I'll just quiet her down and use the fastcat for now. Lose torque though ftl

 

Don't you mean they were a big upgrade to your worn or broken OEM parts? In which case, new OEM parts would have been a big upgrade, too.

When I needed parts, I did some research where anecdotal evidence pointed me towards MOOG parts. And then my mechanic said, "Get MOOG" for things like end-links, ball-joints, etc. He also said "Get OEM" for stuff like wheel bearings.

Upgrade? Maybe, maybe not. Certainly different, what with the grease fitting and all.

 

yup lol

 

But it says made with the finest ingredients lol

 

Just saw an advertisement for a "sick" Audi TT for sale. Didnt know they existed

 

It is.

 

lol when i finally get one for my teg i'm putting my beach cruiser up there, just like the setup you mentioned bike gona look bigger than the damn car

 

Free HID kit for my reverse lights is hereeee Yay.

 

w000t, can't wait to put it on le white nightmare...

I just have to hold off putting the 3" catback till after the dyno.

Then hrmm...... Spacers, Flywheel, Clutch, Pulley and 97+ Trunk for Maxus....

Then the red car hrmm.... Needs mounts, Headers, ECU, Fuel pump and a trip to the dealer before I start it....

Hrmmm....

Mastercraft vs. OEM.



Am I saying they perform better? No, not in the sense of I can corner harder, but in the sense of they would survive a few more track days? Yes.

That is true on wheel bearings, but I wasn't ballin hard enough, National (Autozone) is a damn good alternative because they are an OEM supplier for some companies from what I heard.

 

Yes when you make stuff out of shyttier steel it does need to be thicker

I've had moogs come loose, so have a lot of others, some have had them snap, which is something I've NEVER heard an OEM end link do in any car.

There's nothing wrong with them, really, I'd buy them without batting an eye. But they're still far from an upgrade.

Really, any end link is not an upgrade, same goes for wheel bearings and strut bearings, etc.

 

did you get that cluster i posted to you

 

post results this interests me


Oh and seems none of us mentioned that our little AutoX event started with soppping wet pavement and ended in dry?

 

I'd prefer Mass when it comes to something like end links.

They're still how I installed them a few summers ago on the Red Devil.

I've heard OEM ones snap in the 5th gens and Moog as a replacement to solve that, that's where I got the wind of that notion.... Of course this was back in my noobish 5th gen days when I thought having a GAB was hot **** and a Y pipe was a "big mod".

Again, upgrade is being used relatively, anything that adds more laps to before something breaks on my car is an upgrade IMO.

the TE one? I already got a cluster, need a ECU and some engine mounts to start le car.

 

Bah. Just stopped at NTB to get an alignment. My front tires are shot thanks to the shoddy bushings Nissan used on the inner LCAs.

Oh well. I'm getting a six month warranty, which means a free alignment when I put my adjustable upper a arms on.

 

Do they have Brake Checks where you live? If so I'd stop and go there and get a lifetime alignment.

$110 + $3 for every alignment after for the life of the car.

Got about oh 8 alignments within 14 months.... Lets say they hate me, the shop near me tried to fck up my car... Lets just say i'm never going back there again... but the brake check near my house... coool. as. hellll. in ground alignment rack so when I'm praisin da lowered no scrapy scrape....

I also got lifetime wheel balancing... $40+ .50c for every wheel for the life of the car.

So far they've balanced 16 wheels for me

About to be 20 when the red car hits the road again.

 

I had them before but blew a ****ty Xentec ballast and sold the bulbs to a friend. Already have everything wired up so it'll be plug and play. I just need some time to get out there and swap everything in.

 

Ooo OK so were resonator meets cat it's 2 half and the resonator opens up to 3'' ?

 

No Brake Checks here, but the Firestone up the street offers lifetime alignments for $160. I just can't afford it at this minute. The guy at NTB is a buddy of mine, too, so he gives me a break.

 

Eh? Because the ID of the Cat->Resonator Flange on the 3" catback is 2.75"

 

Dirty *** Butler tire wants $130 or about that with some negotiations to balance, fill and mount my TSW wheels. Is it just me or is that absurdly expensive considering the machine does most of the work and all they really do is lift the tire onto the studs?

 

Fck firestone, those fgts, they can eat a bag of hiv d1cks....

 

Aackshun whats the price looking like on an auto se/te cluster and mileage on it

 

Can you not fill/mount them yourself?

 

Cheap.

Give me a mileage to shoot for.

 

fill yes and mount yes but balance no

WHere did you get your lugs again? These are crappy and they got wet and rust has set in. I need to get with the looks aspect of things a little more

 

Damn there trying to fawk you with your clothes on lol I got my set up mount and balanced and installed for $60 cash no tax and that's with new valve stems to.

What do these tsw wheels you talking about look like

 

THIS!!!

 

 

^ Tick tock... Tick Tock chocholatestraw....

You can hold off, the shop is going to some event this weekend, so I wont dyno until next Saturday (16th).

Also I gotta wait on Nmexmaxmanmanny to finish using his TP so I can buy it and put it on the white car before the intake showdown occurs.

 

Just have them balanced once you fill then mount.

Got my lugs from Varrstoen.

 

Same here.

WTF is that?

 

No more then 100,**** or lower if possible

 

something that costs more than its worth lol

 

Yes the lord has answerd aackshuns prayers everything made of bacon

 

kthxbai guys, cya tomorrow, same ghustle time... same ghustle thread...

 

Now whats the difference between Varrstoen lugs and the flea bay knock off ? I'm guessing the Varrstoen make you go faster

 

lol its all good just let me know

 

Quality. The same thing that makes every other Ebay part different from the real thing

 

Still irrelevant since I'm not sure why Clashez made the comment of the the cattman catback, as in the TP has nothing to do with the catback, since it's the catback, as in catback, from the catback, so like as in test pipe back, catback.

Either way, let's see if it nets any gains after adding some timing + the test pipe, and i may even possible get the 3" flex pipe since mine is making my caw stinky as hell, damn exhaust smell.

Also, test pipes do net gain, from 3000-4500 RPM. Because racecaws. On all of my non test pipe'd dynos compared to my test pipe dynos, there's a nice increase in that area, 20 ft/lbs in some comparisons.

 

Some people have no pride