NorCal (Bay Area) OFF-TOPIC Chat Thread

[Clipdat]

Supposedly the stagger is good. Check this article out: http://blog.tirerack.com/blog/roll-o...our-mr2-spyder

Originally Posted by finch1750

One of the only pics I have. Bone stock 05 w/ factory LSD. Got some HIDs and a front underbrace to install but they're sitting in the garage haha. Its fun but the body roll is terrible. Tires only have a few thousand miles left so prob gonna get wheels soon instead of dealing with the 15"/16" stagger

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Supposedly the stagger is good. Check this article out: http://blog.tirerack.com/blog/roll-o...our-mr2-spyder

the wider in back is usually reccomended or risk firey dwath via snap oversteer but 16" tire selection sucks.

I am also currently on square tires though and the car seems to rotate good (its slipped on me twice already. with no ill effects). Not many spyders have LSD though so it may play a factor. I drove @PMok modded mr2 and it felt twitchy. dont know if it was the lack of lsd or bunch of suspension mods or a combo. I may get staggered tires just to see and compare. I keep flip flopping

[Clipdat]

Well whatever you do, it'll be better than the current state of my dad's MR2 Spyder. His local mechanic in Wisconsin noticed that he had a "reverse stagger" going on - smaller in rear, larger in front and said that this was OK and even preferable. WTF?

I sent my dad that Tire Rack article that he will hopefully show to the dude.

Originally Posted by finch1750

the wider in back is usually reccomended or risk firey dwath via snap oversteer but 16" tire selection sucks.

I am also currently on square tires though and the car seems to rotate good (its slipped on me twice already. with no ill effects). Not many spyders have LSD though so it may play a factor. I drove @PMok modded mr2 and it felt twitchy. dont know if it was the lack of lsd or bunch of suspension mods or a combo. I may get staggered tires just to see and compare. I keep flip flopping

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Well whatever you do, it'll be better than the current state of my dad's MR2 Spyder. His local mechanic in Wisconsin noticed that he had a "reverse stagger" going on - smaller in rear, larger in front and said that this was OK and even preferable. WTF?

I sent my dad that Tire Rack article that he will hopefully show to the dude.

oh wtf....

and this is why I don't trust mechanics

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Tried a couple pulls. Didn't feel or notice anything different. Makes me wonder even more if it was 100 octane or if they mistakenly put 91 in the holding tank.

[BigFatFlip]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Tried a couple pulls. Didn't feel or notice anything different. Makes me wonder even more if it was 100 octane or if they mistakenly put 91 in the holding tank.

I think it also takes a few hundred miles before the fuel trims adjust to the new fuel.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BigFatFlip

I think it also takes a few hundred miles before the fuel trims adjust to the new fuel.

Well now, me trying this out is a moot point cuz I'm not doing it again. Hahaha. Too pricey for me since I don't even drive my car hard.

[MyRx]

Enjoying some intimate time with it while it's raining, windy, and horrible outside.

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by MyRx

Enjoying some intimate time with it while it's raining, windy, and horrible outside.

Have fun. Lol. Makes me wish my garage was empty so I could work on mine too

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by MyRx

Enjoying some intimate time with it while it's raining, windy, and horrible outside.

How cut up are your hands now?

[FirstWinter]

Anybody running E85 test the ethanol content at the station on Caesar Chavez in SF?

[MyRx]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Have fun. Lol. Makes me wish my garage was empty so I could work on mine too

No you don't

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

How cut up are your hands now?

It's been cut up worse before . It's part of the game .

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by MyRx

It's been cut up worse before . It's part of the game .

I'm going to change mine sometime around this time next year since that's when I'll hit 60k.

[MyRx]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I'm going to change mine sometime around this time next year since that's when I'll hit 60k.

I'm at 37k but these plugs happened to be in stock at Elite Performance and I wanted to do something during the rain - I should have picked up more parts

If I may, I would suggest this cocktail of Harbor Freight tools. 18" 3/8 tbar/pivoting flexible ratchet. I tightened the pivoting screws to add more rigidity and doesn't break during ratcheting. Swivel extension and a wobble extension and the obvious magnetic 14mm sparkplug socket. The wobble was less useful as long as the ratchet head and swivel extension were affixed at the correct angle. Otherwise, the wobble reached deeper but needed to be removed - it became too long during insertion and removable of the sparkplug. I used strips of folded cardboard against the firewall and the ratchet during ratcheting so that my fingers didn't have to be there

So like Finch says, have fun. Oh and don't forget a rag/towel over the fuel lines' clips. First rub you'll see.