x-ped

you seriously have a 3 rotor w/ t91?

StealthFox

ummmmmm...yeah (proceeds to keep hood closed for the next year) yeah t91 right right!

kwescott

don't see you on the list...you coming?

kwescott
x-ped
lesper4
detrich
Konig
xrider01
StealthFox
RX8INCH

newcastle

iTrader: (3)

*sniff sniff* whats that smell?

toca

ill be getting my pulleys done this weekend wont make it

RX8INCH

hey guys Im Planning on bringing my cousin.. he just got a *mumbles very fast* wrx. thats kewl right?

kwescott

looks like we may have an FD and a WRX...I've seen other cars at our events. As long as they are safe and follow the rules of the group...about keeping appropriate distances between cars, and keeping the person in back of you in your mirror.

StealthFox

hey im one of you guys, ive had an rx8 forever and have been on the boards for a long time and contribute regularly! :D along with a healthy dose of nagging tuners to make parts for us...

kwescott

didn't mean it that way at all, but you'll have to admit that there is something about a line of 14 RX8's that turns everyone's head. A line of 12 RX8's and an FD, and a WRX is cool too.

We got to be careful, because I don't want this meet to end up like the G35/350Z meets, where everyone and their grandmother shows up. Its just a mess. We also have to be careful, because we will see our friends again this weekend (ouur Ferrari and Lambo friends)...

lesper4

iTrader: (3)

I just love that shot and just so everyone knows that picture came from the lambo forum (yes keith?)

scremn8

well gentle men i just joined a new club. it's called the speeding ticket club . he says i was doing 61 on a curve . posted speed 35. he may be right as i have know idea how fast i was going all i know it was my favorite inner city curve. well could be worse i could be like one of my customers today. he told me he got a letter regarding a fix it ticket. $700. bucks because he did not go to a clerk office after getting it signed off. bad part of that it was for a broken tail light. boy you have to really love this place...

scremn8

by the way gents i may have to work this weekend, so all those who were going to pace with me, your going to have to gut it up and begged for kwescott or x-ped to take it easy on you...

\\Konig\\

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Even though I've been on the canyons a few times, I want to take it a bit slower this time because I'm not use to the 19 inch rims and my toyo tires are still pretty new...so I'll be towards the back of the pack this time.

Sorry to hear about that speeding ticket micahel.

StealthFox

19 inch in the canyons? hello bling goodbye performance as you know it...

kwescott

Sure did, I don't know how Xped found it, but it one of my favorites as well. It is the one the kids at my elementary schools love to see the most as well.

kwescott

I have 19's as well, and the big meats help on the corners...at least it feels that way. You'll have no problems Konig. I took the Malibu run when I had my rims for less than a week...once the tires get heated up, they work just a good, if not better, than your stock Potenzas. I'll be pulling up the middle of the pack, so you can follow me if you want. I will have Snowfl8k with me, taking pics like our second run. Should have plenty to post.

Sorry to hear about the ticket Michael....I would agree with you that you wouldn't have known if you were going 60 or 80...the speeds in our 8's are deceptive, especially around corners. Hope it isnt too steep, and your able to get traffic school to clear it. Hope your work falls through and we can catch up at Neptunes.

StealthFox

yeah those stock tires SUUUCK. its a shame bridgestone makes some super awesome tires(namely the s03 and s02s) but those re40/50 series just doesnt cut it compared to other affordable "ultra high performance" categorized tires.

you see though big meats help but you can get the same traction sticking with a lighter 17 or 18 inch wheel and just sizing up in width to maybe a 8.5 all around or a staggered fitment if you want that look but when you're changing up offsets, wheel diamters and widths between the front and rear wheels you're going to affect the balance of the car, whether you're an experienced enough driver to notice the acute differences these types of things are going to make to your car or even give a **** will depend but they all do affect that balance mazda makes when designing your car. one performance benefit the larger diamter wheels give you is(but this is even subjective) slightly faster and possibly quicker road response due to your decreased sidewall length.

the fact of the matter is that lighter is better, thats where some rx7 and rx8 owners faulter and good honda(yes i said honda) tuners are much smarter in that they are extremely weight consious compared to others. i dont, have never, and will never own and tune a honda but the real enthusiasts make some very tastefully modified cars. they focus a lot on weight reduction and less rotational mass in the wheels so they end up with sub 2000 pound 2nd gen CRX's with crazy light 16's and that 350whp with their basic b series swap is enough to put my big boy FD to shame. when you think about it the sheer power to weight ratio( around 410bhp to 1900 lbs) it becomes a very serious machine.

anwho all of that rambling equates to, in the realm of pure performance keeping your weight to minimum(and therefore wheel diamter less) and width to a maximum(that your fenders allow) and maintaning equal width on the front and rear wheels and tires and keeping the same offsets will give you the best acceleration, braking and handling as an overall package. sure with some 19x8.5/235 and 19x10.5 with 295 setup you will get better grip than a 18x8.5 all around setup with 245's, but with the inbalance between the front and rear wheels is going to affect your handling and the extra rotational mass will affect acceleration(minor but it still will)

but guess what's about to get put on the 8? a 19x8.5/245 and 19x9.5/285 and a 3+ inch lip in dark chrome because it looks cool im such a hypocrit

x-ped

Yeah, I love that pic. I actually have 2 other pics from Joe (the guy who took these pics) , one high resolution which I got a poster made from and another one with out the guy with white t-shirt in the pic.

Saturday should be a blast , its been a while since we had the cruz.
btw where you at dan?

Detrich

Ditto.

xrider01

well, if i can come up w/some extra gas money for two tanks of gas for malibu (from what i've heard coming out from the I.E.) i WILL be going to malibu. Let's just say that my work schedule has really opened up on weekends .

kwescott

[QUOTE=x-ped]Yeah, I love that pic. I actually have 2 other pics from Joe (the guy who took these pics) , one high resolution which I got a poster made from and another one with out the guy with white t-shirt in the pic. [QUOTE]

June, if you still have access to those full version/resolution pics, I would love to see them...email them to me at givetokeith@yahoo.com

any news on your computer, given the problems you had in posting the movie from the last cruise...wow, that was like 3 months ago now wasn't it....still would love to see your editting job though.

You talked about downloading the full versions, in full resolution to DVD. I'm still interested if you have time to do that.

Detrich

michael & xrider: what do u guys do for work on the weekends? am just curious... i work a few weekends every month to do system upgrades on our network servers. (am sys admin)

xrider01

well....as of yesterday i don't work at pc club anymore. so, if i can muster up enough dough for the run on saturday, i'm going for sure

Detrich

dang what happened? good, bad, planned? i used to buy stuff from pc club all the time. (not so much in recent years tho.)

kwescott

Congradulations Jonathan...welcome to the real world, again.
January 28th Meet (Meet time 10:00...Mobil Gas Station)

kwescott
x-ped
lesper4
detrich
Konig
xrider01
StealthFox
RX8INCH