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Old May 12, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dek0026
i knew you'd ask that. i don't know exactly is the answer but i think you should do it.
Maybe I'll get an RA and be besties with Bob.
Old May 12, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by steinvb12


Again, I don't want to get started as I'm over all the X bashing threads that there were a few years ago, BUT....

If you feel this way, shouldn't you convert your engine to run off a carburetor and take off the power steering? If you really want to get back to the basics of "driving", then you shouldn't need any computer or power related "assistance".

Maybe you don't need coilovers or shocks for that matter. Just run springs if you want to get back to basics. Isn't the rest all just technology which you don't really need since it takes away from the driver expereince.

I can agree with you on the transmission. I prefer to race with a true manual. It just wouldn't seem right otherwise.

Oh, and congrats on the newborn. Buy him an X!
I think you're missing my point. a carborator in essence doesn't make the car any faster or slower, its just a nother way of deilvering the fuel. you can add the same amount of fuel with the same amount of air in a carb or fuel injected motor and all things being equal they will deliver the same power. in fact there are plenty of high HP carb motors running around in all types of motorsports today, just look at nascar for example. power steering... that is more of a comfort thing, like A/C or power windows, neither of which make a car any faster around a race track and they sure don't require a computer to work. Also, you couldn't just run springs on a car, you need the shock to absorb the energy the spring releases, they're a package deal. I doubt there has even been a vehilcle in history that just had a spring and nothing else to absorb the 'rebound' from the spring decompressing (Doug, correct me if I'm getting that backwards, its been a long day).

I think a better analogy would have been to compare ABS to a non-ABS equiqed vechile, then I would have to agree with you, but still, if you're driving the car correctly you should never really get into ABS ( the term is called threshold braking)... its more of a safety thing like seatbelts and airbags.

having computers manually split the power between each wheel or axle to increase/decrease understeer/oversteer, or applying the brakes to an individual wheel while turning/braking or powering out of a turn based on lateral movement are the types of computer enhancements I was refering too. those things, IMO, take a portion of the 'drivers experience' out of the equasion. just like driving an auto down the 1320, there is less input from the driver and more input from a computer. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying those things are bad in anyway. or that anyone is less of a driver for having a vehilce with those capabilities. no doubt its the fastest way around a track with equal drivers in either type of vehicle and FAST almost always = FUN. its just that personally, I don't want a computer doing the driving for me.

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Originally Posted by dek0026
i knew you'd ask that. i don't know exactly is the answer but i think you should do it.
you just want him to get an X so you can have his family start making inexpensive parts for it.
Old May 12, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ghettofireman
Yo whats up I saw an evo mon nite on grant at the dunkin donuts beepin their horn for me to come over I had to take my wife home who's evo was that
What color evo? A group of people hang there thurs/sunday nights. I know i saw and posted a few pages back about a black with black wheels evo that i saw there with a greddy liscense plate frame followed by a blue STi. Was that you?

Edit: if anybody has a set of Evo IX, MR bbs, VIII wheels (order of preference) available my buddy is looking to get his new evo a little more stock looking.

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Old May 12, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Thats Dirty, and just for that i'm not bringing you an FOP Courtesy card on saturday!
Youre probably one of the finest officers the city has ever seen. A hero if you will. Embodying all that we as mere citizens look for in a time of crisis. In a word, perfection. Now give me a damn card!
Old May 12, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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Yawn!!!! feeling bored, decided to do this.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...oscan-gps.html

Still have shoes on after coming back from work
Old May 12, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Its a 7
What color evo? A group of people hang there thurs/sunday nights. I know i saw and posted a few pages back about a black with black wheels evo that i saw there with a greddy liscense plate frame followed by a blue STi. Was that you?

Edit: if anybody has a set of Evo IX, MR bbs, VIII wheels (order of preference) available my buddy is looking to get his new evo a little more stock looking.
nah, his screenname is PhillyEvO
Old May 12, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by colonelfox
Youre probably one of the finest officers the city has ever seen. A hero if you will. Embodying all that we as mere citizens look for in a time of crisis. In a word, perfection. Now give me a damn card!
Way to suck you!
Old May 12, 2010 | 10:08 PM
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Installed my blox front roller stopper. Feels better
Old May 13, 2010 | 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by chu
Maybe I'll get an RA and be besties with Bob.
besties? seriously, chu? i swear i cry a little bit for you inside everytime you say that.
Old May 13, 2010 | 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin.
Installed my blox front roller stopper. Feels better
Have that in mine. Feels good...have you noticed the engine sounded louder with it on?

Originally Posted by dek0026
besties? seriously, chu? i swear i cry a little bit for you inside everytime you say that.
Jealousy...kills relationships! Besides, Bob is a great guy!
Old May 13, 2010 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by AlwaysinBoost
you just want him to get an X so you can have his family start making inexpensive parts for it.
looks like you were the only one who understood that comment.
Old May 13, 2010 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin.
Installed my blox front roller stopper. Feels better
yeah, its a wonderful $70 upgrade.
Old May 13, 2010 | 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin.
Installed my blox front roller stopper. Feels better

that mod is next on my to-get list.
Old May 13, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by AlwaysinBoost
that mod is next on my to-get list.
Correction, your next mod is leather/alcantara seats with red stitching.
Old May 13, 2010 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by BBS
Correction, your next mod is leather/alcantara seats with red stitching.
Speaking of which, I'm looking to get some leather upholstery with said stitching on the X. I don't want the Mitsu package. I was hoping to get something unique(not ghetto) done. Any good upholstery shops that you guys can think of?



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