phooka

great. i highly recommend them... in fact i plan on buying wheels from them for my locost project.

dale

renagade_rotary

yeah im thinkin ss style probly

id have to look through their catalog more though

renagade_rotary

i dont care if the wheels poke out of the fender 5 feet i just want traction

calvin

How wide of rims you run depends entirely on diameter. I have 16x7's on my car. I could probably go to 16x8's in the rear. I really can't go much wider in the front. I might be able to fit 8's with some creative fender stretching and lip rolling, but it would be very tough. I have 205-45-16 Kumho tires. The rims are the typical Honduh offset for the 4 bolt accords (40mm) so they are pretty common wheels.

Here are some closeups of the tires and rims.

http://highrpm.net/calvins/photos/in...HNlLw==&page=1

Now, I know people running 13x8" or 13x9" rims on first gens for autocross with 245 or so Hoosier, but those tire sizes are hard to find in normal street tires. I had pictures of Charles' car, but I cn't find them right now. Back when first gens were fairly new, that tire/rim combo was fairly common.

calvin

Yeah, I also have 2 sets of Diamond steel wheels. I have never had problems with them. The ones I had were a little heavier than Dale's. At the time they only made the 16" rims in a slightly heavier style. I have used 16x10's and 16x12's on my Mustang. I still have both set of rims.

To get lighter rims than the Diamond 15's you have to go to a real set of racing rims like Kodiaks, Duralights, or Reals. But you might consider checking into the Real Racing Rims from R&S Racing. This is their web site:

http://randsracing.com/

But they are in the process of changing it, and it does not do much right now. The Reals are the least expensive aluminum racing wheel you can get (custom bolt patterns like Diamond).

yuichiror

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Looks like he'll be in NICU for a couple of weeks. The problem is that he's having difficulty eating(not wanting to eat enough each meal), maintaining his glucose levels as well as his body temp. So for now he's in an inc. and has a feeding tube. He's sooo tiny compared to our other children at birth.

Pics of my son:
http://photobucket.com/albums/c374/y...slideshow=true

He's a strong little man, I'm sure he'll pull through. The funny blue neon lamps are Bili lights. They're supposed to cure his jaundice.

renagade_rotary

good luck yoshi i hope he pulls through even stronger than expected

VaGambler

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Congtrats Yoshi , he looks like a champ . We had to have a portable light brought over to our home for the jaundice. He was on it for 3 full days , but things are going alot better now . We still have a small problem with his Right Kidney , but we r running test on the 25th to determine our next steps.

You guys are in our prayers

phooka

I spent alot of time in the NICU (oddly wound up dating one of the nurses, but that's another story..)..

I know how that feels. I spent alot of time at CHKD with my twins. Hope all goes well and quickly.. the sooner he's home the better

dale

yuichiror

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Thanks guys, that really means alot to me. I went to drop off some breast milk tonight(yum) and they now have him off the IV(nutrients) and the feeding tube! He's starting to eat like a champ(like his father and brother).

Damn, I didn't know. I hope you all the best and will keep you in our prayers also.

turbo2SE

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if anyone happens to be in the va beach area and see a red fb with a body kit thats just me running a muck on the roads hahhahaha im still surprized i made it all the way to hampton with it LoL im tinkering the hell out of this car to make it run like new again. after maddie gets her shocks she can bring it to the meets finally i got lucky on the first junk yard i came to and basicly took everything off it for maddies car lol new choke cable , rear mirror,wiper motor i put the controll arms on it wrong so it wipes backwards atm lol easy fix,and a multi switch .on the next visit im going to pull the rear hatch with no wiper arm and tail lights and maybe the gas tank.

i would drive mine around but i know id get pulled over as soon as i get it on the main roads.......still need that stupid cat made......

VaGambler

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I told you about those yards , alot of good stuff there


Va

renagade_rotary

500 more miles and i can fix my boost problem

kenny what are you doin this weekend
i need some help figuring this out

VaGambler

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uuuhhhhmmmm , ive got something going on Sat , but i cant think what ???? if nothing comes to mind I should be free around noon for an hour or 2 , what do you need looked at ???? what r the problems ???

renagade_rotary

well i wanna see if my pressure sensor is the wrong one
and i also need to get you your tps back lol

when i rev my motor it does fine (cept for the missing on acount of the trailing coil)until the secondarys open up


ive decided it may be my fuel pump needs to be more powerful

after fiddling with the throttle while driving ive watched my a/f ratio

and when i press the gas the number goes from 14.5 + and when i let off it shoots up to 20

but at one point on the throttle it stays at 12.5 (perfect i believe)

VaGambler

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you r running the stock ECU , so making any changes is put of the question , fuel pump is a good 1st start , do you have a set of extra coils ????? and i have no clue on the air ratio stuff . But we can take a look

renagade_rotary

i get payed friday so that will give me a chance to buy a new fuel pump

turbo2SE

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as far as a fuel pump thinking of getting a walbro 255 ??

VaGambler

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if anyone needs an extra Walbro pump .I bought an extra for a project I wrecked already

$ 90.00 never installed

calvin

You need my spare FC shell for your wrecked project :-)

phooka

or mine.

VaGambler

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nononononno, im not allowed to get any more cars untill I sell the convert . I made this promise one night when I was really drunk

Thanks anyways

turbo2SE

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what your plans for saturday ???? va do you still need that rear tail light for that convert project?

anyone have any or know of any shocks/struts for maddies fb that she could buy for cheap but still be a good and reliable for a daily driver???? she might get those ones off of ebay for like 100.00 bucks. the KYB brand name.

lovintha7

I like the tokico blue shocks. I've had pretty good luck with the Koni Red's as well.

There was a place selling the whole set pretty cheap, but I don't know of the place anymore. It's been awhile.

Best place to look is Ebay.

phooka

I'll second the tokiko blues. Good shock and you can get the very reasonable off ebay.

dale