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to me the addition of the stock style spoiler just keeps my back window a tiny bit cleaner.
being on wider , low pro tires with larger rims , and lowered seems to keep it much more stable than the wing did when i had it on stock suspension.
my car is massively lowered and it feels planted pretty much anytime it's on smooth road. even topping my car out at over 125 it still felt pretty solid. not totally solid but much better feeling than i would have thought it would.
being on wider , low pro tires with larger rims , and lowered seems to keep it much more stable than the wing did when i had it on stock suspension.
my car is massively lowered and it feels planted pretty much anytime it's on smooth road. even topping my car out at over 125 it still felt pretty solid. not totally solid but much better feeling than i would have thought it would.
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
to me the addition of the stock style spoiler just keeps my back window a tiny bit cleaner.
being on wider , low pro tires with larger rims , and lowered seems to keep it much more stable than the wing did when i had it on stock suspension.
my car is massively lowered and it feels planted pretty much anytime it's on smooth road. even topping my car out at over 125 it still felt pretty solid. not totally solid but much better feeling than i would have thought it would.
being on wider , low pro tires with larger rims , and lowered seems to keep it much more stable than the wing did when i had it on stock suspension.
my car is massively lowered and it feels planted pretty much anytime it's on smooth road. even topping my car out at over 125 it still felt pretty solid. not totally solid but much better feeling than i would have thought it would.
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yeah droppin it down on some stout springs/ coilovers helps a bit. but they are light cars. if a rig passes me ( hardly ever ) i will feel it get a lil squirrelly , if i pass a rig no disturbance at all really.
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
my car is massively lowered and it feels planted pretty much anytime it's on smooth road. even topping my car out at over 125 it still felt pretty solid. not totally solid but much better feeling than i would have thought it would.
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frogbox : you are not a nice man and are a troll who apparently hates me when i've never done or said anything particularly if at all bad about you.
it was on I5 going towards elk grove coming from the pocket / greenhaven ( south sacramento ) area.
flat , boring , straight road.
took me less than a minute to go from approx 60 to 127ish. (a good amount past the 120 area of the speedo) which i have checked against gps at up to 100 mph.
it was on I5 going towards elk grove coming from the pocket / greenhaven ( south sacramento ) area.
flat , boring , straight road.
took me less than a minute to go from approx 60 to 127ish. (a good amount past the 120 area of the speedo) which i have checked against gps at up to 100 mph.
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haha^^^ no doubt, i read through the whole thing hopeing someone whould have something revolutionary to tell us about weight loss (car that is) Man I just wanna know that my car can eatup anyone of these civic ricers that we have here in south texas, Autozone Pu$$y Civics>> is that APC stands for???Good info who ever started the thread...
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hotbox isn't lying..i have more power than he does on an auto, but even with i/h/e on a auto i had it up to 110mph without too much problem..yes on flat ground.. i could take a video now if i can get my hands on a recorder and i am willing to bet i can hit 130mph without too much trouble. After 115mph it really drags, i don't know about now i haven't tried to top out in a long time since to me its pointless. But just to show its not impossible on flat ground i could do it.
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Replace the steering wheel with lightweight wheel, remove the AC all together, rear hatch replacement with CF hatch as well as putting in plexiglass instead of the big heavy glass in the hatch window, no need for the CF hood, no big diff there. replace the front seats with lightweight racing seats. You have done everything else, cant think of much more than that, other than maybe replacing all the windows with plexi, but thats extreme.
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