Bmans Car Thread

Phoenix said:
coupe?...

if its a sedan, sir i envy you.
Sedan :) I like it... The car is pretty cool.

but I will admit, I miss real wheel drive.

The do not make the V6 - 6 Speed in a Sedan anymore. I SERIOUSLY think Honda has lost some of their good insight and vision with their newest models. Honestly, the body styling is cool... however, they do not offer the manual transmissions to the correct segments... or they are limited which segments manual transmissions are offered to.

†B†V† :hat
 
Bluevoodu said:
Sedan :) I like it... The car is pretty cool.

but I will admit, I miss real wheel drive.

The do not make the V6 - 6 Speed in a Sedan anymore. I SERIOUSLY think Honda has lost some of their good insight and vision with their newest models. Honestly, the body styling is cool... however, they do not offer the manual transmissions to the correct segments... or they are limited which segments manual transmissions are offered to.

†B†V† :hat

motha Fragging werd!!!

v6 6speed sedan=AWESOME.

mom has a 99 4cyl automatic accord coupe. i cant imagine how it would be with a v6 and 6spd
 
I'm going to break things up and post something that's not a Honda. :D

My daily driver is a 2008 Ford Escape. I drive it for work all day. It's a FWD I4 and it's pretty much rubbish. The engine is a great engine but they put it in the wrong car.

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My fun car is a 1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo. It's pretty much stock for now besides the free boost mod. I recently put a proper stereo in it. I have a lot of parts to go in, mostly interior, that I just don't have time to as I have another cr that I work on all the time.

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Now for my project car which is a 1989 Chrysler LeBaron GTC Turbo 2. It's had a lot of work done, mainly body and paint. Right now it's up on stands getting A LOT of work done:

Brakes: Powder coated calipers, rebuilt, SS lines, new hard lines, Hawk HPS, pads, ATE Super Blue fluid, new rotors (painted the hats black).
Suspension: Koni (Reds) dampers, Eibach springs, all new poly bushings, all new mounting rubber, poly motor mounts & bobble strut, ball joints, and solid adjustable track bar.
Trans: New four puck clutch and flywheel.
Engine: O2, plugs, wires, coil, rear main, and valve cover & gasket.
Fuel: Walbro 255lp/h fuel pump, new hard lines, all new rubber lines, coating the tank in bed liner.
Steering: New rack, lines, pump, tie rods, and wheel bearings.
Underside: All new mounting for brake and fuel lines, all under body metal powder coated black, scraping off under coating and reapplying Eastwood chassis paint, and bed liner in wheel wells.

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Click below to hear the exhaust.

http://www.synapsepc.com/Hosting/CarDomain/GTC/Images/Page%204/exhaust.mp3

Phoenix said:
ANY OTHER CAR BUFFS!! dont just think I (we?) are HONDA FANBOIS only. i happen to have friends in ALL forms of vehicles and have a pretty extensive knowledge base. my one true love is actually anything GM!! feel free to post in this thread! if we get enough posts maybe...just maybe...a car sub-forum? (cars, new cars out on the market, top gear episodes, car-based-video games..etc?)

I like that idea. I'm far more into cars than video games anymore. I'm about as big a gear head you can be. I'm a fan of most any brand. There's really only one I can't stand right now and that's GM. Chrysler is on their way to joining that list if they don't get their butt in gear.
 
well sir, it seems we will have to agree to disagree!!

ive never seen a project on a lebaron before. i have seen 3Si projects though....

i was on 3si.org for awhile, but soon left.
 
Phoenix said:
well sir, it seems we will have to agree to disagree!!

ive never seen a project on a lebaron before. i have seen 3Si projects though....

i was on 3si.org for awhile, but soon left.

I suppose. I do like the Vette but everything else recently is just falling flat IMO. Plus, the way they're running the company has to change ASAP.

As for the porjects, there are a lot of 3S people out there but it's still the black sheep of the Japanese sports car segment. And the LeBaron, I know a few people with them as project cars, but I'm the first person to take one this far.
 
Polygon said:
I suppose. I do like the Vette but everything else recently is just falling flat IMO. Plus, the way they're running the company has to change ASAP.

As for the porjects, there are a lot of 3S people out there but it's still the black sheep of the Japanese sports car segment. And the LeBaron, I know a few people with them as project cars, but I'm the first person to take one this far.

i agree with recent GM products falling flat.

the G8 GXP is nice. the Z06/ZR1 is nice, CTS-V is nice (for a particular segment of the market) everything else is just rubbish.
 
Bman, this is what I've been pedaling around:

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Dig the Team Realtree cammo seat covers.

Still got the truck. This is the reason I will be doing a solid axle swap and convert it to four wheel drive:

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And still have the Trans Am. Still in a state of deconstruction. Weather is cooling down so I'll be able to spend less time cutting grass and more time restoring it.
 
Oh man.. that is a gas hog!

2 gas tanks... I don't even want to ask how much that costs to fill up :lol

†B†V† :hat
 
A Dodge Stealth haven't seen one of those in a long time! I didnt even know they came stock with twin-turbos. What psi are you runnin' on stock btw? Also is it AWD?

@Dart
Wow.. thats a very long bed! Yeah I remember you having that Trans-Am was wondering what happened to it.

@BV
Im guessing the reason why he has 2 gas tanks is cause one is a back up? Not to sure but I bet you he spending at least $100 per fill up. I kinda of figured BV would be driving a family van or something. :lol
 
Bman409 said:
A Dodge Stealth haven't seen one of those in a long time! I didnt even know they came stock with twin-turbos. What psi are you runnin' on stock btw? Also is it AWD?

Yeah, the Stealth R/T TT and the 3000GT VR-4 are the same car except the Stealth didn't get the active aero. I;m just running stock boost for now. I'm leaving the car alone until I'm done with the other one, then I'm going to town with the Stealth. Also, it's all wheel drive and all wheel steering.
 
Polygon said:
Yeah, the Stealth R/T TT and the 3000GT VR-4 are the same car except the Stealth didn't get the active aero. I;m just running stock boost for now. I'm leaving the car alone until I'm done with the other one, then I'm going to town with the Stealth. Also, it's all wheel drive and all wheel steering.

and damn near 4000lbs.

convertible VR-4 are over 4100...
 
Phoenix said:
and darn near 4000lbs.

convertible VR-4 are over 4100...

Mine is about 3,700 right now, to be exact. But at least it's justified. When I'm done with it I think I can get it down to around 3,300 without too much work.
 
Bluevoodu said:
Oh man.. that is a gas hog!

2 gas tanks... I don't even want to ask how much that costs to fill up :lol

†B†V† :hat

Well, not this past summer, but the one before that, It would take about $95 or so to fill both tanks. For a few weeks during that summer, with prices at about $4 a gallon, I'd spend almost $160 a week. With a full two tanks, I'd get 320 or so miles out of that. The Elantra gets 320 on about $17 now that prices went down. I never fill both tanks now that I don't drive the truck that often.
 
Polygon said:
Mine is about 3,700 right now, to be exact. But at least it's justified. When I'm done with it I think I can get it down to around 3,300 without too much work.

yeesh...my curb weight is ~2400lbs.

but yeah 3Si chassis was pretty cutting edge back in the day.
 
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