5th gen Off Topic Thread (Official Ghustle thread v1)
07-24-2012 | 07:32 PM
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Posts: 10,349
From: Jacksonville, FL
07-24-2012 | 07:55 PM
07-24-2012 | 08:45 PM
My ex wife was so naive. SO MANY tricks I pulled on her.
One time she calls me at work fussing because she had fallen in the floor. I asked why that was my fault and she said I had taken the chair. I reminded her I told her I was going to take our computer chair to work that day cause I needed one. Needless to say my laughing and questioning her observational skills did not go over well.
One time she calls me at work fussing because she had fallen in the floor. I asked why that was my fault and she said I had taken the chair. I reminded her I told her I was going to take our computer chair to work that day cause I needed one. Needless to say my laughing and questioning her observational skills did not go over well.
07-24-2012 | 08:50 PM
07-24-2012 | 08:54 PM
07-24-2012 | 08:55 PM
07-24-2012 | 08:57 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 10,349
From: Jacksonville, FL
07-24-2012 | 09:07 PM
07-24-2012 | 09:10 PM
.020 over bore with HP Pistons
ARP Headstuds
Polished/ balanced crank
Balanced Rods
Shot-peened/ glass-beaded rods
350z Rev-Up Rod Bolts
350z Rev-up oil pump
350z main studs
NISMO 350z Thermostat
New water pump
New Valve Seals
All new O rings, seals, and gaskets
All new timing chain, tensioners, guides
/// VQ30 heads ported/polished etc JWT S1 cams (VQ35), using 00VI/PFTB for right now.
ARP Headstuds
Polished/ balanced crank
Balanced Rods
Shot-peened/ glass-beaded rods
350z Rev-Up Rod Bolts
350z Rev-up oil pump
350z main studs
NISMO 350z Thermostat
New water pump
New Valve Seals
All new O rings, seals, and gaskets
All new timing chain, tensioners, guides
/// VQ30 heads ported/polished etc JWT S1 cams (VQ35), using 00VI/PFTB for right now.
07-24-2012 | 09:29 PM
$630 in new parts and random ish that needed to be replaced/used up during reassembly.
$200 for the new Spec Clutch, $170 for the TWM STS, $93 for the Fidanza friction plate to go on my lightweight flywheel.
47 hours of labor for the swap. (*$50/h).
I'll dyno it when I get my license back.
Ain't sht.
07-24-2012 | 09:32 PM
$2,100 to have the engine shipped here.
$630 in new parts and random ish that needed to be replaced/used up during reassembly.
$200 for the new Spec Clutch, $170 for the TWM STS, $93 for the Fidanza friction plate to go on my lightweight flywheel.
47 hours of labor for the swap. (*$50/h).
I'll dyno it when I get my license back.
Ain't sht.
$630 in new parts and random ish that needed to be replaced/used up during reassembly.
$200 for the new Spec Clutch, $170 for the TWM STS, $93 for the Fidanza friction plate to go on my lightweight flywheel.
47 hours of labor for the swap. (*$50/h).
I'll dyno it when I get my license back.
Ain't sht.
No DL.
07-25-2012 | 03:54 AM
07-25-2012 | 04:18 AM
07-25-2012 | 04:34 AM
i think this should be well noted in regards to MPG.
So i got to a point where i realized that it was more beneficial for having a trustworthy shop do my oil change...with that said. I went to the Honda Dealership the other day and had the oil changed in my integra. Well i noticed my MPG went to ****..basically dropped to like 24MPG and was barely getting 300 miles to a tank, where before i could stretch it to almost 350 per tank. Well i changed my oil this past weekend and saw that they put a smaller oil filter on there than was supposed to be. Put the right sized one back on, larger of course...my gas mileage immediately went back up on the first tank to 26mpg that i already started driving on. this tank is looking back to it's old self...oil filter size is crucial to MPG
So i got to a point where i realized that it was more beneficial for having a trustworthy shop do my oil change...with that said. I went to the Honda Dealership the other day and had the oil changed in my integra. Well i noticed my MPG went to ****..basically dropped to like 24MPG and was barely getting 300 miles to a tank, where before i could stretch it to almost 350 per tank. Well i changed my oil this past weekend and saw that they put a smaller oil filter on there than was supposed to be. Put the right sized one back on, larger of course...my gas mileage immediately went back up on the first tank to 26mpg that i already started driving on. this tank is looking back to it's old self...oil filter size is crucial to MPG
07-25-2012 | 05:32 AM
07-25-2012 | 06:11 AM
i think this should be well noted in regards to MPG.
