Kenshin's Rice Rocket

[Kenshin X]

Did an oil change with royal purple today.

Verdict: feels the same as the HPR5, so just sticking with the cheaper oil for now.

and this came yesterday...

gave it a clean...

and this...

so hard to not focus on the miles part... the km/hr dial is so small -_- this wont be red for long might enjoy it for a bit before i start hacking into it lol

[jeffy]

Taking bets everyone

$50 says he does the cluster in green ;) !

[Kenshin X]

Presenting... Fortune Autos 500 series 4th generation...

Elongated top bolt for camber (much better than camber bolts in my opinion)

8kg springs...

On the car...

First impression on these was that they are pretty comfortable but when you take the corners, the car feels planted. It just started to rain in Melbourne so I couldnt take it for a proper mountain run. The wheels especially the left front has massive toe in as well lol. Booked for a camber adjustment and alignment tomorrow with pedders. Very comfortable and will check the spring tension preload once i get home. Lucky I checked the preload last night as the rears were out of place. Will check the fronts preload tension again tonight.

also this happened...

didnt think i needed the handbrake on and when i set the coils to max low and couldnt get the jack out of the bottom i then proceeded with getting a couple of bricks to put them beneath the wheels. then for some reason when i lowered the car (yes i made sure i lowered it slowly) the car rolled off the bricks and back into the table behind. Stress cracks in 3 places on the rear bar. and a couple of tiny pushed in marks on the corner of the bar :( damage would have been much worse but meh... been sick for 3 days and was so tired... lol

pic of max lows on the front... lol

the rears arent low at all even on max low but i wouldn't go lower than what it is now... function > form ;)

[jeffy]

WEAKSAUCE LOWW ALL THE WAY !

[Defyant]

Sexy shocks! and the right colour too.

few peeps are using these now will be good to get some more feed back.

[rich70]

any particular reason you went with these? unlike the standard BC BR coils everyone gets lol

[Kenshin X]

8kg springs and digressive shocks. Get more camber.

[SuperDave]

Yep, slotted holes are much better for camber adjustment than bolts.

[hauhau]

they are good, better when you get kermit to help fit them :P

[jeffy]

they are good, better when you get kermit to help fit them :P

i dunnoe man, car might roll back <_< kekekekeke

[kevinnguyens]

they are good, better when you get kermit to help fit them :P

i dunnoe man, car might roll back <_< kekekekeke

clearly the bricks helped

[Kenshin X]

Hahahahaha

[Kenshin X]

How she sits now.

Might raise the front up a bit more when they settle. Got to play with the dampers. So far 12/24 is a good setting so far but need to drive it a bit more to see... But seems better than just leaving it on soft

Camber is - 2.7 rear left and - 2.4 rear right. Fronts are both - 3.3. Makes the top bolt out and it gave me this reading

LOL. was making skidding sounds even when driving straight :D

[juvenile]

Might raise

That's crazy talk

[flexin]

How she sits now.

looks hot, not a big fan of green that but kermit green is an eye catcher, height looks good imo

[david.]

i saw you corner like a racing driver past a roundabout while in the mrs' car yesterday :P

[Kenshin X]

wasnt me i swear.

[Kenshin X]

from this...

to this...

then put everything back together again only to find out that the bloody rev meter doesn't work. ugh... then found out that a couple of mini capacitors have broken off the circuit board for some reason :| thinking of ordering a new one and starting again... lucky i got the imoni to read the rev meter lol. once i get my new one i MIGHT put this one up for sale :P or i will keep it, don't want anyone else having the same cluster as me :P

i might not need the stock rev meter anyways when the "time is right"

[jeffy]

no light in the rev meter = you cant hit lift forever till you fix the light

[Kenshin X]

Non. I was living in lift in the last 20 minutes :p

Another picture all assembled back together...

[Defyant]

that's pretty sexy! looks more modern

[Kenshin X]

thanks dude :)

[Kenshin X]

got another cluster and changed the colours to this...

white or the previous blue? when i feel like white i'll change back to white :P

also this arrived...

not an upgrade but rather a replacement for the fooked up alternator. Will miss the faux supercharger whine LOL....... :P

well the "upgrade" part is that it outputs 160amps compared to stock 70amps.

something else is coming, so stay tuned. :) In the meantime, my car has developed some kind of loose noise coming from the front drivers... need to hunt that down before track day... and i think me car is burning more oil than it should... sigh...

[kevinnguyens]

Blueeeeeeeee white just looks as exciting as a levin cluster

[Hiro]

got another cluster and changed the colours to this...

white or the previous blue? when i feel like white i'll change back to white :P

Neither, needs more green (although then it would look like a VT Commodore dash...)