mM...well my next vid won't have any rasp whatsoever. so =D

 

ummm.. the hood of the tC is about 1/3-1/4 the weight of the hood on my 3rd gen eclipse. it's not heavy at all compared to other cars. i do agree you did save some weight up front and up high (which is good.. gets closer to a 60/40 weight distribution and reduces bodyroll). but it's not as big of savings that you get on many other platforms (i.e. the average).

i'm not knocking it trust me i want one too LOL

 

I saved on the Xb around 8-10lbs, it does make a difference.

I do agree though, the hood of my first car (97 integra) was heavier as well as far as hood weights go. (comparing to Tc)

Any weight reduction is going to make a difference in performance, however you wouldn't tell a drastic difference unless you shed hundreds of pounds. Every pound counts though, plus IMO CF looks good. lol

Taek; id like to hear this new broken in sound. I haven't heard of I/H/E break-in sound any different than just installing. If it really does sound different, than thats interesting.

Cya

 

yeah it does sound different. well not differnet but it has no raspy sound annymore.

 

That vid that was posted a while ago... can you repost it? I wanna hear it but its expired.

 

yeah please make anotherone asap . I never heard a tC with IHE yet.

 

okay

i actually have a vid of me runnin 120 that i did tonight for fun...but its not clear cuz its at night and it was dark soo... i'll see what i can do

 

I agree. Having a few decals is fine, especially if they came with the products you purchased to show support for the companies and show off what you paid good, hard earned money for.

I consider rice to be a poor, cheap job of modifications. However anyone who puts time into making it look right deserves props for the perseverence to perform quality worksmanship to get their ride the way they want it. It could be all show and no go -- that's fine, because there's a large interest in customizing the look of a ride, and regardless of what people think, usually to get it right, it costs serious $$, especially with a good paint job.

But when there's a less quality job done to mod a car and there's an attitude or elitist mentality without the parts and performance and look to support it, well that's when we get into the realm of bordering on rice. If you know your car is a piece of sh*t but you like the way it is and you enjoy it and are not ashamed of it, then all the power to you ('you' being the market segment of cheap universal parts that don't quite look or fit right on the auto to which they're installed). However once someone adopts the attitude that all this stuff makes their car faster and they gain performance and respect, well then that's just pure rice.

You can buy the parts, but you have to earn the respect. I think it all boils down to attitude.

I had a friend with an older Honda (circa 1990) with a sub, crappy rims, universal muffler that sounded absolutely terrible by any standards, some interior paint work done, and a very very cheap DIY window tint kit, and universal wing...but he loved it and enjoyed driving it because it was his car, and he installed everything and had a great attitude about it. He had fun in the car and didn't think because he had some shiny rims and loud exhaust that it meant he could take on a fully loaded Supra. So it was tolerable and not quite rice in a lot of peoples opinions...although the car may not be for everyone (read: no one should have to drive such a thing) it was still fun to fart around in...pun intended

That having been said, I came across rice on the way to work this morning, on the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90 westbound), a red Honda Prelude with shiny rims and a loud exhaust, big wing and some decals, came up next to me at the toll booth and floored it, and was obviously stock. No way was he turbo'd as one of the decals stated, and he got burned. Bad. Three times. I kept dropping back to let him catch up (he was easily full throttle) and ate him alive once again. :-D

 

Crap, can you e-mail the vid back to Yousendit again. The link no longer works for that file.

 

cool post mr. winter.

alright guys, ijust got my own video equipment so i'll be taking pictures and doing a vid with the car...after i wash it =D

-taek

so stay tuned guys almost =D i show you what broken in means

 

hurry up and get a vid..please?

 

taek dont get mad, i fight off this guys every post because the whine like little girls about everything...hes auto, auto is great i love auto...or they say "the celica is just as fast as us, and the rsx-s we are the fastest car out there." dont listen to them. Ur car sounds great

 

thanks metal ranger you're makin me blush..no jp hahaha

dtruong..learn some patience. my life is not dedicated to please SCIONLIFE so just chillax.

vid will be up just a moment.

-taek

 

Well, i have some semi-updated pics of my car.

The difference between before and now is the drop and the antenna

1. Tein Basic Dampers
2. S2000 Antenna
3. stripped rear
4. stock wheels
5. takatas waitin for my seats


Like i said, they're semi-updated, my main parts arent in yet so just wait. I think they're in at the end of the week or next week so I might just wait off the vid till then. We'll see. Here are the pics.










oops thats my girl









oookay

-taek

 

man thats a nasty sound.. sounds a lot like a slow civic to me

 

what? how did you hear it, didnt people say it was expired?

 

cant wait for the next vid!

 

How the heck did you get to see the vid of an expired link?

 

Just reading through this thread... I agree, what a DH.

 

^^ what he said !