back to stock springs on the front

well today we worked on my car again.... last week i had alex swap out my front springs to stock. for some reason when we switched them out it didnt do anything. i was a bit puzzled and was thinkin that my shocks could be bad. with all that stress from the aftermarket springs probably did a number on the shocks. so i decided to post on supraforums for a set of aftermarket shocks. so i got a couple responses and the one i found appealing were the Bilsteins. i dealed with the guy and he was able to send it two day air.

today b-rad helped me out today. we removed the front shock and spring. he showed me a pretty cool trick which didn't require the use of a spring compressor. we put the shock and spring in a tire while i was standing on the spring. this allows the spring not to move. i was a bit hesistant at first but it worked out in the end. once we finished both sides we dropped the car and the car was definitely raised back to stock... you can see the wheel gap. so now i know we installed the lowering springs incorrectly. good thing im going back to stock so i wont have to worry about scrapping all the time.

** mental note: the bigger fatter springs up in front and the thin ones in the back.

who cares... im going coilovers in the end!!

trip to north hollywood part 2 of 2

on our way wake back down to san diego dustin informed me that we had to go pick up his car in national city where he was getting his clutch installed. he asked me if i would drive his evo back home. i didnt mind at all. this was my chance to drive an evo with performance parts. jon from rev'd up kustomz was waiting for us when we got there. we unloaded the motor from the van. we then drove up back to dustin's house where i had a nice salmon dinner with mushrooms and Corona beer... i chilled out for a little bit and watched the chapelle show. as i was driving home i was just thinking how i'm gettin really close to the swap. what a long day but was well worth it.

trip to north hollywood part 1 of 2

today we went to pick up the motor.... here's a little recap of how the day went.

7:39am - Andrew, Jon (MR2) friend calls me up checking to see if im ready to go. he tells me that jon can't make since he has to drop his parents to the airport or something. so it'll be just be me and him. so i told him that its fine and will get ready in a few minutes.

8:00am - Andrew calls me up and tells me that his dad won't let him take the trunk. he asked his dad last minute that he will be borrowing the truck and got denied. so i now im stuck trying to find out a back up plan. i went down my list of people and trying to figure out how to get to north holly wood. i called david, sent a txt to revd-up jon, and several car guys. i was really in a bind trying to find somebody. but i got really lucky when i called up dustin the evo guy...

if you can recall on my previous dustin was the guy who let me borrow his battery. anyways, he was planning on going to an evo meet @ hooters in escondido today but his car was in the shop getting the clutch installed. he told me that would glady drive. i was so stoked that he would take me. i apologized and made sure i wasn't interrupting any plans. it was a last minute thing but was really cool about it. he didn't really care how far it was down.... which i found really cool of him to do.

9:00AM - I left the house to go to Dustin's place in Escondido.

9:45AM - I get to Dustin's place and were getting ready to head out. he got his satellite radio and his valentine one radar detector for the trip. our first stop was to unload some stuff at his work.

10:20AM - We headed to North Hollywood. The trip there wasn't that bad. We hit some traffic and everything but talked it up. i got to know dustin better. we pretty much talked the entire time which was cool. i was also presently surprised by his valentine one detector. we came across certain times when it came on and was quite accurate. on route to north hollywood i had to call up yuki and tell him that we're on our way up. and asked him just in case to stay open if we're a little late

12:30PM - We arrived just in time. i walked to yuki's office and handed him the money. dustin then parked his van in front of the gate. we placed the pallet on dustin's van. yuki hooked the motor on the cherry picker and carefully lifted the motor into dustin's van and placed it on the pallet. then dustin tied the motor and close the van doors. i thanked yuki for holding the motor and we were on our way back to san diego.

12:45PM - Now it was lunch time and we were trying to figure out what to eat. we decided just to drive down to irvine spectrum and grab a bite over there.

1:20PM - We arrive at Irvine Spectrum. i told dustin that lunch is on me. he didn't know what he wanted. so we looked at the directory and tried to figure out something. originally i choose California Pizza Kitchen... But as we walked i asked him if wanted PF Changs. He told me never ate there before, so i decided to eat there instead. when we entered PF Changs we were greeted by this smokin blond chick. as we sat down i was scoping out the scenery and there a bunch of hotties. so we ate lunch and headed back to san diego.

to be continued....

tomorrow is the big day

i got all the funds ready to go and ready to get the motor tomorrow. **excited**

count down to twin turbo motor

the count down has begun... saturday will be the day i will be picking up the twin turbo motor. i called up and reminded yuki that i will picking up the motor. so we're all set for saturday! i can't wait!

one last race...

today david convinced me to go to fusion... after heavy negotiating i gave in. i decided to check it out. when we got there the parking lot was packed. i chilled there for a little bit checked out the scene and went to eat my fish tacos at rubios, since it was taco tuesdays. right after rubios i went straight home. on my way home i was crusing down the 805... minding my own business and integra pulls right next to me. i thought nothing of it. but he was right next for a few minutes looking to pick a race with me. after a few minutes of thinking... i decided to just do it. who cares? might as well try my luck before i swap my motor. so i downshifted to third, everything was a blur after that. his car just pulled in front of me. he must've gotten like a motor swap because i was mashing my pedal. but his car looked like a cheap model integra. after that one pull i decided just to chill... no more race. i didn't wanna make myself look bad. i just hope he didn't think i was twin turbo or else he might be telling all his honda buddies that he beat a twin turbo supra on the freeway... thatll definitely boost his confidence level a few notches.