M3TOS2K (Mugen, J's Racing, Spoon, ASM)
#493
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Loving everything about your thread....the car, the come-back story, the quality parts and the photography.
Thanks for the taking the time to share your story with us. Like you, I'd like to get to know more of the 100% stock limits of the car before going on swapping parts. Also, interesting to hear your take on the GT4 experience as it is similar to other's in terms of smiles-per-dollar.
Keep enjoying her!
Thanks for the taking the time to share your story with us. Like you, I'd like to get to know more of the 100% stock limits of the car before going on swapping parts. Also, interesting to hear your take on the GT4 experience as it is similar to other's in terms of smiles-per-dollar.
Keep enjoying her!
#494
Thread Starter
Loving everything about your thread....the car, the come-back story, the quality parts and the photography.
Thanks for the taking the time to share your story with us. Like you, I'd like to get to know more of the 100% stock limits of the car before going on swapping parts. Also, interesting to hear your take on the GT4 experience as it is similar to other's in terms of smiles-per-dollar.
Keep enjoying her!
Thanks for the taking the time to share your story with us. Like you, I'd like to get to know more of the 100% stock limits of the car before going on swapping parts. Also, interesting to hear your take on the GT4 experience as it is similar to other's in terms of smiles-per-dollar.
Keep enjoying her!
One interesting thing this past week is I've been driving my car with stock intake/header/cats/tune for a few weeks to pass smog. The car felt sluggish and not that exciting to accelerate in. After smog I put my aftermarket intake/test pipe/headers back in and the exhaust drone went away which was nice, but it wasn't until I flashed the car back with my dyno-tuned map did I fall completely in love with the car again. Throttle response is so much better and lowering VTEC just makes it so much more enjoyable.
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@radiantm3, I've been looking into the Mugen AP2 exhaust. Any thoughts that you'd be able to share?
I'm on stock exhaust (other than a 60mm test pipe, CT-E intake) and I've been hesitant on aftermarket exhausts mainly because I don't want to blow sound at Laguna Seca. I've read that the Mugen exhaust gives a nicer sound but without raising the noise level too much. Your take?
I'm on stock exhaust (other than a 60mm test pipe, CT-E intake) and I've been hesitant on aftermarket exhausts mainly because I don't want to blow sound at Laguna Seca. I've read that the Mugen exhaust gives a nicer sound but without raising the noise level too much. Your take?
#497
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@radiantm3, I've been looking into the Mugen AP2 exhaust. Any thoughts that you'd be able to share?
I'm on stock exhaust (other than a 60mm test pipe, CT-E intake) and I've been hesitant on aftermarket exhausts mainly because I don't want to blow sound at Laguna Seca. I've read that the Mugen exhaust gives a nicer sound but without raising the noise level too much. Your take?
I'm on stock exhaust (other than a 60mm test pipe, CT-E intake) and I've been hesitant on aftermarket exhausts mainly because I don't want to blow sound at Laguna Seca. I've read that the Mugen exhaust gives a nicer sound but without raising the noise level too much. Your take?
That's not my photo studio. It's a real photo studio built for cars in a warehouse that a friend built at his company.
#498
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Lots have happened in the past few months and unfortunately most of it hasn't revolved around driving the S2K. A week before I was moving to Texas, my dad accidentally drove a Uhaul truck across the driver's side corner of my car. So yea that brand new Voltex bumper is gone.
Thanks to some very helpful friends I was able to quickly get the car back together before I moved with an OEM bumper and CR lip.
I think I've bought the most new front fenders and headlight housings ever in such a short period of time. My car was delivered safely to Texas and I have my first track "event" this coming Saturday. I put it in quotes because I'm taking a beginner 1 day school so I can gain access to a local private track. About 45 minutes away from me is a private 2 mile track that is in meticulous shape with some great corners and some elevation change. When you do their 1 day school (beginner and advanced course for $500 each), you become "alumni" and can go during the weekday, pay $25 for a 20 minute track session and get some convenient track time during lunch.
About an hour away from me is another 2 mile private track where you can pay a monthly membership and can run the track any time you want 5 days a week. Then about 50 minutes away is COTA (which is expensive at $500 a day). Gotta say I'm pretty blessed to be within an hour of 3 race tracks and that count doubles when I increase the driving radius to 2-3 hours away. I'm loving it here so far.
Thanks to some very helpful friends I was able to quickly get the car back together before I moved with an OEM bumper and CR lip.
I think I've bought the most new front fenders and headlight housings ever in such a short period of time. My car was delivered safely to Texas and I have my first track "event" this coming Saturday. I put it in quotes because I'm taking a beginner 1 day school so I can gain access to a local private track. About 45 minutes away from me is a private 2 mile track that is in meticulous shape with some great corners and some elevation change. When you do their 1 day school (beginner and advanced course for $500 each), you become "alumni" and can go during the weekday, pay $25 for a 20 minute track session and get some convenient track time during lunch.
About an hour away from me is another 2 mile private track where you can pay a monthly membership and can run the track any time you want 5 days a week. Then about 50 minutes away is COTA (which is expensive at $500 a day). Gotta say I'm pretty blessed to be within an hour of 3 race tracks and that count doubles when I increase the driving radius to 2-3 hours away. I'm loving it here so far.
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S1 S2 (08-06-2017)
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Other than COTA, your nearby track options seem to be quite affordable and more accessible than the northern California tracks. I would love to pay a monthly membership to rip around a local track. I'm interested to see how you take advantage of the 25$ sessions and how they compare to Thunderhill & Laguna.
unrelated, what on earth is that inside the trailer below your car?
unrelated, what on earth is that inside the trailer below your car?
#500
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Other than COTA, your nearby track options seem to be quite affordable and more accessible than the northern California tracks. I would love to pay a monthly membership to rip around a local track. I'm interested to see how you take advantage of the 25$ sessions and how they compare to Thunderhill & Laguna.
unrelated, what on earth is that inside the trailer below your car?
unrelated, what on earth is that inside the trailer below your car?
Here's what the long version of the track I'm going to looks like:
They have 3 lengths of the track and this is the longest (2 mile) config. Driving between all the trees looks awesome.
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goofy (08-15-2017)