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Nissan 300zx aluminum brake calipers
VDO gauges
Cobra classic rs seats
SR20DE motor and 5 speed
also a french press for making coffee.
- Andrew
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Legacy GT calipers can fit STI rotors; they just need a dogbone adapter made to bring them up about 1 cm. Plus they have the same piston sizes as OEM. And the OEM rear caliper can fit an STI rotor already, it just needs an adapter to bring it up as well. That's a project that has been in the back of my head since day one, made moot by the CSG-spec Brembo brake kit.
A French press is only the start of that rabbit hole. It won't make good coffee unless you have a good grinder, good water, and a kettle that can heat to a precise temperature. And fresh-roasted coffee. Blade grinders are worthless. They smash the beans into irregular shapes and sizes, resulting in poor and unequal extraction and shitty coffee. The large pieces under-extract and taste watery, while the small pieces over-extract and taste burned and bitter. Cheap burr grinders are not actually burr grinders, they just smash the beans with the burrs instead of grinding them, resulting in the same problems. A good burr grinder will shave the coffee beans into a uniform size and shape, resulting in equal extraction from all pieces.
Most coffee forums pretty universally recommend the Baratza Encore as the best entry-level grinder, and I have to agree. I have one, bought on their recommendations. It won't do a good espresso grind, but it'll do everything else. You can check Baratza's site for the scratch and dent section, but you'll only save $15 off the price of a new one, so I just bought a new one. If you want actual espresso, be prepared to add another hundred or two to the cost of the grinder.
For water, use distilled water. Get an electric kettle that can achieve and maintain 195-200 degrees F. Any hotter will burn the coffee, any cooler won't brew properly.
For coffee, my go-to is
www.westcoastroasting.com. I go there because I was on NASIOC Off-Topic with Nate when he started roasting beans in his oven and started his business. He makes great coffee. That said, support your local roasters. Lots of people make great coffee. Get a vacuum seal container to store it in.
Only grind the amount of coffee you need to brew right then. I use a digital kitchen scale to measure, and I know that my Chemex 8 cup pot takes 1.6 oz of beans. I dump a spoonful in and grind it to flush out old grinds, dump all that, and then grind the beans I'm going to brew with. Once the water's heated up, dump the beans in the press, pour enough water to cover them, give them a quick stir to break up any clumps, and let the coffee bloom for 30 seconds or so. Then top off the press with the water and let it brew.
Fresh roasted, properly ground, properly brewed coffee is on a whole different level from anything store-bought. I've converted a number of people who never liked coffee because they always had Folgers or Maxwell house or similar.
Anyways, rant over. Back to our normally scheduled broadcast.