought 8th gens with that mileage literally didn't exist anymore outside of a museum.
Fair point..
As of yesterday, I am officially car payment free! It's taken a few month of plotting that started last summer, but i did it!
And so, i got myself a little something I've needed for a long time today to celebrate
I have survived many years of autocross and doing my own wheel and tire changes without a impact.
Finally decided to go get one today.
It's perfect for what I need, will not over torque a lug not going on because it's not strong enough, but will speed up the process of swapping wheels and tires, perfect!
I used the impact to pull a wheel off in the garage and mount up the new Mazda wheels.
My buddy said theywere very close fit and he's right.
These have a 245 Bridgestone RE71R streched on them and boy.. It's close when the wheel is up in the air.. And lowering it to the ground.. I can hear the tire squeak on the strut... so the tires are coming off these wheels ASAP.
Congrats on being car payment free! I know how hard it is, but it feels so good to be in control of your money. Barring anything catastrophic Mrs. ShawneeCreek and I will never again make a loan payment.
I may have missed it, but are you still planning on entering this into the Challenge?
In reply to spacecadet :
Not dismissing your view of Honda , but mine is the R costs ~$40,000 which is too much, and the Si I looked at recently was $30,000 low revving and slow. As if Honda forgot their motorcycle roots. Just one guys view .....now back to the regularly scheduled programming!
See the smile on my face? Turo 1 day rental 18 months ago Not in the cards but oh boy it is worth it if you can afford it.
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
You look like the proverbial kid in a candy store!
Agent98 said:In reply to spacecadet :
Not dismissing your view of Honda , but mine is the R costs ~$40,000 which is too much, and the Si I looked at recently was $30,000 low revving and slow. As if Honda forgot their motorcycle roots. Just one guys view .....now back to the regularly scheduled programming!
Si is $25,800 msrp, you can get a discount off that number as well. Gently used ones have slid into the under $20k rang
Type R is a lot at $38k, but the performance is phenomenal. And they're becoming available used in the $30-31k range with low-ish miles.
They're called Hype R by haters, and they is a lot of hype, but HOLY E36 M3, the Hype is legit.
In reply to Datsun310Guy :
Yeah, my buddy let me drive his CTR 2 months ago, and then let me drive his Fiancé M2 as well last month. BOTH of them are berkeleying amazing.
Agent98 said:In reply to spacecadet :
As if Honda forgot their motorcycle roots.
Emissions regulations are tighter than ever, Turbo and Direct injection tech is better than ever. I mean VTEC is cool and all, but I'd love to get 5-10 more MPG like I could in a 1.5 civic Si and have more torque too.
Hazmat is cool for track stuff cause I can beat him mercilessly and he gives no berkeleys. But I'd totally rather have a modern 1.5T Honda Civic Si to daily drive, I totally miss the low end torque of my ST.
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