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Fish
Sat Sep 10 2011, 04:49PM
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Fackin' wicked og!! :b
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Dan at MAX USA
Mon Sep 12 2011, 06:16PM

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o.g.darkdrifter wrote ...

BTW, does anyone with a hydraulic ebrake lose a bit of handle resistance when the car is hot or after a lot of use? I'm thinking I might need to bleed my brakes again. The handle gets spongy when everything gets hot after drifting but the pedal is fine.

no, bleed it.
make sure you're brake line is not getting burned by the exhaust.
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o.g.darkdrifter
Mon Nov 07 2011, 06:26PM
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Re-bled. Works much better.

CGB Halloween Bash 2 down near Baton Rouge. Really dissappointed with my driving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-oS5aNbIg











[ Edited Tue Nov 08 2011, 04:35AM ]
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Fish
Thu Nov 10 2011, 02:26PM
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BADASS!!
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o.g.darkdrifter
Mon Dec 19 2011, 09:31PM
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So the Z is now gone. I got an SC300 with 1j swap right before I went to japan. The AEM F/Ic took a shit two weeks after I bought it but it's jumpered right now and running decently with boost/fuel cut (lame).











Need to get the F/Ic retuned. Keeping full interior even if I get a cage. Planning on doing double din and probably a sub or something with anime, j/k-pop, or porn on blast at all times. LS400 front brakes. PBM competition coilovers to replace the first gen sloppy tein basics. Bushings or something. Kept my bucket and just ordered some rails so that'll be going in soon. Got a heat blasted (thing exploded like a hot dog) sparco deep steering wheel for free that I'll be sending off to have rewrapped in leather and custom embroidery. Want to invest in much cooler wheels and then probably a kit and paint. Quick basic run down of my plans, give you an idea of my mind set. Drifting will be taking place between all of this.

Z pretty much got traded for this.



[ Edited Mon Dec 19 2011, 09:32PM ]
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Dan at MAX USA
Wed Dec 21 2011, 01:41AM

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damn, Z's are hot but you gotta do what you gotta do
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o.g.darkdrifter
Wed Dec 21 2011, 03:31AM
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Yeah one thing I don't think I'll ever be able to get back after the Z is the looks. SC's can be hot but not as hot to women lol.

The SC with 1j is just a better all around bang for the buck setup imo which was the deal maker.
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o.g.darkdrifter
Wed Feb 22 2012, 11:01PM
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Hadn't done much to the car prior to my PSM boxes arriving. I did install some solid steering rack bushings however. Made a big difference.

Received my PBM parts last Thursdat, started the install immediately after work on Friday. Saturday it decided to rain all day so I had to put things on hold.



Got back to work the next day, had to cut off some bolts, some ball joint boots got busted, but I eventually got it all done. These coilovers go stupid low. Couldn't even install them at max low because all of my susp arms and axles were hitting my subframe before I could line up the bolt hole. This was about a quarter inch of gap between upper and lower collars.





Pulled the fenders, ran into issues with the previous owners "fender shave" job... edges of the pull started waving up due to them being weakened, passenger rear even started seperating since the seam seal was cut off, pretty lame. I need overs anyway though. Started driving to get an alignment, smoke started pouring from the fenders like I was doing a burnout, pulled over and started banging the inner fenders even more. Running 275's in the rear right now, bad idea when wanting to tuck rim. Want around -2.5 to -3 rear camber so I'll be getting 245's some time in the future.

Two Panda Pirate cars, both riddled with MAX parts.


These knuckles are insane. Haven't been able to do anything serious with them yet, just little stuff on the street, but just parking is insane. Has the turning radius of a smart car. Haven't gone anywhere near full lock except for just checking the radius, caught me off guard initially.

Specs are:

Wheel size- F:18x9.5 -5 (225 or 215/40/18)
R: 18x10.5 +15 (275/35/18)

Alignment- F: -4 Camber
0.08 Toe out
Caster within stock range

R: -6 camber (Can't dial any more out because of fender interference)
0 Toe
Not running into any clearance issues with the front wheels due to excess angle. It does put extreme stress on the brake lines though, kind of worried about that. Hoping my steel braided lines on order are a bit longer.
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Dan at MAX USA
Thu Feb 23 2012, 12:35AM

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unbolt whatever bracket is holding your brake lines too tight and find a new place to ziptie them in place that does not interfere with anything lock to lock.
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o.g.darkdrifter
Thu Feb 23 2012, 01:06AM
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....spent all weekend working on the car..... totally didn't even think of that.
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