5th generation preludes running a jrsc at 6psi can hit low 14's or maybe high 13's. And that's supercharged/non intercooled. That means a lot of potential power is lost to heat. 4th generation h22's can hit 14's with little mods, while the 5th generation preludes are in the 15.3 range. I...

Also, the traffic is pretty good in the salinas/monterey area when compared to places like san jose, santa cruz, etc. The busiest it gets is probably around the usual 7-9am morning commute and 5-6pm for all those people getting off work. Even then though, it's really manageable. It takes me...

I live in salinas. They're building new houses on the east side and it seems that they're going for a fairly decent price. I don't remember the figures exactly, but I can always check. There are plenty of houses/apartments for rent and such that are readily available. I believe there's a new...

The guy is rich. He owns most 3 dealerships in my local automall. He owns a porsche GT2 and BMW 7? series... I've been told that he has other cars but those are the only ones that I've seen myself. I'm not sure exactly about the fluids being drained but the battery is dead. And, yes, it does...

Yeah, you read that right. At a dealership near me there's a 1999 gsx with 200 miles for sale. They put 27,000 as the sticker price but they said that they would basically sell it for whatever they can get. The story behind it is that the owner of the chain of dealerships bought the car back...

A friend of mine is considering getting into the whole DSM scene. He found a 1998 gsx with 80k miles on it today and was wondering if the 11,999 the dealer was asking was a reasonable price to pay. I looked at the car with him and it appears to be very clean on the outside, as well as the...

Check all the clips and stuff and tape off anything that appears to be loose. That's what I did. Also, check your rear trailing arm suspension bushings. Mine went bad and made a god awful sound. Good luck.

She's leaning towards the IS300 because she can get one fully loaded for 28k from a nearby dealership... That's well below invoice for those cars but I haven't driven one personally so I don't know how I like them. How much do fully loaded/near fully loaded acuras and other such cars that you...

But what if my name's the only one that's on the car? Does that mean i can't get insured under her policy?

I have a quick, maybe stupid question. Can I get added onto my mom's insurance policy if I'm the sole owner of a car? Like if the car's title and everything is under my name, can my mom put insurance on the car even though it isn't officially under her name?

Ghetto Boys - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me... I still bump it.

What kind of car is that in your driveway in the 4th pic? Looks sickk.

Also, I got close to 11 for my car i think... Somewhere around there.

Yeah, I've told her that when I was driving my manual eclipse, I paid a lot more attention to the road... However, she's scared that I will be making an unprotected left turn and somehow stall or let out the clutch too quickly and get T-Boned. She's one of those people that don't believe in...

I'm going to be putting in 200 a month to cover some of the insurance increase and the cost of the car. I have a part time job right now and am going to school in the process. My mom likes these cars because of the way they look, their low rate of depreciation, the many standard features that...

Okay, as some of you might know, I wrecked my car earlier this week. The insurance comapany called the other day to tell me it was totalled. So, they cut me a check for a fair amount, and now I'm looking for a new car. There are a couple of requirements though, it must be under 35k, and no...

Just do it naturally... I've been on a constant 5 day a week work out routine for about a year now. I alternate between muscle groups every day, and I make it a point to eat as much protein as I can after I exercise. The work out combined with the change in diet caused me, to at first, lose...

Wow... Are you ok after that accident? Mine wasn't quite as bad as that, the frontal damage looks similar though except for the fact that my bumper was caved in pretty badly. I can't imagine how much worse it would've been if he hit me on the driver's side of my car... The SUV was pretty...

The officer saw that his blinker was on... it was still on actually when the paramedics and fire department arrived at the scene... The officer actually scolded the man for not turning when he signaled that he was going to, and going straight instead.

I don't know about another DSM, even if it was a turbo one. They're fun and all but the interior and all never really appealed to me much. I'm going SUV after this. We've been looking at the Acura MDX, Lexus RX330, and Mercedes ML 320 lately, so we'll see what happens. It sucks to have...

I just wrecked my car today, I think it might be totalled. I was waiting at a stop sign coming out of shopping center turning right and, when I saw that all the through traffic was in the turning lane, I proceeded to go. Well, turns out that this one guy decides that he doesn't want to turn...

Ummm... I don't think the hazard switch is lit...

I think it's the Rudora kit wing... But I'm not completely sure. I know the sides and rear are Rudora though, so I was just assuming.

