new FC.....
03-03-2009, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='917679' date='Mar 3 2009, 02:01 PM
its tempting, i also have a cartech turbo manifold, so i could turbo it also.
but since we have now 2 87 gxl's in sapphire blue metallic with abs, it might be more fun just to have the same car as paul
but since we have now 2 87 gxl's in sapphire blue metallic with abs, it might be more fun just to have the same car as paul
Power wash the entire car after you gut it. Use lots of soap and water.
Just do a nice aggressive streetport. Put some marginal carpeting in there so it is a bit more cush. Then install a Tec3R. Ground Control Coilovers. 300 lbs and 250 lbs rear spring. Set of KYB AGX. FD calipers. Stock dash. Some front carpet. Buy a sheet of carbon fibre and use that as the inner door panel with a pull string for handle. Roll up windows.
Some old school 16x8 + 27mm panasport rims. 245/45/16 tires all the way around. (not sure what SCCA rules are on wheel size and tire size). A nice 3" single can exhaust out of thin wall 304SS. Lexan rear glass, on stock hatch frame. Some heat insulating material on the driver side tranny tunnel, and foot well. Accusump ram. Decent set of gauges. Brace the subframe. Delin subframe mounts. DTSS toe eliminator bushings. New Inner rear tie rod links. Would be perfect.
New paint in White. Silver wheels.
03-03-2009, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RicerJ' post='917702' date='Mar 3 2009, 11:26 PM
so your saying your keys work with the other car?
Most of them do. The tumblers are worn out on the locksets or sticky which doesn't allow them to spring back on most old FCs. So any key that can cause the ignition to turn/twist can start your car.
03-03-2009, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RicerJ' post='917702' date='Mar 3 2009, 08:26 PM
so your saying your keys work with the other car?
yeah the other one is so bad that my bmw keys work in it. it is kinda neat to start the car and pull the key out
03-03-2009, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheers!' post='917686' date='Mar 3 2009, 02:30 PM
Power wash the entire car after you gut it. Use lots of soap and water.
Just do a nice aggressive streetport. Put some marginal carpeting in there so it is a bit more cush. Then install a Tec3R. Ground Control Coilovers. 300 lbs and 250 lbs rear spring. Set of KYB AGX. FD calipers. Stock dash. Some front carpet. Buy a sheet of carbon fibre and use that as the inner door panel with a pull string for handle. Roll up windows.
Some old school 16x8 + 27mm panasport rims. 245/45/16 tires all the way around. (not sure what SCCA rules are on wheel size and tire size). A nice 3" single can exhaust out of thin wall 304SS. Lexan rear glass, on stock hatch frame. Some heat insulating material on the driver side tranny tunnel, and foot well. Accusump ram. Decent set of gauges. Brace the subframe. Delin subframe mounts. DTSS toe eliminator bushings. New Inner rear tie rod links. Would be perfect.
New paint in White. Silver wheels.
Just do a nice aggressive streetport. Put some marginal carpeting in there so it is a bit more cush. Then install a Tec3R. Ground Control Coilovers. 300 lbs and 250 lbs rear spring. Set of KYB AGX. FD calipers. Stock dash. Some front carpet. Buy a sheet of carbon fibre and use that as the inner door panel with a pull string for handle. Roll up windows.
Some old school 16x8 + 27mm panasport rims. 245/45/16 tires all the way around. (not sure what SCCA rules are on wheel size and tire size). A nice 3" single can exhaust out of thin wall 304SS. Lexan rear glass, on stock hatch frame. Some heat insulating material on the driver side tranny tunnel, and foot well. Accusump ram. Decent set of gauges. Brace the subframe. Delin subframe mounts. DTSS toe eliminator bushings. New Inner rear tie rod links. Would be perfect.
New paint in White. Silver wheels.
thats my 1st gen.... gutted with cage, camber plates coil overs, i think its 350/175. its got a 12a PP, weber, 3" exhaust. ive got the lexan, but its not on the car.
ive got 15x7 meshies, but i want 15x8 rota RB's, 225-45-15 is the spec tire for our real race car, so 15's are the way to go, its getting ra1'a
so the fc can stay stock.... actually the other FC has the full suspension and when we take it to the track and put the slicks on it, it cant break traction in any direction, well the abs does turn the tires octagonal....
03-04-2009, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='917706' date='Mar 3 2009, 09:37 PM
yeah the other one is so bad that my bmw keys work in it. it is kinda neat to start the car and pull the key out
haha i had a car like that i could even start with my thumb pressed up against it or if i didnt feel like that a penny
03-04-2009, 06:41 PM
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well yesterday i pulled the brake master out, cleaned all the junk out of it, put it back together, it actually passes the leak test, so we put it back in, and bled it. with working brakes i was able to actually drive it!
it drives ok, f-ing slow though. got some fresh gas
so now it needs a radiator cap (old one doesnt hold pressure), maybe a thermostat, the thermowax is plugged, i took off the hose and even with the engine running nothing comes out....
logicon is paralyzed on the left side, but AC works.
it drives ok, f-ing slow though. got some fresh gas
so now it needs a radiator cap (old one doesnt hold pressure), maybe a thermostat, the thermowax is plugged, i took off the hose and even with the engine running nothing comes out....
logicon is paralyzed on the left side, but AC works.
