Help build my 04 RA
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Same thing with the PCV and alternator, if it's not broken don't fix it. You should change all of your fluids ,check/update your suspension, inspect your belts and hoses. 1st.
The CAI, underdrive pulley, and solid front and rear motor mounts. Checkout the newbie thread to see about the basic and advanced mods available. There are alot of "how to's " be sure to see that as well and the Evo how to's are helpful too as we have alot in common.
As far as the body , I own the front bumper ,hood , and halo headlights your looking into getting and I love them all
The CAI, underdrive pulley, and solid front and rear motor mounts. Checkout the newbie thread to see about the basic and advanced mods available. There are alot of "how to's " be sure to see that as well and the Evo how to's are helpful too as we have alot in common.
As far as the body , I own the front bumper ,hood , and halo headlights your looking into getting and I love them all
Just in the case that your talking about spark plug wires. The RA has none, we got coil packs. Didnt want you to waste any $$ if your ordering stuff or something.
Anyway sounds like a decent plan. Im sorta in the same boat as you with the A/T. I know Im not going to get insane performance out of it. But I'd at least like to make is nice, and fun to drive. Then some day I'll move up to something a bit more performance/upgrade minded.
Anyway sounds like a decent plan. Im sorta in the same boat as you with the A/T. I know Im not going to get insane performance out of it. But I'd at least like to make is nice, and fun to drive. Then some day I'll move up to something a bit more performance/upgrade minded.
So guys! My friend said he had a friend that always hooks him up at firestone lol which I didnt really wanna go there except to get tires but anyway I went and got a tune up there.. bad idea. they did a full auto inspection blah blah and said my oil pan was damaged (its not) wanted to charge me 400 to replace that and before I could answer they found out my tie rods were bent (THERE NOT) and the total cost of everything was 1800$ lmao.
I had my auto repair shop (a local place) do the full tune up and inspection and he told me/ showed me what they were trying to get me with. firestone also screwed my oil pan up. somehow they drained all the oil then came and got me to show me the oil plug or bolt dosnt come out and keeps turning. so they drained my oil then stripped the bolt while shoving it in there and now I have to replace the oil plug which isnt a problem Im just warning everyone. You all probably already know not to go to firestone already. It was the firestone on jefferson in Newport News, VA. Just a heads up. Im guessing they knew I was army ( I was in uniform) thought I make alot of money (I dont make that much lol) and tryed scamming me. You could tell they were scamming everyone though because they were like hey sir come check this out to everyone in the waiting room about every half hour.
Just so you know, there is a shift kit available for the A/T Ralliarts. I had one put in mine when I had the tranny rebuilt after shattering my main input shaft. They're made by Trans-Go, but I don't remember the part number... Firms up the shifts quite a bit and improved acceleration.
Also, what everyone has said about performance mods is spot on. Forced induction is the way to go. I had just about every N/A mod that is offered on my 05 A/T Ralliart and at best would run 15's. It was still pretty fun, but in hindsight I could have used most of that mod money to do a turbo setup and end up with much more power.
Also, what everyone has said about performance mods is spot on. Forced induction is the way to go. I had just about every N/A mod that is offered on my 05 A/T Ralliart and at best would run 15's. It was still pretty fun, but in hindsight I could have used most of that mod money to do a turbo setup and end up with much more power.
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Just so you know, there is a shift kit available for the A/T Ralliarts. I had one put in mine when I had the tranny rebuilt after shattering my main input shaft. They're made by Trans-Go, but I don't remember the part number... Firms up the shifts quite a bit and improved acceleration.
Also, what everyone has said about performance mods is spot on. Forced induction is the way to go. I had just about every N/A mod that is offered on my 05 A/T Ralliart and at best would run 15's. It was still pretty fun, but in hindsight I could have used most of that mod money to do a turbo setup and end up with much more power.
Also, what everyone has said about performance mods is spot on. Forced induction is the way to go. I had just about every N/A mod that is offered on my 05 A/T Ralliart and at best would run 15's. It was still pretty fun, but in hindsight I could have used most of that mod money to do a turbo setup and end up with much more power.
(http://www.proimporttuners.com/parts...coilovers.html) those are the coilovers I was looking at.. Does that look like something I should shoot for?
piggybacks come and go in the for sale section...
LSD's are hard to come by, very expensive, and very sought after, and once you have one, the only way you're going to get rid of it is if you write off your car, hate your car, or are hurting for money so bad you're willing to pull the transmission apart to sell it...so not very likely...have a look at wavetrac, they make one for our application as well...there are a number of threads around the topic of LSD's...
I have seen them on Ebay, kijiji, craigslist etc. from sellers who just never installed them and want some of their money back...
LSD's are hard to come by, very expensive, and very sought after, and once you have one, the only way you're going to get rid of it is if you write off your car, hate your car, or are hurting for money so bad you're willing to pull the transmission apart to sell it...so not very likely...have a look at wavetrac, they make one for our application as well...there are a number of threads around the topic of LSD's...
I have seen them on Ebay, kijiji, craigslist etc. from sellers who just never installed them and want some of their money back...
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Yeah Ive been looking every where and I finally came acrost one that was for my car but looks nothing like the pictures of LSD's do for my car lol.. I want to get it so bad its going for about 400. It had 20k miles on it. oh and he said it was negotiable too so Id probably talk him down