I think it would look pretty good with the wing shaved. But I don't know. I think it's because I'm one of those guys that like cars spoilerless. If you were to get a spoiler though, I would recommend this one: Wing I don't know if it's the angle that the picture is taken at or what, but I...

That wing's big.

Maybe it's just me, but i think those rims are ugly. It seems like people are going carbon fiber crazy these days.

Haha, thanks for the offer but I'm feeling the look of the low rise spoiler more than that of the high rise one. If i were to do anything with the spoiler, I'd shave it off. The high rise spoiler with the lip does look very nice though, I must admit. I hope it's the same way with the low rise :p

Oh yeah, I have new rims on it already. That's a fairly old picture in my profile. Anyone have pictures of the lip on a black 2g with low rise spoiler? I agree with the balancing out thing with the turbo spoiler, that's why I wasn't sure if i should get it or not.

I was wondering how that RMDSM lip would look on my car. I've seen the lip on cars in the gallery, but all of them have the high rise turbo spoiler. I have the regular 3 piece spoiler and was just wondering if it would look right. I saw cucumber's, but that's on a spyder. Does anyone on here...

I own a NT, and it's not a fast car. I bought mine for about 7k with 50k on the odometer about 2 to 2 1/2 years ago. I really do like my car because it's fun, reliable, and looks good. You have to keep in mind though, I don't race. If you want to race or go turbo later on go ahead and just...

Try contacting all mitsubishi... I think their website's allmitsubishi.com. They send out their conversions as kits but they should have individual parts for sale. The conversion itself is easy... i'd say 2-3 hours at the max if you're working by yourself. Just remember to bleed them properly...

There is a replacement piece that you can buy for your door panel. I've ordered one before from mitsubishi for about 30 dollars for the whole plastic piece including vent and power window switch plate etc. Anyways, when I get home and am able to check my caps program I'll give you the part number.

Go to an America's Tire Company near you. When I got my rims they told me that they could get just about any wheel I wanted, it would just take a week or two to get here. The one that I dealed with also proved to have a very kind and knowledgeable staff that was more than willing to negotiate...

I got the first ones, the concept pros, on my black eclipse... Personally i think they look pretty sick.

133 coming back from san jose and creeping up just a little more before i pu55ied out.

WTF was that guy doing just standing there? I would've socked that fool without hesitating. When he went in and grabbed the dude by the head i thought that he was going to get the skater in a headlock and give him a few knuckle sandwhiches right quick... But he just grabbed his hat and threw it...

Okay, an update on the situation. We looked around the starter and found that there was a wire there that was disconnected/frayed. I dunno how this happened but it did. Maybe we accidentally did something to it when we installed his new turbo and front mount, or little mice chewed it up...

ok cool, how would we go about checking this? or should he just buy a new starter?

umm yeah, the clutch was in... Anyways, i thought that when the starter went you'd hear continual clicking and just no start. At least, that's how it was on my sister's car. I'll tell him to check the starter too. There was also considerable gunk on the battery terminals so I'll help him...

Okay, my friend has a GST and his car won't start for some reason. We first thought it was the battery but when we tried to jump it it still wouldn't start. It won't even turn over. When you turn the key it just goes CLICK once and that's it. I wonder what this could be. Any guesses? thanks.

Ok, I just got my car back from the dealership today. Luckily, I didn't have any bent valves. The technician says that my timing was just really off (obviously) but luckily no damage was done to the valves or the pistons. They just put on the timing belt and reset the timing and everything's...

It's a 420A engine and I didn't feel any hard resistance when turning it.

Ok, the dealership still hasn't called me back yet and frankly I'm getting pretty pissed. I've been doing some research and I found this : http://auto.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm. I know this drawing might not be the most acurate but it's the only thing I could find. So anyways, according...

Yeah, that's what I did. I thought I was supposed to make my own timing marks. I didn't know that there were any marks on the cam gears themselves to begin with. So when I took off the belt the, the crankshaft was at bottom dead center, and I rotated it up to top dead center... So, like you...

And no, I didn't have the spark plugs out.

Resistance when turning the engine over? Umm, no i don't think so. It turned over like it would normally. It sounded like it was going to start but then just didn't and exhaust came out of the intake. I guess it's because i left the cam gears as they were when I took off the belt and rotated...

aww man bent valves... would the engine crank over with bent valves?

Okay, here's my problem . I just finished installing my timing belt today and when I went to start it it wouldn't start. There's what seems like exhaust/smoke coming directly out of the intake. The smoke smells like fuel. I know there's obviously no combustion taking place in the engine. I...