Ok ... .RJ or anyway else ... can you tell me if i need to deal with bearings when i do the rotors on the CRX front end? the last week or so has been an absolute disaster with the car. i get run into, brakes are DONE, thermostat has to be shot because it ran hot with no heat on the way to pick up my car pool buddy.... best part is, his car has a shot tranny and mine is going to be in peices this afternoon! someone chime in with something... oh and to add to all the other BS i'm puking my guts up at work! i love my honda reliability :roll:

Two related questions:

1. Does anyone have a fender rolling tool I could borrow? And I'm not talking about a baseball bat, I mean the real tool that attaches to your hub with lug nuts and extends to the fender.

2. If 1.=no, Who here is interested in rolling their fenders? I can rent one with a little bit of trouble from guys I don't know on various forums, and we could have a fender rolling party....

Any interest?

Maybe its because my car is getting old and has a small displacement engine, but its really feels horrible in the cold now...

just wondering about any tips on care or anything like that for the cold. All I do now is try and let it warm up for 10-15 min before driving.

Now that its autoshow season there are a bunch of hot new concepts out to fantasize about. Post em here boys.

Today an especially signficant concept for Honda was posted on vtec.net from the Tokyo Auto Salon. See, Honda has never made a production V8 before and here for the first time was a V8 in a concept Acura RL (Honda Legend in Japan).

It weighs 131 Kg, produces 500 hp, and displaces 4.0L. The race version of the engine makes 590 hp/383 ft-lbs. Hopefully some variant of this makes it into the next NSX. What's awesome is that it doesn't weigh too much which means Honda might be able to sneak the next NSX in under 3000 lbs. Still, its at least 2 years away from most accounts.



Anybody have any news on some of the other sports car concepts. The Shelby? Saleen (S7 turbo)? I must admit I haven't been paying as much attention lately.

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Gang,

Chad (white_2kgt) isn't the type to talk about things, but I know he has many friends on this forum so it's important that they know.

Mrs. Dalton, his mom, passed away last night from complications of cancer. For anyone that ever met her, she was the poster child of a Southern Belle. As sweet, pretty, and kind as they come. She will be missed by many people.

I doubt he wants phone calls and such, but a few words of support left here that he can read later on would be great.

Thanks MM,
Peter

last sat at VMP "first slide of 05" put on by US Drift and Lookout Drift. this was my first drift event i have participated in, being that i have only had the car about 2 months and its my first rwd car.. but im addicted.. it was awesome. got close to 30 runs in.. learned alot over the day

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theres a nice little sequence in there... it was a nice 50 mph left hand then right hand bigggg sweeper some high speed driftin

these are all pics of my car.. i can post more of other cars

No joke, twin turbo viper motor making 800 horsepower...
-thought some of you guys might find this interesting

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-when he cought second gear my mouth dropped, just watch

I've got a ton more bushings to press, both on the Z and on the truck. And probably some more wheel bearings down the road too. Rather than pay $12/each at the local machine shop, I just broke down and bought a 12-ton press - it'll pay for itself (and the cost of shipping it to my place) in 9 uses. Don't have any drifts yet, but will by the weekend. So if any of you guys need to press bushings or bearings or whatever, bring 'em on over and we can take care of it. FYI

Ironically, I see very little in this section that actually applies to good driving ;-).

As such - What books or videos would you guys reccomend for a "new" driver, as in new to the track and high performace?

Officers - once we get a good list here, what do you think about hitting up Carrier Library and seeing if they can get some of these books or vids?

TIA for any suggestions!