I just saw a minty teal one...
I just saw a minty teal one...
Where?
Bobzilla wrote: Where?
Greenwood.
Corner of 31S and Stop 18 going towards Whiteland.
My girlfriend was bemused at the whiplash i gave myself trying to get a good look at it.
She liked it though, so i guess she's got SOME taste.
And with these (minus new windshield) she's done....for now
new windshield and cleaned up the paint. It actually shines now! Oh. . .and it likes to light up the right front tire.... a lot.
Nice! What are the wheels?
I saw a somewhat-unloved 5-door Metro LSi the other day and I was thinking of you gouys and what could be done with it.
those wheels are the "Get me where I need to go" BENT, TWEAKED, CURBED Motegi MR7's. The other good wheels wrapped in teh 'stones are ICON's which appear to be a Rota knockoff. they're light at 12 lbs and were all 4 straight and cheap. $200 for the Icons, got the stones for $65 each new and the Motegi's and crappy tires where off the wife's accent so they were technically free.
Satuday was our annual tech day and dyno day at the local performance shop. $65 for 3 runs. I was shooting for 90 at the wheels. I was not disappointed. Nor was I pleasantly suprised with more!
89.4hp and 80ft/lbs of torque on a super flat torque curve. Also running pretty lean. Need to fix that first. All runs were made in 4th gear, the tires that were on it were very unhappy to be turning 125+ on that first run. 81S rated tires that are all a little dryrotted and pretty beaten up. THey started shaking at 120 on the 2nd run so I pulled out of it at 7500, and 7000 the last run. Wish I'd slipped on the new 'stones and made the runs.
Overall I'm happy. THe head that's on it likely has the 199k miles showing on the odometer. So this winter have a few things to change over and freshen up for the 2010 season. First off: Engine management. Need something that I can tune. Then the head needs some freshening up. I already have the new valves and xprings on the other head, so just need to swap them over.
So last night I made a pair of number panels:
Sorry for the crappy pics, I forgot my cam at work so this is with the cell. I took a friend's advice and did vinyl on vinyl.
Also found a stock Dyno of a G13B Swift GT:
Stock it put down 80hp and 68ft/lbs torque on a dyno jet at the front wheels. that shows almost a 20% drivetrain loss from the stock 100hp 83ft/lbs they make at the crank. So.... I picked up 8hp and 12ft/lbs of torque with a head that has almost 200k miles on it and running lean. 11% gain with a header, exhaust and chipped. Not bad IMO.
Stickered up and ready for our first event sunday:
Have fun!
I'm more nervous than a highschool boy taking the class floozy to the prom.... Watch me be like that kid... Poof all done....
These things are cult cars where I live and serious autocross contenders. I don't know what you're worried about 
after all the issues I've fought with this thing.... I've got right to be nervous!
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