So i got to a point where i realized that it was more beneficial for having a trustworthy shop do my oil change...with that said. I went to the Honda Dealership the other day and had the oil changed in my integra. Well i noticed my MPG went to ****..basically dropped to like 24MPG and was barely getting 300 miles to a tank, where before i could stretch it to almost 350 per tank. Well i changed my oil this past weekend and saw that they put a smaller oil filter on there than was supposed to be. Put the right sized one back on, larger of course...my gas mileage immediately went back up on the first tank to 26mpg that i already started driving on. this tank is looking back to it's old self...oil filter size is crucial to MPG
So i got to a point where i realized that it was more beneficial for having a trustworthy shop do my oil change...with that said. I went to the Honda Dealership the other day and had the oil changed in my integra. Well i noticed my MPG went to ****..basically dropped to like 24MPG and was barely getting 300 miles to a tank, where before i could stretch it to almost 350 per tank. Well i changed my oil this past weekend and saw that they put a smaller oil filter on there than was supposed to be. Put the right sized one back on, larger of course...my gas mileage immediately went back up on the first tank to 26mpg that i already started driving on. this tank is looking back to it's old self...oil filter size is crucial to MPG
you're as bad as GH17 now ..... I mean fo real.... She gon' get it And I sware if the MKii was black it'd be my friend's car in Houston.
Mawnin
07-25-2012 | 06:16 AM
it got to a point where it was as expensive/slightly cheaper to let people change it for me instead of me doing it. i did it this time around because both places were packed and they had the oil change special with the products i use for an oil change
07-25-2012 | 06:28 AM
Actually..... Does it really matter
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07-25-2012 | 06:30 AM
OMG, I just said that exact same thing in Americaner's thread.
Different reasons, though. He brags about paying for oil changes, and then b1tches about a botched oil change.
That kind of contradictory nonsense is exactly what Hustler would do. Do what I say, not what I do, and never what I think I do but tell everybody I'm an expert at anyway.
Or something to that effect. LOL
Different reasons, though. He brags about paying for oil changes, and then b1tches about a botched oil change.
That kind of contradictory nonsense is exactly what Hustler would do. Do what I say, not what I do, and never what I think I do but tell everybody I'm an expert at anyway. Or something to that effect. LOL
Last edited by Rochester; 07-25-2012 at 06:34 AM.
07-25-2012 | 06:33 AM
what i use val max life 5w30 and purolator...without a sale it's over $30 for just those materials...the place i can go to to get an oil change is like $25, they use castrol...while i'm not a fan of castrol..it's good enough to run 3k miles and get an oil change..which is the intervals i choose to do my oil change, although the distance i travel daily would allow me to do 5k oil changes.
07-25-2012 | 06:34 AM
OMG, I just said that exact same thing in Americaner's thread.
Different reasons, though. He brags about paying for oil changes, and then b1tches about a botched oil change. That kind of contradictory nonsense is exactly what Hustler would do. Do what I say, not what I do, and never what I think I do but tell everybody I'm an expert at anyway.
Or something to that effect. LOL
Different reasons, though. He brags about paying for oil changes, and then b1tches about a botched oil change.
That kind of contradictory nonsense is exactly what Hustler would do. Do what I say, not what I do, and never what I think I do but tell everybody I'm an expert at anyway. Or something to that effect. LOL
07-25-2012 | 06:35 AM
From Amerikaner's thread:
nope...i said reputable shop...i obviously wont be going back to the honda dealership after finding out about what they did, but if the other place has an opening, i definitely will. that was my first time going to the honda dealership for ANY kind of work on ANY vehicle i've ever had. one bad service is all i need to know not to go back to them. no bragging at all. i just said, with the same money i spend to just buy the materials, if i go to a reputable shop, it's better to let them do the oil change for the same price or cheaper than for me to buy the materials for the same price of more and have to do all the work. all i'm saying.
if they are packed and i can get the parts for the same price, i dont see why i shouldnt be able to just buy what i need and do the oil change myself. at the end of the day, you're not 'saving money'...it's more of a convinence you're saving yourself nowadays when it comes to an oil change...you're going to pay at right around $30 for oil change parts nowadays...the reputable shop i go to to get an oil change charges around $25...honda dealership charges $32 i believe...see where i'm going w/ what i'm saying?
if they are packed and i can get the parts for the same price, i dont see why i shouldnt be able to just buy what i need and do the oil change myself. at the end of the day, you're not 'saving money'...it's more of a convinence you're saving yourself nowadays when it comes to an oil change...you're going to pay at right around $30 for oil change parts nowadays...the reputable shop i go to to get an oil change charges around $25...honda dealership charges $32 i believe...see where i'm going w/ what i'm saying?
