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Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:18 am It’s wild that the plug gaps caused so many issues. I didn’t even check the gaps on my plugs, just tossed them in out of the box and the car runs crazy hard.
It really didn't make any sense. When I bought the car a couple of years ago I googled the gap and the general consensus was about .055 for the NGKs I was running. So I put em there. It ran fine. It's been slowwwwly bogging like this for the last couple of events but I just figured that it needed a tune.

Next on my list is to find the antifreeze leak that's slowly making its way down to my steering rack. I'm not sure if it's a loose hose clamp from pulling the intake manifold off so many times, or a gasket on the water pump or something. This week I'll get in there and clean the hell out of it so I can find where it starts.
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Apex wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:31 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:29 am
Not until something breaks...which should be a very long time. I have zero desire to screw with it.
It should keep slaying lambos for a long time now.
It IS a Lambo...






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Acid666 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:32 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:18 am It’s wild that the plug gaps caused so many issues. I didn’t even check the gaps on my plugs, just tossed them in out of the box and the car runs crazy hard.
It really didn't make any sense. When I bought the car a couple of years ago I googled the gap and the general consensus was about .055 for the NGKs I was running. So I put em there. It ran fine. It's been slowwwwly bogging like this for the last couple of events but I just figured that it needed a tune.

Next on my list is to find the antifreeze leak that's slowly making its way down to my steering rack. I'm not sure if it's a loose hose clamp from pulling the intake manifold off so many times, or a gasket on the water pump or something. This week I'll get in there and clean the hell out of it so I can find where it starts.
Very weird. Did the plugs look good otherwise?
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Apex wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:31 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:29 am
Not until something breaks...which should be a very long time. I have zero desire to screw with it.
It should keep slaying lambos for a long time now.

When they don't have any brakes going into the corkscrew, it's easy to beat em!
*Rimshot


That was a lambo wasn't it?
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Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:37 am
Acid666 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:32 am

It really didn't make any sense. When I bought the car a couple of years ago I googled the gap and the general consensus was about .055 for the NGKs I was running. So I put em there. It ran fine. It's been slowwwwly bogging like this for the last couple of events but I just figured that it needed a tune.

Next on my list is to find the antifreeze leak that's slowly making its way down to my steering rack. I'm not sure if it's a loose hose clamp from pulling the intake manifold off so many times, or a gasket on the water pump or something. This week I'll get in there and clean the hell out of it so I can find where it starts.
Very weird. Did the plugs look good otherwise?
That plug on cylinder 2 that was gapped to .060 was a little whiter than the others. I always have to look it up in the back of one of my Haynes manuals to remember what that means
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:44 am
Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:37 am
Very weird. Did the plugs look good otherwise?
That plug on cylinder 2 that was gapped to .060 was a little whiter than the others. I always have to look it up in the back of one of my Haynes manuals to remember what that means
Lean, IIRC

Which might make sense if it was gapped wider than the rest.
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:43 am
Apex wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:31 am

It should keep slaying lambos for a long time now.

When they don't have any brakes going into the corkscrew, it's easy to beat em!
*Rimshot


That was a lambo wasn't it?
I believe you are correct.
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One thing I wanted to mention, Rivals in the rain..... are a death trap.
I thought my worn down RE-71Rs were bad, but omg. On our way back from Baton Rouge at the autocross I hit a patch of REALLY REALLY nasty rain. I hydroplaned multiple times and had to lower my speed to 45-50mph on the interstate. That pattern does not clear water out at all. I feel bad for people at nationals that only had those tires on their cars.
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Acid666 wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:26 am One thing I wanted to mention, Rivals in the rain..... are a death trap.
I thought my worn down RE-71Rs were bad, but omg. On our way back from Baton Rouge at the autocross I hit a patch of REALLY REALLY nasty rain. I hydroplaned multiple times and had to lower my speed to 45-50mph on the interstate. That pattern does not clear water out at all. I feel bad for people at nationals that only had those tires on their cars.
I love my RE's in the rain.

Wide tires in standing water doe. :eek:
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I just don't drive my car in the rain.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:16 pm I just don't drive my car in the rain.
If I had SCCA Autocrosses in my town I wouldn't have to drive 1-2 hours away for each event. I don't drive the car in the rain either at home, but we get torrential downpours out of nowhere in the hurricane season so I'm bound to get some weather changeups to and from events.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:16 pm I just don't drive my car in the rain.
Yep, I won't be anymore really from whenever I get the new poverty-mobile on out. Kinda :butwhy: and my next tires on Barrett's wheels will likely be more aggressive.

I'm hoping to go with 275/40/17 all around to keep costs :scrooge: .

Maxxis Vitra VR-1 seems like the best tire for my application but only comes in 255/17... I might go with the Falken Azinis RT615K or one of the Nitto tires. I want something that won't shred on track like the PSS but I can use on the street for fun drives too.

I wonder if the Firestone Indy 500 would shred on track. They're cheap and available, well reviewed.
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Cliff notes. in puddled water the RE-71 will hydroplane but go more straight where you're pointing, the Rival will turn sideways.
Can confirm.....Wigged the fuck outta me Sunday.
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D Griff wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:53 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:16 pm I just don't drive my car in the rain.
Yep, I won't be anymore really from whenever I get the new poverty-mobile on out. Kinda :butwhy: and my next tires on Barrett's wheels will likely be more aggressive.

I'm hoping to go with 275/40/17 all around to keep costs :scrooge: .

Maxxis Vitra VR-1 seems like the best tire for my application but only comes in 255/17... I might go with the Falken Azinis RT615K or one of the Nitto tires. I want something that won't shred on track like the PSS but I can use on the street for fun drives too.

I wonder if the Firestone Indy 500 would shred on track. They're cheap and available, well reviewed.
255 would fit those wheels fine, and if you don’t care about how it looks, might be a solid way to go. I’ve heard good things about the Maxxis but also the Azenis. I’d probably go with the Falkens for cost and see how they go.
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D Griff wrote:
Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:16 pm I just don't drive my car in the rain.
Yep, I won't be anymore really from whenever I get the new poverty-mobile on out. Kinda :butwhy: and my next tires on Barrett's wheels will likely be more aggressive.

I'm hoping to go with 275/40/17 all around to keep costs :scrooge: .

Maxxis Vitra VR-1 seems like the best tire for my application but only comes in 255/17... I might go with the Falken Azinis RT615K or one of the Nitto tires. I want something that won't shred on track like the PSS but I can use on the street for fun drives too.

I wonder if the Firestone Indy 500 would shred on track. They're cheap and available, well reviewed.
RS4 in 255, they run super wide and are used by the endurance racers so they'll hold up better than autox tires.
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Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:36 am
Apex wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:31 am

It should keep slaying lambos for a long time now.
It IS a Lambo...






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Need Lambo doors doe.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:40 pm
Detroit wrote: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:36 am
It IS a Lambo...






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Need Lambo doors doe.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:16 pm I just don't drive my car in the rain.
Glad I'm not the only one.

But hey, it's :wrong: anyway so... :iono:
I’m just too lazy to wash it all the time. Not driving it in the rain keeps it cleaner.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:00 pm
[user not found] wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:59 pm

Glad I'm not the only one.

But hey, it's :wrong: anyway so... :iono:
I’m just too lazy to wash it all the time. Not driving it in the rain keeps it cleaner.
Dat :jesus: wash :doe:
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I'm planning a fluid change marathon this weekend so I ain't washing no cars. Had the woman's handwashed tody while I ate a chicken salad sandwich with ORGANIC chicken brah. :waxer:
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troyguitar wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:13 pm
Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:00 pm
I’m just too lazy to wash it all the time. Not driving it in the rain keeps it cleaner.
Dat :jesus: wash :doe:
:jesus: washes are fine for the truck, but on the car things like water spots and messy wheels :trigger: me. I've only hand washed the :poorvette: and I'm pretty thorough when I do, so I try to avoid it as much as possible.
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Acid666 wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:48 pm

Cliff notes. in puddled water the RE-71 will hydroplane but go more straight where you're pointing, the Rival will turn sideways.
Can confirm.....Wigged the fuck outta me Sunday.
97.5% of my rain driving on the RE's is done in TN. There isn't a flat road up there, and most are banked, so there is little to no standing water.
Wet roads, they do fantastic, standing water means they get the car on a plane and lose grip.

I don't drive mine in the rain either, it's just not as fun, and I'm more concerned with the derps on the road.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:00 pm
[user not found] wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:59 pm

Glad I'm not the only one.

But hey, it's :wrong: anyway so... :iono:
I’m just too lazy to wash it all the time. Not driving it in the rain keeps it cleaner.
You're both :wrong:
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Melon wrote: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:51 am
Acid666 wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:48 pm

Cliff notes. in puddled water the RE-71 will hydroplane but go more straight where you're pointing, the Rival will turn sideways.
Can confirm.....Wigged the fuck outta me Sunday.
97.5% of my rain driving on the RE's is done in TN. There isn't a flat road up there, and most are banked, so there is little to no standing water.
Wet roads, they do fantastic, standing water means they get the car on a plane and lose grip.

I don't drive mine in the rain either, it's just not as fun, and I'm more concerned with the derps on the road.
:dat:

Same experience on the FiST w/ 205's. Wet grip is great, but standing water is...interesting.
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4zilch wrote: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:55 am standing water is...interesting.
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